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The NorThwesT CurreNTWednesday, May 16, 2012 Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967 Vol. XLV, No. 20

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

Alex Malchow started off the marathon Thursday by stepping up to a podium to read the first sentence of his own book. “Evil,” the 17-year-old said into a computer mic, before pivoting away to let the next student come up. “Within this simple word lies a vast collection of deeds,” the second reader said into the mic. With their words broadcast live on the Internet, a long line of stu-dents from the Lab School of Washington took turns reading through the first 47 sentences of “The Sword of Darrow,” a young-adult fantasy novel. When they were

done, another school took over the live reading. By the end of the event, more than 470 students from 26 schools across the country had read through the entirety of the book, sentence by

sentence. The “extreme reading relay,” a fundraiser and promotional event for the International Dyslexia Association, ended around 11:25 a.m. at the Jemicy School in Owings Mills, Md. Though results aren’t official — there’s paperwork involved — par-ticipants believe they’ve broken the Guinness World Record for the larg-est number of people in a reading relay for a single book. The most notable detail of the effort is that all of the 26 schools involved specialize in programs for students with learning disabilities and dyslexia. Marty Cathcart, director of insti-tutional advancement at the Lab

World record attempt starts at Lab School

Bill Petros/The CurrentA Lab School alumnus wrote the relay’s centerpiece novel.

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

Ever since developer Mark Kaufman bought the 1905 wood-frame house on Wisconsin Avenue in 2004, he’s sought unsuccessfully to win approval to raze it or move it elsewhere in the Cleveland Park Historic District. But the little green house still sits, more dilapidated with each passing year, and now more incongruous than ever, wedged between two apartment buildings and a block from the site of an impeding mixed-use development, to be anchored by a new Giant supermarket. The two-story home sits on a lot zoned for 90-foot-tall buildings. Now Kaufman is back with a new plan to demolish the long-vacant house at 3211 Wisconsin Ave. and replace it with a six-story condominium building, but with a big sweetener: 40 percent “afford-able housing.” That perk probably still won’t get the project by the city’s Historic Preservation Review Board, which has never allowed demolition of a contributing building in the Cleveland Park district. But

Kaufman and his co-developer, a respected affordable-housing firm called Urban Matters Development Partners, are banking on the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation, an administrative judge who can over-rule the board, to approve their pro-posal as a project of “special merit.” Ray Nix, managing partner of Urban Matters, said the current plan is for 18 condo units, eight of them “affordable.” Two units, affordable to households earning up to 50 per-cent of area medium income, will meet inclusionary zoning law requirements, and one more will be priced for those earning up to 80 percent of the medium income. Five

Developer plans affordable housing for Wisconsin site

Bill Petros/The CurrentDeal Middle School presented Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!” last week. The production had the largest cast ever in the school’s history, with more than 130 sixth- through eighth-graders.

O K L A H O M A !

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Neighbors tend to agree that the intersection of 42nd Street and Military Road can be dangerous. Northbound 42nd Street drivers who ignore the requirement to turn right onto Military — and instead try to turn left or continue straight — are frequently struck by drivers heading west on Military, residents said, as regularly as twice a month. But when the D.C. Department of Transportation said it would solve the issue by installing barriers that would force all 42nd Street traffic — northbound and southbound — to make right turns onto Military, some neighborhood residents objected. This would send cut-through traffic onto their streets, they argued, which would be a disaster without additional mitiga-tion. After extensive discussion among residents of different streets, the Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission voted unanimously last week to advocate for a compromise plan, crafted by

City to study intersection of Military, 42nd

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The D.C. Council yesterday adopted a revised budget proposal for next year that boosts funding for affordable housing, immigrant health care and various social ser-vices, but places a repeal of munici-pal bond taxes at the bottom of an unfunded “wish list.” Patched together by Council Chairman Kwame Brown, the newly adopted budget also provides fund-

ing for his own initiative to increase the college readiness of public school students, and includes $2.1 million to buy books and other mate-rials for public libraries. Though affordable housing was a dominant issue yesterday, there wasn’t much discussion of what Brown cut from Mayor Vincent Gray’s original $5.8 billion budget for fiscal 2013 into order to fund it. The biggest chunk of “found” money came from Brown’s decision to shift an estimated $18 million in proceeds from sale of a city-owned building at 35-41 K St. NE from park improvements in the surround-

Council budget keepssocial services funding■ Finance: Measure includes limited late-night ABC sales

Bill Petros/The CurrentPreservation board approval is required to demolish the house.

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St. Albans falls to Prep in IAC baseball title game

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Giant project issues still draw crowds as start date looms

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NEWS SPORTSWalls students explore identity through program with dancer

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FEATURES INDEXCalendar/20Classifieds/29 District Digest/4Exhibits/23In Your Neighborhood/10Opinion/8

Police Report/6Real Estate/17School Dispatches/14Service Directory/25Sports/11Theater/23

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Wednesday, May 16 The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a public meeting to discuss the District’s requirement that students complete 100 hours of community service to graduate from high school. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.■ The D.C. Department of the Environment will hold a public meeting to discuss its draft D.C. Environmental Literacy Plan, which outlines ideas for implementing environmental education throughout the curricula from kindergarten through 12th grade. The meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room A-03, Building 41, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ Trees for Georgetown will hold its spring fundraiser from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the historic “Cox’s Row” home of Patrick McGettigan, 3327 N St. NW. For details, contact Betsy Emes at [email protected].■ The American Legion will host a veterans town-hall meeting on the quality of health care at the Washington DC VA Medical Center and the Southeast outpa-tient clinic. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 8, 224 D St. SE.

Thursday, May 17 AARP District of Columbia will sponsor a Ward 4 Active Living Workshop, which will include discussion of how walkability and livability benefit communities and how an active community environment can be achieved. Speakers will include Dan Burden, executive director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute. The event will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Brightwood Park United Methodist Church, 744 Jefferson St. NW. To register, call 877-926-8300 or visit aarp.cvent.com/DC_Activelivingworkshop.■ The Friends of the Georgetown Library group will host a reception to celebrate two art donations to the newly renovated library — Arthur Day’s rendition of Georgetown streets, donated by the artist; and Sidney Lawrence’s cityscape depicting the original plan of L’Enfant, donated by advisory neighborhood commis-sion chair Tom Birch. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at the library, 3260 R St. NW. For details, contact [email protected] or [email protected].■ The D.C. Office of Planning will hold a community meeting on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Small Area Plan. Discussion items will include proposed urban design guidelines and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map designations for the site. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Shepherd Elementary School, 7800 14th St. NW.■ The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will include a discussion of public safety and crime prevention. Speakers will include Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Diane Groomes, 2nd District Police Cmdr. Michael Reese and Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission-er Bill Starrels. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will hold a public meeting to discuss the potential consolidation of bus stops to improve efficiency and on-time performance, particularly on Metro’s 70s and 90s routes. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 7005 Piney Branch Road NW.■ The Kalorama Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will fea-ture presentations by D.C. Office on Aging executive director John Thompson on aging in place and D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation chief of staff John Stokes on the agency’s three facilities in Adams Morgan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Good Will Baptist Church, 1862 Kalorama Road NW.

Saturday, May 19 The D.C. Department of Health will hold an animal health fair in Ward 3 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Newark Street Dog Park, 39th and Newark streets NW.■ The D.C. Department of Health will hold an animal health fair in Ward 4 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Upshur Recreation Center, 4300 Arkansas Ave. NW.

Wednesday, May 23 The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, will present “Conversations on Great Streets: Celebrating Historic Georgia Avenue.” The program will honor the Industrial Bank of Washington, Jones Haywood Dance School, Morgan’s Seafood, and Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe; a panel discussion on “The Seventh Street Turnpike: D.C.’s Longest Commercial Corridor” will feature Maybelle Bennett, Haile Gerima, Sandra Fortune Green, Romeo Morgan and B. Doyle Mitchell Jr. The event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Chez Billy, 3815 Georgia Ave. NW. Tickets cost $50. For details, visit georgiaave.eventbrite.com.■ The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its annual awards recep-tion. The event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Undercroft of All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW. Tickets cost $40; reserva-tions are required. For details, contact [email protected].

The week ahead

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

With most details of the Cathedral Commons development cemented by now, officials gave updates Monday on final tweaks to the project’s two Wisconsin Avenue inter-sections.

Construction is expected to start next month on the mixed-use development, which centers around a brand-new Giant grocery store on Newark Street. But despite the project’s advanced stage after years of negotiations and review, neigh-bors continue to voice strong opinions about it. The intended narrow scope of Monday’s meet-

ing didn’t stop residents from packing the room and, in some cases, bringing up past sore spots that are no longer within the realm of negotiation. When one resident asked D.C. Department of Transportation official Sam Zimbabwe to “admit that this project could have been done better,” he declined.

“I’m a little less convinced that this is going to be a disaster for everybody of epic propor-tions,” said Zimbabwe, the agency’s associate director of planning, policy and sustainability. With such a dense development in the center of a residential area, he said, “it is very diffi-cult, if not impossible, to please 100 percent of

Late-stage traffic changes to Giant development draw crowd to meeting

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District adds 27 sites for speed cameras The Metropolitan Police Department has added 27 new loca-tions for speed-enforcement camer-as throughout D.C. this month. The department began issuing warnings on May 7 for drivers caught speeding by the cameras, but the city will begin sending out cita-tions as of June 6. The sites in Northwest include the 3000 block of Foxhall Road (southbound); the 1800 block of Harvard Street (northwestbound); the 1700 block of North Portal Drive (southwestbound); and the

4800 and 7600 blocks of Georgia Avenue (southbound). The speed limit near the two Georgia Avenue sites is 30 mph; it is 25 mph at the other three locations. A full list of camera locations is available at mpdc.dc.gov.

Local residents buy $100 million in bonds Roughly a third of the $314 mil-lion in municipal bonds the District issued earlier this month were pur-chased by D.C. residents, the Office of Tax and Revenue announced Friday. The D.C. Council passed legisla-

tion last year taxing income from newly purchased bonds from other states, but District residents can still purchase D.C. bonds tax-free. The average interest rate of the newly issued D.C. bonds was around 2.5 percent, according to a release. The new 15-year-bonds were issued as part of a refinancing pro-gram for existing debt, the release states, and the change will save the city more than $35 million.

District ranks last on national science test The District’s eighth-grade pub-lic school students ranked a distant

last behind their counterparts in all 50 states in a nationwide standard-ized science test, according to U.S. Department of Education results released last Thursday. D.C. students’ score for their science knowledge was 112 points out of 300, compared to 137 points for the next-worst state (Mississippi) and 151 points for the national average, according to the “Nation’s Report Card” issued by the department. The scores cover both D.C. Public Schools and public charter schools. Maryland and Virginia’s eighth-graders each ranked above average in the science test. In a news release, D.C. State Superintendent Hosanna Mahaley called the report “a sobering reali-ty-check,” but states that it makes more sense to compare the District’s test scores to other cities than to states.

D.C. reading program fetes ‘Mockingbird’ A series of free events that dis-cuss the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” kicked off last week-end and will continue through May 30, according to a news release from the Humanities Council of

Washington, D.C. The Humanities Council is one of several sponsors of the “Live to Read” program, which is encourag-ing residents to read or re-read Harper Lee’s 1960 novel. Events include discussions and film screen-ings in schools and public libraries, on the Internet and in other venues. As part of the program, many of the city’s eighth-graders will read sections of the book. Verizon pro-vided funding to the humanities council for 800 classroom copies. For a schedule of events, visit tinyurl.com/mockingbird-dc.

Mann student to host hair donation event A Mann Elementary School stu-dent is seeking donated hair that will be made into wigs for women and girls undergoing cancer treat-ment, according to a news release. Third-grader Madeleine Voth helped launch the Share Your Hair event because her aunt has breast cancer, the release states. Women with naturally non-gray hair who can donate at least eight inches are invited to stop by Mann, 4430 Newark St. NW, between noon and 5 p.m. Monday. Stylists from B Salon, 5107 MacArthur Blvd., will be on hand at Mann to cut the donors’ hair, which will be sent to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.

Whole Foods pledges donations to Mann Purchases made at the Glover Park Whole Foods Market tomor-row will benefit Horace Mann Elementary School, as the grocery will donate 5 percent of its May 17 revenue to the school, according to a flier from the supermarket. Additionally, the 2323 Wisconsin Ave. store is offering patrons free coffee and snacks from 8 to 11 a.m.; free child care for shoppers’ children from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; and a free wine and cheese tasting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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Current Staff Report Army officials will likely grant final approval this month to demol-ish the house at 4825 Glenbrook Road, the site of a suspected burial pit of World War I-era debris. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to raze the house in July and excavate the site through summer 2013, the Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board learned at its meeting last week. The Army’s go-ahead to demol-ish the home was originally expect-ed to come in March. But an agree-ment with American University, which owns the property, is still needed before work can begin, said Brenda Barber of the Army Corps. Barber said the Army doesn’t antici-pate a problem, adding that the uni-versity hopes the demolition can be completed before the fall semester. During World War I the Army used American University as a weapons testing site. The property

that is now 4825 Glenbrook is thought to have been a dumpsite for chemical and explosive munitions and related debris. Officials believe a pit was disturbed there when a home was built in 1992. The cleanup work at the property, which will remove the potentially contaminated soil down to bedrock, will also encroach on the neighbor-ing house at 4835 Glenbrook, now occupied by American University’s president. The Army Corps believes that property may include a possible “hot spot” of hazardous material beneath a retaining wall. Once the 4825 house is demol-ished, a protective cover will go over the excavation area to shield work-ers and neighbors from direct con-tact with possible contaminants. Workers will also install a chem-ical-agent filtration system, along with a generator and noise-control devices. The system will be turned

Army finalizes plans to raze home on Glenbrook Road By DEIRDRE BANNON

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For many teens, navigating the murky waters of identity and self-expression can get a little tricky. Hollywood has made millions trying to encapsulate this universally awkward and always complicated stage in life — perhaps most memorably in John Hughes’ classic film “The Breakfast Club,” where a principal asks a group of disparate high-schoolers in detention to write essays telling him who they think they are.

One group of students at School Without Walls gets a little help exploring these issues from a renowned local artist, Dana Tai Soon Burgess. On Tuesday, the students — part of the school’s Asian American Youth Outreach Program — will premiere a short film they are creating about race, culture and identity called “Our Stories: Asian American Youth D.C.” at Busboys and Poets. Burgess, a dancer, choreographer and chair of George Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, started the youth group at Walls

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This is a listing of reports taken from May 6 through 12 by the Metropolitan Police Department in local police service areas.

PSA 201

Theft (below $250)■ 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 6:47 p.m. May 8.

PSA 202

Robbery (stealth)■ 5200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 12:30 p.m. May 8.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 4300 block, Military Road; hotel; 10:07 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 7:48 p.m. May 7.■ 4800 block, Yuma St.; tav-ern; 12:30 a.m. May 9.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 7:32 p.m. May 10.■ 5200 block, Western Ave.; store; 5:31 p.m. May 12.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 5300 block, 43rd St.; resi-dence; 11 p.m. May 6.■ 4700 block, Chesapeake St.; street; 11 p.m. May 6.■ 4900 block, Albemarle St.; residence; 3 p.m. May 7.

PSA 203

Theft (below $250)■ 3600 block, 35th St.; resi-dence; 5 p.m. May 6.■ 3600 block, Chesapeake St.; residence; 9 a.m. May 8.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3400 block, 33rd Place; street; 9 p.m. May 6.

PSA 204

Robbery (snatch)■ 3600 block, W Place; alley; 2:40 p.m. May 7.Theft ($250 plus)■ 4000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 4:30 p.m. May 8.Theft (below $250)■ 2600 block, Woodley Road; hotel; 8:30 p.m. May 10.■ 4000 block, Beecher St.; res-idence; noon May 11.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3600 block, Macomb St.; street; 6 p.m. May 6.■ 3400 block, Woodley Road; street; 7:30 p.m. May 6.■ 3600 block, Davis St.; street; 9 p.m. May 6.

PSA 205

Burglary■ 4800 block, Tilden St.; resi-dence; 6 p.m. May 8.

Theft ($250 plus)■ 5000 block, Lowell St.; resi-dence; 2 p.m. May 6.Theft (below $250)■ 4400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; university; 12:30 p.m. May 9.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ Tilden and Sedgwick streets; street; 10 a.m. May 11.

PSA 206

Burglary■ 3500 block, Reservoir Road; residence; 5 p.m. May 9.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; office building; 5:30 p.m. May 8.■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; alley; 5 p.m. May 9.■ 3800 block, Reservoir Road; storage facility; 7:05 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 8:09 p.m. May 7.■ 3100 block, M St.; store; 2 p.m. May 8.■ 3000 block, M St.; store; 12:30 p.m. May 9.■ M Street and Wisconsin Avenue; bank; 12:39 p.m. May 9.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; noon May 10.■ 3100 block, M St.; store; 2:30 p.m. May 10.■ 37th and O streets; universi-ty; 5:45 p.m. May 10.■ 1200 block, Potomac St.; residence; 2 p.m. May 11.■ 3000 block, M St.; store; 6 p.m. May 12.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3200 block, M St.; alley; 6 p.m. May 9.

PSA 207

Burglary■ 2100 block, F St.; store; 12:50 a.m. May 11.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1400 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; 9 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, Vermont Ave.; office building; 1:30 p.m. May 7.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 12:32 p.m. May 8.■ 1800 block, L St.; office building; 1:05 p.m. May 9.■ 1100 block, 24th St.; store; 8 a.m. May 10.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 4:50 p.m. May 10.■ 800 block, 18th St.; store; 7:55 p.m. May 10.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; sidewalk; 11 a.m. May 11.■ 1100 block, 17th St.; restau-rant; 12:01 a.m. May 12.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 4:30 p.m. May 12.Theft (shoplifting)■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 6:30 p.m. May 8.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2100 block, I St.; university; 3 p.m. May 7.

PSA 208

Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; sidewalk; 5:56 p.m. May 12.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 1:32 a.m. May 12.Burglary■ 2100 block, Florida Ave.; res-idence; 8:40 a.m. May 9.Stolen auto■ 2200 block, Q St.; street; 11 p.m. May 9.■ Connecticut Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue; street; 10 p.m. May 10.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1500 block, 17th St.; resi-dence; 2:30 p.m. May 7.■ 1200 block, 18th St.; tavern/ nightclub; 4:26 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ Unit block, Dupont Circle; restaurant; 6:15 p.m. May 7.■ 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 6:45 p.m. May 7.■ 1400 block, 16th St.; church; 7 p.m. May 8.■ 1300 block, 16th St.; park-ing lot; 11:30 a.m. May 10.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; sidewalk; 6 p.m. May 11.■ 1400 block, P St.; store; 8:42 p.m. May 11.■ 1400 block, P St.; store; 10 p.m. May 11.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 6:35 p.m. May 12.Theft (tags)■ 1700 block, Connecticut Ave.; parking lot; 9:30 a.m. May 12.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1500 block, Church St.; park-ing lot; 7 p.m. May 10.■ 1700 block, P St.; parking lot; 11 p.m. May 11.Theft from auto (attempt)■ 1500 block, 14th St.; park-ing lot; 11 a.m. May 9.

PSA 301

Robbery (snatch)■ 1500 block, R St.; alley; 1:50 p.m. May 8.Burglary■ 1700 block, V St.; residence; 6 p.m. May 9.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, 17th St.; resi-dence; 2:30 p.m. May 7.■ 1400 block, Q St.; residence; 9:30 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 1600 block, R St.; restau-rant; 9 p.m. May 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1800 block, 17th St.; parking lot; 12:30 a.m. May 7.■ 1700 block, Swann St.; street; 6 p.m. May 8.■ 1600 block, Riggs Place; street; 9:30 p.m. May 8.■ 1700 block, 16th St.; street; 1:15 p.m. May 10.■ 1400 block, Swann St.;

street; 10:15 p.m. May 11.■ 1700 block, Swann St.; street; 4 p.m. May 12.

PSA 303

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1900 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 5:50 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; sidewalk; 4:30 p.m. May 11.Theft (attempt)■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 6:15 a.m. May 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2300 block, Champlain St.; parking lot; 7:30 p.m. May 7.■ 2300 block, Ashmead Place; street; 9:30 a.m. May 9.

PSA 307

Theft (below $250)■ 1300 block, M St.; parking lot; noon May 11.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1100 block, M St.; alley; 7 a.m. May 12.■ 1300 block, Riggs St.; park-ing lot; 9:30 a.m. May 12.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 900 block, M St.; parking lot; 6 p.m. May 6.■ 900 block, R St.; street; 8:50 a.m. May 8.■ 1200 block, 10th St.; street; noon May 8.■ 1500 block, 11th St.; street; 8 p.m. May 9.■ 1700 block, Vermont Ave.; street; 6 p.m. May 11.■ 1200 block, 13th St.; park-ing lot; 8 a.m. May 12.

PSA 401

Robbery (attempt)■ 6600 block, Georgia Ave.; street; 3:50 a.m. May 9.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 7400 block, Georgia Ave.; unspecified premises; 10 a.m. May 10.Stolen auto■ 900 block, Dahlia St.; street; 3 p.m. May 11.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 800 block, Aspen St.; street; 6:30 p.m. May 8.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 7900 block, Eastern Ave.; church; 1 p.m. May 7.

PSA 404

Robbery (force and violence)■ 4400 block, Iowa Ave.; school; 11:15 a.m. May 8.Burglary■ 4000 block, Arkansas Ave.; residence; 10:01 p.m. May 10.Theft (below $250)■ 3700 block, 10th St.; govern-ment building; 1:30 p.m. May 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1200 block, Crittenden St.; street; 2:15 a.m. May 10.

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Children left behind We were dismayed — as were school officials and parents across the city — to hear that the District came in dead last in a national test that measures eighth-graders’ command of science. Students attending the District’s public schools scored far below their neigh-bors in Virginia and Maryland, and 76 percent logged scores deemed “below basic.” As some have already noted, the “Science 2011: National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grade 8” report compares the District to states, when a more equitable match-up would pit D.C. against schools in other cities. That’s a fair point, but it does not address the reality that District students fared poorly in absolute terms, not only in comparison with other jurisdictions. We know what the problem is not, at least. In February, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an educational nonprofit, ranked the District’s science education standards, along with California’s, high-est in the nation. The standards that the Fordham Institute evaluated have been around a while, too — since 2006, with some updates in 2010. We’re not sure what the reason is behind the disconnect between the city’s standards and its performance, but we hope that D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and charter school officials are on the case. After all, the goal is not simply to get D.C. out of the basement in national rankings. The news is also of concern because it comes as Mayor Vincent Gray is attempting to position the city as an East Coast Silicon Valley, a tech hub that will attract innovators — and jobs — for decades to come. If graduates of the District’s schools are unprepared for these jobs in the STEM subjects (science, tech-nology, engineering and math), employers will look elsewhere, and the city will have failed to prepare another generation of students to succeed in its own economy.

A deserving school The Petworth advisory neighborhood commission recently backed the applications of two charter schools vying to take over the shuttered Randolph Elementary School building at 5200 2nd St. NW. Of the two applicants, we’re more familiar with Washington Latin Public Charter School — and we very much like what we’ve heard. Last year the fifth-through-12th-grade institution was designated a “Tier 1” school by the D.C. charter board because of its strong test results, with more than 80 percent of students testing “profi-cient” or “advanced” on the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System reading test, and more than 75 percent logging those scores in math. The middle school students had the highest proficiency rat-ing in reading of all the city’s charter middle schools in both 2010 and 2011; the upper school students ranked second among charters. We recently highlighted the school’s relatively new college coun-selor, Crys Latham, and her success in ensuring that 40 out of 42 of next month’s graduates — the school’s first graduating class — will enroll in four-year colleges or universities in the fall. Students were accepted at 70 percent of the schools to which they applied, and they drew more than $1.5 million in scholarship offers. The classically focused school, which draws students from all of the city’s eight wards, is housed in three facilities on 16th Street, but it will lose one of them in December 2013. Thus far, we don’t know enough about the other applicant — DC Bilingual Public Charter School — to judge whether it would be as well-suited to the Randolph campus. But we are sufficiently com-fortable with Latin to cheer for its success in finding a new home there. D.C. should do everything it can to encourage schools like Latin to stay here and grow, extending their inspiring reach to more and more students.

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The National Law Enforcement Memorial in downtown Washington has matured as a sol-emn, respectful place, with leafy shade trees

softening the marble and bronze walkways. Now if only a handful of this week’s visiting police officers could do a bit of maturing themselves. Tens of thousands of officers and their family members and organizations have been in town for National Police Week. They attend memorial servic-es, renew old friendships and gather together to socialize. Unfortunately, some of them also park bra-zenly where ever they want, turn on their sirens to burn through red lights and, apparently, drink openly on some city streets — all illegal activities. “It’s a double standard,” said one passerby as she observed a line of out-of-town cruisers and motorcy-cles, each one parked illegally on 12th Street NW. Mayor Vincent Gray told NBC4, “We would hope that there would be no public drinking. … These are law-enforcement officials!” The good news is that National Police Week is a lot calmer than it used to be, when many officers treated it like a blue spring break. It was so bad in 2007 that then-newly appointed Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier had her officers pass-ing out leaflets warning that misbehaving officers would be treated the same as any citizen. Now Lanier sends an annual letter to law enforce-ment agencies all around the country. In this year’s letter, Lanier urged that any visiting officers “consider the role they play in upholding the high honor that our profession deserves by acting with dignity and respect during their stay.” She wrote that the “unacceptable behavior of some participants … can have negative consequences on our city and reflects poorly on the policing profes-sion as a whole.” In bold-face sentences, this letter specifically notes that blocked city streets and alleys, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness would draw enforcement. “If you see someone acting inappropriately,” she wrote, “please remind him or her of their duty to uphold the highest standards.” Again, apparently only a handful of officers feel the need to act out. They should take a closer look at the memorial to remember why they’re here.■ Another shoe drops. There’s enough political scandal, and hints of scandal, in the District that the Notebook frequently jokes that we’re waiting on a

centipede’s worth of shoes to drop. The latest came last week when Danita Doleman, a nonprofit president, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. Turns out she was caught up in former Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas Jr.’s scheme to steal more than $350,000 from city youth programs.

Doleman, who faces six months in prison and a $5,000 fine, is cooperating with authorities, accord-

ing to U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. No sentencing date has been set.

Doleman was the head of a group called Youth Technology

Institute. Her organization helped funnel $100,000 to Thomas so he could put on a January 2009 inaugural ball. Two leaders of another nonprofit also have pleaded guilty in the case. The latest plea “is one more step in our efforts to hold accountable those who collaborated with Harry Thomas Jr. to divert tax dollars to his own pockets and his pet projects,” Machen said in a statement. People who believe in good, honest government will never tire of the sound of soiled shoes dropping. Bring on the rest of them.■ Let there be light. It was nice that Monday was a dark, overcast day. Mayor Vincent Gray joined other city officials in a Mount Pleasant alley to herald the completion of a program to install about 1,300 light-emitting diode lights in hundreds of alleys across the city. The million-dollar program uses LED bulbs that last up to 15 years instead of the six months to a year of regular bulbs. A worker in the alley of the 1700 block of Hobart Street NW used a cherry picker lift to install the last light. Mayor Gray then dramatically counted down and flipped a switch, and … nothing. For a second or two everyone looked embarrassed until the light suddenly began to glow. There were relieved smiles all around. Officials said the new LED lights cost less, last longer and are better for the environment than tradi-tional lights. A few residents wandering into the alley — who we had expected to complain about all the officials blocking it for the ceremony — said they welcomed the lights. We’ll drop by in a few days to see how they look at night. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

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city should require underground wires The Current’s April 25 editori-al “Arboreal progress” refers to local residents who have been “dogged in pushing Pepco to pre-serve neighborhood trees by undergrounding power lines whenever possible, for example, during major road projects.” The “doggedness” of those res-idents, however, has been over-powered by Pepco’s consistent resistance to undergrounding power lines and its perpetual over-mutilation of trees during its pow-er-line-related tree “trimming.” Given Pepco’s resistance in that regard, I support your editori-al’s suggestion that “the D.C. Council should consider mandat-ing [such undergrounding].” Perhaps Mary Cheh and/or Phil

Mendelson will take the lead in that regard. I hope so.

Jonathan StrongForest Hills

fixed cameras don’t maximize safety Montgomery County is to be commended for its program of movable traffic speed cameras. After having seen this used in Australia in the 1990s, I have repeatedly recommended it to D.C. Council members, who have never seemed to understand its effectiveness. One city had only two camer-as, which were moved regularly, with every dangerous intersection or roadway marked with a warn-ing sign and a camera box. With the public not knowing where the cameras were on any given day, there was widespread compliance. For the price of those two camer-as, residents had a safer city, and all seemed to appreciate it!

Years ago, I testified to the D.C. Council about how effective (and cost-effective) a movable camera plan would be. The com-mittee chair seemed mystified as to how such a plan could work; he told me that we could not do that in D.C. When asked why, he said it was because we “have to” inform the public, on a website, about where the cameras are placed. I have never understood that rationale, wondering why we want to warn speeders to slow down only at those places, leaving them to speed at all others. Maryland is now adopting what leaders there call a well-tried “European plan.” Wherever it comes from, it seems a useful plan for any city: never having to buy another traf-fic camera, using the ones we already have in a better way, with drivers always and everywhere being more careful — just in case.

Sally MacDonaldWoodley Park

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concern.” New court papers say the group includes “at least 1,000 chil-dren,” justifying a class-action suit. In their motion, attorneys say the named plaintiffs, identified only by initials, “all had blood-lead levels above the Center for Disease Control’s level of concern. Each now exhibits neuropsychological and cognitive symptoms of lead poisoning.” The motion also lists experts who will testify on the correlation between lead in the water and elevat-ed blood-lead levels in young chil-dren, and the effects. A practicing psychologist who assessed all seven

named plaintiffs will testify that they all exhibit “significant cognitive, academic and behavioral deficien-cies … common and typical” among children with elevated blood-lead levels, according to the motion. The lawsuit, echoing a conclu-sion reached by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General this spring, alleges that the Water and Sewer Authority knew lead levels were ris-ing after a 2000 change in treatment chemicals caused lead to leach from many old pipes in the city, but failed to adequately warn the public until a 2004 Washington Post article revealed the problem. Officials at the water authority, now known as DC Water, have declined to comment on pending litigation. They have emphasized,

however, that both the agency’s treatment methods and its top offi-cials have changed since the 2004 scandal, and that the city’s water now meets federal safety standards. “Levels of lead in the water have been below federal action levels since 2005, and have essentially been in decline ever since,” said DC Water spokesperson Alan Heymann. It’s unlikely the lawsuit will be resolved quickly. Water authority responses to the latest motion are due in June. Judge Anthony Epstein, who is now assigned the case, could then hold a hearing or decide based on submissions whether to certify the class. An actual trial is months or even years away, according to a spokes-person for Sanford Wittels.

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three years ago to create a space where students could talk with each other about what it means to be an Asian American or a Pacific Islander American, what it means to be biracial or adopted, and how to define their identity — which can be at once very American yet also rooted in a strong Asian heritage. “For me, [the teenage years were] a crucial time to think through issues of diversity and inclusion,” said Burgess, who is Korean-American. The group “allows students to express their thoughts about their lives as they pertain to these issues.” He said the students “have a high sophistication level when it comes to talking about immigration, race and community,” and the film gives them “a platform to express them-selves.” The youth group receives funding through a community grant, awarded by the D.C. Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to Burgess’ dance company, Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The Cherry Blossom Giving Circle Fund and Wells Fargo bank also help fund the group’s projects. “Our Stories” will be the fourth video the group has created. Anatol Steck, a junior in his third year with the program, said the short music video the students pro-duced last year was “similar, but it was almost like a warm-up” for the more in-depth film they will premiere this month. The film, which will run about 20 minutes, inter-sperses one-on-one interviews with group discussions about identity. Students share stories about their own lives and those handed down to them from their parents, and discuss how their cultural heritage has shaped them. Family photos and music written and performed by the students round out the storytelling. Students chose the film’s theme after Burgess guided them through brainstorming sessions. The group meets weekly at the George Washington campus. “This year we asked the basic question about identity and how do you know who you are as a person, which is very relevant to our group especially with all the mixed people that we have,” said Steck, who is Austrian, Filipino and American. “It becomes difficult to answer: Are you white, are you Asian, are you neither, are you just American? These are questions I will probably ask myself my entire life — the answer is not complete yet.” Emily Fullerton, another junior in her third year with the outreach program, said that some of the stories in the film are funny, while others are serious. Many are about

being biracial, and that “kind of cul-tural confusion of being American and being Asian.”

“I’m more aware of my Asian-American background now,” said Fullerton. “My mom was adopted from Korea, but I didn’t really become interested in the fact that I

was half-Korean until joined the group. I’ve learned more about my background, I care more about it, and I relate more to other people.” While Fullerton and Steck are excited about the video they helped produce, both say they place the most value on the connections they’ve formed through the group. Steck said the group members are almost all “people I probably wouldn’t talk to otherwise, but we’ve made strong friendships.” “It’s cool to learn about new people — from fresh-men to seniors I’ve never met before,” said Fullerton. “The stories were so surprising. You never expect to hear the kinds of things people are going through.” Both students described Burgess as a role model. “He’s so optimistic — he sees the good in everybody and everything. … I hope to be more like him,” said Steck. The screening of “Our Stories” will begin at 7 p.m. May 22 at Busboys and Poets’ 1025 5th St. NW location. It will include a question-and-answer session with Burgess and the students, and a showing of the group’s earlier videos. “I hope that people will enjoy it and connect to it,” said Fullerton. “Not just people of Asian-American descent — we wanted it to be something everyone can relate to.” When the youth outreach program resumes in the fall, Burgess plans to expand the group to include students from other schools in the District. “This age level is great,” he said. “They are so honest and creative. It makes me feel like there is so much hope for the future!”

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Members of the School Without Walls’ Asian American Youth Outreach Program have produced a video about identity.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 21, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include:■ update on community grants and the May 27 deadline for applica-tions.■ government reports.■ police report.■ updates from neighborhood groups.■ update on the Chinese Embassy project.■ discussion of Kalorama Village.■ discussion of proposed changes to zoning regulations regarding group instruction centers or studios.■ open comments. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact [email protected].

ANC 3BGlover Park

At the commission’s May 10 meeting:■ Paul Hoffman of the D.C. Department of Transportation updat-ed commissioners on the Wisconsin Avenue streetscape project: It’s about 20 percent complete, and Saturday work will start to take place more regularly soon. The agency has established a website for the project, at wisconsinavenueproject.com, that will provide news and updates along with two-week “look ahead” reports.■ Paul Kadlick, representing the new owners of JP’s, a strip club at 2412 Wisconsin Ave., gave details about their plans moving forward. Kadlick said the new owners want to be good neighbors and hope the establishment’s liquor license won’t be protested when they file to transfer it. While Kadlick recognized that some in the neighborhood might not be comfortable with the busi-ness, he said, “It is what it is.” He added later that since the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration already approved the license at this address, his position is that a poten-tial neighborhood protest “can’t stop us.”■ commissioners voted 4-0 to write to the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation supporting the applica-tion of a community group, Dogs of Guy Mason Alliance, to establish a formal dog park at Guy Mason Recreation Center.■ commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of amending their voluntary agree-ment with Breadsoda at 2233 Wisconsin Ave. The restaurant and bar was previously restricted from selling alcohol past 1 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The new agreement will allow alcohol sales inside the restaurant to be extended by one hour on weekdays and week-ends — reflecting the full hours permissible under D.C. law. The changes will not apply to the patio area, where alcohol service will stop at 1 a.m. Commissioner Jackie

Blumenthal introduced the resolu-tion by noting that Breadsoda has been a “good neighbor.”■ commissioners voted 4-0 to write to the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation supporting the Glover Park Citizens Association’s request for permission to raise money during Glover Park Day. The event will take June 12 at Guy Mason Recreation Center. Last year the D.C. Council enacted legislation that authorizes the parks department to decide whether groups can raise money on city park property. The citizens asso-ciation is proposing to donate half of the day’s proceeds toward improve-ments at the recreation center. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, call 202-338-2969, contact [email protected] or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 21, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Agenda items include:■ community forum.■ consent-calendar review of a Board of Zoning Adjustment appli-cation to waive side-yard and lot-occupancy restrictions at 2938 Macomb St.; a Historic Preservation Review Board application for con-cept approval at 3411 Quebec St.; and a Historic Preservation Review Board application for concept approval at 3523 Quebec St.■ presentation by the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department regarding a proposed parking deck behind the Cleveland Park firehouse.■ discussion with Metropolitan Police Department 2nd District Cmdr. Michael Reese regarding crime in the commission’s area.■ introduction to the Friends of the Macomb Recreation Center.■ consideration of a grant request from the Eaton Elementary School PTA.■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board applica-tion at 3215 Newark St.■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board applica-tion for a new fence to enclose a new residential lot on Klingle Road with-in the Tregaron Conservancy.■ consideration of a resolution regarding D.C. Council legislation to remove the ban on advisory neigh-borhood commissioners pursuing litigation. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7

p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

At the commission’s May 10 meeting: ■ a representative of the D.C. Committee to Restore Public Trust group discussed the effort to ban corporate campaign contributions. The group is seeking petition signa-tures to put the issue on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.■ Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. John Loveday reported that officers made same-day arrests in the two robberies that occurred in the area in the last month. General thefts and thefts from cars have increased in the previous 30 days compared to the corresponding time last year, he reported.■ developers of the Babe’s Billiards site discussed their planned six-story mixed-use building, which they said will be called “The Bond at Tenley.” The Zoning Commission is set to decide next month whether the plans are ready for a hearing, Douglas Development representatives said.■ commissioners agreed to support a stipulated liquor license at Tanad Thai, 4912 Wisconsin Ave., while its owner applies for a permanent license. Tanad Thai will be nearly identi-cal to the restaurant 4912 Thai that closed in that space last year because of tax issues, Tanad’s owner said.■ commissioners voted 5-0 to request that the D.C. Department of Transportation proceed with its plan to install a barrier forcing north-bound 42nd Street traffic to turn right onto Military Road, as is already required. The commission’s resolution also asks the agency to find ways to miti-gate traffic issues on nearby streets, and to not to install a similar barrier on southbound 42nd Street.■ commissioners voted 5-0 to request that the Metropolitan Police Department increase its use of traf-fic-enforcement cameras.■ commissioners voted 5-0 to sup-port budget proposals to allow liquor sales on Sundays. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 11, at the Capital Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3150 Chesapeake St. NW. For details, call 202-362-6120 or visit anc3f.us.

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After a disappointing 2011 season with an 8-20 overall record, the St. Albans baseball team went back to the drawing board and plot-ted how to get back to the Interstate Athletic Conference title game. The Bulldogs reached that goal Saturday, but they were ultimately unable to bring the title back to D.C., losing to Georgetown Prep 4-1. “If you look at our last six or seven games, I think we were one of the best teams in the area,” said St. Albans coach Jason Larocque. “The improvement our team [made] in just two months is incredible. To be here today and play a really good team is a sign of our improvement.” St. Albans posted a respectable 13-17 over-all record, which included a 6-4 mark in con-ference play to earn the No. 3 seed in last week’s IAC tournament. The Bulldogs began Saturday’s game well at the plate, notching two hits in the first inning

to get runners on third and second base with two outs. But they couldn’t capitalize, leaving the game scoreless. “It’s hard when you have two outs and a man in scoring position,” said Larocque. “You have to get a hit; there’s really no small ball you can play with two outs. That’s a tough situation.” After the missed opportunity, the game turned into a pitchers’ duel as St. Albans senior Danny Swad forced several groundouts and allowed just two hits through the first four innings. “He was around the plate and forced con-tact,” said Larocque. “We time our innings, and he had several three-minute innings. That’s good for keeping the defense off the field and keeping us at bat.” In the fifth inning, the St. Albans offense found its groove. First, the Bulldogs earned a walk. Then senior center fielder Gabe Roark hit a screamer into the fence for an RBI and a 1-0 lead. During St. Albans’ next at-bat, a bizarre play halted what could’ve been a high-scoring

inning for the Bulldogs. Senior shortstop Joe Dobbins hit a fly ball deep into the outfield, and Prep couldn’t make the catch. At first, St. Albans’ runners were unsure whether it had been dropped or not, but the Bulldogs coach waved his runners to continue and signaled for Roark to run for home. Still, the Little Hoyas threw a perfect relay and the catcher tagged the senior out as he slid into home. “We try to run the bases and put pressure on defenses,” said Larocque. “The kid made a perfect throw from about 200 feet; I’ll take that risk every time.” The Bulldogs’ next batter struck out to bring the Little Hoyas up to bat. Prep was able to ring up four runs by the end of the inning, and that proved to be the difference in the game. The Bulldogs notched just one more hit the rest of the way. “I think we beat them for six innings and they beat us for one,” said Larocque. “Unfortunately, they scored four in that inning. I told our guys to hold their heads up. It was one of those games — you just have to learn and move on.”

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Many of the softball players at School Without Walls and Wilson are close friends; several played the game together at Deal Middle School before moving on to high school. Last week, those friendships weathered a controversial D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association softball championship game that started and stopped Wednesday, then picked up again Thursday. By the end of it, School Without Walls stood victorious, celebrating both a 16-12 win over Wilson and back-to-back DCIAA champion-ships. As the players walked off the field at Watkins Recreation Center, several players from the two differ-ent teams embraced. “By the end it was a really good game, and we both played our best,” said Walls senior pitcher Tai Schroeder. “It doesn’t change any friendships. We both understand what happened here today.” The title game was slated to start Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Guy Mason Recreation Center. The presentation of the middle school championship trophy to Deal delayed the start of the game until nearly 6:30. That’s when a light drizzle — and the con-troversy — began. Despite the rain, Wilson, which was designated the home team

because of a better regular-season record, elected to start the game. But the drizzle turned into a heavy down-pour and disaster for the Tigers. Wilson sophomore pitcher Sophia Cordes struggled with con-trol in the storm, while the Penguins hitters benefited from a slew of walks to load the bases. Then Walls’ batters went to work. Junior shortstop Julia Mitchell ripped a double, and sophomore second baseman Jordan Fingerhut hit in an RBI. The Penguins built an 8-0 lead with only one out as the rain continued to drench the athletes. “I couldn’t pitch,” said Cordes. “You can’t pitch the ball when it’s raining like that. ... It doesn’t work because it’s all about the release point. It was a pretty hard inning, and we just had to go with it until

they canceled the game.” That call finally came after Cordes slipped off the mound while pitching. The umpires decided to suspend the game. Wilson head coach Chuck Caspari promptly filed an appeal with District officials for a restart and a new game on Thursday, rather than a continuation of the 8-0 score. When the appeal came to DCIAA athletics director Stephanie Evans on Wednesday evening, she decided to uphold the umpires’ decision and

continue the game. “What went into that decision was that at the start of the game the home coach always has the ability to say we want to start the game or not,” Evans said in an interview. “Wilson did not say they didn’t want to start the game. Once the umpire calls ‘play ball,’ then it becomes the umpire’s decision to call the game. ... Per the rules, I upheld what their decision was. I didn’t have a reason to overturn what the umpire said.” Several Walls players even asked

the umpires for a restart before Thursday’s play. “We decided that we wanted it to be 0-0 at the beginning of the game,” said senior pitcher Tai Schroeder. “But the umpire said he didn’t want that.” So the game resumed with Walls ahead 8-0. The Penguins picked up right where they left off the day before, scoring two more runs to take a commanding 10-0 lead at the end of the first inning.

Softball champs: Rain or shine, it was Walls’ time

Left: Brian Kapur/The Current; above: Matt Petros/The CurrentWalls, above, celebrated back-to-back DCIAA championships Thursday. The Penguins have beaten the Tigers twice in a row in the postseason. Tigers sophomore pitcher Sophia Cordes, above left, tried to use a towel to dry the ball and her hands Wednesday, but the umpires wouldn’t let her keep it at the mound.

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Matt Petros/The CurrentSt. Albans senior pitcher Danny Swad held Prep scoreless through four innings.

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Before first-year coach Anya Adams took over National Cathedral’s softball program, the team’s veteran players were largely in charge of teaching their younger counterparts. This made for an awk-ward dynamic, hindering the Eagles from reaching their full potential. That all changed when Adams came on board. The coach brought an encouraging outlook to the team as well as an ability to teach the players fundamentals. The change has allowed more experienced team members to improve their game, while the younger players can devel-op their abilities. “She’s been a huge reason why we’ve done so well this season,” said senior shortstop Chase Conroy. “In the beginning we were making so many errors, but now we haven’t made any the last few games. That’s big.” Adams’ back-to-basics approach proved to be the right touch for the Eagles Sunday, when the team dom-inated Holton-Arms 13-1 to win the Independent School League ‘A’ divi-sion championship. The game ended in five innings because of a mercy rule. With the post-season champion-ship and regular-season banner comes a spot in the ISL’s upper divi-sion next season. “It’s huge,” said Adams. “They had their goals set high at the begin-ning of the season. They just worked extremely hard, and we were able to achieve those two goals as a true

team with everybody stepping up.” The Eagles wasted no time set-ting the tone for the game. In the bottom of the first inning, Cathedral sent a whopping 13 batters to the plate and built a 9-1 advantage. “We hit, hit and hit some more,” said Adams. “It was just unbeliev-able. They probably hit the best they have all season.” While the Eagles’ bats lit up the scoreboard, the team’s play at the mound and in the outfield kept Holton-Arms from doing much. Sophomore pitcher Sarah Ing allowed just two hits, while the field committed no errors for the fifth straight game. “We were peaking at the right

time,” said Adams. “The past two weeks in practice and games have been our best ever. We’ve had five errorless games in a row, and that wasn’t the case earlier. Everything just came together today.” For the squad’s three seniors — third baseman Shelia Handler, out-fielder Katie Spaller and Conroy — the championships were a fitting end to a four-year run in the Eagles’ softball program. “This is my last year, and this is the year we’re moving up,” said Conroy. “It has definitely been a battle, but it’s going to help us grow as a team. I’m definitely happy to leave a legacy like that. … I like to go out with a bang.”

NCS routs Holton-Arms to win ISL ‘A’

Wilson tried to rally, and the Tigers cut the lead to 13-5 going into the bottom of the third. But Schroeder notched two strikeouts to keep the lead intact, and she continued to defuse Wilson’s scoring runs and rallies. The senior finished with six strikeouts. “I try my best. My catcher is very good, and she likes to square it up,” said Schroeder. “We got used to how the

batters like to swing, and I think that really helped.” Going into the bottom of the sixth, Walls’ lead was down to 16-7. Wilson’s first baseman Bridget Sherman hit a triple to help Wilson close the gap to 16-10 going into the final inning. Cordes held Walls scoreless at the top of the seventh. But Schroeder held off the Tigers offense and allowed just two runs in the final inning to preserve the win. “It’s great. Everything came together like I wanted it to,” said Schroeder. “I really wanted to lead the team to a win.”

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May 8 through 14

BaseballSt. Albans 7, Episcopal 5Maret 10, St. Andrew’s 0

Maret 8, Saint James 1St. Albans 10, Bullis 3Wilson 11, Anacostia 0Sidwell 6, GDS 5Prep 5, St. Albans 1

Boys lacrosseGonzaga 20, Ireton 1Saint James 13, GDS 6

Sidwell 9, Maret 1Ryken 8, St. John’s 4Gonzaga 9, Good Counsel 4Flint Hill 7, Sidwell 3

SoftballVisitation 8, Potomac 7Walls 16, Wilson 12Bullis 10, GDS 5

St. Stephen’s 11, Maret 0Visitation 8, Potomac 2Flint Hill 12, Sidwell 5Flint Hill 5, Visitation 2Cathedral 10, Madeira 2Cathedral 13, Holton-Arms 1

Girls lacrosseBullis 18, GDS 7

Visitation 20, Stone Ridge 11St. Stephen’s 17, Cathedral 4O’Connell 21, St. John’s 11Maret 17, Wilson 9Bullis 20, Sidwell 12Episcopal 12, Cathedral 8Saint James 15, GDS 13Cathedral 7, Sidwell 5Visitation 17, Stone Ridge 5

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentCathedral seniors Shelia Handler, left, Chase Conroy and Katie Spaller

Visi lax advances to ISL championship game Visitation defeated Stone Ridge 17-5 on Sunday to advance to today’s Independent School

League championship game. The Cubs will play St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes for the championship at St. Andrew’s at 5:30 p.m.

Gonzaga advances to WCAC lax title game The Eagles clinched a spot in

the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game Thursday by beating Good Counsel 9-4. To win a third consecutive WCAC title, Gonzaga will have to get past DeMatha tonight at 7 at the University of Maryland.

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other units will be deemed “work-force housing,” for those earning up to 120 percent of the medium income. “Firefighters, police, teachers — people being priced out of the area will be able to walk to work,” said Nix. “It’s a vibrant community, with a lot of amenities, and it would be awesome to have workforce hous-ing. I just feel like, if you look at the whole Wisconsin Avenue corridor, you can’t point to a lot of affordable housing.” The 10 other units would be market-rate. But, Nix noted, “it’s very rare that a non-public project proffers 40 percent affordable. Our team is confident that 40 percent affordable and workforce housing is pretty dynamic for Ward 3.” Nix said his firm was started in conjunction with the Washington Interfaith Network and has partnered with that church-based group, as well as the District government, to develop affordable and senior hous-ing elsewhere in the city. The firm’s

latest project, in partnership with the city, replaced five vacant, dilapidat-ed buildings in Deanwood with 63 units of affordable housing. But there will surely be pushback in Cleveland Park. Nancy MacWood, a longtime advisory neighborhood commis-sioner who represents the area, said it’s clear that the issue warrants fur-ther conversation. “The critical issue is whether a good example of a Queen Anne house that represents the [historic] housing patterns on Wisconsin Avenue … should be demolished. No contributing house in Cleveland Park has been destroyed, and I am not aware that any contributing house in an historic district has been demolished in DC — unless it was condemned,” she wrote in an email. MacWood said she recognizes the need for family housing, with three-bedroom units “so that our police, fire fighters and teachers can have the option of living in a neigh-borhood where they work.” But her concern is “the historical importance of the existing house at that location, and the precedent that would be set by supporting the demolition

request.” The proposal is currently slated for review by the preservation board June 28. If the board says no, it will

“provide comments” for an expected appeal to the mayor’s agent, deputy preservation officer Steve Callcott wrote in an email to The Current. “The applicants will be making an argument … that the project is one of special merit because it will pro-vide for-sale affordable housing.” The little house has a long, and

relatively well-documented, history. According to preservation office reports, it’s part of Cleveland Park’s oldest subdivision, Oak View, carved out of the summer estate of Grover Cleveland. With its little side porch and half-moon window, it was designed and built by Donald MacLeod, a Treasury Department bookkeeper, for his sister, a teacher. A two-story apartment building went up to its north in 1925, as streetcar service attracted new resi-dents to what was then Rockville Road, and an eight-story apartment house was built to the south several decades later. The Cleveland Park Historic District, with its strictures on demolition and new construction, was not established until 1986, and the home’s last occupant died in 2003. Kaufman has argued that the house’s awkward location makes it

undesirable as a single-family resi-dence, and that it’s unlikely a buyer would be willing to put in the money to restore it to livability. He did not respond to requests for comment. Kaufman’s idea of moving the house to Quebec Place, a few blocks northeast in the historic district, was shot down in 2009 by the preserva-tion board, along with residents there who thought the little house would also be out of place on their street. Now the property’s fate is even more pressing, since its recent clas-sification as vacant has made prop-erty taxes skyrocket. City property tax records show a tax due of $59,935 as of early May. The pro-posed assessment for 2013 is $744,460. The house, clearly in dis-repair, is assessed at only $176,060 — down about $30,000 from the previous year — though its desirable little lot is assessed at $568,400.

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Beauvoir School At Beauvoir there is a red-tailed hawk that lives in or near the play-ground. You can usually see the hawk flying around the playground. Hawks are carnivores, which mean that they eat meat, not vegetables. In some places the red tailed-hawk is known as the “chicken hawk.” The average wingspan is about 110 to 145 centimeters. Did you know that females weigh 25 percent more than males? Red-tailed hawks have red under the brown part of their wings. The

red part under the hawk’s wing is a dark deep red. The hawk is a com-mon, beautiful bird found in many parts of the United States. Most people think this species is rare, but it is not. The hawk that lives at Beauvoir is usually found by the big oak tree near the tennis courts that belong to the National Cathedral School. Nobody knows if the hawk lives in the Beauvoir playground, but some students think it does. I personally think that our hawk is a male because of the way its beak is shaped. Hawks are beautiful crea-tures and we are lucky that we have one in Beauvoir’s playground. So keep your eyes peeled!

— Bilena Dabalen, third-grader British School of Washington We visited Whole Foods. First, Pamela showed us some vegetables. The best thing she showed us was broccoli. It makes your teeth and bones strong! Next, we went to the fruit section. I was surprised to see my favourite fruit there — pineap-ple. After that, we went to visit Chris

to see the fish. I found out that fish makes your brain strong! Then, we had some snacks and they were delicious! We ate cheese, a brownie, dried mango and some nuts. Finally, we got a goodie bag with more yummy snacks. I learned a lot of new things from Pamela. She is a very nice lady.

— Maxime Williamson, Year 1 Glasgow (kindergarten)

Edmund Burke School At Edmund Burke School, any student with an adult proctor and willing, consistent members can create a club. When you start a club at the beginning of the year, you get some funds to buy materials. Clubs can be anything, as long as they’re school-appropriate. Lego Club, Smoothie Club and Stage Combat Club are just a few examples of the 40-some clubs at Burke. Clubs take place during the day, about once every week, at a designated time. However, a club can also agree to meet during lunch, after school or any time that won’t interfere with academics. In Lego Club, you can create different things with Legos. One student has even built a Lego cross-bow and planes and more. In Smoothie Club, you can experiment

with different fruits and juices to create smoothies, for a small fee. In Stage Combat Club, two high-schoolers with years of stage-fight-ing lessons teach younger students the art of fake-killing each other. Some clubs do things to benefit the school, like Yearbook and Student Government. Some also do things for community, like Environmental Club, which holds movie nights that raise funds to plant trees and help clean up. Students love clubs because they are fun, and it’s a great way to learn new things and to meet other friends with the same interests.

— Jamie Ross, Aidan Bryar and Joe Burney III, sixth-graders

Jewish Primary Day School On March 29, our Student Council (Moetzet Talmidim) partic-ipated in the National Hunger Seder on Capitol Hill, sponsored by MAZON and the Jewish Council of Public Affairs. It is an event based on the Jewish Passover Seder, but dedicated to ending hunger and lob-bying Congress to help put a stop to American hunger. At the seder, everyone received a Haggadah, or Passover liturgy book, containing prayers, songs and stories about hunger in the U.S. and how to fight it. “For those of us who do not usu-ally suffer the agony of hunger, today is the day to stand in the shoes of others, to remember that every one of us should be free from hunger,” the Haggadah states. Members of our school’s Student Council said they enjoyed the event. “I thought that the unique Haggadah added to the experience,” said Rebecca Ingber, chair of social events. Rabbi Steve Gutow, a well-known activist in the Jewish com-munity, led the seder. Many mem-bers of Congress participated. Student Council members led several prayers in English and in Hebrew, including the blessing over the matzah or wine. We sang two

songs, “Eliahu Ha’navi” and “Kol Ha’Nishama.” “There was a special connection in the room in the nation’s capital, knowing that we were all there to represent and defeat the huge prob-lem of hunger,” Rebecca said. Sixth-grader Shira Graubart, the chair of charity and fundraisers, said she “liked hearing what the organi-zations do to help prevent hunger and why they want to stop hunger.”

— Kate Sosland, fifth-grader

Maret School Our class recently went to Martha’s Table for two visits. For our first visit, we went there to work with the preschool children in the Class B “Teddy Bear” group. We brought books and games to entertain them and to help them learn. The children did a really good job listening to us. Then they got to play with us. After we worked and played together, we sang a song to them. It was called “Whisper.” At the end of the song, when we were leaving, we whispered something in their ear about what they had done well that day. For our second visit, we chopped vegetables to bring for soup. We chopped potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions, zucchini and turnips. All the ingredients go into big pots in the kitchen at Martha’s Table. The workers there do not eat the deli-cious soup. They make it to give to people who do not have lunch. They bring it to the hungry people in a big truck, like an ice-cream truck. Everybody who wants soup gets in a line at the truck. They all get a bowl of soup.

— Ms. Tomasi-Carr’s first-graders

Murch Elementary First-grade Murch Elementary teacher Kathleen Bergin will have the honor of running a leg of the Olympic Torch. She will start in Edinburgh, Scotland, and run 300 meters to Almwick, Scotland.

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School of Washington, said partici-pating in the relay “was a natural.” The first-through-12th-grade school, which has two campuses in the Palisades and Foxhall areas, “has many students with reading disabili-ties, about 80 percent,” she said. Joining the relay made even more sense since the event’s center-piece, “The Sword of Darrow,” orig-inated with one of the school’s alums. Alex Malchow, who is dyslexic, started working on the book with his father when he was 8 years old and a student at Lab (he’s now a junior at St. John’s College High School). At the time, he didn’t know how to read. “Me and my dad used to make up stories with each other,” Alex said. “One day we started writing the sto-ries down.” His father, Hal Malchow, recalls that sometime after the two had read “The Hobbit” together, “Alex came up to me and said, ‘I want to write a book.’” “I chuckled to myself,” Hal said, “but thought, well, I’m certainly not going to say no. So I said, ‘OK, fella, give me a character and situation.’” The end result — after years of writing and rewriting, and a long search to find a publisher — is a fantasy novel that’s won high reviews on Amazon. The story takes place in a magi-cal kingdom overrun by evil goblins. The unwitting savior is Darrow, a physically weak but mentally strong character who organizes an army to protect his kingdom. Aiding him is a featherweight sword with special powers and a quirky princess named Babette. The first-time authors are donat-

ing all of their royalties to the International Dyslexia Association, for which Hal is a board member. And their publisher, BenBella Books, gives half of the book’s prof-its to the Lab School. In printing the hardcover edition, the publisher and author also used lessons from the Lab School to make the book “easier to read for kids with learning disabilities,” Hal said. “We took passages and format-ted them in different ways. We asked the kids, what is easier to read?”

The result, Hal said, is an edition with simpler type, a larger font and more space between the lines than traditional books. For Hal, what started out as a way to help his son enjoy reading and writing has now spawned a sec-ond career. Though Alex doesn’t spend much time brainstorming fantasy plots with his dad anymore, Hal is busy wrapping up the sequel to “Darrow,” about a twin prince and princess. Once a full-time political consul-tant, the Arlington resident now devotes most of his time to writing. “I’d never thought about writing a book of fiction,” Hal said. “Now I’m sitting here with my laptop … hours away from finishing the second one.”

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Georgetown good looks: a red-

brick exterior with bright white trim and a glossy black front door. Inside is a move-in-ready two-bedroom home that will suit many types of buyers, including small families, empty nesters and those who live full-time elsewhere but have always wanted a Georgetown pied-à-terre. Hardwood floors line both lev-els here. On the ground floor, sun streams in through a large front window to light a high-ceilinged seating area. In the winter, the spot would be a cozy one, thanks to the wood-burning fireplace that fea-tures a richly veined Arabascato marble surround. A dining area comes next in the open-plan main room, followed by a separate kitchen. White cabi-netry and black coun-tertops get a shot of color from celadon walls. But there’s function as well as visual

appeal here; stainless-steel appliances from brands such as Bosch and GE Profile will attract buyers who like to spend time in the kitchen. A stacked washer and dryer wait in a closet. The home’s wood floors continue through the kitchen as well, a small detail that nevertheless makes the space seem larger because there’s no stopping and start-ing of materials. A door from the dining area leads via a slate and brick path to a rear garden that’s just the right size for morning coffee for one or two, or for an intimate dinner. A mature

Japanese maple shades the area, its planting bed artfully highlighted by stacked stones.

Two bedrooms and a bath wait upstairs, as does a surprising amount of storage for a home of this size

and vintage. A linen closet in the upstairs hallway is joined by a

very large walk-in space. In addi-tion, both bedroom closets feature customized rods and shelving to help owners maximize every inch. The larger of the two rooms faces Q Street and features two windows that brighten the space considerably. The home’s bathroom is a clas-sic in black and white, its vintage fixtures in spotless condition. A tub and shower combination gets defi-nition from a line of black accent tile, and black-and-white floor tiles

are charmingly retro. Potential buyers are likely to be drawn to the highly walkable neighborhood as much as the home. Volta Park, with its tennis courts, playground and green space, is just beyond the front door. Also within a few blocks are the Georgetown Library, a

Safeway grocery store and all the shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue. This two-bedroom, one-bath row home at 3407 Q St. is offered for $750,000. For details, contact Realtor Leslie Suàrez of Evers & Co. Real Estate at 202-246-6402 or [email protected].

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Classic Georgetown row house is centrally located charmer

Photos courtesy of Evers & Co. Real EstateThis two-bedroom, one-bath Georgetown house is priced at $750,000.

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the people.” Zimbabwe later added: “Frankly, that’s the way it should be,” pointing out that no party to the project — whether the developers, Giant or neighbors — will be getting exactly what they want out of it. Transportation officials and developers from the Bozzuto Group were on hand that night to talk about recent changes to plans for the two major intersections of the develop-ment, which spans Wisconsin Avenue from Macomb Street and

Idaho Avenue. In addition to the new grocery store, the development incorporates nearly 150 new residential units and 80,000 square feet of retail space. Newark Street will cut down the center of the project’s two blocks as its main thoroughfare, offering access to two parking garages with 519 spaces total. In response to concerns from residents, the Transportation Department recently widened Newark’s planned intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. Previous plans envisioned extended curbs, or “bulb-outs,” to make that intersection more pedes-

trian-friendly. Planners have now removed those features, to “ease [car] traffic from getting in and out of the site,” James Cheeks, the Transportation Department’s chief engineer, said after the meeting. The intersection will “essentially be the equivalent of what’s there now,” Zimbabwe told residents. That change revived a familiar tension between two different groups of neighbors. Many residents who live on or near Newark Street have pushed for a more walkable environment on the thoroughfare. Those who live on or around 38th Street, however, have tended to prefer a more car-friendly Newark. Some have feared that 38th — planned as a secondary access point to one of the project’s garages — would take the brunt of traffic if Newark is constricted. One attendee said residents had launched a letter campaign to “keep Newark Street as intended, as a fully running commercial street.” Northward, at the intersection of Wisconsin and Idaho avenues and Ordway Street, transportation plan-ners have now tried to “make it unat-tractive for [drivers] to make that through movement” east across Wisconsin onto residential streets, Zimbabwe said. Vehicles will still be able to cross safely when necessary, but the trans-portation agency recently made plans to tighten the intersection by extending curbs and adding a raised feature that Zimbabwe called a “pork chop” at Idaho and Ordway. One element that came up repeat-edly at the meeting is the $100,000 the Bozzuto Group has pledged, through an escrow account, to fund future mitigation efforts. Zimbabwe described this arrangement as “unique for the District.” To determine what type of improvements will be necessary, Bozzuto is required to undertake a traffic study about six months after the complex gets up and running. The firm’s vice president, Jeff Case, told residents that Bozzuto intends to give its mandated 45 days’ notice of demolition within the next two weeks. Construction work is expected to take about 22 months. To concerns about construction workers taking up parking in the neighborhood, Case said the firm is planning for a number of satellite parking locations elsewhere, and will provide the specifics soon. Cheeks reiterated that construc-tion vehicles are prohibited from traveling on neighborhood streets, and must access the site only via Wisconsin Avenue.

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off during the weekends and evenings. Plans call for test pits to be dug in the back-yard, requiring relocation of a sewer line dur-ing August and September. Workers are expected to address the areas considered most dangerous in October, continuing the excava-

tion until the following June, Barber said. Less dangerous areas are scheduled for cleanup next summer. Once all of the possibly dangerous material is removed, workers will backfill the site with clean soil. In 1993, investigators found 54 “points of interest” — potential sites of hazardous muni-tions — in Spring Valley and nearby areas based on a review of aerial photographs, docu-

ments and ground photos from 1918. Between 2002 and 2007, investigators added 28 “areas of interest.” Of the latter list, investigations of 19 of the sites are complete and four are under way. A plan for investigating the final five sites should be presented at the Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board’s June meeting, and that work is expected to be completed this summer, said board co-chair Dan Noble.

Questions remain about a property in the 3700 block of Fordham Road, where a home-owner has denied the Army access to what officials believe may be the site of a burial pit. John Owens, an attorney with the Army Corps, pointed out that the former owner of 4825 Glenbrook Road was also recalcitrant until a “last-chance letter” was sent. “There is authority if the situation is serious enough. It can be forced,” he said

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ing NoMa neighborhood into afford-able-housing programs. The revised budget directs those funds to the Housing Production Trust Fund, which was set up to encourage construction and rehabili-tation of low-cost housing, but has been depleted — and raided for other purposes — in recent years. Brown said restoring housing funds will “make sure affordable housing is not just a myth in this city,” and could “kick-start” con-struction of hundreds of new units. “Some people may prefer parks over affordable housing,” at-large member Michael Brown told The Current. “We thought affordable housing is more important.” The revised budget also boosts a city rent supplement program by $4 million to help homeless families leave shelters and motels for perma-nent housing, and adds $2.5 million to the Home Purchase Assistance Program for lower-income residents. Advocates for affordable housing packed the council chamber as members debated Chairman Brown’s various fund shifts. In recent days, the chairman also jettisoned Gray’s proposal to priori-tize repealing the tax on interest from out-of-state municipal bonds. Gray had said that the tax, which took effect last January, should be repealed if revenue projections increase. Brown’s action followed reports that District investors eagerly bought up the city’s latest bond issue — bol-stering arguments that the tax on the out-of-state bonds makes city bonds more attractive to investors. When Mary Cheh of Ward 3 and Jack Evans of Ward 2 tried to get the tax repeal higher on the “wish list,” it was clear the idea had only thin support. Only after Evans offered to make it “last on the list” — meaning the bond tax would be repealed only if hundreds if millions in additional revenue materializes — did the council agree, on a narrow 7-5 vote. The council, after some debate, also adopted Brown’s compromise proposal to boost sales tax revenue by extending only limited late-night hours for alcohol sales. Instead of the mayor’s proposed closing times of 3 a.m. every week-day and 4 a.m. every weekend night, Brown’s idea would limit the extended hours to 19 holiday nights,

including weekends “adjacent” to Memorial Day, Labor Day, Independence Day and New Year’s Eve. The compromise allowed the council to omit a controversial excise tax increase on alcohol proposed by Ward 1 member Jim Graham. Graham said he still fears extend-ed bar hours on even 19 nights would be “a huge imposition on the peace, order and quiet” of Adams Morgan and other such de-facto entertainment zones. But with the council unable to come up with the extra funding to replace the estimated $1.5 million in sales tax from the extended hours, members agreed to support a pro-posal from Cheh that would require officials to report back in a year on the impact of the change. The other major revision to Gray’s original budget proposal was actually hammered out Tuesday

morning by Gray himself and at-large member David Catania. Both wanted to restore some $20 million to the DC Healthcare Alliance, large-ly to cover hospitalization and emer-gency care for undocumented immi-grants, but were unable to agree on a funding source until yesterday. In his budget proposal, Chairman Brown also created a task force to study the possibility of granting a “neighborhood preference” in char-ter school admissions, starting in the 2013-2014 school year. The budget also provides about $200,000 for a dog park at a to-be-determined site in Ward 4, as well as funds for the renovation of more than 20 playgrounds across the city. Among those slated for upgrades are the Palisades, Macomb, Emery, Fort Stevens, Upshur Park, Hamilton, Takoma, Banneker, Harrison, Rose Park, Key Elementary School and Newark Street playgrounds.

commissioner Tom Quinn. It adopts recom-mendations from a 2004 Transportation Department study to give 41st Street a shorter green light at Military to lessen its appeal as an alternative cut-through and requests that only northbound 42nd Street traffic be restricted, among other recommendations. Transportation Department spokesperson John Lisle wrote in an email yesterday that the

agency had determined that any impact on nearby streets “would be minimal in relation-ship to the accident problem at 42nd and Military.” Nonetheless, wrote Lisle, “DDOT has secured the services of Sam Swartz Engineering to review our original Safety Study for 42nd and Military, review the impact of [the agen-cy’s own] recommendations and review some of the specific Traffic Signal and Roadway operational requests in the ANC resolution.” According to neighbors, the issue with the intersection is that eastbound Military Road

routinely backs up while waiting at the 41st Street traffic light, and those stopped cars block the view of faster-moving westbound traffic from northbound 42nd. Insufficient enforcement of the right-turn-only signage leads to accidents when drivers try to illegally cross the street, they said, and some argue that the planned barrier is the best solution. But eliminating 42nd Street as an option for cut-through commuters — practically, in addition to legally —would send those drivers to 41st and other nearby streets, other residents said. “When you put one barrier in one place,

it’s just ... going to create problems on a block that already has speed and volume problems,” 41st Street resident Dora Chen said at Thursday’s meeting. Once the Transportation Department’s con-sultant has completed its review of the options for 42nd Street and nearby intersections, the agency will provide a written summary of its findings, according to Lisle. “We’ve been asking for an engineer to look at these things together going back more than a year,” Quinn wrote in an email. “So if that is what they are finally going to do that is great.”

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Concerts ■TheCrossfirePercussionDuowillperformworksbyMattSargent.6p.m.Free.HemphillFineArts,151514thSt.NW.202-234-5601. ■ThechamberensembleConcertantewillperform.7:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-7370.

Discussions and lectures ■GaryYoungewilldiscusshisbook“Granta119:Britain,”andTaniaJameswilldiscussherbook“AerogrammesandOtherStories.”6:30to8p.m.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■YangzomBrauenwilldiscussherbook“AcrossManyMountains:ATibetanFamily’sEpicJourneyFromOppressiontoFreedom.”6:30to8p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■CalderC.Loth,seniorarchitecturalhistorianattheVirginiaDepartmentofHistoricResources,willdiscuss“Schinkel,vonKlenze,andtheGrecianImageinEuropeandAmerica.”6:45p.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.703-242-8840. ■Aspartofthe“AncientGreeks/ModernLives”program,GettysburgCollegeclassicsprofessorBrettRogerswilldiscuss“TheArtofStorytelling,”aboutthesimilaritiesbetweenancientGreekpoetsandmodernstorytellers,suchasfilmmak-ers,hip-hopartistsandwritersofcomicbooks.7p.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-Shaw

Library,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■AuthorTerryTempestWilliamswilldiscussherbook“WhenWomenWereBirds:Fifty-fourVariationsonVoice.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheD.C.InternationalHumanRightsFilmFestivalwillfeatureChristopherMorris’film“FourLions.”6p.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.WestEndCinema,[email protected]. ■“YilmazGüney:MasterofEuro-AsianFilmCulture”willfeaturethedirector’s1970film“Hope.”Apaneldiscussionwillfollow.6:30p.m.$4to$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160. ■TheHumanRightsWatchFilmFestivalwillfeatureLucCôtéandPatricioHenríquez’s2010film“YouDon’tLiketheTruth—4DaysInsideGuantanamo.”Aquestion-and-answersessionwithAndreaPrasnowofHumanRightsWatchwillfol-low.7p.m.$9to$11.WestEndCinema,23rdStreetbetweenMandNstreetsNW.202-419-3456. ■TheFrenchCinémathèqueserieswillfeatureJean-PierreDardenneandLucDardenne’s2011film“TheKidWithaBike,”abouttheemotionallifeofatrou-bled11-year-oldwhosefatherabandonshim.8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forchildrenages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.

NW.202-966-6000.

Performances ■TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpresentyoungstudentmusi-ciansanddancersinperformancewithprofessionalartists.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“FieldworkforMixedDisciplines”willfeatureworksinprogress.8p.m.$10.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.

Sporting events ■TheWashingtonNationalswillplaythePittsburghPirates.7:05p.m.$5to$65.NationalsPark,1500SouthCapitolSt.SE.888-632-6287.The series will con-tinue Thursday at 7:05 p.m. ■D.C.UnitedwillplaytheColoradoRapids.7:30p.m.$20to$52.RFKMemorialStadium,2400EastCapitolSt.SE.202-397-7328.

Thursday,May17

Benefits ■“ArtandLibations,”abenefitfortheLisner-Louise-Dickson-HurtHome,willfea-turefinewineandcraftbeers,horsd’oeuvres,artworkbythehome’sresi-dents,photographsoffashionweeksinNewYorkandBerlinbyWalterGrio,andaperformancebytheDukeEllingtonSchooloftheArtsJazzEnsemble.6p.m.$75;res-ervationsrequired.5725WesternAve.NW.lldhhome.org. ■TheAllianceFrançaisedeWashingtonwillpresent“UrbanCorpsInauguralGala,”whichwillraisefundsfortheorganizationandlaunchadancefesti-valshowcasingthebestofcontemporaryFrenchhop-hop.7:30to11p.m.$150to$350.MexicanCulturalInstitute,2829

16thSt.NW.202-234-7911,ext.833.The festival will continue at various venues through May 25.

Concerts ■TheGoldenTriangleSummerConcertSerieswillfeaturethegroupLethalPeanutperforminghardrockandbluesmixedwithfolk,bluegrassandalter-nativesounds.5:30to7:30p.m.Free.FarragutSquare,17thandKstreetsNW.goldentriangledc.com. ■TheCapitolJazzProject—amusiceducationprogramsponsoredbytheWashingtonPerformingArtsSociety,JazzatLincolnCenterandD.C.PublicSchools—willpresentaperformance.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheShanghaiQuartetandpianistPeterSerkinwillper-formworksbyMozartandDvorákandtheD.C.premiereofBrightSheng’s“DanceCapriccio.”7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■“NewMusicattheAtlas”willfeaturetheInternationalContemporaryEnsemble.7:30p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerforming

ArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■R&BperformerNickWaterhousewillperform.8p.m.$10inadvance;$12onthedayoftheshow.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000.

Discussions and lectures ■Thefirst-everDupontGreenWeekwillfeaturepaneldiscussionsonaspectsofsustainability.9a.m.to3p.m.Free;res-ervationssuggested.Room500,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.dupontgreenweek2012.eventbrite.com.Events will continue through Sunday at various venues. ■SaruJayaraman,co-founderandco-directorofRestaurantOpportunitiesCentersUnitedandassistantprofessorofpubliclawattheCityUniversityofNewYork,willdiscuss“TippedOvertheEdge:GenderInequalityintheNation’sRestaurantIndustryandtheMinimumWage.”11:30a.m.$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■U.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerBethBurrous,abiochemist,willdiscuss“Caffeine:FriendandFoetoPeople,PlantsandInsects.”Noonto1p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov. ■Panelistswilldiscuss“AlgeriaAftertheElections:NowWhat?”4:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room736,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.eventbrite.com/event/3508017575. ■GaryTinterowwilldiscusshisexperi-enceaschairoftheMetropolitanMuseumofArt’sdepartmentof19th-century,mod-ernandcontemporaryart,aswellashisvisionfortheMuseumofFineArts,Houston,wherehenowservesasdirector.6p.m.$20;reservationsrequired.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/calendar. ■NicoletteKressiandJoachimPoss,membersoftheGermanParliament,willdiscuss“FiscalAusterityandEuropeanRealities:HowtoCutDebtsandGrowEurope’sEconomies.”6p.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.Room500,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.eventbrite.com/event/3525361451. ■Inhonorofthe200thanniversaryofthearrivalofGeorgePeabodyinGeorgetown,thePeabodyRoomwillhostatalkbyMichaelLeePope,authorof“HiddenHistoryofAlexandria,D.C.”6:30

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p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■JohnWhyte,DiscoveryChannel’schiefmedicalexpert,willdiscuss“It’sNottheSameOldStory:AGuidetoRationalAging.”6:45to8:45p.m.$40.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■MichaelErardwilldiscusshisbook“BabelNoMore:TheSearchfortheWorld’sMostExtraordinaryLanguageLearners.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■TheGeorgetownBookClubwilldis-cussthesecondhalfof“Midnight’sChildren”bySalmanRushdie.7:30p.m.Free.GeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232.

Films ■TheD.C.InternationalHumanRightsFilmFestivalwillfeatureDenisVilleneuve’sfilm“Incendies.”6p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.WestEndCinema,[email protected]. ■TheCorcoranGalleryofArtwillhostascreeningofthe2011documentary“WhereSoldiersComeFrom,”aboutthreechildhoodfriendsastheygrowandchangefromcarefreeteen-agersinanorthernMichigantowntoNationalGuardsoldiersstationedinthemountainsofAfghanistanto23-year-olddisillusionedveterans.Adis-cussionafterwardwillfeaturefilmdirectorHeatherCourtneyandDominic“Dom”Fredianelli,aveteranwhoappearsinthefilm.6p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1770.

Performance ■TheMansaku-no-KaiKyogenCompanywillperform“Suminuri,”“Tsuki-miZato”and“KubiHiki.”7:30p.m.$40.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat

Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Special event ■“FoundinTranslation:an84000SutraResounding”willfeatureaparticipa-toryreadingoftheBuddha’swordsinEnglish.7to9p.m.Free.FriendsMeetingofWashington,D.C.,[email protected].

Tour ■AslideshowandoutdoortourwillfocusonthewhimsicalstonegargoylesandgrotesquesthatdecoratetheWashingtonNationalCathedral.6:30p.m.$10;$5forchildrenages12andyounger;$30perfamily.Seventh-floorauditorium,WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200.The tour will also be offered Sunday at 2 p.m.

Friday,May18

Benefit ■TheAcademyofHope’s“2012Bee&BubblyBash”—featuringacocktailbuf-fetreceptionandagameshow-stylespell-ingbee—willraisefundsforthegroup’sadulteducationservices.6to9:30p.m.$150.KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-269-6623.

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentaconcertofworksbyDvorák,PoulencandKinoshita.Noon.Free.CalvaryBaptistChurch,7558thSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■ElmoCosentiniofVienna,Austria,willpresentanorganrecital.12:15p.m.Free.NationalCityChristianChurch,5ThomasCircleNW.202-797-0103. ■MembersoftheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformworksbyPhilipParkerandGrantCooper.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■FormerD.C.mayorAnthonyWilliamswilldeliverkeynoteremarksataconfer-enceon“VisualizingtheNation’sCapital:TwoCenturiesofMappingWashington,D.C.”9a.m.to5:30p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-1616.The conference

will continue Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ■Aspartofthefirst-everDupontGreenWeek,panelistswilldiscuss“GreenEconomy:GreenJobs,PathwaystoLowCarbonGrowth,”at10a.m.;and“CarbonMarkets:BringingYourCarbontoMarket,”at1p.m.Free;reservationssuggested.WashingtonCenter,UniversityofCalifornia,1608RhodeIslandAve.NW.dupontgreenweek2012.eventbrite.com. ■FuadAliyev,aFulbrightScholarattheSchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,willdiscuss“IslamicFinanceinCentralAsia-CaucasusRegion:Risks,ChallengesandOpportunities.”12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room806,RomeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,[email protected]. ■ArchivistValerieSalliswilldiscussapairofengravingsandothermaterialshighlightingthe1782SiegeofGibraltar,alittle-knownsagaoftheRevolutionaryWar.12:30p.m.Free.SocietyoftheCincinnati,

2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■StephenVinson,associateprofessoratIndianaUniversity,willdiscuss“RecyclingCleopatra:Ancient-EgyptianFemmesFatalesinVictorianPopularNovels,ShortStoriesandPoetry.”6:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RomeBuildingAuditorium,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1619MassachusettsAve.NW.arce.org. ■BuzzBissingerwilldiscusshisbook“Father’sDay:AJourneyIntotheMindandHeartofMyExtraordinarySon.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■JenLancasterwilldiscussherbook“JenerationX:OneReluctantAdult’sAttempttoUnarrestHerArrestedDevelopment;Or,WhyIt’sNeverTooLateforHerDumbAsstoLearnWhyFrootLoopsAreNotforDinner.”7p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■ArthurBlumenthal,directoremeri-tusoftheCornellFineArtsMuseumatRollinsCollege,willdiscuss“IntheLightofNaples:FrancescodeMurainAmerica.”7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Auditorium,EmbassyofItaly,3000WhitehavenSt.NW.www.iicwashington.esteri.it. ■WashingtonNationalCathedralandthePEN/FaulknerFoundationwillpresent“AnEveningWithAnnPatchett,”featuringtheauthorof“BelCanto,”“Truth&Beauty”and“StateofWonder.”7:30p.m.$22.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-2228. ■JudithScheine,authorof“Schindler,KingsRoad,andSouthernCaliforniaModernism,”willdiscussAmericanarchi-tectRudolphSchindlerandthesignifi-canceoftheLosAngeleshousehedesigned.7:30p.m.Free;reservations

required.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-895-6776.

Open house ■TheU.S.BotanicGardenandtheEndangeredSpeciesCoalitionwillhostanopenhouse,featuringtours,children’sactivitiesandmorethan20boothsfocus-ingonendangeredplantsandplantcon-servation.10a.m.to2p.m.Free.Conservatory,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov.

Performance ■TheDanceInstituteofWashington’spre-professionalensemble,PositiveDirectionsThroughDance,andcommunitystudentswillperformclassicalballet,mod-ern,hip-hop,jazzandAfricandanceworks.7:30p.m.$15.ColumbiaHeightsEducationCampus,310116thSt.NW.brownpapertickets.com/event/245080.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonNationalswillplaytheBaltimoreOrioles.7:05p.m.$5to$65.NationalsPark,1500SouthCapitolSt.SE.888-632-6287.The series will con-tinue Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

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Children’s programs ■TinyChefswilloffera90-minutecookingclassforchildrenages4through8,at11a.m.;andforages9through13,at1p.m.$40.ChevyChaseBaptistChurch,5671WesternAve.NW.301-871-7395. ■GALAHispanicTheatre’sIbero-AmericanChildren’sFilmFestivalwillfea-turethe2009animatedfilm“CuentosdeCipotes,”basedonchildhoodstoriesaboutSalurrué.1p.m.$8forchildren;$10foradults.GALATheater,333314thSt.NW.202-234-7174.

Classes ■InconjunctionwithChoralis,BritishcomposerBobChilcottwillleadachoralworkshop,culminatinginaperformanceofhis“SalisburyVespers.”9a.m.to4:30p.m.$75;$35forstudents.NationalPresbyterianChurch,4101NebraskaAve.NW.703-237-2499. ■Aspartofthefirst-everDupontGreenWeek,ElizabethJohnsonofWhole

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Friday, may 18■Festival: St.SophiaGreekOrthodoxCathedralwillholditsannualspringfestival,featuringGreekfoodandpastries,attictrea-sures,aGreekmarket,internationalartsandcrafts,religiousicons,chil-dren’sactivitiesandliveGreekmusicanddancing.Noonto10p.m.Freeadmission.36thStreetandMassachusettsAvenueNW.202-333-4730.The festival will continue Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.

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Foodswillexplainhowtoincorporatelow-carbon,environmentallyfriendlyfoodsintofamiliarrecipeswithoutsacrificingtasteornutrition.10a.m.Free;reservationssug-gested.WholeFoodsMarket,1440PSt.NW.dupontgreenweek2012.eventbrite.com. ■“TangoPracticum”willofferachancefornovicesandexpertstopracticetheirdancemoves.2:30p.m.Free.WestEndLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707.

Concerts ■CellistNarekHakhnazaryanwillper-form.2p.m.Free;tick-etsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502. ■InconjunctionwithChoralis,BritishcomposerBobChilcottwillpresentaper-formanceofhis“SalisburyVespers.”3:30p.m.Free.NationalPresbyterianChurch,4101NebraskaAve.NW.703-237-2499. ■TheWestmorelandCongregationalUnitedChurchofChristChancelChoirwillperform“SacredMusicAcrosstheEnglishChannel.”7p.m.Free;donationswillbene-fitBethesdaCares.WestmorelandCongregationalUnitedChurchofChrist,1WestmorelandCircle.301-229-7766.

■TheWashingtonJewishMusicFestivalwillfeaturethegroupMoshavper-formingamixofrock,folkandreggae.9p.m.$18;$15forstudentsandseniors.AdasIsraelCongregation,2850QuebecSt.NW.wjmf.org.

Discussions and lectures ■RogerGilbertsonwilloffertipsonhowtomakeagreatpresentation.10a.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■PhiladelphiadealerandcollectorDennisDoddswillshareasamplingofhisfavoriteitemsfromdecadesofcollecting.10:30a.m.Free.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■Aspartofits300thanniversarycele-bration,St.Paul’sEpiscopalChurchwillhostaforumon“TheEpiscopalChurchinPartnershipWithItsCommunity.”SpeakerswillincludetheMostRev.KatharineJeffertsSchori,presidingbishopoftheEpiscopalChurch;theRev.DexterNutall,directoroftheD.C.OfficeofReligiousAffairs;andMinnieGreen,com-munityactivist.Noonto2p.m.Free.St.Paul’sEpiscopalChurch,RockCreekChurchRoadandWebsterStreetNW.202-726-2080.An anniversary festival Eucharist and reception will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. ■KenBuddwilldiscusshisbook“TheVoluntourist:ASix-CountryTaleofLove,Loss,Fatherhood,Fate,andSingingBonJoviinBethlehem,”at1p.m.;andTim

Noahwilldiscusshisbook“TheGreatDivergence:America’sGrowingInequalityCrisisandWhatWeCanDoAboutIt,”at6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■TheNationalLeagueofAmericanPenWomen,DistrictofColumbiaBranch,willpresentatalkbyinteriordesignerJoanCarpenter.1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.PenArtsBuilding,[email protected]. ■AnnaIndych-Lopezwilldiscuss

“RufinoTamayoandMexicanModernism.”3p.m.Free.MexicanCulturalInstitute,282916thSt.NW.202-728-1628. ■ArtistSandraCintowilldiscuss“Untitled(AftertheRain),”aninstallationnowatthePhillipsCollectionaspartoftheIntersectionsprogram.4p.m.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents;freeforages18andyounger.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151.

Festival ■TheNationalAsianHeritageFestivalwillfeatureculinaryspecialties,cookingdemonstrations,artsandcrafts,andliveperformances.10a.m.to7p.m.Freeadmission.PennsylvaniaAvenuebetween3rdand6thstreetsNW.asiaheritagefoundation.org. Films ■“1940:AmericaGoestotheMovies”willfeatureAlfredHitchcock’s“Rebecca,”starringLaurenceOlivierandJoanFontaine.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■A“ReelPortraits”doublefeaturewillincludeLeeGarmes’1932film“ShanghaiExpress,”aboutromanceandintrigueaboardatrainduringtheChinesecivilwar,at1p.m.;andMartinRitt’s1963film“Hud,”aboutaTexasranchingfamilycom-ingapartattheseams,at3p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000. ■“InPraiseofIndependents:TheFlaherty”willfeatureaselectionofexperi-ments,documentariesandshortsfromthe2011“SonicTruth”seminar,programmedbyhistorianandcuratorDanStreible.2p.m.Free.EastBuildingInformationDesk,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performances ■TheAllianceFrançaisedeWashington’s“UrbanCorps”hip-hopfesti-valwillfeature“LePetitBal2Rue,”featur-ingtwoDeFaktoCompanydancersaudi-tioninginfrontofa1950sfilmactor.2p.m.Free.KaloramaPark,ColumbiaandKaloramaroadsNW.francedc.org.The fes-

tival will continue through May 25 with events at various venues. ■TheJoyofMotionDanceCenter’selitepre-collegiatestudentcompanywillpresentamixedrepertoryprogramfeatur-ingworksbyHelaniusWilkinsandHelenHayes,amongothers.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■JoyofMotionDanceCenteryouthcompanieswillperform.7p.m.$20to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.TheperformancewillrepeatSundayat5p.m. ■AXISDanceCompanywillperform.8p.m.$25;$15forstudentsandseniors.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m. ■TheCapitalCityShowcasewillfea-turehip-hopartistBobJankans,musicianAdrianKrygowskiandcomediansAhmedHuidobro,PatRileyandChelseaShorte.10p.m.$10to$15.DistrictofColumbiaArtsCenter,243818thSt.NW.capitalcityshowcase.eventbrite.com.

Special event ■The11thannualDragonBoatFestivalonthePotomacRiverwillfeatureasportthatbeganinChinamorethan2,000yearsago.The45-foot-longboats,paintedtoresemblethescalesofadrag-on,willracealongacoursebetweentheKennedyCenterandThompsonBoatCenter.8:30a.m.to5p.m.Free.ThompsonBoatCenter,VirginiaAvenueandRockCreekParkwayNW.dragonboatdc.com.The festival will contin-ue Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ■TheseventhannualDCYogaWeekwillculminatewithanoutdoor“YogaontheMall”practiceledbyareateachers.1:30to4:30p.m.Free.SylvanTheater,WashingtonMonumentgrounds,15thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.dccy.org.

Sporting events ■TheWashingtonMysticswillplaytheChicagoSky.7p.m.$17to$300.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328. ■D.C.UnitedwillplayTorontoFC.7:30p.m.$20to$52.RFKMemorialStadium,2400EastCapitolSt.SE.202-397-7328.

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Saturday, may 19■Concert:TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpresentpianistJeremyDenkinconcert.8p.m.$40.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000.

Friday, May 18, 7 p.m.

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26)�e Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 3 Nights in August and Friday Night Lights is also father to a special-needs son. Born just three minutes after his normal twin brother, Zach lacks many cognitive and physical skills, even as he possesses a savant’s prodigious memory. Bissinger’s memoir is cast as a road trip, but the drive from Philadelphia to Los Angeles is as much a discovery of family ties as it is of America.

Saturday, May 19, 6 p.m.

(Bloomsbury, $25)Parts of this book appeared in Slate in 2011, winning the Hillman Prize, the highest award for public- service magazine journalism. Now complete, Noah’s examination of America’s growing economic inequality over the last thirty years presents this gap as marking a profound shift in the nature of this country’s character. Noah’s important study elucidates how this has come about, what it means, and how it can be reversed.

Sunday, May 20, 5 p.m.

(Penguin Press, $36)�e recent history of ExxonMobil includes dealings with dictators, entanglement in civil wars, annual revenues that match Norway’s GDP, climate-change denial, and above all, secrecy. In his report on the corporation’s global activities from 1989 and the Valdez spill to the present, the two-time Pulitzer-winning author of Ghost Wars draws on previously classified documents, court records, and hundreds of interviews for a portrait of a company that outspends all others on lobbying Congress and the White House.

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“The Subliminal Seduction of Spring,” featuring paintings by Chevy Chase artist Mona El

Bayoumi that explore uprisings like last year’s Arab Spring, will open Friday at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery and continue through June 22. An artist’s reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-338-1958.■ George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will open an exhibit today of abstract paintings by British artist Howard Hodgkin, many of which evoke landscapes. The show will continue through July 13. An opening reception will take place today from 5 to 7 p.m. Located at 805 21st St. NW on the second

floor, the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-994-1525.■ “Capturing the Verve: Prints and Bronzes by Robert Cook,” presenting the artist’s attempts to interpret motion, will open Friday with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Old Print Gallery. The exhibit will continue

through July 14. Located at 1220 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-965-1818.■ Cross MacKenzie Gallery will open an exhibit of ceram-ics by Anthony Stellaccio and paintings by Mary Armstrong with an artists’ reception Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will continue through June 30.

Located at 2026 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon

to 6 p.m. 202-333-7970.■ “I Dream a World: Paintings Inspired by the Poems of Langston Hughes,” presenting works by portrait painter Simmie Knox and his protégés Mason Archie and Morris Howard, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Parish Gallery. The exhibit will continue through June 12. Located at 1054 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-994-2310.■ Zenith Salon Gallery will open a new sculpture garden Saturday with a reception from 2 to 8 p.m. that will include a fire-paint-ing demonstration by Peter Kephart at 5 p.m. Located at 1429 Iris St. NW, the gallery is open Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-783-2963.■ Jackson Art Center will hold its spring open house Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at 3048 1/2 R St. NW. 202-306-1722.■ “Space Is the Place,” featuring site-respon-sive installations by Mariah Anne Johnson and John Watson, opened last week at Carroll Square Gallery and will continue through Aug. 24.

Located at 975 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-347-7978.■ Duke Ellington School of the Arts opened its 2012 Senior Art Exhibition last week and will continue it through June 18. Located at 3500 R St. NW, the school is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-282-0123.

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mona El Bayoumi’s “Confined Tangerines in the Winter of 2012” is part of an exhibit at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery.

Studio Theatre will present Leslye Headland’s “Bachelorette” May 23

through July 1. Ten years out of high school,

three unhappy friends celebrate a classmate’s wedding with a purse full of pills, acid wit and a few eager men. Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $60. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ American Ensemble Theater will stage David Mamet’s comedy “Bobby Gould in Hell” May 24 through June 9 at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. The play opens as the title char-acter, a recurring figure in Mamet’s work, is confronted by an interroga-tor determined to get him to confess his sins. With Bobby Gould strug-gling to argue his case, a woman he has wronged appears and turns up the heat. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets cost $10. The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is located at 545 7th St. SE. 800-838-3006; americanensemble.org.■ Shakespeare Theatre Company opened “The Servant of Two Masters” this week and will continue it through June 24 at the Lansburgh Theatre. Identities are mistaken, engage-

ments are broken and lovers are reunited in Carlo Goldoni’s com-media dell’arte masterpiece. Mayhem erupts when the wily — and chronically hungry — servant Truffaldino hatches a zany scheme to double his wages (and meals) by serving two masters at once. Performance times are 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $39 to $95. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ Ford’s Theatre will close the Tony Award-winning musical “1776” May 19.

Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through

Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $44 to $60. The theater is located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-

347-4833; fordstheatre.org.■ Scena Theatre will close Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer” May 20 at the H Street Playhouse. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25 to $35 ($15 for students). The theater is located at 1365 H St. NE. 703-683-2824; scenatheater.org.■ Studio Theatre 2ndStage will close Dan LeFranc’s epic “The Big Meal” May 20. Performance times are 8:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $38 to $43. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Theater J will close Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” May 20 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25 to $60. The center is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org.

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Studio Theatre’s “Bachelorette,” about three unhappy friends 10 years out of high school, will run may 23 through July 1.

“The Servant of Two masters” is playing at the Lansburgh.

howard hodgkin’s abstract “Lagoon” is on exhibit at Luther W. Brady art Gallery.

willhost“What’sOutThereWeekend,”fea-turingtwodaysofexpertguidedtoursofkeyD.C.worksoflandscapearchitecture,suchasTregaron,TudorPlace,DumbartonOaksParkandtheWashingtonNationalCathedral.Free;registrationsuggested.Varioustimesandlocations.tclf.org/event/wotw-washingtondc. ■AparkrangerwillleadawalkthroughDumbartonOaksParkwhileexplaininghowtoidentifybirdsthroughsightandsoundandwhymigratorybirdschooseRockCreekParkasastopoverontheirlongseasonaljourney.7:30a.m.Free.DumbartonOaksPark,RStreetbetween30thand31ststreetsNW.202-895-6070. ■GailGriffin,directorofgardensandgroundsatDumbartonOaks,andSuzanneBouchard,directorofgardensandgroundsatTudorPlace,willleadaguidedtouroftwoofthecity’smosthis-toricgardens.10:30a.m.$15;reserva-tionsrequired.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.oakstudorplacegardentour.eventbrite.com. ■WashingtonWalkswillpresent“DupontConservancy:PreservingNeighborhoodCharacter,”ledbytourguideCarolynCrouchandformerconservancyboardmemberRichardBusch.11a.m.$15;freeforchildrenages2andyounger.MeetoutsidetheDupontCircleMetrosta-tion’sQStreetexit.202-484-1565. ■TheChevyChaseCitizensAssociation’sannualGardenTourwillshowcaseshadeandraingardensinbothcottageandformalgardenenvironments,withexpertsonhandtodiscussthedesign,plantchoicesanddripirrigation.1to4p.m.Free.StartatLafayetteRecreationCenter,[email protected].

Sunday,May20

Concerts ■StellaeBoreales,Canada’spremieryouthviolinensemble,willperformclassi-calworks.2to3:15p.m.Free.ConservatoryGardenCourt,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov. ■TheWashingtonGirlsChoruswill

present“ThisShallBeforMusic.”3p.m.$30.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-3634. ■Localmusiciansandsingerswillper-formtraditionalandmodernScandinavianfolkmusic.4p.m.Free;donationsuggest-ed.FirstTrinityLutheranChurch,5014thSt.NW.703-734-0319. ■TheChevyChaseChancelChoirwilljoinsoloists,orchestraandorgantopres-entsacredchoralmasterworks.4p.m.Free.ChevyChasePresbyterianChurch,1ChevyChaseCircleNW.202-363-2202. ■TheRaphaelTriowillperformworksbyItalianoperettacomposerErmannoWolf-Ferrari.4p.m.$20.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■Accompaniedbyafullorchestra,ChoraliswillperformBobChilcott’s“Requiem,”conductedbythecomposer,andBeethoven’s“MassinC.”4p.m.$25to$40;$5forstudentsages13through22;freeforchildrenages12andyounger.NationalPresbyterianChurch,4101NebraskaAve.NW.703-237-2499. ■TheCitizensAssociationofGeorgetown’sConcertsintheParksserieswillfeaturelocalsinger/songwriterRebeccaMcCabe.5p.m.Free.VoltaPark,34thandQstreetsNW.202-337-7313. ■ConcertpianistChristopherSchmittwillperformworksbyBach,Prokofiev,LisztandSchumann.5p.m.Free.ChurchoftheAnnunciation,3810MassachusettsAve.NW.202-441-7678. ■TheprofessionalChoirofChristChurchwillperformworksbyRichardAyleward,AlfredHerbertBrewerandEdwardC.BairstowaspartofitsChoralEvensongseries.5p.m.Free.ChristChurch,Georgetown,31standOstreetsNW.202-333-6677. ■TheWashingtonChoruswillpresent“TheEssentialWagner,”featuringsopranoOthalieGrahamandbaritoneBrentStater.5p.m.$15to$65.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■GaryDesmondfromBristol,England,willperformanorganrecital.5:15p.m.$10donationsuggested.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■CuartetoQuirogawillperformworksbyGerhardandSchoenberginhonoroftheexhibit“JoanMiró:TheLadderofEscape.”6:30p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-

4215. ■TenorB.JacksonCaesar(shown),theSymphonyChamberOrchestraofArlington,PatrickLundyandtheMinistersofMusic,andtheChildrenofMetropolitanMemorialwillperform“SacredAriasII.”7p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,3401NebraskaAve.NW.202-363-4900. ■TheWashingtonJewishMusicFestivalwillfeaturetheBrooklyn-basedtransgender,JewishrockbandSchmekelperformingamixofpunk,klezmer,jazz,rockandpolka.7p.m.$15;$12forstu-dentsandseniors.ChiefIke’sMamboRoom,1725ColumbiaRoadNW.wjmf.org.

Discussions and lectures ■D.C.OfficeofPlanningdirectorHarrietTregoning,architectBingThomandotherpanelistswilldiscussthelegacyofauthorJaneJacobsandherideasonliv-able,walkableanddiverseneighborhoods.10to11:30a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401

FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■FredRowan,chairoftheCommitteeofSeventyoftheWashingtonNationalCathedral,willdiscuss“ServingChrist:MakingRoomforthe‘LeastofThese.’”10:10a.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■MeredithGoldsteinwilldiscusshernovel“TheSingles,”at1p.m.;andSteveColl(shown)willdiscusshisbook“PrivateEmpire:ExxonMobilandAmericanPower,”at5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■TheSibleySeniorAssociation,NationalEyeInstituteandPreventionofBlindnessSocietyofMetropolitanWashingtonwillpresentatalkbyNationalEyeInstitutedirectorDr.PaulSievingoncurrentresearch.2to3:30p.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.ConferenceRooms1and2,MedicalBuilding,SibleyMemorialHospital,5215LoughboroRoadNW.202-234-1010. ■ArtcriticAndrewGrahamDixonwilldiscusshisbook“Caravaggio:ALifeSacredandProfane.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■BuddyElias,AnneFrank’scousin,andhiswife,GertiElias,willdiscussthebook“AnneFrank’sFamily.”3to5p.m.$12.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.sixthandi.org.

Film ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpres-entGreekdirectorMichaelCacoyannis’1999film“TheCherryOrchard.”4p.m.Free.EastBuildingInformationDesk,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performance ■ThedancecompanyPar-Allèlleswillpresent“TheThreeWiseMonkeys.”6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Reading ■“SundayKindofLove”willfeatureemergingandestablishedpoets,followedbyanopen-micsegment.5to7p.m.$5.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Special events ■“DolleyMadison’sBirthdayParty&FashionShow”willfeaturetea,punch,lemonadeandvanillaandcaramel“DolleyCake,”aswellaschildren’sactivi-

tiesandarunwayshowfeaturingFederal-eraclothing.1to3p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.BelleVueRoom,DumbartonHouse,2715QSt.NW.dolleymadisonsbirthday.eventbrite.com. ■TheNationalMuseumofAmericanJewishMilitaryHistorywillpresent“FamilyStories:Daughters,Mothers,andBubbes,”featuringachanceforattendeestoportraybelovedfemalerelativesthroughskits,scrapbooks,readings,videos,andsonganddanceroutines.1to5p.m.Free.NationalMuseumofAmericanJewishMilitaryHistory,1811RSt.NW.202-265-6280.

Tour ■TheShepherdParkCitizensAssociation’seighthannualgardentourwillfeatureresidentialspacesintheShepherdPark,ColonialVillageandNorthPortalEstatesneighborhoods.2to5p.m.$15.ShepherdElementarySchool,780014thSt.NW.shepherdpark.org.

Monday,May21

Concerts ■Emmy-nominatedsinger/songwriterellencherrywillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■Harmonia,atrans-Europeanfolk-rootsband,willper-forminaconcertsponsoredbytheFolkloreSocietyofGreaterWashington.8p.m.$20.WashingtonEthicalSociety,[email protected].

Discussions and lectures ■AlexandraHoare,researchassociateattheCenterforAdvancedStudyintheVisualArtsattheNationalGalleryofArt,willdiscuss“SalvatorRosa’sLondon‘Self-Portrait’:AnAllegoryofPhilosophyorRhetoric?”12:10and1:10p.m.Free.EastBuildingSmallAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheWardCircleChapterofAARPwillhostatalkbyoperaexpertMurrayHowderon“Verdi’sGreatestHits.”12:30p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,3401NebraskaAve.NW.202-363-4900. ■DupontCircleVillage’smonthlyLiveandLearnSeminarwillfeatureatalkbynutritionconsultantKatherineTallmadgeonhowdietcanfosterhealthamongseniors.3:30to5p.m.FreeforDupontCircleVillagemembers;$10forothers.



Sunday, may 20■Concert:TheWashingtonJewishMusicFestivalwillfeatureaconcertbyrockerPeterHimmelman,fol-lowedbyabarbecuedinner.4p.m.$10;$25perfamily.OhevSholom—TheNationalSynagogue,1600JonquilSt.NW.wjmf.org.

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Ms. Bergin was invited to run because our wonderful fifth-grade teacher Vicki Otten nominated her. How, you may ask? D.C. Public Schools sent an email to teachers asking if they thought anyone would be a good representative, and Ms. Otten responded. When Ms. Bergin found out she was selected, she was flabbergasted. The only downside to this amaz-ing opportunity is that she will miss the last week of school. Her class is very excited for her, but sad because she has to miss some school. But it’s a small price to pay to get to do something this great. She will run while carrying the lit torch, so she has a few worries about it. “I’m a little worried about how heavy the torch could be, and I could trip because of it.” But we all have great confidence that Ms. Bergin can do this without any trouble. She doesn’t have to train for this event, but she is train-ing for a half Ironman Triathlon that’s coming pretty soon. She also runs with the Girls on the Run team, which she started at Murch last year. “I would like to give a shout out to Ms. Otten for nominating me, and the whole Murch community for being so supportive,” Ms. Bergin told us.

— Jacqueline Nadeau and Sophie McInerney, fifth-graders

National Presbyterian On May 2 through 4, National Presbyterian School performed Disney’s “Aladdin” (for kids). This amazing musical was directed by Mr. Nolan, substitute drama teach-er; Mrs. Hull, substitute music teacher; Mrs. MacSlarrow, kinder-garten teacher; and Mrs. Bravo, art teacher. Students in fourth through sixth grades have been working very hard on this musical since January. They had practices on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday and Friday mornings. “Aladdin” takes place in the magical city of Agrabah, and it’s about a beautiful princess who falls in love with a beggar. On May 1, the cast had a full-day rehearsal to run through the show three times. On May 2, the whole school got a taste of all 65 cast members’ hard work with a morning matinee per-formance. This could not have happened without the National Presbyterian parents who created the amazing costumes and helped with the makeup. The cast members were very thankful for the 10 students who were the tech crew. The musi-cal was a huge success and it was worth all the hard work.

— Elizabeth Marsh, sixth-grader

Ross Elementary A week after we had our own class election to select a task master, a teacher helper, a hall monitor and a line leader, Ms. Mary Lord came to visit our classroom. She shared her experience as a current member

of the D.C. State Board of Education and explained the impor-tance of the upcoming election in which she will run for the same seat again. A few weeks back we had Mr. Jack Jacobson doing a presenta-tion in our classroom; he is a candi-date for the same seat. Some of us made a few com-ments about Ms. Lord’s visit. Lauren Batson Roberts enjoyed her stories about her life and how she wants every kid to have an educa-tion. Max said that it was amazing how her son was bullied and now she wants to build an anti-bully club and end bullying. We were very grateful that Ms. Lord took the time to get to know us.

— Third-graders

St. Albans School This April the St. Albans lower school held its annual Science Fair. The students in Form II worked especially hard, as it was their last one. On Science Fair day, the scene is very hectic, with students view-ing other people’s projects and wait-ing for their own projects to be judged, all the while rehearsing what they will say when questioned by the judges. Students then have a chance to show off all of the hard work put into their Science Fair projects to their grandparents on Grandparents’ Day, which is always held the day after the fair. As the Science Fair ends, every-one in Form II prepares for the long-awaited outdoor four-day “Woodlands” trip. On the trip the form divided into two groups, one heading to an island at Calleva called Adventure Island and the other to Annapolis Rocks. At Adventure Island we learned about invasive species in the area, went white-water swimming, rode a giant swing and played pretty fun memo-ry games. At the end of each day everyone hurried as fast as they could to get in their tents and ready for bed before the sunset, as once it set the only light would be from flashlights, and they don’t compare to the sun. At Annapolis Rocks we embarked on a dreadful two-and-a-half-mile hike with heavy packs on, followed by exciting activities such as rock-climbing and rappelling. After the Science Fair and Woodlands, Form II is ready to fin-ish up the rest of the year.

— Daniel Bowes and Judd Linscott, Form II (eighth-graders)

St. Ann’s Academy Science has become an interest-ing subject in the third grade. We have learned about many new things in science this year. We did many science experi-ments in class. They were fun. We planted a seed to see how it becomes a plant. After we planted the seed, we gave it water and put it next to the window to give it sun-light. The seed germinated and grew into a plant. It was fun to watch it. Some of the bean plants grew fast! We also did a race-car experi-ment. Everybody in the class made a race car. We used paper towel rolls, bottle caps and toothpicks

with cut straws to build the different parts of the car. During the experi-ment, everyone in class was excit-ed. We learned how the parts of the car show examples of simple machines, such as screws, wheels and axles. We practiced racing them on carpet and on tile, to see which floor made the car go slower because of friction. Our teacher was very impressed with our work.

— Christopher Saddler, Sidique Thomas-Suelley and

Thomas Russell, third-graders

School Without Walls Monday was the start of Advanced Placement testing week, a wonderful time of four-hour exams and other such educational wonders. Most classes, even non-AP courses, are functioning on a reduced rate this week as students are either preparing for or taking exams during the school day. But this week was not merely devoted to testing and studies. It was also a pretty interesting week in sports for the School Without Walls commu-nity as well as foreign events. Following up on the Germany trip earlier in the year, in which a group of students traveled to Berlin and shadowed a local school for several days, our German compatri-ots returned the favor. This week it was Walls’ turn to host, though the Germans only shadowed classes briefly on Thursday. They’ve spent the rest of their stay in slightly more interesting places, like museums and Georgetown. The girls lacrosse team ended its great season last Friday with a sec-ond win against Woodrow Wilson High School on Wilson’s home field. On Wednesday inclement weather postponed the Walls-Wilson softball game until the fol-lowing day. When Walls softball returned to the field, the players, like the girls lacrosse team, man-aged to finish the season with a vic-tory over the Wilson Tigers. But the winning streak stopped there. Boys lacrosse ended both its Tuesday game against the Lab School and its Thursday game against Oxon Hill with losses. The team has one more chance to add a win to its season in its final game, against St. Albans next week.

— Keanu Ross-Cabrera, 12th-grader

Shepherd Elementary The third-grade Science Club and some fourth-graders walked in Rock Creek Park after school last Thursday, May 10. We got there walking from Shepherd. We went to Rock Creek to get water samples to see what was living there. We got to see a duck and frogs and tadpoles. Tony Wilson found a snake hole and Mr. King confirmed it. We took the water samples back to school. There is a part in Rock Creek where there are logs and two huge roots and something like steps that you can walk down, and it’s all muddy and you can see a little pud-dle on the far end. And there was a huge tree branch that broke off and it’s in the middle of the Rock Creek

water, and that’s where I got my water sample from. One student lost his shoe because he went into a really muddy part and it came off. And then he had to go running after it or else it was going to float away. Somebody else fell in the mud. Mr. Velez said, “If all of us fall in the water, I’m going to save myself first!” This coming Thursday, May 17, the school is having another Family Dinner Night at Ledo Pizza on Georgia Avenue. The PTA gets 20 percent back from what you spend if you say you’re from Shepherd. The hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Ledo Pizza is cool. It’s my favorite pizza and a lot of my classmates like it, too.

— Cyntia Pattison, third-grader

Sidwell Friends School Fifth-grade squires at Sidwell Friends Middle School go through each day with the longing to ride into battle as a true knight wearing their coat of arms. Each knight-to-be goes through a series of valiant quests in order to enter chivalry. As the knighting ceremony draws near, squires race to complete their quests while the pressure gets higher and higher. In the proud kingdoms of Lauthelot, Saunderton, Dufourville and Nicholsbury, strange happen-ings are going on. Playwrights, art-ists with style and bakers try to impress their queens with all their might. Some squires have outdone themselves by baking 100 crepes, writing newspapers, running four miles or creating wonderful movies. These are all part of the quests the young fifth-grade squires are assigned to complete in the last half of the school year. Afterward, the glorious knights have a ceremony in which they wear their very own coat of arms and exhibit their most treasured quests. The fifth-graders make at least one part of their beautiful medieval costumes to wear after the ceremony. The quest to knighthood is on!

— Toby Dorfman, Patrice McGloin and

Rachel Blatt, sixth-graders

Washington Latin Public Charter School Echo Hill is the long-anticipated camping trip for seventh-graders at Washington Latin. This trip to Maryland has been the main event of our school year, and the seventh-graders are excited for activities like fishing and learning about the swamp. We are staying for three days on the campgrounds, in basic cabins with bunk beds and no bath-rooms. This will be a new experi-ence for many students who aren’t used to roughing it in nature. We are going to have activities like kayaking and exploring the bay. The most fun part, I think, is that at about 4:30 in the morning, our his-tory teacher plans to take us fishing. The trip counts for part of our sci-ence grade, but I just like to be with nature and away from the city.

— Taariq Saadiq, seventh-grader

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