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Vol 12 No 44 Alexandriarsquos only independent hometown newspaper NOVEMBER 3 2016
New schools would solve overcrowding issues by 2027BY CHRIS TEALE
Schools Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed an ambitious plan to solve Alex-andria City Public Schoolsrsquo capacity crunch by 2027 as he unveiled his capital budget proposal last week Under the plan between the 2018 and 2027 fiscal years ACPS would appropri-ate $5157 million on projects to expand capacity includ-ing renovations at Douglas MacArthur George Mason
City asked to provide more for operating costs in proposed budgetBY CHRIS TEALE
Washington Metropoli-tan Area Transit Authority general manager Paul Wie-defeld will propose his fiscal 2018 operating budget for the beleaguered agency Thurs-day and while Alexandria appears to have escaped its worst effects it will be asked to chip in more money
SEE SCHOOLS | 6
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
HALLOWEEN The topical Michael Palpatine (top dressed as a ballot box) was joined by his parents Frances and Helena and his sister Mari for the Del Ray Business Association-sponsored 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon Gayle Reuter co-chair of the 2016 parade was honored for her 20 years as parade chair-woman with a proclamation by Mayor Allison Silberberg and city councilors declaring that Mount Vernon Avenue will be known as ldquoGayle Reuter Avenuerdquo on future Del Ray Halloween parade days Meanwhile on Lee Street in Old Town Buccaneers Adam and Whit-ney Locke (above) handed out candy Monday night to thousands of trick-or-treaters For more Halloween photos see page 20
TC WILLIAMS BRINGS IT HOME FOR HOMECOMING - PAGE 16
IN WITH THE NEW STYLE FOR HOLIDAY DINNERS - PAGE 24
Crawley proposes newTC Williams campus
Metroway saved from WM ATA budget cuts
and Matthew Maury elemen-tary schools It also would add a new elementary school mdash in addition to the proposed new West End school using retrofit-ted office space mdash as well as build a new middle school The most dramatic aspect of the plan would be to com-pletely demolish the Minnie Howard campus of TC Wil-liams High School and replace it with a building for ninth and 10th graders adding 717 seats at a total cost of $1185 million ldquoThis is an aggressive budget This is a budget that reflects a sense of urgencyrdquo Crawley said
ldquoWersquove heard repeatedly from our parents hellip of the importance of having the requisite learning spaces those optimal learning environments whether they are small spaces whether they are classroom spaces gymnasiums auditoriums or playing fields Our students deserve the very best that we can give themrdquo In data provided by ACPS staff during the Alexandria City School Boardrsquos Octo-ber 27 meeting the system is serving 15354 students during fiscal 2017 compared
SEE WMATA | 8
FILE PHOTOThe Metroway bus rapid transit service from the Braddock Road Metro station to Pentagon City through Potomac Yard had been un-der threat in WMATA budget cuts despite only being in operation since 2014 but the system will survive in the agencyrsquos proposed fiscal 2018 operating budget
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
2 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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GRACIOUSLY RENOVATED AND
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LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
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bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
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Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
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a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
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comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GranD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
ask aboUt cLosinG cost assistancE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
Savings are based on the discounts received by Berkshire Hathaway Home Services PenFed Realtyrsquos clients for using Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realtyrsquos mortgage and title affiliates as com-pared to purchasing the settlement services from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realtyrsquos mortgage and title affiliates without retaining the services of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GranD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
ask aboUt cLosinG cost assistancE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
THANKFUL FOR UPGRADES Loaded with updates in the last 5 years roof windows doors HVAC granite counters amp stainless appliances HWH plumbing amp light fixtures pantry main level flooring Brand new carpet and custom paint Open floor plan Garage driveway and guest parking
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ALEXANDRIA $549900 QUAKER HILL ALEXANDRIA $518000 BROOKVILLE
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CHANTILLY $439900 SOUTH VILLAGE
BURKE $469900 CARDINAL ESTATES
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 3
THE WEEKLY BRIEFINGFormer Alexandrian charged with voter fraudMan accused of filing fake voter registration formsBY ERICH WAGNER A former Alexandria resi-dent was arraigned last week in connection with allegations that he forged voter registration forms last spring Vafalay Massaquoi 30 is charged with two felony counts of forging a public re-cord and two felony counts of voter reg-istration fraud Each charge carries a maxi-mum penalty of 10 years in prison Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said in a statement that Massaquoi alleg-edly ldquoinvented applicantsrdquo while he worked for local progressive advocacy group New Virginia Majority After the applications were filed with the Alexandria Office of the General Registrar officials reviewed the forms and brought them to the attention of Porterrsquos office Porter stressed that Massaquoi should enjoy the presumption of innocence despite the allegations against him And he noted that this incident did not result in any instances of improper voting ldquoGiven the recent public atten-tion to claims of election fraud I think it is important to note that there is no allegation that any il-legal vote was actually cast in this caserdquo he said ldquoFurthermore since the fraudulent applications involved fictitious people had the fraud not been uncovered the risk of actual fraudulent votes be-
ing cast was low However any such offense is extremely serious and can degrade the confidence we as citizens justly have in our system of electionsrdquo Porter said he had given po-lice the green light to seek war-rants against Massaquoi in July but by that point he had moved away from Alexandria But in
early October police arrested him near Phil-adelphia and he was extradited to Alexan-dria October 27 Alexandria registrar of voters Anna Leider said at times it can be easy to see when some-thing is amiss about a voter registration form
ldquoIn general we review ap-plications as they come in look-ing at them for completeness and itrsquos hard to say but we make sure that they sort of make senserdquo she said ldquoIf there are street addresses for big apartment buildings we make sure they include apart-ment numbers We make sure there are full legal names and signatures and that they checked all the boxes Jon Liss co-executive direc-tor of New Virginia Majority confirmed Tuesday that Massa-quoi worked for his organization earlier this year as a so-called ldquovoter organizerrdquo and was paid a flat $15 per hour to work on voter registration drives But he was fired after only a few weeks ldquoHe was let go because his work wasnrsquot up to our quality standardsrdquo Liss said
Liss noted that groups that perform voter registration drives arenrsquot allowed to screen applications themselves and in-stead must turn all applications complete or not over to election officials within 10 days He said his group trains people it hires on voter registration and require them to go out with more expe-rienced employees before set-ting out on their own Massaquoi is being held at the William G Truesdale Adult Detention Center A preliminary hearing is slated for December 13 in Alexandria General Dis-trict Court
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A specially appointed cir-cuit court judge reaffirmed councilrsquos approval of the relo-cation of La Bergerie to 329 N Washington St in a decision received Wednesday afternoon denying a lawsuit brought by neighbors against the move In a written decision by Judge William H Shaw III city coun-cilrsquos decision in 2014 to approve the French restaurantrsquos move from its current location on North Lee Street was found to
be reasonable and did not violate due process ldquohellipCity council understood both the mixed commercialresidential character of North Washington Street and the con-cerns of some nearby neighbors and found that the benefits to the community outweighed the concerns particularly when such concerns were met with strict conditions placed on the appli-cantrdquo Shawrsquos decision reads
- Chris Teale
Judge approves La Bergerie relocation
~ Canine Health Care ~
wwwdiannhickscom
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks finding
homes for pets and humans alike
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SARAHrsquoS FUND PLEASE CALL
703-746-4774 OR VISIT US AT wwwALExANDRIAANIMALSORgDONATE
THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
provides Shelter pets with needed procedures
This puppy will soon undergo an operation to repair
ldquopulmonic stenosisrdquo with donations from Alexandrians
Your five-dollar donation adds to Sarahrsquos Fund and
together with contributions of others ensures that
medical care is there when needed
ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK
~ Special Needs ~Extra patience may be required to adopt Flash At
age 4 he is energetic and needs encouragement to slow down
Hersquos lost a leg but gained perspective on whatrsquos important be happy each day and love those
around you Flash well knows this credo and hopes for a home of his own to share the love
For iNFo about alexaNdriarsquoS adoptable petS pleaSe viSit wwwalexandriaanimalsorg
tHaNK You
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks Carlson finding homes for pets and humans alike
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks Carlson finding homes for pets and humans alike
wwwdiannhickscom
~ So Many Adoptions ~Franco would like you to know that the Shelter has had a great month
Many of our featured cats amp dogs are already nesting in their new homes
This is no trick but a true treatPLEASE VISIT wwwalexandriaanimalsorg
and phone 703-746-4774 for more infoTHANK YOU
4 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
POLICE BEAT
Editorrsquos note Police reports are not considered public information in Virginia The Alexandria Police Department is not required to supply the public at large with detailed information on criminal cases
Source raidsonlinecom
1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3
BURGLARIES32THEFTS 7 DRUG CRIMES 20 ASSAULTS
1 SEXUAL OFFENSE
4VEHICLETHEFTS2ROBBERIES
Police investigating King Street stabbing on Wednesday
Man stabbed during failed drug deal on North Quaker Lane
Two people arrested after vehicle chase in Old Town
Police carry out underage alcohol compliance checks Officers from the Alexandria Police Department conducted nearly 30 compliance checks last Friday in an effort to deter businesses from selling alcohol to underage individuals Department spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said detectives monitored underage people at-tempting to buy alcohol from lo-
cal stores She said service was denied at 24 locations through-out the city but sales were made at five locations Nosal said of-ficers then took reports on those that did not comply with the law Nosal said the primary goal of these compliance checks is to confirm the practice of legal al-cohol sales and the education of
cashiers and management Acting Police Chief David Huchler said in a statement that clerks may be charged with a class one misdemeanor when an un-derage alcohol sale occurs APD partnered with Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexan-dria on the compliance checks
- Chris Teale
Alexandria police are in-vestigating a stabbing that took place Wednesday morning in Old Town Officers responded to the 800 block of King St at approx-imately 929 am November 2 after reports of the stabbing De-partment spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal said a 63-year-old male called to report he had been stabbed He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threat-ening injuries Nosal said that the inves-tigation remains active as of press time but that the victim was not cooperating She had
no information regarding the suspect or an exact location of the crime Anyone with further infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A man was left with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed last Friday night on North Quaker Lane in an in-cident police are describing as a ldquodrug deal gone wrongrdquo Officers from the Alex-andria Police Department re-sponded to the 1100 block of N
Quaker Lane at approximately 1012 pm October 28 after re-ports of a felonious assault De-partment spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said the victim and sus-pect knew each other and that the victim was stabbed during a failed drug transaction He was taken to a local hospital
Nosal had no further details on the incident or a suspect as of press time Anyone with more infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A driver and passenger are in custody after a vehicle chase through Old Town on Tuesday afternoon involving the Virgin-ia State Police Officers from the Alexan-dria Police Department assisted with the chase as did the Fair-fax County Police Department helicopter APD spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said that typi-cally state police will let local police forces know when a chase enters their jurisdiction and may request assistance Nosal said it appeared that the state policersquos tag reader picked up a stolen vehicle but the driver fled when asked to pull over by officers The chase
continued into the city but end-ed on North Peyton Street when the car crashed into a front yard From there Nosal said the passenger and driver abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but were apprehended She added that Virginia State Police will handle possible charges in the case - Chris Teale
The following incidents occurred between October 26 and November 2
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SEE RAMSEY HOMES | 12
IMAGECITY OF ALEXANDRIA
A view of the entry to the proposed new Ramsey Homes on North Patrick Street The proposal by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority would demolish the current 15 units in four buildings and replace them with 52 units in one building
ARHA proposal to build 52-unit building recommended by commissionersBY CHRIS TEALE
The city planning commis-sion unanimously recommend-ed approval of the redevelop-ment of the Ramsey Homes at its meeting Tuesday night City council will take up the plan at its November 12 public hearing Under the plan submitted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority the four
buildings that currently house 15 affordable units at 699 N Patrick St would be demolished and replaced by one four-story building that contains 52 mixed-income units And after past meetings on the project that were littered with controversy and vitriol commis-sioners were pleased with how things look now ldquoItrsquos just great to see where wersquove wound uprdquo said commis-sion vice chairman Nathan Macek
Previously city councilors and commissioners had spoken of their desire to preserve at least one of the existing Ramsey Homes buildings due to the sitersquos history as temporary homes for black defense workers built dur-ing World War II But in June city council ap-proved a plan to demolish all four of the buildings and replace them with one which would be moved to the north side of the property to accommodate
ground-level open space at the corner of Pendleton and North Patrick streets Under the plan by ARHA 15 of the units would be available to residents whose income is 30 percent of area median income with the other 37 available to those making between 30 and 60 percent of area median income The commitment to preserv-ing and increasing the cityrsquos af-fordable housing stock after the loss of thousands of units over
recent years drew praise from local residents who testified in support of the project ldquoMaking this project hap-pen mdash and making it happen in a timely manner mdash gives us as members of the community a sense of ownership of our com-munity a sense of likeness of whatrsquos happening in the commu-nityrdquo said Charkenia Walker a current Ramsey Homes resident
Planning commission approves Ramsey Homes redevelopment
Pediatric Associates has served families in Northern Virginia for over 60 years We are excited to announce the opening of our second office in Potomac Yard close to Del Ray Old Town and Arlington neighborhoods
For more information703-924-2100 wwwpedsalexcom
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BUSINESS OF THE YEAR by the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce
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6 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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Fusion is a revolutionary place where positive constructive relationships unlock academic potential Wersquore a private school providing an individualized education for kids from grades 6-12 But wersquore so much more than that Wersquore a community of learning dedicated to creating a supportive campus environment where every kid can flourish ndash emotionally socially and academically
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with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
together They move us forward with our pre-K commitment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo
- Schools Superindentent Alvin Crawley
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
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So
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
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Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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GRACIOUSLY RENOVATED AND
UPDATED Pristine move-in condition end unit immaculately finished on all three levels with hardwood floors cathedral ceiling gas fireplace large rooms and a spa-like master bath Located near poplar schools restaurants amp shopping
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bull1 Bedroom 1 BathbullUpdated CondobullNew Floors ThroughoutbullConveniently Located
bull3 Bedrooms 255 BathsbullGourmet Kitchenbull2 Balconiesbull2 Car Garage
bull3 Bedrooms 2 Bathsbull2 FireplacesbullHardwood FloorsbullWalk-Out Basement
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GranD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
ask aboUt cLosinG cost assistancE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GranD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
ask aboUt cLosinG cost assistancE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
Savings are based on the discounts received by Berkshire Hathaway Home Services PenFed Realtyrsquos clients for using Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realtyrsquos mortgage and title affiliates as com-pared to purchasing the settlement services from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realtyrsquos mortgage and title affiliates without retaining the services of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GranD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEw PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
own for LEss tHan rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
ask aboUt cLosinG cost assistancE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
a fabULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
own a cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovatED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
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We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
THANKFUL FOR UPGRADES Loaded with updates in the last 5 years roof windows doors HVAC granite counters amp stainless appliances HWH plumbing amp light fixtures pantry main level flooring Brand new carpet and custom paint Open floor plan Garage driveway and guest parking
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFINGFormer Alexandrian charged with voter fraudMan accused of filing fake voter registration formsBY ERICH WAGNER A former Alexandria resi-dent was arraigned last week in connection with allegations that he forged voter registration forms last spring Vafalay Massaquoi 30 is charged with two felony counts of forging a public re-cord and two felony counts of voter reg-istration fraud Each charge carries a maxi-mum penalty of 10 years in prison Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said in a statement that Massaquoi alleg-edly ldquoinvented applicantsrdquo while he worked for local progressive advocacy group New Virginia Majority After the applications were filed with the Alexandria Office of the General Registrar officials reviewed the forms and brought them to the attention of Porterrsquos office Porter stressed that Massaquoi should enjoy the presumption of innocence despite the allegations against him And he noted that this incident did not result in any instances of improper voting ldquoGiven the recent public atten-tion to claims of election fraud I think it is important to note that there is no allegation that any il-legal vote was actually cast in this caserdquo he said ldquoFurthermore since the fraudulent applications involved fictitious people had the fraud not been uncovered the risk of actual fraudulent votes be-
ing cast was low However any such offense is extremely serious and can degrade the confidence we as citizens justly have in our system of electionsrdquo Porter said he had given po-lice the green light to seek war-rants against Massaquoi in July but by that point he had moved away from Alexandria But in
early October police arrested him near Phil-adelphia and he was extradited to Alexan-dria October 27 Alexandria registrar of voters Anna Leider said at times it can be easy to see when some-thing is amiss about a voter registration form
ldquoIn general we review ap-plications as they come in look-ing at them for completeness and itrsquos hard to say but we make sure that they sort of make senserdquo she said ldquoIf there are street addresses for big apartment buildings we make sure they include apart-ment numbers We make sure there are full legal names and signatures and that they checked all the boxes Jon Liss co-executive direc-tor of New Virginia Majority confirmed Tuesday that Massa-quoi worked for his organization earlier this year as a so-called ldquovoter organizerrdquo and was paid a flat $15 per hour to work on voter registration drives But he was fired after only a few weeks ldquoHe was let go because his work wasnrsquot up to our quality standardsrdquo Liss said
Liss noted that groups that perform voter registration drives arenrsquot allowed to screen applications themselves and in-stead must turn all applications complete or not over to election officials within 10 days He said his group trains people it hires on voter registration and require them to go out with more expe-rienced employees before set-ting out on their own Massaquoi is being held at the William G Truesdale Adult Detention Center A preliminary hearing is slated for December 13 in Alexandria General Dis-trict Court
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A specially appointed cir-cuit court judge reaffirmed councilrsquos approval of the relo-cation of La Bergerie to 329 N Washington St in a decision received Wednesday afternoon denying a lawsuit brought by neighbors against the move In a written decision by Judge William H Shaw III city coun-cilrsquos decision in 2014 to approve the French restaurantrsquos move from its current location on North Lee Street was found to
be reasonable and did not violate due process ldquohellipCity council understood both the mixed commercialresidential character of North Washington Street and the con-cerns of some nearby neighbors and found that the benefits to the community outweighed the concerns particularly when such concerns were met with strict conditions placed on the appli-cantrdquo Shawrsquos decision reads
- Chris Teale
Judge approves La Bergerie relocation
~ Canine Health Care ~
wwwdiannhickscom
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks finding
homes for pets and humans alike
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SARAHrsquoS FUND PLEASE CALL
703-746-4774 OR VISIT US AT wwwALExANDRIAANIMALSORgDONATE
THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
provides Shelter pets with needed procedures
This puppy will soon undergo an operation to repair
ldquopulmonic stenosisrdquo with donations from Alexandrians
Your five-dollar donation adds to Sarahrsquos Fund and
together with contributions of others ensures that
medical care is there when needed
ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK
~ Special Needs ~Extra patience may be required to adopt Flash At
age 4 he is energetic and needs encouragement to slow down
Hersquos lost a leg but gained perspective on whatrsquos important be happy each day and love those
around you Flash well knows this credo and hopes for a home of his own to share the love
For iNFo about alexaNdriarsquoS adoptable petS pleaSe viSit wwwalexandriaanimalsorg
tHaNK You
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks Carlson finding homes for pets and humans alike
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks Carlson finding homes for pets and humans alike
wwwdiannhickscom
~ So Many Adoptions ~Franco would like you to know that the Shelter has had a great month
Many of our featured cats amp dogs are already nesting in their new homes
This is no trick but a true treatPLEASE VISIT wwwalexandriaanimalsorg
and phone 703-746-4774 for more infoTHANK YOU
4 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
POLICE BEAT
Editorrsquos note Police reports are not considered public information in Virginia The Alexandria Police Department is not required to supply the public at large with detailed information on criminal cases
Source raidsonlinecom
1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3
BURGLARIES32THEFTS 7 DRUG CRIMES 20 ASSAULTS
1 SEXUAL OFFENSE
4VEHICLETHEFTS2ROBBERIES
Police investigating King Street stabbing on Wednesday
Man stabbed during failed drug deal on North Quaker Lane
Two people arrested after vehicle chase in Old Town
Police carry out underage alcohol compliance checks Officers from the Alexandria Police Department conducted nearly 30 compliance checks last Friday in an effort to deter businesses from selling alcohol to underage individuals Department spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said detectives monitored underage people at-tempting to buy alcohol from lo-
cal stores She said service was denied at 24 locations through-out the city but sales were made at five locations Nosal said of-ficers then took reports on those that did not comply with the law Nosal said the primary goal of these compliance checks is to confirm the practice of legal al-cohol sales and the education of
cashiers and management Acting Police Chief David Huchler said in a statement that clerks may be charged with a class one misdemeanor when an un-derage alcohol sale occurs APD partnered with Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexan-dria on the compliance checks
- Chris Teale
Alexandria police are in-vestigating a stabbing that took place Wednesday morning in Old Town Officers responded to the 800 block of King St at approx-imately 929 am November 2 after reports of the stabbing De-partment spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal said a 63-year-old male called to report he had been stabbed He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threat-ening injuries Nosal said that the inves-tigation remains active as of press time but that the victim was not cooperating She had
no information regarding the suspect or an exact location of the crime Anyone with further infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A man was left with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed last Friday night on North Quaker Lane in an in-cident police are describing as a ldquodrug deal gone wrongrdquo Officers from the Alex-andria Police Department re-sponded to the 1100 block of N
Quaker Lane at approximately 1012 pm October 28 after re-ports of a felonious assault De-partment spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said the victim and sus-pect knew each other and that the victim was stabbed during a failed drug transaction He was taken to a local hospital
Nosal had no further details on the incident or a suspect as of press time Anyone with more infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A driver and passenger are in custody after a vehicle chase through Old Town on Tuesday afternoon involving the Virgin-ia State Police Officers from the Alexan-dria Police Department assisted with the chase as did the Fair-fax County Police Department helicopter APD spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said that typi-cally state police will let local police forces know when a chase enters their jurisdiction and may request assistance Nosal said it appeared that the state policersquos tag reader picked up a stolen vehicle but the driver fled when asked to pull over by officers The chase
continued into the city but end-ed on North Peyton Street when the car crashed into a front yard From there Nosal said the passenger and driver abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but were apprehended She added that Virginia State Police will handle possible charges in the case - Chris Teale
The following incidents occurred between October 26 and November 2
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SEE RAMSEY HOMES | 12
IMAGECITY OF ALEXANDRIA
A view of the entry to the proposed new Ramsey Homes on North Patrick Street The proposal by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority would demolish the current 15 units in four buildings and replace them with 52 units in one building
ARHA proposal to build 52-unit building recommended by commissionersBY CHRIS TEALE
The city planning commis-sion unanimously recommend-ed approval of the redevelop-ment of the Ramsey Homes at its meeting Tuesday night City council will take up the plan at its November 12 public hearing Under the plan submitted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority the four
buildings that currently house 15 affordable units at 699 N Patrick St would be demolished and replaced by one four-story building that contains 52 mixed-income units And after past meetings on the project that were littered with controversy and vitriol commis-sioners were pleased with how things look now ldquoItrsquos just great to see where wersquove wound uprdquo said commis-sion vice chairman Nathan Macek
Previously city councilors and commissioners had spoken of their desire to preserve at least one of the existing Ramsey Homes buildings due to the sitersquos history as temporary homes for black defense workers built dur-ing World War II But in June city council ap-proved a plan to demolish all four of the buildings and replace them with one which would be moved to the north side of the property to accommodate
ground-level open space at the corner of Pendleton and North Patrick streets Under the plan by ARHA 15 of the units would be available to residents whose income is 30 percent of area median income with the other 37 available to those making between 30 and 60 percent of area median income The commitment to preserv-ing and increasing the cityrsquos af-fordable housing stock after the loss of thousands of units over
recent years drew praise from local residents who testified in support of the project ldquoMaking this project hap-pen mdash and making it happen in a timely manner mdash gives us as members of the community a sense of ownership of our com-munity a sense of likeness of whatrsquos happening in the commu-nityrdquo said Charkenia Walker a current Ramsey Homes resident
Planning commission approves Ramsey Homes redevelopment
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with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
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- Schools Superindentent Alvin Crawley
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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The 395 Express Lanes project will enhance access around Eads Street in Arlington by providing direct ramps from the Lanes to both Crystal City and the Pentagon These improvements will benefit buses carpools and drivers by splitting traffic between two ramps and reducing the bottleneck at the Eads Street ramp The design uses existing infrastructure to minimize disruptive construction will add new traffic signals to the interchange and will improve traffic flow on the Lanes north of Eads Street As part of the project a portion of the toll revenues will be used for annual funding for transit like improving bus service By extending the 95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to the DC line the 395 Express Lanes will significantly reduce congestion in the I-395 corridor and increase capacity by adding an additional HOV lane to make three reversible lanes on I-395 The project will extend the benefits and travel options of the 95 Express Lanes farther north Construction of the project could generate 1500 jobs and provide more than half a billion dollars of economic activity For more information visit our website
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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PE TS 23ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
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Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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Dinner
rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
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Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
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THE WEEKLY BRIEFINGFormer Alexandrian charged with voter fraudMan accused of filing fake voter registration formsBY ERICH WAGNER A former Alexandria resi-dent was arraigned last week in connection with allegations that he forged voter registration forms last spring Vafalay Massaquoi 30 is charged with two felony counts of forging a public re-cord and two felony counts of voter reg-istration fraud Each charge carries a maxi-mum penalty of 10 years in prison Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said in a statement that Massaquoi alleg-edly ldquoinvented applicantsrdquo while he worked for local progressive advocacy group New Virginia Majority After the applications were filed with the Alexandria Office of the General Registrar officials reviewed the forms and brought them to the attention of Porterrsquos office Porter stressed that Massaquoi should enjoy the presumption of innocence despite the allegations against him And he noted that this incident did not result in any instances of improper voting ldquoGiven the recent public atten-tion to claims of election fraud I think it is important to note that there is no allegation that any il-legal vote was actually cast in this caserdquo he said ldquoFurthermore since the fraudulent applications involved fictitious people had the fraud not been uncovered the risk of actual fraudulent votes be-
ing cast was low However any such offense is extremely serious and can degrade the confidence we as citizens justly have in our system of electionsrdquo Porter said he had given po-lice the green light to seek war-rants against Massaquoi in July but by that point he had moved away from Alexandria But in
early October police arrested him near Phil-adelphia and he was extradited to Alexan-dria October 27 Alexandria registrar of voters Anna Leider said at times it can be easy to see when some-thing is amiss about a voter registration form
ldquoIn general we review ap-plications as they come in look-ing at them for completeness and itrsquos hard to say but we make sure that they sort of make senserdquo she said ldquoIf there are street addresses for big apartment buildings we make sure they include apart-ment numbers We make sure there are full legal names and signatures and that they checked all the boxes Jon Liss co-executive direc-tor of New Virginia Majority confirmed Tuesday that Massa-quoi worked for his organization earlier this year as a so-called ldquovoter organizerrdquo and was paid a flat $15 per hour to work on voter registration drives But he was fired after only a few weeks ldquoHe was let go because his work wasnrsquot up to our quality standardsrdquo Liss said
Liss noted that groups that perform voter registration drives arenrsquot allowed to screen applications themselves and in-stead must turn all applications complete or not over to election officials within 10 days He said his group trains people it hires on voter registration and require them to go out with more expe-rienced employees before set-ting out on their own Massaquoi is being held at the William G Truesdale Adult Detention Center A preliminary hearing is slated for December 13 in Alexandria General Dis-trict Court
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A specially appointed cir-cuit court judge reaffirmed councilrsquos approval of the relo-cation of La Bergerie to 329 N Washington St in a decision received Wednesday afternoon denying a lawsuit brought by neighbors against the move In a written decision by Judge William H Shaw III city coun-cilrsquos decision in 2014 to approve the French restaurantrsquos move from its current location on North Lee Street was found to
be reasonable and did not violate due process ldquohellipCity council understood both the mixed commercialresidential character of North Washington Street and the con-cerns of some nearby neighbors and found that the benefits to the community outweighed the concerns particularly when such concerns were met with strict conditions placed on the appli-cantrdquo Shawrsquos decision reads
- Chris Teale
Judge approves La Bergerie relocation
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POLICE BEAT
Editorrsquos note Police reports are not considered public information in Virginia The Alexandria Police Department is not required to supply the public at large with detailed information on criminal cases
Source raidsonlinecom
1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3
BURGLARIES32THEFTS 7 DRUG CRIMES 20 ASSAULTS
1 SEXUAL OFFENSE
4VEHICLETHEFTS2ROBBERIES
Police investigating King Street stabbing on Wednesday
Man stabbed during failed drug deal on North Quaker Lane
Two people arrested after vehicle chase in Old Town
Police carry out underage alcohol compliance checks Officers from the Alexandria Police Department conducted nearly 30 compliance checks last Friday in an effort to deter businesses from selling alcohol to underage individuals Department spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said detectives monitored underage people at-tempting to buy alcohol from lo-
cal stores She said service was denied at 24 locations through-out the city but sales were made at five locations Nosal said of-ficers then took reports on those that did not comply with the law Nosal said the primary goal of these compliance checks is to confirm the practice of legal al-cohol sales and the education of
cashiers and management Acting Police Chief David Huchler said in a statement that clerks may be charged with a class one misdemeanor when an un-derage alcohol sale occurs APD partnered with Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexan-dria on the compliance checks
- Chris Teale
Alexandria police are in-vestigating a stabbing that took place Wednesday morning in Old Town Officers responded to the 800 block of King St at approx-imately 929 am November 2 after reports of the stabbing De-partment spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal said a 63-year-old male called to report he had been stabbed He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threat-ening injuries Nosal said that the inves-tigation remains active as of press time but that the victim was not cooperating She had
no information regarding the suspect or an exact location of the crime Anyone with further infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A man was left with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed last Friday night on North Quaker Lane in an in-cident police are describing as a ldquodrug deal gone wrongrdquo Officers from the Alex-andria Police Department re-sponded to the 1100 block of N
Quaker Lane at approximately 1012 pm October 28 after re-ports of a felonious assault De-partment spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said the victim and sus-pect knew each other and that the victim was stabbed during a failed drug transaction He was taken to a local hospital
Nosal had no further details on the incident or a suspect as of press time Anyone with more infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A driver and passenger are in custody after a vehicle chase through Old Town on Tuesday afternoon involving the Virgin-ia State Police Officers from the Alexan-dria Police Department assisted with the chase as did the Fair-fax County Police Department helicopter APD spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said that typi-cally state police will let local police forces know when a chase enters their jurisdiction and may request assistance Nosal said it appeared that the state policersquos tag reader picked up a stolen vehicle but the driver fled when asked to pull over by officers The chase
continued into the city but end-ed on North Peyton Street when the car crashed into a front yard From there Nosal said the passenger and driver abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but were apprehended She added that Virginia State Police will handle possible charges in the case - Chris Teale
The following incidents occurred between October 26 and November 2
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IMAGECITY OF ALEXANDRIA
A view of the entry to the proposed new Ramsey Homes on North Patrick Street The proposal by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority would demolish the current 15 units in four buildings and replace them with 52 units in one building
ARHA proposal to build 52-unit building recommended by commissionersBY CHRIS TEALE
The city planning commis-sion unanimously recommend-ed approval of the redevelop-ment of the Ramsey Homes at its meeting Tuesday night City council will take up the plan at its November 12 public hearing Under the plan submitted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority the four
buildings that currently house 15 affordable units at 699 N Patrick St would be demolished and replaced by one four-story building that contains 52 mixed-income units And after past meetings on the project that were littered with controversy and vitriol commis-sioners were pleased with how things look now ldquoItrsquos just great to see where wersquove wound uprdquo said commis-sion vice chairman Nathan Macek
Previously city councilors and commissioners had spoken of their desire to preserve at least one of the existing Ramsey Homes buildings due to the sitersquos history as temporary homes for black defense workers built dur-ing World War II But in June city council ap-proved a plan to demolish all four of the buildings and replace them with one which would be moved to the north side of the property to accommodate
ground-level open space at the corner of Pendleton and North Patrick streets Under the plan by ARHA 15 of the units would be available to residents whose income is 30 percent of area median income with the other 37 available to those making between 30 and 60 percent of area median income The commitment to preserv-ing and increasing the cityrsquos af-fordable housing stock after the loss of thousands of units over
recent years drew praise from local residents who testified in support of the project ldquoMaking this project hap-pen mdash and making it happen in a timely manner mdash gives us as members of the community a sense of ownership of our com-munity a sense of likeness of whatrsquos happening in the commu-nityrdquo said Charkenia Walker a current Ramsey Homes resident
Planning commission approves Ramsey Homes redevelopment
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with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
together They move us forward with our pre-K commitment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
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trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
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Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
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RIGHT PET FROM | 22
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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POLICE BEAT
Editorrsquos note Police reports are not considered public information in Virginia The Alexandria Police Department is not required to supply the public at large with detailed information on criminal cases
Source raidsonlinecom
1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3
BURGLARIES32THEFTS 7 DRUG CRIMES 20 ASSAULTS
1 SEXUAL OFFENSE
4VEHICLETHEFTS2ROBBERIES
Police investigating King Street stabbing on Wednesday
Man stabbed during failed drug deal on North Quaker Lane
Two people arrested after vehicle chase in Old Town
Police carry out underage alcohol compliance checks Officers from the Alexandria Police Department conducted nearly 30 compliance checks last Friday in an effort to deter businesses from selling alcohol to underage individuals Department spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said detectives monitored underage people at-tempting to buy alcohol from lo-
cal stores She said service was denied at 24 locations through-out the city but sales were made at five locations Nosal said of-ficers then took reports on those that did not comply with the law Nosal said the primary goal of these compliance checks is to confirm the practice of legal al-cohol sales and the education of
cashiers and management Acting Police Chief David Huchler said in a statement that clerks may be charged with a class one misdemeanor when an un-derage alcohol sale occurs APD partnered with Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexan-dria on the compliance checks
- Chris Teale
Alexandria police are in-vestigating a stabbing that took place Wednesday morning in Old Town Officers responded to the 800 block of King St at approx-imately 929 am November 2 after reports of the stabbing De-partment spokeswoman Crystal
Nosal said a 63-year-old male called to report he had been stabbed He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threat-ening injuries Nosal said that the inves-tigation remains active as of press time but that the victim was not cooperating She had
no information regarding the suspect or an exact location of the crime Anyone with further infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A man was left with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed last Friday night on North Quaker Lane in an in-cident police are describing as a ldquodrug deal gone wrongrdquo Officers from the Alex-andria Police Department re-sponded to the 1100 block of N
Quaker Lane at approximately 1012 pm October 28 after re-ports of a felonious assault De-partment spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said the victim and sus-pect knew each other and that the victim was stabbed during a failed drug transaction He was taken to a local hospital
Nosal had no further details on the incident or a suspect as of press time Anyone with more infor-mation is asked to call the Al-exandria Police Departmentrsquos non-emergency number at 703-746-4444
- Chris Teale
A driver and passenger are in custody after a vehicle chase through Old Town on Tuesday afternoon involving the Virgin-ia State Police Officers from the Alexan-dria Police Department assisted with the chase as did the Fair-fax County Police Department helicopter APD spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said that typi-cally state police will let local police forces know when a chase enters their jurisdiction and may request assistance Nosal said it appeared that the state policersquos tag reader picked up a stolen vehicle but the driver fled when asked to pull over by officers The chase
continued into the city but end-ed on North Peyton Street when the car crashed into a front yard From there Nosal said the passenger and driver abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but were apprehended She added that Virginia State Police will handle possible charges in the case - Chris Teale
The following incidents occurred between October 26 and November 2
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IMAGECITY OF ALEXANDRIA
A view of the entry to the proposed new Ramsey Homes on North Patrick Street The proposal by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority would demolish the current 15 units in four buildings and replace them with 52 units in one building
ARHA proposal to build 52-unit building recommended by commissionersBY CHRIS TEALE
The city planning commis-sion unanimously recommend-ed approval of the redevelop-ment of the Ramsey Homes at its meeting Tuesday night City council will take up the plan at its November 12 public hearing Under the plan submitted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority the four
buildings that currently house 15 affordable units at 699 N Patrick St would be demolished and replaced by one four-story building that contains 52 mixed-income units And after past meetings on the project that were littered with controversy and vitriol commis-sioners were pleased with how things look now ldquoItrsquos just great to see where wersquove wound uprdquo said commis-sion vice chairman Nathan Macek
Previously city councilors and commissioners had spoken of their desire to preserve at least one of the existing Ramsey Homes buildings due to the sitersquos history as temporary homes for black defense workers built dur-ing World War II But in June city council ap-proved a plan to demolish all four of the buildings and replace them with one which would be moved to the north side of the property to accommodate
ground-level open space at the corner of Pendleton and North Patrick streets Under the plan by ARHA 15 of the units would be available to residents whose income is 30 percent of area median income with the other 37 available to those making between 30 and 60 percent of area median income The commitment to preserv-ing and increasing the cityrsquos af-fordable housing stock after the loss of thousands of units over
recent years drew praise from local residents who testified in support of the project ldquoMaking this project hap-pen mdash and making it happen in a timely manner mdash gives us as members of the community a sense of ownership of our com-munity a sense of likeness of whatrsquos happening in the commu-nityrdquo said Charkenia Walker a current Ramsey Homes resident
Planning commission approves Ramsey Homes redevelopment
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with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
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- Schools Superindentent Alvin Crawley
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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The 395 Express Lanes project will enhance access around Eads Street in Arlington by providing direct ramps from the Lanes to both Crystal City and the Pentagon These improvements will benefit buses carpools and drivers by splitting traffic between two ramps and reducing the bottleneck at the Eads Street ramp The design uses existing infrastructure to minimize disruptive construction will add new traffic signals to the interchange and will improve traffic flow on the Lanes north of Eads Street As part of the project a portion of the toll revenues will be used for annual funding for transit like improving bus service By extending the 95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to the DC line the 395 Express Lanes will significantly reduce congestion in the I-395 corridor and increase capacity by adding an additional HOV lane to make three reversible lanes on I-395 The project will extend the benefits and travel options of the 95 Express Lanes farther north Construction of the project could generate 1500 jobs and provide more than half a billion dollars of economic activity For more information visit our website
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
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Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
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PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
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Friday October 28th 2016
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Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
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A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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IMAGECITY OF ALEXANDRIA
A view of the entry to the proposed new Ramsey Homes on North Patrick Street The proposal by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority would demolish the current 15 units in four buildings and replace them with 52 units in one building
ARHA proposal to build 52-unit building recommended by commissionersBY CHRIS TEALE
The city planning commis-sion unanimously recommend-ed approval of the redevelop-ment of the Ramsey Homes at its meeting Tuesday night City council will take up the plan at its November 12 public hearing Under the plan submitted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority the four
buildings that currently house 15 affordable units at 699 N Patrick St would be demolished and replaced by one four-story building that contains 52 mixed-income units And after past meetings on the project that were littered with controversy and vitriol commis-sioners were pleased with how things look now ldquoItrsquos just great to see where wersquove wound uprdquo said commis-sion vice chairman Nathan Macek
Previously city councilors and commissioners had spoken of their desire to preserve at least one of the existing Ramsey Homes buildings due to the sitersquos history as temporary homes for black defense workers built dur-ing World War II But in June city council ap-proved a plan to demolish all four of the buildings and replace them with one which would be moved to the north side of the property to accommodate
ground-level open space at the corner of Pendleton and North Patrick streets Under the plan by ARHA 15 of the units would be available to residents whose income is 30 percent of area median income with the other 37 available to those making between 30 and 60 percent of area median income The commitment to preserv-ing and increasing the cityrsquos af-fordable housing stock after the loss of thousands of units over
recent years drew praise from local residents who testified in support of the project ldquoMaking this project hap-pen mdash and making it happen in a timely manner mdash gives us as members of the community a sense of ownership of our com-munity a sense of likeness of whatrsquos happening in the commu-nityrdquo said Charkenia Walker a current Ramsey Homes resident
Planning commission approves Ramsey Homes redevelopment
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with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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Improvements at Eads Street interchange will provide direct access to both the Pentagon and Crystal City
The 395 Express Lanes project will enhance access around Eads Street in Arlington by providing direct ramps from the Lanes to both Crystal City and the Pentagon These improvements will benefit buses carpools and drivers by splitting traffic between two ramps and reducing the bottleneck at the Eads Street ramp The design uses existing infrastructure to minimize disruptive construction will add new traffic signals to the interchange and will improve traffic flow on the Lanes north of Eads Street As part of the project a portion of the toll revenues will be used for annual funding for transit like improving bus service By extending the 95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to the DC line the 395 Express Lanes will significantly reduce congestion in the I-395 corridor and increase capacity by adding an additional HOV lane to make three reversible lanes on I-395 The project will extend the benefits and travel options of the 95 Express Lanes farther north Construction of the project could generate 1500 jobs and provide more than half a billion dollars of economic activity For more information visit our website
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You
The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
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703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
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Every Thursday Night
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
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235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
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Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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On first floor of main building with a bathroom small kitchen 3 offices and reception areaComes with 2 parking spaces and free off street parking behind Carriage House in back Perfect for CPA
or attorney practice etc Current CPA is moving May include furniture alsoWalking distance to metro bank Trader Joersquos Harris Teeter and lunch spots Water and electricity provided but internet is a separate bill Weekly cleaning service also included in rent Three to five year lease preferred with first months rent deposit
Contact Tom Southard cell 703-447-8182
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OLD TOWN OFFICES AVAILABLE
So is our teaching approach
Each studentrsquos path is different
Fusion is a revolutionary place where positive constructive relationships unlock academic potential Wersquore a private school providing an individualized education for kids from grades 6-12 But wersquore so much more than that Wersquore a community of learning dedicated to creating a supportive campus environment where every kid can flourish ndash emotionally socially and academically
Fusion Alexandria8663504678FusionAlexandriacom
with a capacity of 14036 This seating deficit of 1318 is set to grow quickly based on ACPS projections with 17982 stu-dents projected by fiscal 2027 for a seat deficit of 3946 Enrollment at ACPS is an-ticipated to rise by 4 percent each year and is not expected to plateau until 2030 Crawley said this proposal was put together with the knowl-edge that enrollment will keep growing The number of Eng-lish language learners is among the highest in region the level of special education program-ming is consistent with other school systems and the number of students that receive free or reduced lunches also is among the highest in the region a figure that is expected to increase The proposed West End el-ementary school mdash a retrofit of office space on North Beau-regard Street mdash will add 638 seats and is slated to open in fall 2018 Preschool centers at John Adams Elementary School and Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology would add nearly 600 seats and 10 new classrooms are proposed at Cora Kelly for an additional 221 seats A modernization and re-build is planned at MacArthur to add 221 seats while George Masonrsquos rebuild would add 232 seats Crawley said the new middle school would allow all three middle schools mdash includ-ing George Washington and Francis C Hammond mdash to have a maximum of 1200 students
If you put all these projects
together They move us forward with our pre-K commitment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo
- Schools Superindentent Alvin Crawley
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while the ongoing Patrick Hen-ry School project will add 234 seats at the middle school level At Minnie Howard Craw-ley also proposed temporary classrooms to add 150 seats by fiscal 2022 before the full re-build Crawley said a feasibility study is underway on the future of the campus At a forum for school board candidates in the run-up to last yearrsquos election several candidates mentioned that the then-seventh grade class mdash now eighth grade mdash will not have enough space at the campus on West Braddock Road when it reaches high school A new elementary school with the design phase proposed for fiscal 2026 and construction in 2027 at a total cost of $451 million would add 600 seats at the elementary school level and eliminate the systemrsquos seating deficit entirely officials said The capital budget assumes there will be no expansion of ACPS pre-K offerings but maintains current class sizes at the elementary school level as approved by the school board
Crawley said such a plan is am-bitious but necessary ldquoIf you put all these proj-ects together clearly they will address our seating capacity deficitrdquo he said ldquoThey move us forward with our pre-K commit-ment and also will address some of the short-term issues we have right now related to crowdingrdquo Crawley acknowledged that getting such a plan approved by city council will be a heavy lift given that councilors appropri-ated less than $274 million to ACPS for its fiscal 2017 10-year capital budget But he said by working with the community city council and private part-ners solutions can be found ldquoThis is a long-range plan designed to solve all of ACPSrsquo capacity issues within the next ten years and beyondrdquo he said ldquoThere is no doubt that this is a dynamic and aggressive plan that can only be achieved with the support of our community and city council ldquoWe all need to work to-gether to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning eq-uitable access to academic pro-gramming and a strong founda-tion for our communityrdquo The school board will weigh in on the proposed capital bud-get at three work sessions later this month and city council is expected to offer its guidance on the level of schools funding on November 9 A public hearing on the capital budget is slated for December 1 with two adddelete sessions to follow for the school board Adoption is expected on December 15
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Improvements at Eads Street interchange will provide direct access to both the Pentagon and Crystal City
The 395 Express Lanes project will enhance access around Eads Street in Arlington by providing direct ramps from the Lanes to both Crystal City and the Pentagon These improvements will benefit buses carpools and drivers by splitting traffic between two ramps and reducing the bottleneck at the Eads Street ramp The design uses existing infrastructure to minimize disruptive construction will add new traffic signals to the interchange and will improve traffic flow on the Lanes north of Eads Street As part of the project a portion of the toll revenues will be used for annual funding for transit like improving bus service By extending the 95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to the DC line the 395 Express Lanes will significantly reduce congestion in the I-395 corridor and increase capacity by adding an additional HOV lane to make three reversible lanes on I-395 The project will extend the benefits and travel options of the 95 Express Lanes farther north Construction of the project could generate 1500 jobs and provide more than half a billion dollars of economic activity For more information visit our website
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WMATA FROM | 1
Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
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trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
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Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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Faster travel times on I-395
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Direct access to the Pentagon
Better access to Crystal City
New travel choices
Improvements at Eads Street interchange will provide direct access to both the Pentagon and Crystal City
The 395 Express Lanes project will enhance access around Eads Street in Arlington by providing direct ramps from the Lanes to both Crystal City and the Pentagon These improvements will benefit buses carpools and drivers by splitting traffic between two ramps and reducing the bottleneck at the Eads Street ramp The design uses existing infrastructure to minimize disruptive construction will add new traffic signals to the interchange and will improve traffic flow on the Lanes north of Eads Street As part of the project a portion of the toll revenues will be used for annual funding for transit like improving bus service By extending the 95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to the DC line the 395 Express Lanes will significantly reduce congestion in the I-395 corridor and increase capacity by adding an additional HOV lane to make three reversible lanes on I-395 The project will extend the benefits and travel options of the 95 Express Lanes farther north Construction of the project could generate 1500 jobs and provide more than half a billion dollars of economic activity For more information visit our website
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Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
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trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
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Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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WMATA FROM | 1
Faced with a $290 million funding shortfall due in part to declining ridership and escalat-ing costs Wiedefeld has pro-posed what he called a ldquoreal-ity checkrdquo budget plan He will present his $18 billion proposal to the WMATA boardrsquos finance committee today Within that budget Alex-andria is being asked for $395 million in fiscal 2018 up from $33 million in the fiscal 2017 budget The 20 percent hike is consistent with increases asked of other jurisdictions in the region and is part of a total proposed contribution
of $2514 million by Virginia governments Under Wie-defeldrsquos plan DC would pay $3703 million and Maryland $3754 million Officials with the cityrsquos department of transportation and environmental services did not respond to requests for comment In an interview in July when the plan to ask jurisdictions for more money first came to light deputy transportation director Car-rie Sanders said any proposal would be considered through the cityrsquos budget process alongside other priorities ldquoMetro has to face real-ity when it comes to what the region says it can afford and direct those resources to best serve the riders we have to-dayrdquo said Wiedefeld in a state-ment ldquoThis plan has Metro do-ing everything in our power to get major expense categories under control while improving safety and making the trains run on timerdquo Under the plan bus and off-peak rail fares would increase by 25 cents and peak rail fares and parking fees at Metrorail stations would increase by 10 cents These fare hikes are ex-pected to generate $21 million in net revenue Approximately 1000 jobs also would be cut The proposal also calls for reducing the frequency of peak train arrivals to every eight minutes on each line while off-peak arrivals would de-cline as well Metrobus routes deemed to be most inefficient also would be eliminated but local providers would have the option to take over Last month it appeared that Alexandria could have been hit hard by the bus route reduction as WMATA staff put the Metroway bus rapid transit system on the chop-ping block Ahead of an Oc-tober 13 budget preparation meeting staff had been asked to prepare a list of 20 Metro-bus lines with the highest subsidy per rider In an email WMATA spokeswoman Morgan Dye
said the presentation was just for ldquoillustrative purposesrdquo but the data called into question the future of Metroway which began operation in 2014 Staff found that Metroway receives a subsidy of $774 per rider but has 1633 weekday daily riders the most of the 20 routes Annually Metroway was found to have more than 450000 riders and an annual subsidy of $35 million both the highest among the 20 on the list The plan to cut Metroway was shelved by staffers who pared their initial list of 20 bus routes that could be eliminated down to 14 Metroway begins at the Braddock Road Metro station and uses dedicated bus lanes along US Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and East Glebe Road in the developing Potomac Yard neighborhood of the city It also uses dedicat-ed lanes through Crystal City before its northern terminus at the Pentagon City Metro sta-tion in Arlington County It has been praised for help-ing move people up and down the corridor as Potomac Yard continues to develop and add new residents with a Metrorail station in the neighborhood slated to open in 2020 Even after the station is open Stewart Schwartz ex-ecutive director of transporta-tion and development advo-cacy group the Coalition for Smarter Growth said the bus route plays a key role and must be given time to keep growing ldquoThe Metroway is very much still in a ramp-up phaserdquo Schwartz said ldquoOne interest-ing angle to this is that often community members will be critical about new develop-ment coming online before the transit or other infrastructure In this case the transit came online before most of the new developmentrdquo Another proposal by WMATA staff would have closed 20 stations in the Me-
SEE WMATA | 15
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Offices now open in Old Town Shirlington and Mark Center
Itrsquos all about getting betterright here inAlexandria
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
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trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
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Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
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FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
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SEE CALENDAR | 29
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
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Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
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tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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CAMPBELL FROM | 13
Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
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Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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Join us for Lunch and
Dinner
rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
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Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
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krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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There is a geography that is going to be impacted by this
project The benefit is not necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that factrdquo
- Vice Mayor Justin Wilson
Project would extend HOT lanes through Alexandria to PentagonBY CHRIS TEALE
The project to expand the Interstate 395 express lanes north through Alexandria to the DC line came under scrutiny last week from city councilors who wanted to ensure the city receives its fair share of transit funding from toll revenues The lanes would replace the high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-395 for eight miles from Turkeycock Run near I-395rsquos Edsall Road exit to the vicin-ity of Eads Street in Arlington County near the Pentagon The Virginia Department of Transportation is partnering with Transurban to complete the plan as part of the comprehen-sive agreement between the two bodies to provide express lanes on I-95 Construction is slated to begin next summer and last un-til summer 2019 Solo drivers pay a toll to use the express lanes mdash formally known as high-occupancy toll lanes mdash while carpools of two or more riders vanpools and buses can use the lanes toll-free Toll rates are adjusted based on congestion to ensure the HOT lanes are free flow-ing and the lanesrsquo direction can be reversed at different times of the day to take into account which way the major-ity of drivers travel As part of the project Trans-urban has committed to paying a minimum of $15 million annu-ally to the jurisdictions through which the new lanes will run mdash the city of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax counties mdash to fund transit services and new projects along the corridor VDOT megaprojects di-rector Susan Shaw told city council at its October 25 meet-ing that the money could go to local transit agencies or fund specific projects and elements
IMAGEVDOTThe Virginia Department of Transportation will extend the high- occupancy toll lanes on I-395 through Alexandria in a project slated to begin construction this summer
I-395 express lane expansion heating up
that benefit travel in this seg-ment of I-395 and that VDOT is committed to revenue shar-ing between the jurisdictions Among the projects VDOT officials said the toll money could go towards in Alex-andria are making existing DASH bus routes run more fre-quently the purchase of new DASH buses improvements to the DASH bus garage the pro-posed bus rapid transit servic-es on the West End and along Duke Street improvements to the King Street and Van Dorn Street Metro stations the pro-posed Potomac Yard Metro station and new or expanded transit centers at Landmark
Mall and Mark Center But councilors sought as-surances that Alexandria would receive its fair share of toll money for local projects since the express lanes would run through the cityrsquos borders VDOT special projects manager Amanda Baxter said the tolls accrued as part of the improvements to I-66 inside the Capital Beltway were given to the Northern Virginia Trans-portation Commission which then administered the funding through its own process to se-lect projects Baxter said a transit study
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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FEATURES bull High visibility location in close proximity to abundant neighborhood amenities including restaurants shops and hotels bull Building signage available bull On-site parking bull Water views bull Fully renovated building
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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Open 7 days a week 800 am to 500 pm Including holidays for your convenience
Call Sunset Pet Services today at (703) 971-4120
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
bull Stop by for Holiday Daycare Boarding Grooming
bull Holiday Gifts for your best friend (and some good stuff for yourself too)
bull Healthy Food Treats and Supplements
bull Lick N Ride Van delivering your pup and your shopping cart
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Alexandria VA 22304
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CUSTOMERS
LOVE US
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
is performed between December 2016 and March 2017703-684-7702
10Winter Painting
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
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PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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Join us for Lunch and
Dinner
rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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ldquoIt took some time and ef-fort for us to get to where we are with this planrdquo said current Ramsey Homes resident Mar-ian Mealing ldquoIt reassures me as a resident that this city is in-vested in affordable housingrdquo
The propertyrsquos open space on the south side is intended to be available for public use but Nathan Imm an urban planner in the cityrsquos department of plan-ning and zoning said it will be fenced off for safety reasons Commissioner David Brown asked if the fence would deter
people from entering the open space and Imm said signage would indicate its availability ldquoI say congratulations to the true achievement of open space on the groundrdquo Brown said re-ferring to the fact that previous proposals for the site had more rooftop open space than at the
ground level As for the potential design of the open space and the ame-nities available in it resident Judy Noritake said ARHA and its stakeholders should be given broad scope and that others should ldquowait to be surprisedrdquo by what they come up with But the question of how the sitersquos history will be commemo-rated remains up for discussion City staff said in its report on the project that a consultant will be hired to provide interpretive ele-ments both on and off the site and those recommendations will be reviewed by planning staff and the Office of Historic Alexandria In a letter the executive board of the West Old Town Citizens Association said part of the facade of one of the orig-inal buildings could be incor-porated into the new building serving as a hub for historical commemoration ARHA will apply for low in-come housing tax credits from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the project in addition to a $11 million city loan to help pay for infrastructure costs like un-
derground utilities among others A previous plan that would have demolished the four ex-isting structures and replaced them with 53 units in two build-ings was deemed very competi-tive for tax credits by ARHA staff earlier this year And while she said she thought this new proposal falls slightly short of the original plan ARHArsquos chief operating officer Connie Staudinger said she was confident of some tax relief ldquoItrsquos not as competitive as the last application was but we still think wersquore within rangerdquo she said ldquoMaybe with a few tweaks wersquoll make it between now and thenrdquo Commissioners and com-munity members alike praised the level of public engagement on the project which had first come before city staff and boards in April 2015 After the formation of a joint work group including ARHA city council and the planning commission there was a greater sense of co-operation attendees said ldquoThere have not always been agreements but in general I
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You
The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
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FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
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Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
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Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
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Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
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CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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Dee Campbell was head coach at Hammond TC Williams high schoolsBY CHRIS TEALE
He helped make the TC Williams High School crew program one of the best in the United States and spent nearly five decades as a rowing coach including at the then-Francis C Hammond High School DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell died October 18 in Daytona Beach Fla He was 91 Campbell was born on September 28 1925 to former Alexandria Police Chief Wil-liam Campbell and his wife Charlotte He attended George Washington High School and played football and basketball before graduating in 1944 He then joined the US Navy and served until 1946 when he returned to Alexandria and began rowing for the Old Do-minion Boat Club He also secured a job read-ing meters in Northern Virgin-ia for the Washington Gas Light Company where he spent the next 45 years and finished his
Longtime high school rowing coach dead at 91
career as a lead foreman with many crews under him But Campbell retained his love of rowing and began as an assistant coach at Hammond High School in 1959 and ul-timately was appointed head coach in 1967 Former Ham-mond rower Steve Weir was in his sophomore year and his first year on crew when Campbell became head coach He remem-bers a coach who inspired his charges to use the last reserves of their energy on the water ldquoYoung high school guys
unless yoursquove grown up on a farm or out in the woods didnrsquot know the level of how far you could push yourself athletical-lyrdquo Weir said ldquoDee had a way of working you hard and in a way that seemed really hard at the time but after the fact didnrsquot seem that badrdquo In 1971 Alexandria com-bined its three high schools mdash Hammond George Wash- SEE CAMPBELL | 15
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell was a young rower for the Old Dominion Boat Club (left) before becoming head coach of crew teams at Francis C Hammond and TC Williams high schools Campbell led the Titans (including the 1994 team center) to unprecedented success The TC rowing center on the Potomac River (right) was named after him in 2006
ington and TC Williams mdash into TC Williams Camp-bell went to coach the boys at TC and in 1975 he began coaching the girls program He led that team until 2005 during which time the pro-gram won a slew of trophies and regattas including at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup
He gave us access to these
beautiful wooden boats It was an understanding and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo
- Steve Weir former rower
14 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You
The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
IMAGEVDOT
Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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CAMPBELL FROM | 13
Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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PRESCHOOL-GRADE 8Nurturing academic excellence
and the confidence toTHRIVE 5 9 1 7 T E L E G R A P H R O A D A L E X A N D R I A VA 2 2 3 1 0
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Join us for an Open House November 5 November 11 December 7 January 5January 10
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Where Bright Boys BecomeExceptional Men
AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Call 703-549-1695Christopher M Campagnacmcbraddockcommercialcom
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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PE TS 22ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
bull Stop by for Holiday Daycare Boarding Grooming
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bull Healthy Food Treats and Supplements
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CUSTOMERS
LOVE US
RIGHT PET FROM | 22
PE TS 23ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
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Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
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So
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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for the HOT lane expansion is underway and expected to be completed in December She said that study will out-line a list of projects that will receive funds form the tolls
based in part on feedback from 11 key stakeholder groups and through other public outreach Meanwhile the projectrsquos envi-ronmental and traffic studies are being worked on and are slated for final approval late this year
Shaw said projects receiv-ing funding must benefit travel in the corridor but councilors wanted assurances Alexandria in particular would benefit ldquoThere is a geography that is going to be impacted by this projectrdquo said Vice Mayor Jus-
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The Power of Two Working for You tin Wilson ldquoThe benefit is not
necessarily going to accrue to that geography and so I think any funding plan for how we distribute transportation funds should recognize that facthellip ldquoThis is not a project that our residents are beating down our door for it to happen but Irsquom sure there are other juris-dictions that are beating down their door for it to happenrdquo ldquoItrsquos regional connectiv-ity that we are all committed to but itrsquos also an impact on our city and the benefits that yoursquore offeringrdquo said Mayor Allison Silberberg ldquo[Wersquore] all looking after our citizenry and those benefitsrdquo Stretches of the highway in Alexandria will be eligible to have noise walls installed after the completion of a preliminary traffic noise study Shaw said that barriers on a 34-mile sec-tion of the highway would be feasible according to prelimi-nary studies while two other barriers will be constructed as part of a previous project The noise walls would re-quire approval from nearby residents but councilors said
other options should be ex-plored as well since installing the walls means removing a number of mature trees near the highway ldquoPeople will be looking at walls a lot of trees would be taken outrdquo said Silberberg who also advocated for other highway beautification proj-ects ldquoItrsquos a balancing actrdquo City Councilor Tim Lovain agreed and said work must be also done to improve the appear-ance of the pedestrian overpass linking Parkfairfax to Shirling-ton Town Center in Arlington The projectrsquos final environ-mental impact study and the final transit study are slated for approval next month A fi-nal financial agreement should be in place by January 2017 Baxter said travel times would be reduced on average by 15 percent by 2040 if the project gets the green light Data pro-vided by VDOT indicated that travel times would decrease by an average of 11 minutes dur-ing the morning peak heading north and decrease by between 10 and 16 minutes on average heading south in the afternoon peak period
HOT LANES FROM | 11
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Under the terms of the toll lane extension affected jurisdictions in the region are set to receive at least $15 million annually to put to-ward transit projects in the I-395 corridor
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Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
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FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
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SEE CALENDAR | 29
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Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
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Every Thursday Night
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
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cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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CAMPBELL FROM | 13
Regatta the Canadian Sec-ondary Schools Rowing Asso-ciation Championships and the US national championships During the 1990s the TC Williams girls program was often ranked first or second in the country Beyond the successes Weir remembers a coach that had a great deal of trust in his stu-dents He recalled attending a summer rowing program run by ODBC run by Campbell But Weir recalled he would run the summer program by open-ing the boathouse putting two people in a double boat and then going to work placing a great deal of faith in the youngsters ldquoHe gave us access to these beautiful wooden boats and we knew if we didnrsquot take care of them he would take care of
usrdquo Weir said ldquoIt was an under-standing and a trust that to give to high school kids was unheard of and certainly couldnrsquot happen in todayrsquos timesrdquo The Dee Campbell Rowing Center was built on the wa-terfront in North Old Town in 1986 and named after Camp-bell in 2006 Campbell was predeceased by his brother William Camp-bell Jr sisters Marie King Ruth Morgal Jean Cockrell and Aliene Robey and nieces Betty Jean Bunch Sally Midkiff and Deborah J Crane He is survived by his nephew James Robey great niece Erica Robey nephew Harley Swift nieces Anna M Spencer Mar-sha Harlow Patricia Campbell Springer Sharon Campbell Shel-by Constance Campbell Wilkin-son and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews
DeArcey ldquoDeerdquo Campbell stands with one of his 1990 winning TC Williams teams at the US Nationals including Erin Fitch (seventh from left) who is now an English teacher at TC Williams High School
would say the proposal that has been reached has been thor-oughly vetted and has been re-ceived by a number of segments of the communityrdquo said neigh-borhood resident Joe Valenti
The project is set for a pub-lic hearing before city council on November 12 If approved the Parker-Gray Board of Ar-chitectural Review then will refine the projectrsquos architec-ture with a view to granting a certificate of appropriateness to allow it to proceed
ARHA development attor-ney Duncan Blair said that as-suming ARHA is approved for tax credits and signs for them in November 2017 construction will move quickly He said that under the terms of the tax credits the units must be open and liv-able two years after work begins
RAMSEY HOMES FROM | 12
WMATA FROM | 8
trorail system during off-peak hours with the lowest rider-ship That plan would have included the Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue Metro stations but has been shelved Local leaders said they re-main confident in Wiedefeldrsquos leadership as WMATA con-tinues to wrestle with signifi-cant financial challenges ldquoI often wonder whether Paul Wiedefeld would have taken the job if he knew what he was getting intordquo said US Rep Don Beyer (D-8) in an interview last month ldquoI feel
sorry for him because it feels like every week he turns over a new stone and therersquos a whole bunch of snakes underneath it ldquoBut sooner or later he will get to the point where there are no more stones to turn over because hersquos been reacting very constructively and very responsively every time he finds a new problemrdquo The WMATA board will be asked at its December meeting to schedule a public hearing on the budget proposal The public outreach and comment period begins in January and lasts for a month and the fis-cal 2018 budget is expected to be adopted in March
16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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AlexTimes-eighth pageindd 1 1052016 91344 AM
Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
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Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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16 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
SPORTSTitans split the Atoms on Senior DayTC wins 26-14 guarantees state playoff berth with fifth victoryBY CHRIS TEALE
Early in the fourth quarter Saturday the Annandale foot-ball team lined up at the TC Williams 12-yard line with a chance to wreck the Titansrsquo dual Homecoming and Senior Day celebrations Ahead 14-13 and deep in TC territory Atoms kicker Gerson Cruz Saravia lined up to kick a field goal that would have extended his sidersquos lead and put the home teamrsquos win-ning streak in jeopardy But the visitors botched the snap and the slight delay was enough to give the Titansrsquo line-men time to get to the kicker block the attempt and recover the loose ball with no damage done on the scoreboard Just three plays later it was the TC players who were cel-ebrating Having started deep inside their own territory runs from Jaren Hillian and Benton Lewis pushed the Titans into Annandalersquos half of the field Hillian then broke through the line of scrimmage and pow-ered into the end zone for a 49-yard touchdown giving the home team the lead ldquoThat made us very ex-citedrdquo Hillian said ldquoIt put a spark into the game and after that it was our offensive line
doing what they dordquo Hillianrsquos touchdown and a missed extra point attempt put the Titans up 19-14 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game Quarterback Diondre Charlton would shut the door with just over a minute left on a five-yard rushing touchdown as TC won 26-14 for its third straight win The victory improves the Titansrsquo record to 5-3 and guar-antees the team a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North region playoffs It will be the teamrsquos second postseason appearance in 26 years
ldquoIrsquom really proud and happy for the kids because itrsquos been a long dry spell around hererdquo said TC head coach James Longer-beam ldquoOur kids are starting to change the attitude change the culture of what people think about usrdquo It was another run-heavy day for the Titans offense led by Hillian with 186 yards on 33 car-ries The senior opened the scor-ing for TC midway through the second quarter with a one-yard rushing touchdown then added another with less than two min-utes remaining in the third quar-ter from seven yards out
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ldquoHersquos got good vision and hersquos tough and the longer the day goes the better he getsrdquo said Longerbeam ldquoWhat nor-mally happens is as other teams get tired and he stays fresh you see a little change of speed when he gets into the secondaryrdquo But TC did not see every-thing go its way in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd at Parker-Gray Stadium It took just 20 seconds at the start of the game for the Atoms to take the lead and they scored again just before halftime From the hostsrsquo opening kickoff Annandalersquos Malik Mo-ten caught the ball at his own 11-yard line and took advantage of some stellar blocking to run all the way to the TC 7-yard line On the next play Jalen Jackson ran in his first touchdown of the afternoon to put the visitors up 7-0 After Hillianrsquos first touch-down tied the game Jackson found running room from his own 35-yard line and found the end zone for a 65-yard score that put the Atoms ahead 14-7 at half-time Jackson finished the day with 122 yards on 22 carries
But after Hillianrsquos two forays into the end zone in the second half and Charltonrsquos late touch-down the Titans were victori-ous Charlton tallied 55 yards on the ground on 12 carries and went 9-15 for 52 yards and one interception through the air The victory guarantees TC a playoff berth and has the team on a three-game winning streak that includes a last-gasp 22-21 victory over rival West Potomac away from home on October 21 With one game left in the regu-lar season at WT Woodson this Friday the Titans can start to look forward to their first play-off appearance since 2013 ldquoOur confidence is very highrdquo said Hillian ldquoItrsquos been a long time since wersquove been to the playoffs and thatrsquos what wersquore trying to do get to the playoffs and make a changerdquo ldquoLike I told them lsquoEnjoy this one tonight and wersquoll go back to work on Monday Wersquove got one morersquordquo said Longerbeam ldquo[It] would be real big if we got in the playoffs only the second time in 26 years It would be big for these kids the school and the communityrdquo
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE TC Williams running back Jaren Hillian forces his way into the end zone against Annandale last Saturday Hillian had 186 rushing yards as TC beat the Atoms 26-14 to improve to 5-4 overall
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Open Houses November 11 December 4 January 10To register for an open house or to schedule a private tour please call 703-960-3000 ext 1001
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
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PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
Compassionate pet cremations serving Northern Virginia
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Open 7 days a week 800 am to 500 pm Including holidays for your convenience
Call Sunset Pet Services today at (703) 971-4120
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
bull Stop by for Holiday Daycare Boarding Grooming
bull Holiday Gifts for your best friend (and some good stuff for yourself too)
bull Healthy Food Treats and Supplements
bull Lick N Ride Van delivering your pup and your shopping cart
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Alexandria VA 22304
MAKE THE RESERVATION 703751DOGZ (3649)infowholedogzcom
CUSTOMERS
LOVE US
RIGHT PET FROM | 22
PE TS 23ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
is performed between December 2016 and March 2017703-684-7702
10Winter Painting
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
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INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
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Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
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CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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Playoff Roundup Schools begin postseason play in earnest The postseason for fall high school sports in the Al-exandria area has begun Some teams have already be-gun tournament play while others start later this week The TC Williams vol-leyball team secured a berth in the Virginia High School League 6A North regional tour-nament after a 3-0 victory at Lake Braddock on Monday in the first round of Patriot Con-ference tournament play The No 5-seeded Titans faced No 1 seed West Springfield Tuesday in the Patriot semifinals after the Timesrsquo print deadline
The TC Williams field hockey team will not repeat last yearrsquos run to the VHSL 6A state tournament semifi-nals as it lost 2-1 in overtime at WT Woodson on October 17 in the first round of the Pa-triot Conference tournament The Bishop Ireton boys soccer team headed into the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3-2 record overall and the No 5 seed The Cardinals be-gan tournament play at Good Counsel Tuesday after the Timesrsquo print deadline Ireton also holds the No 3
seed for the Virginia Indepen-dent Schools Athletic Associ-ation state tournament which begins November 7 The St Stephenrsquos and St Agnes boys soccer team pushed Bullis all the way to a penalty shootout Monday in the quarterfinals of the Interstate Athletic Conference tourna-ment but came up short los-ing 5-4 Iretonrsquos volleyball team began its WCAC tournament campaign Tuesday at home against Good Counsel after compiling a 19-6 record over-all during the regular season
Episcopalrsquos girls soccer team enters the Independent Schools Leaguersquos A divi-sion tournament as the No 1 seed on the back of its first ever regular season title The Maroon faced Sandy Spring Friends in the quarterfinals Wednesday In the same tour-nament the No 5-seeded SS-SAS girls soccer team travels to face Holton-Arms in its quarterfinal match The Saints field hockey team will enter the ISL tour-nament as the No 1 seed thanks to a 19-1 record in the regular season that included a
conference clip of 11-0 to se-cure another regular-season conference title Episcopalrsquos field hockey team was not far behind with a record of 11-4-2 overall Both teams begin tournament play Thursday The Maroonrsquos volleyball team begins the ISL-AA tournament as the No 4 seed with its quarterfinal slated for Thursday at home against St Andrewrsquos The Saintsrsquo volley-ball team begins its ISL-A tour-nament campaign the same day All the ISL tournament finals are slated for Sunday
- Chris Teale
18 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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PE TS 22ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
bull Stop by for Holiday Daycare Boarding Grooming
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RIGHT PET FROM | 22
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
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Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
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RIGHT PET FROM | 22
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
HOMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 25
DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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ARTS 20 CALENDARFALL EVENTS MULTIPLYWhether looking for activites for your visitors or just yourself November brings more great events to the city
PETSSELECTING THE RIGHT PETMake sure the pet you choose mesh-es well with your lifestyle with these questions to answer when adopting
21 22 HOMESHOLIDAY DINING IN STYLEGet ready to entertain friends and family with these handy fall and winter culinary and design tips
PHOTOJANE HUGHES
Genene Fikru and Tigest Mekonnen opened their West End Market with the goal of sharing their passion for cooking healthy organic foods and knowledge of Ethiopian cuisine
World Food International Market
At a GlanceName World Food International MarketLocation 640 S Pickett St Alexandria VA 22304
Neighborhood West EndOwners Genene Fikru and Tigest MekonnenYear opened 2016Type of food International Ethiopian organic
Hours of operation Monday to Saturday 930 am to 9 pm Sunday 930 am to 6 pmContact 571-765-1348Website wwwethiocartcom
Genene Fikru and Tigest
Mekonnen assumed the man-agement of World Food Inter-national Market in April 2016 For the natives of Ethiopia it was a dream come true The couple married for 16 years and parents of teenagers had always wanted to own their own business Their passion for cooking organic and healthy food combined with their de-sire to promote the exotic spic-es and rich coffee of Ethiopia led them to the food business For Fikru keeping prices of their many imported foods affordable was a priority And Mekonnen needed a kitchen for making fresh Injera daily Her teff grain recipe took two years to perfect and is 100
percent gluten free The large space on South Pickett Street met their needs for storage and cooking and is now stocked with a large selection of organic rice teff grains spices and authentic Ethiopian foods and coffee
A SPECIAL RESTAURANT REPORT IN THE ALEX ANDRIA TIMES E AT
PHOTOSJANE HUGHESThe market is stocked with many organic rices and grains (left) Teff grain is used in the batter that is slowly poured on a hot griddle (above) to make highly nutritious gluten free Injera a staple of Ethiopian cuisine
24HALLOWEEN IN ALEXANDRIATrick-or-treaters businesses home- owners and pets reveled in Halloween 2016 from Old Town to Del Ray
NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
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Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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NOVEMBER 3 2016 WWWALEXTIMESCOM 20ARTS
Halloween in Alexandria2016
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
Old Town photos by James Cullum Del Ray photos by Louise Krafft
1 Thousands gathered for the annual Halloween cele-bration on Lee Street in Old Town2 A child picks out candy during the trek down Lee Street 3 More than 7000 residents participated in the 20th annual Halloween parade Sunday afternoon in Del Ray
4 The Del Ray Smiles Train5 Carie Dodson as Big Bird
6 A political statement waits on Duke and Fairfax streets7 Cherry Blossom tree (Giada Hargis) and her mother Jennifer stop
for a photo between visiting houses along Lee Street famed for its spooky spirit
8 Halloween stroller sponsor Bobi Bomar dressed as Professor Dumbledore gathers Harry Potter and friends outside the Evening Star Cafeacute on Sunday
9 Skip Halliday dressed as a British fighter pilot for the annual cel-ebration Monday night
10 (From left) Derinda Weber Iwalni White and Darlene Bates as the characters from the movie ldquoHocus Pocusrdquo on Halloween on Lee Street in Old Town
11 Rex the ldquooctopusrdquo scans the crowd looking for treats
Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
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Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
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Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
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The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
LEGAL NOTICE
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Now to November 10VETERANS BALL DANCE CLASS In preparation for the Vet-erans Ball on November 12 learn 18th-century English country danc-ing from expert dance instructors Admission costs $12 per class or $30 for all three classesTime Each Thursday 730 to 930 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Friday November 4 FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR More than 15 free health screens including glucose tests for diabetes cholesterol check child obesity and developmental screens mental health dental screens for adults and kids vision and hearing for low-income unin-sured city residentsTime 9 am to 430 pmLocation George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon AveInformation wwwaccessalexan-driaorg
Saturday November 5SPECIAL DOCENT-LED TOURS OF FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE Volunteers concerned for the well-being of Alexandria formed the Friendship Fire Company in 1774 Come for an in-depth guided tour before public hours of the firehouse and learn about the companyrsquos firefighting procedures and equip-ment as well as the different roles the organization played in serving the communityTime 11 am to 1 pmLocation Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S Alfred StInformation wwwalexandriavagovfriendship
ARTS FOR AUTISM GALA An event that brings together Northern Virginiarsquos fashion and autism com-munities for a magical evening that celebrates the creativity and talent of people on the spectrum The program includes a fashion runway show and a live auctionTime 6 pmLocation Westin 400 Courthouse SquareInformation wwwarts-for-autismorg
November 10-13ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual Alexandria Film Festival will showcase more than 40 of the best documentaries shorts and feature films from the DC-metro area nationally and around the world This yearrsquos festival will feature free screenings discussions special events and a live musical performanceTime VariousLocation Market Square 301 King St Beatley Library 5005 Duke St AMC Hoffman 22 206 Swampfox RoadInformation wwwalexfilmfestcom
Friday November 1130TH ANNUAL CAREGIVERS CONFERENCE The cityrsquos depart-ment of community and human services division of aging and adult services co-sponsor the 30th an-nual caregivers conference This conference recognizes that caregiv-ing for someone with dementia in-volves the entire family mdash spouses adult children grandkids siblings neighbors and friendsTime 8 am to 330 pmLocation First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation 703-746-5694 or debbieludingtonalexandriavagov
LECTURE A DAWN LIKE THUN-DER A lecture entitled ldquoA Dawn Like Thunder Africa Black America and World War IIrdquo by CR Gibbs In it Gibbs discusses the often neglected role African people played in World War II and the impact it had on Africa and Diaspora and the interactions between all three Admission is freeTime 11 amLocation Black History Museum 902 Wythe StInformation 703-746-4356
Saturday Nov 12SOLDIER-LED TOURS OF FORT WARD An interpreter portraying a Union veteran reminisces about his military service at Fort Ward during the Civil War Learn about Civil War veteransrsquo organizations the history and construction of Fort Ward and soldier life in the defense system Tours begin in the museum and last about 90 minutes each The program is weather dependent Admission is freeTime 10 to 1130 am 2 to 330 pmLocation Fort Ward Museum amp His-toric Site 4301 W Braddock RoadInformation 703-746-4848
VETERANS BALL Raise a glass to freedom and toast the cityrsquos Revolu-tionary War veterans at the Veterans Ball Enjoy live music English country dancing a cash bar dessert collation and a special recognition of veteran service Cocktail or 1780s period attire military or civilian wel-come Reservations required tickets cost $45 per personTime 8 to 11 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation shopalexandriavagov
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART CRAFT FAIR First Christian Church will host the fourth annual ldquoStraight from the HeART Craft Fairrdquo and pan-cake breakfast Proceeds from the craft fair which features local craft-ers and artists selling homemade items will support the churchrsquos local outreach ministries including assistance for families and school-children in need Proceeds from the pancake breakfast will support the Hunger Free Alexandria initiativeTime 9 am to 2 pmLocation First Christian Church 2723 King StInformation 703-549-3911 or wwwfccalexandriacom
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER A meal to raise awareness and funds for ALIVE food programs Attendees will enjoy a meal of soup bread and dessert from some of Alexandriarsquos best restaurants Additionally attendees receive a one-of- a-kind bowl handmade by artists of Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Fine Arts Department and Alexandria Clay Co-op StudioTime 6 to 830 pmLocation Durant Arts Center 1605 Cameron StInformation wwwalive-incorg
Monday Nov 14HOLIDAY CONTAINER GAR-DENING The Virginia Cooperative Extension and Alexandria Beauti-fication Commission invite you to learn how to use your outdoor pots to decorate for the holidays with both living and cut plant materials keep greenery fresh and select plants for winter interest This class is part winterizing your garden pots and part flower arranging and it is all about beautifying Alexandria Admission is freeTime 7 to 830 pmLocation Mount Vernon Recreation Center 2701 Commonwealth AveInformation 703-228-6414
Thursday Nov 17CIDRE TO CIDER A lecture on the history of hard cider making and drinking in Colonial Virginia and its French connections Hard alcoholic cider and desserts will follow the lectureTime 7 to 9 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-931-0149
November 18-19INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY BA-ZAAR Bring the family out to shop for unique holiday gifts provided by over 60 local artisans and crafts-men eat at on-site food trucks win door prizes and take pictures with Santa Get into the holiday spirit while supporting Bethany Housersquos mission to bring shelter and care to victims of domestic violence Time Friday 4 to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
A Party to Murder 1022 - 1112Itrsquos Halloween and six people have come to play a murder-mystery game for laughs and soon their lives LTA audiences are treated to rising tensions secret passage- ways incriminating letterscorpses and a 25-year-oldunsolved mystery that hellipwell we donrsquot want to giveaway the unexpected andterrifying conclusion
Coming soon
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496wwwthelittletheatrecom
FALL THEATER CLASSESHappening
Now
SEE CALENDAR | 29
ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016 21
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
Whole Maine LobsterDinner
Not valid with other offers and vouchers
235 Swamp Fox Road Alexandria VA 22314 Across from Eisenhower Metro Station
703-329-1010 bull Open 7 Days a Week
Au Pied de CochonFrom the founder of
$1895
Every Thursday Night
12 Price on a Bottle of Wine
Enjoy
For more information contact King Street Cats contactkingstreetcatsorg
Found all on her own Drew knew there was a better life for her Her forever family will be soooo lucky they gave it to her She is a sweet quiet girl with lots of love to give Email us for more information We are open this Saturday and Sunday 130 pm to 430 pm
Darling Drew
Alexandrians love their pets Advertise your business or service for pets in the paper
Contact us at salesalextimescom
Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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bull Individual pet cremations
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PE TS 22ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
gym in the Eisenhower Valley
Like Snowflakes On Your Tongue Whole Dogz is THAT Good
DOGSFEEL
AT HOMEHERE
bull Stop by for Holiday Daycare Boarding Grooming
bull Holiday Gifts for your best friend (and some good stuff for yourself too)
bull Healthy Food Treats and Supplements
bull Lick N Ride Van delivering your pup and your shopping cart
bull Donrsquot forget your pup this Holiday Season
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Alexandria VA 22304
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CUSTOMERS
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RIGHT PET FROM | 22
PE TS 23ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
7035358151 bull wwwfontainecaffecom
Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
24
Planning to spruce up your homersquos interiorCall us now for a FREE estimate and take 10 off if the work
is performed between December 2016 and March 2017703-684-7702
10Winter Painting
Discount
At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
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PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
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General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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Selecting the lsquorightrsquo petBY KIM GILLIAM
Ready to add a new mem-ber to the family One that has four legs and fur Pets come in all shapes sizes and personali-ties and the selection process can seem overwhelming With last month being ldquoAdopt-A-Dogrdquo month I have received lots of questions from potential pet parents about how to find the right one Pets differ in terms of care feeding behavior cost hous-ing and demands on your time Knowing what you are getting into will improve the chances that you will have a happy ani-mal a good relationship with your pet and an easier time
dealing with any challenges that might arise Ask yourself What type of animal is the best fit for your home Will you be able to live with pet hair a litter box or the occa-sional wear-and-tear they might cause Will everyone in your home wel-come an animal Do you have chil-dren that will distract from the focused attention your pet needs or will they help care for an ani-mal How much space do you have
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inside and outside your home How much time do you have available to spend with a pet
What is your ac-tivity level Are you sedentary or more active Do you have the financial resources if your pet has a medi-cal issue with high veterinary bills How will you provide care for your pet when you travel
The ultimate decision should incorporate your lifestyle the time your family can offer for daily interaction and the amount of care required for the pet For example if you live in a small apartment getting a large active puppy might not be the best choice whereas if you are looking for a jogging partner or have kids who will play with the dog all the time it could be perfect Consider their age size ex-ercise requirements and compat-ibility with children or other pets if applicable You may be con-sidering a puppy but young dogs usually require much more time in terms of training and supervi-sion If this doesnrsquot interest you an adult dog may be a better choice And while an active boun-cy dog might catch your eye a quieter pooch might be a better match if you just want a TV-watching buddy
SEE RIGHT PET | 23
Kim Gilliam
If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
The writer is the co-owner of Frolick Dogs an indoor dog
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STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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DINNER FROM | 24
PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
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Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 27
Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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If adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue ask a lot of questions although not all ani-mals will have a known history Take every chance you can to interact with potential pets out-side of their cage mdash either in visiting rooms out on walks or by taking them home with you for a weekend if possible Animals will act differently in stressful situations such as a kennel so the more you can learn how they act in a home environ-ment the better Fostering is a great way to get a sense for the
prospective petrsquos personality As you narrow in on a spe-cific type or breed research their typical behaviors and energy levels but know that personality traits are just as important For example is the animal confident or shy Hy-peractive or calm Dependent or independent Tolerant or re-active Playful or laid-back Information gathering via questions research and experi-ence will prove key to making the right decision Once you select your new pet be sure to introduce them to current pets in a neutral lo-
cation or in a gradual manner Remember to take it slow limit unsupervised access to the house keep valuable items out of reach focus on potty train-ing even if they are an adult and seem well-behaved mdash itrsquos bet-ter to be safe than sorry Proper preparation and follow through will result in much better odds of a success-ful match which will pay divi-dends in furry hugs and kisses for years to come
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Lunch bull Dinner bull Weekend Brunch119 South Royal Street Alexandria VA 22314
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Sweet andSavory CrepesSteak Frties
MusselsBoutique Winesand Craft Beers
French MovieNight
Open for lunch dinner and weekend brunch
Fontaine Caffe amp Crecircperie is your go to locally owned eatery located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria
Serving Steak Frites Mussels Pates Cheese Vegetarian dishes authentic savory and sweet
French crecircpes and Cidres
119 South Royal St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel 703-535-8151 hearts wwwFontaineCaffecom
STOCK PHOTOSTake time to research the dangers of pet ownership if you already have a pet and they are not compat-ible or if your outdoorsy kid is ill-matched with an indoor kind of pet
cessories or a piece to enhance the dressing of the table mdash like a conventional centerpiece That dress up as with cloth-ing welcomes metal much like adornment with jewelry There are plenty of choices for tabletop mdash from salt and pepper shakers to napkin rings chargers or gra-vy boats While gold tones are especially hot in home decor this year silver lends its own cool luster and copper and rose gold also offer a warm glow Whether you opt for drama luxury or an understated look
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Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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At a GlanceLocation 9103 Peartree Landing Alexandria VA 22309Price $895000Bedrooms 4Bathrooms 35Style Colonial Year built 1987
PHOTOSSHOOT AND SHOWCASE This beautiful home (top) features an enormous and sunny family room (above) adjoining a renovated kitchen
HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
Parking Paved driveway and garageContact Sue and Allison Goodhart McEnearney Associates 703-362-3221 suethegoodhartgroupcom or allisonthegoodhartgroupcom Babs Beckwith 703-627-5421 or babsbeckwithaolcom
The formal living room is sophisticated and elegantfeatures a flagstone patio and deck with mature trees A stone cottage with electricity in the pri-vate beautifully landscaped lot
could also be used as an artistrsquos studio An attached two-car ga-rage completes this fine property which is in move-in-condition
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PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
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Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
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General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
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HOMES ALEX ANDRIA TIMES NOVEMBER 3 2016
Beautiful Colonial perfect for entertaining This spectacular Union Farm brick Colonial home offers a gracious living room music room dining room with a fire-place a renovated kitchen and enormous sunny family room all perfect for comfortable fam-ily living and entertaining Beautiful and well appoint-ed this home features four bed-rooms with lovely views three and a half updated bathrooms and custom closets A finished lower level with rec room of-fice a flexible room with clos-ets and full bathroom all offer extra living space The peaceful outdoor space
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HOME OF THE WEEK
Stylish new traditions at the holiday dinner tableBY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
Tradition with a hearty sense of nostalgia guides so many of us as we get ready to entertain for the holidays Whether itrsquos giving thanks or sharing a Mer-ry Christmas Happy Hanuk-kah Kwanzaa or cheers for the New Year the celebrations often center around the table And just as you might tweak recipes or ingredients adding to classical favorites think about curating your table as well Just a little freshening up with an
eye to whatrsquos new can add im-measurably to the look no mat-ter what your style To that end yoursquore likely to identify with one (or more) of several strong trends in home de-sign that correlate to table styles Itrsquos always fun to blend family or vintage pieces with current designs You might want to add dishes serving pieces or glasses Introduce something handcraft-ed whether itrsquos with serve ware or something a child has created It may be part of a focus on ac- SEE DINNER | 25
PHOTOWILLIAMS-SONOMABring some artistry to the autumn table with beautiful depictions of heir-loom pumpkins The rich hues and meandering shapes on the high-fired porcelain plates were inspired by archival botanical prints The Botani-cal Pumpkin dinnerware which is microwaveable and dishwasher safe is available at Williams-Sonoma as are the on-trend copper chargers
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DINNER FROM | 24
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
SEE A-FRAME SIGNS | 27
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
A-FRAME SIGNS FROM | 26
Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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PHOTOSILVIE B FOR BACCARATHow powerful is a single color mdash especially red mdash in a snow white setting The elegant table designed by former fashion designer and author Carolyne Roehm in her Connecticut home features Baccarat crystal including tea-light lamps with ruby crystal shades bouquets of gorgeous red roses and pretty red wrapped packages
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rooted in natural elements think about ways to make your presentation special On Caroline Roehmrsquos ta-bles yoursquoll always find beauti-ful flowers The former fashion designer who has a passion for flowers just released her latest book ldquoAt Home in the Gardenrdquo (Potter Style) In September she styled a magnificent table that celebrated crystal for Mai-son Baccarat in Paris in three different palettes for place set-tings red green and plum mdash all stunning on white Bunny Williams loves the mix of vintage and new and drew from a collection of early French china pieces for inspira-
tion for her most recent Gold Star collection for Ballard Designs For Christmas she likes things sparkly with glittered reindeer and candles for example ldquoWe did different patterns to give it that collected lookrdquo says Williams ldquoItrsquos simple but a little elegant because it has the gold But you really can use it all the time After Christmas you could use it with an Indian bedspread tablecloth to tone it downrdquo Style-maker designer and TV personality Courtney Cachet is a huge believer in ramping ev-erything up for the holidays ldquoWhen it comes to setting a fabulous table for the holidaysrdquo says Cachet ldquoone phrase says it all More is more Minimalism just does not work here Think
about it The prettiest chic ta-bles are always awash in color depth flowers shiny objects and lightrdquo For fall tables Cachet likes starting off with an off-white base and building on it with a mix of vintage fine porcelain ldquoHermes Chasse Yellow is luxuriousrdquo she says ldquobut still unpretentious when layered with rich hued linens and crys-tal Use gold flatware because itrsquos special and everyone will have an lsquoooohrsquo moment when seatedrdquo For the unexpected Cachet suggests mixing in an animal print ldquolike Ralph Laurenrsquos gor-geous leopardrdquo border on the Hutchinson porcelain for a ca-sual chic dessert setting ldquoFor
SEE DINNER | 29
Christmas mix some mis-matched vintage red china for an unfussy yet elegant vibe Florals in rich reds and violets are perfect for winter holidays Donrsquot be afraid to mix up your dishes French and Italian host-esses do this frequently with ease and itrsquos fabulousrdquo Cachet says shersquos seeing a return to ldquounabashed opulencerdquo in home decor which naturally extends to the table ldquoWhat bet-ter time to show it than during the holidays If you have one very beautiful vase dish or bowl try to incorporate it onto your table Beautiful things are use-less if they arenrsquot displayed and
admired And send paper invi-tations and use place cards (she designed a line for wwwexpres-sionerycom) In a digital world this still is a tradition held closely by the most chic hostessesrdquo Here are just a few tips for setting the holiday table bull SIMPLY WHITE Who doesnrsquot have white dinnerware And if not why not So versa-tile it can be dressed up or down teamed with bold or pastel colors bull COLORS OF THE SEASON An autumnal palette draws guests to the Thanksgiving ta-ble just like the complementary
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Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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26 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Our ViewWMATA What a mess Fixers of fiscal and operational messes are seldom beloved as former DC Mayor Anthony Williams could attest Such is the fate of Paul Wiedefeld who in his role as general manager has the unen-viable task of improving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityrsquos safety reliability and fiscal house mdash all at once The pain from this Herculean endeavor is being felt through-out the DC region According to Wiedefeldrsquos fiscal 2018 budget proposal 8 percent of WMATArsquos workforce would lose their jobs about 1000 workers in all Service has been curtailed during SafeTrack closures which has resulted in some memorable traffic snarls this year Ridership is down as are revenues All local jurisdictions are being asked to contribute more to WMATArsquos fiscal 2018 budget Rail service could be curtailed during both on- and off-peak times and at less frequented stations and numerous bus lines may be eliminated Thatrsquos a lot of shared pain While we agree generally with the track Wiedefeld has WMATA on we do have some quibbles around the edges about equity For starters Alexandria is being asked to pay 157 percent of Virginiarsquos contribution to WMATArsquos 2018 operating budget mdash $395 million out of $2514 million total mdash but we have only 3 of 25 stations or 12 percent and only 146 percent of track miles in the region We think city leaders should try to negotiate our contribution down to be more proportional A few million saved could be used for schools or social services Imagine the joy Alexandria resi-dents would feel if our taxes were lowered instead of increased Second we think the federal government should be paying part of WMATArsquos operating expenses Right now the Federal Transit Ad-ministration does provide federal grants to transit systems around the country for preventive maintenance Metro has historically received $31 million per year though that number has been bumped up for the last two years of safety work While helpful thatrsquos less than 2 percent of WMATArsquos annual budget Herersquos the catch WMATA estimates that 45 percent of those working in DC and parts of Arlington take Metro to work A large percentage of those riders work for the federal government Thus the federal government directly benefits from our regional metro system which trails only New York City in the US in the number of annual riders in a way it doesnrsquot from any other system in the country Yet it doesnrsquot contribute at all to WMATArsquos operat-ing expenses That seems like a bad deal for the entire region Third there were preliminary reports that Alexandriarsquos Metro-way bus line that runs along US Route 1 up to the Pentagon City Metro station could be on the chopping block While this routersquos per rider subsidy of almost $8 is not sustain-able in the long term it was only opened two years ago mdash and in its complete form just last summer mdash and needs to be better ad-vertised with a longer trial before being reconsidered Fortunately Metroway survived this round of cuts Finally the uncertainty surrounding WMATArsquos historic opera-tions and long-term viability mdash ridership was down from its peak in 2009 even before SafeTrack mdash coupled with uncertain fund-ing streams leaves us wary of Alexandriarsquos pending Potomac Yard Metro station Officials must be triply careful and apply tremendous scrutiny to the financials surrounding the project before proceeding Alexan-driarsquos potential investment is too large to move ahead without surety
OpinionldquoWhere the press is free and every man is able to read all is saferdquo- Thomas Jefferson
To the editor The sudden enforcement of A-frame sign regulations along King Street in Old Town is disturbing Itrsquos a small issue but one that gets to the heart of whether we re-ally are a business friendly community We need to be one if wersquore going to address our budget problems fund our school capacity crisis and fix our sewers mdash to name but a few pressing issues As I walk along King Street speaking to retailers about the proposed busi-ness improvement district Irsquom hearing a lot of negative news about sales City tax revenue records from the past few years show flat to declining sales Do we want to turn this around What is the real issue here Are there safety prob-lems with the signs If indeed the signs pose a safety issue
wouldnrsquot a better course of action be to regulate where they are located A much greater safety problem is the uneven bricks on Old Town sidewalks About once a year customers came into Bittersweet bleeding from having tripped over them These regulations have gone unenforced for many years and I cannot under-stand the sense of urgency around changing that given the output of the A-frame sign task force which deter-mined that a new program would be put in place for businesses on side streets but has yet to be implemented To be fair the new pro-gram does not include busi-nesses on King Street but the optics of enforcement now mdash prior to the holidays and before bringing the new program online mdash makes the city look insensitive to small business and those consider-
ing opening businesses here Given the number of closings and empty retail spaces is this the best we can do This situation reminds me very much of 2008 when the city in response to prob-lems with outdoor seating over the winter determined that all outdoor seating should be banned between Thanksgiving and April This deprived the city of needed revenue not to men-tion the vibrancy that out-door seating brings Even-tually a way was found to address the problems with-out eliminating the seat-ing altogether during four months of the year mdash when the weather is often favor-able to dining outdoors mdash and tax revenue The entire nature of retail is changing and Main Street businesses need all the help
Your Views
Reverse enforcement of A-frame sign regulations
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
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Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
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So
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EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
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CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
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Protect Metrorsquos weekend morning serviceTo the editor Of the four options the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed for adjusting its operating hours Op-tion No 2 mdash which ends late night weekend service permanently and ends rail service at 1130 pm on weeknights mdash is least objectionable and Option No 1 mdash ending service at midnight each night ex-cept Sunday when service will stop at 10 pm mdash is barely minimalist But Options No 3 mdash ending service at 1130 pm during the week 1 am on Friday and Satur-day but opening later on weekend mornings mdash and No 4 mdash preserving week-end late night service but opening at noon on Sun-day mdash are unacceptable For me Option No 4 means that I cannot get to my church in Bethesda from where I live in Al-exandria and Option No 3 forces me to attend the later service even though the church function I per-form benefits from my sometimes attending the early service The public has a gen-eral need for morning Metrorail on weekends whereas only the nightlife industry has a special need
for late-night service If the politicians mdash many of whom have some responsi-bility for getting WMATA into its current bind mdash go with the special interest of nightlife industry over the publicrsquos general interest it will persuade folks like me to demand a complete fed-eral takeover of WMATArsquos operations WMATA has proposed four options but to some extent these four options stack the deck WMATA should revert to the level of service and hours in 1998 when it had suffi-cient time during the night to maintain the system in a state of good repair From the very begin-ning some of us warned that expanding service after midnight on week-ends and earlier during weekday mornings would crimp WMATArsquos mainte-nance schedule WMATA has learned this the hard way nearly two decades in these ser-vice expansions produced the proverbial death of a thousand cuts which even the draconian SafeTrack maintenance surge may not be sufficient to overcome For years but not recently WMATA would win the American Public Transit Associationrsquos top award
WMATA now ranks near the worst for exam-ple for employee and pas-senger fatalities WMATA sacrificed its honored place among transit systems on the altar of its board mem-bersrsquo collective fidelity to the nightlife industry The nightlife industry most affected by WMA-TArsquos various proposals to shorten or eliminate late-night service is motivated to speak That industry which contributes heav-ily to elected officialsrsquo campaigns is opposed to discontinuing late-night weekend service But elected officialsrsquo willingness to cater to the nightlife industry by expanding service hours is what broke Metrorailrsquos ability to function in the first place Another is the decision to open at 5 am on weekdays instead of 530 am WMATA cannot be ev-erything to everyone and serve every special inter-estrsquos transportation needs A wide range of the gener-al public needs WMATA service on Saturday and Sunday mornings where-as primarily the nightlife industry needs WMATA service after midnight
- Dino DrudiAlexandria
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Filling in the blankswith Karen Graf
Alexandria City Public Schools are in a predicament and we need your help But do not despair it is actually good news Alexandria one of the top 50 small cities to live in has a family population that is settling here and investing in ACPS The new neighborhood small area plans which anticipate con-tinued influxes of new residents in addition to more families staying in the city instead of opting for the suburbs have contributed to our growing school population This is the second year in a row that we have more students than seats avail-able and the growth wonrsquot slow for at least another decade Last week Superintendent Alvin Crawley proposed a capital budget to the school board It attempts to solve the seating shortage by 2027 The plan includes the addi-tion of a new elementary school a new middle school and a new high school building mdash although this will still be part of TC Wil-liams mdash plus the reconstruction of four existing schools Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Cora Kelly School for Math Sci-ence and Technology George Ma-son Elementary School and Mat-thew Maury Elementary School Here is where we need your help The cost of the plan for the next 10 years would be approxi-mately $5157 million This would be an increase of $2246 million over last yearrsquos capital budget plan which did not even come close to solving the seating problem I bet you are asking yourself how we are even fitting all the kids into the schools each year Our long range facilities plan de-veloped with city officials strives to advance the concept of ldquoopti-mal learning environmentsrdquo in ev-ery school This means that each
school will have equitable offer-ings in the classrooms libraries gyms and performing art spaces Currently students are crowd-ing into classrooms At many campuses art is on a cart and so is technology Some libraries are not able to support their stu-dent populations and lunch starts at 1030 am and goes until 130 pm on many campuses The middle schools are packed and the
high school has more than 3500 students And yet under Craw-leyrsquos leadership the dis-trict is moving toward academic excellence in line with our ACPS 2020 strategic plan Teachers
are doing amazing things in all sub-ject areas and making certain that students are provided the resources they need to be ready to learn This capital budget proposal is dynamic and it is aggressive But it is time to provide our commu-nity with high-quality school en-vironments As Alexandrians we do not picture classrooms being taught in hallways or deteriorating buildings as our reality We need to change this The school board will be mov-ing through the details of the pro-posal this month and is slated to approve it on December 15 After that city council starts their bud-get process and will deliberate on the ACPS request We will need your help This 10-year capital plan can be achieved with the support of our commu-nity We all must work together to create school facilities that foster vibrant learning and serve as a re-source for our community Follow the hashtag AreUwithUs on Twit-ter ACPSk12 or the ACPS Face-book page to track the progress
The writer is the chairwoman of the Alexandria City School Board
Karen Graf
ACPS needs your help to address growing enrollment
they can get Many retail-ers post clever messages on their A-frame signs which visitors often pho-tograph before entering the establishment Visitors riding the King Street trolley can glimpse a passing sign and return later to shop or dine Small business is about express-
ing onersquos creativity and vision So why eliminate something that makes our community unique The recent purge of buskers completes the impression that our city is to be made bland and boring Alexandria cannot cut its way to success Young innovative entrepreneurs must be attracted here to ensure our business dis-tricts continue to be vi-
brant strong and encourage locals and visitors to spend The renewed enforce-ment of A-frame sign regula-tions has unintended conse-quences and must go back to the drawing board Doing so would go some distance to-ward making our small busi-ness community feel sup-ported rather than thwarted by city regulations
- Jody ManorAlexandria
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
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Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
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CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
LEGAL NOTICE
DOG Walking amp Sitting ServicesServing areas in VA Alexandria | Arlington
LICENSED | INSURED | BONDED
(703) 6723456instagramwalkypawsinfowalkypawscomwwwwalkypawscom
32 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
REALTORreg Serving Virginia amp DC NVAR Top Producer Seniors Residential Specialist
7038643438jessicajessicarichardsoncomwwwjessicarichardsoncom
Jessica Richardson
109 S Pitt St bull Alexandria VA 22314
there when it counts
Jessica Richardson
It was a real pleasure working with Jessica She is hard-working honest and professional Our situation was complicated but she was there for us with each step and made the
whole process seamless We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a REALTORreg ~ Brian amp Sue Keithldquoldquo
Buyers sellers and investors go to Jessica forADVICE - Always honest and straightforwardINSIGHT - Leading market knowledge finds you the best house in the best neighborhoodMARKETING - A proven mix of old- and new-school methods delivers stellar resultsSERVICE - Clients always come first with responsive white glove serviceEXPERIENCE - 17+ years 400+ transactions and counting
Recent SaleS
SOLDSOLD
SOLD
FeatuRed liStingS
1719 Crestwood Drive Alexandria Offered at $719000
FOR
SALE
808 Grand View Drive Alexandria Offered at $999000
FOR
SALE
28 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
fter the attack on Fort Sumter SC in April 1861 the clouds of Civil
War closed in and Alexandri-ans who had previously sup-ported the Union clung to the hope that conflict could still be avoided But after Lincolnrsquos call for states including Virginia to provide 75000 troops to quell the insurrection the mood in the city changed quickly Recognizing that Virginia would be forced to take up arms against her Southern sisters and become the main highway of battle between the North and the South Alexandrians voted over-whelmingly in favor of Virgin-iarsquos secession on May 23 1861 Any hopes that the Union would not contest the new Confeder-acy were dashed the following morning when Union troops en-tered the city by land and water overwhelmed local militias and began the transformation of the genteel town into a military cen-ter for the war effort In the early hours of that morning President Abraham
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Lincolnrsquos former law clerk cam-paign manager and close assis-tant Col Elmer Ephraim Ells-worth marched up King Street with the New York Zouaves a unit of men he had personally assembled from the New York City Fire Department Just four blocks into the town Ellsworth stooped at the Marshall House hostelry to retrieve a secession-ist flag from the rooftop flag-pole but was shot dead by pro-prietor James W Jackson while descending the stairs By the end of the day with the threat of violence now real Union troops began to quickly commandeer buildings and private lands for military operations Just one day after the death of their beloved Colonel Union soldiers assembled high above Alexandria atop Shuterrsquos Hill and began to clear land for a strategic fortification to be called Fort Ellsworth one of 68 forts eventually built around Washington DC The fort was laid out by Capt Horatio Gouverneur Wright an 1841
engineering graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point Wright had only one month earlier been released by Southern sympathizers when he took part in the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk Va to prevent it fall-ing into Confederate hands In Alexandria Wright se-lected a site a few hundred yards to the west of the current George Washington Masonic National Memorial for the fort which ulti-mately included a large garrison for twenty cannon The fort had a commanding view over the city the Potomac River and the endless open fields that stretched westward to the horizon between the Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Pike As seen in the background of this view of the fort taken by Andrew Russell in 1864 the almost complete elimi-nation of forested lands around Alexandria to improve visibil-ity against surprise attack was accomplished by Union forces at lightning speed In the early years of war the Confederate
flag and camp at Munsonrsquos Hill in Falls Church could clearly be seen in the distance After the Civil War ended HG Wright went on to super-vising engineering projects for the Army and became Chief of Engineers in June 1879 when he was simultaneously promoted to the rank of brigadier general He worked on highly complex projects such as the construc-tion of Americarsquos first suspen-sion bridge connecting the then separate cities of New York and Brooklyn and the completion of the Washington Monument in the nationrsquos capital which began in 1848 but was halted for twenty-three years in 1854 due to a lack of funding The structure was finally complete and dedicated in 1885 Wright died in 1899 and his grave at Arlington National Cemetery now faces the 555-foot structure the tallest monumental obelisk in the world
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic
Alexandria
The Civil Warrsquos beginnings in Alexandria
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IRON CODE 17
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Hostingamp Maintenance
OnlineMarketing
7038290809wwwironisticcom
Alexandria Timesrsquo
Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
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LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
LEGAL NOTICE
DOG Walking amp Sitting ServicesServing areas in VA Alexandria | Arlington
LICENSED | INSURED | BONDED
(703) 6723456instagramwalkypawsinfowalkypawscomwwwwalkypawscom
32 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
REALTORreg Serving Virginia amp DC NVAR Top Producer Seniors Residential Specialist
7038643438jessicajessicarichardsoncomwwwjessicarichardsoncom
Jessica Richardson
109 S Pitt St bull Alexandria VA 22314
there when it counts
Jessica Richardson
It was a real pleasure working with Jessica She is hard-working honest and professional Our situation was complicated but she was there for us with each step and made the
whole process seamless We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a REALTORreg ~ Brian amp Sue Keithldquoldquo
Buyers sellers and investors go to Jessica forADVICE - Always honest and straightforwardINSIGHT - Leading market knowledge finds you the best house in the best neighborhoodMARKETING - A proven mix of old- and new-school methods delivers stellar resultsSERVICE - Clients always come first with responsive white glove serviceEXPERIENCE - 17+ years 400+ transactions and counting
Recent SaleS
SOLDSOLD
SOLD
FeatuRed liStingS
1719 Crestwood Drive Alexandria Offered at $719000
FOR
SALE
808 Grand View Drive Alexandria Offered at $999000
FOR
SALE
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 29
CALENDAR FROM | 21
DINNER FROM | 25
IRON CODE 17
Website Designamp Development
Hostingamp Maintenance
OnlineMarketing
7038290809wwwironisticcom
Alexandria Timesrsquo
Cause of the MonthBountiful Blessings
THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERSTHE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS
Invites You to Its AnnualFASHION SHOW LUNCHEON
and SILENT AUCTIONFriday October 31 2014
Founder and Supporter of Inova Alexandria Hospital Since 1872
Cash and checks accepted for Silent Auction purchases bull Sorry no credit cards
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center bull 5000 Seminary Road Alexandria VA1030 AM - Reception and Silent Auction
12 Noon - Luncheon Fashion Show amp Door Prizes
All proceeds support the BLM Pledge to purchase two neurosurgical microscopes for Surgical Services
Fair Oaks Mall
Reservations Required
Models includePhysicians Nurses amp Sta
INOVA reg ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
of
Fashions by
Complimentary Parking
General $50 Patron $75 Benefactor $100Anniversary Circle $142
Call Lynda West at 703-836-8853 bull RSVP by October 20th 2014
Compassion From Fashion
Friday October 28th 2016
Call Karla Merritt at 571-303-0004 RSVP by October 18th 2016
Anniversary Circle $144
Location First Baptist Church of Alexandria 2932 King StInformation bwomblebhnvorg or 703-658-9500
Saturday Nov 19VIRGINIA CIDER TASTING In partnership with the Alexandria-Caen Sister Cities Committee The Lyceum offers a cider tasting as part of Virginia Cider Week Cider was a common drink enjoyed in 18th century Alexandria and cider is commonly made in the Caen region of France Enjoy samples of a selection of Virginia ciders as well as light hors drsquooeuvresTime 7 to 930 pmLocation The Lyceum 201 S Washington StInformation 703-746-4554
Sunday Nov 20PRESIDENTIAL SALON WITH JAMES MADISON Join President James Madison as he discusses and engages guests about political and personal issues of 1816 Reserva-tions required Tickets cost $15 per person $10 for studentsTime 3 to 430 pmLocation Gadsbyrsquos Tavern Mu-seum 134 N Royal StInformation 703-746-4242
Monday Nov 25TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY An official city event at which the city Christmas tree is lit as part of a program that includes a welcome by the town crier appearances by the mayor and other city officials a visit from Santa and performances for
residents and visitors to open the holiday seasonTime 6 to 8 pmLocation Market Square 301 King StInformation 703-746-4343
Friday December 2TASTE OF SCOTLAND This festive event features a Scotch tasting menu including a variety of Scotches direct from Scotland distilleries Scottish ale sampling as well as beer wine and food Proceeds from the event benefit the programs of The Campagna CenterTime 630 pmLocation The Atrium Building 277 S Washington StInformation wwwcampagnacen-terorg
hues of squash pumpkin cran-berries and the golden brown skin of turkey Red and green spell Christmas in poinsettias candy canes green boughs Santas But you donrsquot have to be locked into only whatrsquos ex-pected Bring a little aubergine in with saffron and persimmon amethyst or indigo also are vivid additions to the December table that can be very rich and elegant One of the settings that Car-olyne Roehm designed for the Baccarat Museum in Paris took a cue from plum and cream Picasso calla lilies which she teamed with floral-patterned porcelain from Bernardaud Baccarat crystal glassware and charming amethyst butterflies bull NATURALRUSTIC Re-claimed wood natural linen greenery and pine cones com-plete a look thatrsquos casual and in-viting The appeal is that itrsquos un-fussy It embraces nature But it also can stand a touch of glamor or bling as a strong counterpoint bull ARTISANAL Hand-crafts-manship is so appreciated in ev-erything for the home So hand-painted dinnerware depicting pumpkins and vegetables really is appreciated especially with seasonal imagery bull LAYERING Itrsquos especially fun to mix plates and their sur-rounding elements and you can totally change up the style by doing so A place mat of wo-ven rattan or ruby beads might be teamed with a gold or silver
charger then a creamy white dinner plate and topped with a shimmery metallic glass or pat-terned salad plate bull SEASONAL SHAPES Iconic symbols like turkeys pumpkins Santas reindeer an-gels and nutcrackers have risen above kitsch because many now are artist-drawn Some have the look of vintage postcards oth-ers possess a more modern vibe and still others are so graphic often with an image embedded in the design bull METALLIC ACCENTS Whatrsquos great about gold silver copper and other metals is that their sparkle elevates the de-cor Whether itrsquos a gleaming polished finish hammered sur-face or texture metals can be woven into tabletop modestly or lushly Even pumpkins are getting gilded and ldquosilverizedrdquo
Imagine an all-white table set-ting Now picture those white plates sandwiched in between textured gold and silver glass topped with a napkin thatrsquos cir-cled with a pretty gold beaded ring A table runner sprinkled with fallen snowflakes embroi-dered in silver and gold on ivory sateen cotton is an added treat all thoughtfully put together at Crate and Barrel bull MAKE IT YOUR OWN Whenever you can personalize it will add warmth Get creative mdash perhaps starting with your table covering Tap into unex-pected patterns from lengths of fabric doubling as tablecloths Something playful like stripes or polka dots or even a shim-mery brocade or beaded fabric It can be beautiful or quirky and totally reflect you Your guests will love the personal touch
PHOTOVILLERY amp BOCHThe oval shapes of the white New Cottage china pattern from Villeroy amp Boch are fresh modern and timeless Here theyrsquore set on a fall table with cinnamon place mats and decorative leaves all cut out of felt along with woven striped napkins that lend a rustic look Villeroy amp Boch is available at Macyrsquos
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 31
Advertising WorksAdvertise to 19000+ weekly readersContact sales alextimescom or 703-739-0001
LEGAL NOTICE
ABC NOTICE
AUCTIONS DC BIG FLEA amp ANTIQUES MARKET NOV 5-6 OVER 600 BOOTHS Shop
for Bargains Itrsquos An AMAZING Treasure Hunt DULLES EXPO CTR 4320
Chantilly VA 20151 wwwthebigfleamarketcom
757-430-4735AUCTION-Brick Ranch on 34 AC
1968 Corvair 92000 miles Extensive collection glassware furnishings SAT NOV5 1000 AM Clintwood Va 430 Lewis Stone Dr VaFl 821 VaFL 909
VAL3434 276-738-9230 wwwgainesdickensonauctioneers
wwwadamwilsonauctioneers AUCTION - HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE
MANSION 10000 sq ft Circa 1730 SATURDAY 115 1130am
Madison Virginia 7-Bedroom 6-Bath 13 Fireplaces Suitable for Bed amp
Breakfast 1 Court Sq Madison VA 22727 wwwPrimeAuctionSolutions
com CALL 7038898949VA 2908000975
SECURED CREDITORS FORECLOSURE ABSOLUTE EQUIPMENT AUCTION November 11 and 12 on site Mega
Liquidation Large Landscaping Hardscaping Company and Nursery in Rockville Virginia Fleet of Heavy Duty
Trucks Dump Trucks Trailers Zero Turn Mowers Equipment Tools Inventory
1000s of items WALKER COMMERCIAL SERVICES (540) 344-6160 wwwwalker-
inccom VAAF 549 EDUCATION
MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED Train to become a Medical
Office Assistant NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED Training amp Job Placement available at CTI HS DiplomaGED amp Computer needed 1-888-424-9419
HELP WANTEDTRUCK DRIVERS CDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $40000-$50000 1ST
Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 800-243-1600
LynchburgRoanoke 800-614-6500 Front RoyalWinchester 800-454-1400
LOTS amp ACREAGE 2 ACRE HILLTOP homesite south of
Roanoke in western Virginia A few nice trees and great view Lots of wildlife $44900 Irsquoll finance 540-294-3826
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ndash 16 ACRE wooded homesite high on finger ridge of Bank Mountain- Amherst County
Long views Totally private $109900 Irsquoll finance 540-487-0480
PERSONALS Tired of the same old dating sites
Meet real people in your rea amp make a new connection on your terms 18+
Only Call 1-800-701-9275 SERVICES
DIVORCE ndash Uncontested $395 + $86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome - no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-
490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol
AD NETWORK CLASSIFIEDS | OCTOBER 30 2016
RampN Carpentry
40 years experience Licensed and insured Call for FREE estimate (703)987-5096
jnavecomcastnetNo job too big or small
RampN Carpentry
Go from green to clean
POWER WASHING
Service for Your Home amp Hardscape
Go from green to clean
LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
LEGAL NOTICE
DOG Walking amp Sitting ServicesServing areas in VA Alexandria | Arlington
LICENSED | INSURED | BONDED
(703) 6723456instagramwalkypawsinfowalkypawscomwwwwalkypawscom
32 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
REALTORreg Serving Virginia amp DC NVAR Top Producer Seniors Residential Specialist
7038643438jessicajessicarichardsoncomwwwjessicarichardsoncom
Jessica Richardson
109 S Pitt St bull Alexandria VA 22314
there when it counts
Jessica Richardson
It was a real pleasure working with Jessica She is hard-working honest and professional Our situation was complicated but she was there for us with each step and made the
whole process seamless We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a REALTORreg ~ Brian amp Sue Keithldquoldquo
Buyers sellers and investors go to Jessica forADVICE - Always honest and straightforwardINSIGHT - Leading market knowledge finds you the best house in the best neighborhoodMARKETING - A proven mix of old- and new-school methods delivers stellar resultsSERVICE - Clients always come first with responsive white glove serviceEXPERIENCE - 17+ years 400+ transactions and counting
Recent SaleS
SOLDSOLD
SOLD
FeatuRed liStingS
1719 Crestwood Drive Alexandria Offered at $719000
FOR
SALE
808 Grand View Drive Alexandria Offered at $999000
FOR
SALE
30 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES26 NoVember 12 2015 ALeXANDrIA TImeS
ACroSS1 Absolute chaos7 ldquoGreat Balls of Firerdquo singer Jerry Lee12 Bachmann or Lea19 Plaza girl of fiction20 Medicine cabinet item21 Like a path around Earth22 Angelsrsquo division23 Definitely not on a winning streak25 ldquoThe Day the Earth Stood Stillrdquo star Michael26 Like some proportions27 Middle East gulf28 Avoids the truth29 Shipwreck signal30 ldquoCommon Senserdquo pamphleteer Thomas31 Monkeyed around (with)33 Complex36 They can become unhinged38 Farm measure42 Vandalize43 ldquo happily ___ afterrdquo44 Miss after marriage45 Readily available47 Be earlier than50 Cohort of Larry and Curly52 One spelling for a group of eight53 Ate voraciously (with ldquodownrdquo)54 How some races run57 Salacious material58 Hamletrsquos big brother59 ldquoDonrsquot you just ___ it when rdquo
60 Beans used for tofu61 Drive-in feature64 Miscues on a diamond66 Dull pain70 Give the old heave-ho71 Hectic episodes72 Atlas or Minuteman76 Read the riot act79 Powerful attractions82 They make calls from the plate83 Glass part84 Frog-to-be85 Airport sign holder eg86 Card just below a jack88 ldquoLittle of this little of thatrdquo dish90 Mauna ___ Hawaiirsquos highest peak91 About92 Bushy-tailed carnivores94 Very small ruminant97 Ladyrsquos pants alternative99 Get more than frosty101 Did a marathon102 ldquoBeware the ___ of Marchrdquo106 Place to worship from107 Medicine cabinet powder108 Boss111 Discouraged114 ldquoMake yourself ___rdquo115 Where many wish for peace116 Timid-acting117 Advantageous to all118 Generosity119 Word on some mazes120 Fragrances
last Weekrsquos solution
Weekly Words
DoWN1 Chicago footballer2 Fashion model or magazine3 Current direction4 Property claim holder5 City of Francis and Clare6 Apportion (with ldquooutrdquo)7 More batty8 Dickensrsquo mysterious Mr Drood9 Reacted to a really bad pun10 Suffix with ldquoconcertrdquo11 Roman forum participant12 Get onersquos ___ worth13 ldquoFlashdancerdquo singer Cara14 ldquoElementaryrdquo network15 Friscorsquos Nob ___16 Small needle bag17 Lingerie material18 Caribousrsquo cousins20 Think creatively24 Air freshener targets30 Improved as a road32 ldquoDivine Comedyrdquo penner33 Playful rascals34 They pull in pushers35 Relinquish as land37 Foreboding sign39 Readies for swallowing40 21 eg41 Item written in a diary45 Orange-yellow pigment
46 Wedding couple48 Grand ___ (wine label word)49 Immature salamanders50 Neatened as a lawn51 To each his ___52 ldquoBeetle Baileyrdquo canine54 Acts of the Apostles55 Toss or hurl56 Two in a row58 Midterm eg62 Cringe in fear63 Baseball stats64 Cheese in a ball65 Young herring canned as a sardine66 Reunion attendee67 Carved gemstone68 Bouncing off the walls69 Corrects text71 Muhammad of the ring73 Mug relative74 Needing repair75 Confused conflict77 Layered cookies
78 Sea eagle79 Consumed greedily80 Legal statutes81 Mark with a branding iron86 Ark contents87 Like some makeovers88 Place for a blast furnace89 Sensitive92 Liquor measures93 Not participate in95 Titillating96 ldquoFrasierrdquo character98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes100 ___ celebre102 ldquoAmerican ___rdquo (TV show)103 Honorific of Spain104 Item in many still-life drawings105 Hidden catch108 Fancy marbles109 Bypass110 Some army officers (Abbr)112 Anger113 Day of many fed holidays
LoWereD eXPeCTATIoNS By Jerry Berns
ACROSS1 Bench plank5 Engages in some RampR10 Junk email14 Little rascal19 Priest in Buddhism20 Seize illegally21 Spelling of TV22 Hawaii island23 ldquoToo many to listrdquo abbr24 Rockslide debris25 Mercury astronaut Shepard26 Surrealist Max27 Why timing is everything (Part 1)31 Isolate like Napoleon32 Retain33 Teamwork deterrent34 Mulligan eg35 No longer with us36 Get by somehow38 Track unit41 Even if briefly44 Street alternative45 Blender sound46 See-through item47 Ruby of ldquoA Raisin in the Sunrdquo48 Seekers of evidence of telepathy53 Folded geographical sheet54 Itrsquos not up to par55 ___ drsquooeuvre56 21 or 35 eg57 Bobsled run surface58 Babyrsquos word59 Dublinrsquos place60 Auto title ID61 Why timing is everything (Part 2)70 Uneaten morsel
71 Hawkrsquos opposite72 Seething state73 Shooting marble74 Friend of Lois and Jimmy77 Garden-variety78 Mine passages81 Whitney of cotton gin fame82 Historical 1917 event86 Howard the director87 Be sore88 Some are out chasing after a buck89 Blood flow inhibitor90 Squeezing (out)92 Turkish governor93 Bawdy94 Shopping center95 ___ Torino (old Ford)97 Reward for a good waiter98 Emulate an eagle99 Straight102 Why timing is everything (Part 3)110 Polish as a shoe111 ldquoPoor merdquo112 Totally ticked off113 Pipe problem114 Engine115 Dorothyrsquos dog in Oz116 Alphabetizes eg117 Head start118 Soothsayers119 Observed120 Proofersrsquo catches121 Changed colors in a wayDOWN1 Large quantity2 Shop tool3 At full speed at sea
Weekly Words
TARDY PARTY By Timothy E Parker
4 Not short exactly5 Steal cattle6 Stay clear of7 Certain8 Shade provider9 Raid target of old10 Became old hat11 Tentacled creature12 Egyptian eg13 Super short skirt14 Heavy type of hammer15 Shiprsquos goods16 Diarist Frank17 A crowrsquos-nest tops it18 The ___ (awful)28 Legally prohibit29 Fully prepared30 Printerrsquos copy briefly35 Alirsquos rope-a-___36 Nervous system disorder37 Lubricates in a way38 Persevere39 Not for40 Cancun cash41 Allow to enter42 ldquoRich and Famousrdquo man43 Conical Great Plains dwelling44 Dusting cloth45 Fingerprint feature46 Billy Joelrsquos instrument49 Cancel a spaceflight50 Hotel offering51 ldquoPetrdquo that sprouts52 Wash problem58 Russian author Maxim59 Peeper60 Left-hand page62 ldquoA fate ___ than deathrdquo63 Having a scent64 Brandy sniffers65 City in the Ukraine (var)66 South American monkey67 Babiesrsquo wombs68 Beauticianrsquos employer69 ldquoDallasrdquo family74 Hermit or king75 One founder of Time76 Covered with cinders77 Some winter weather78 Diagnoser of sneezes and such79 Pairs of pairs80 ldquoAddams Familyrdquo cousin83 Proficient84 Most of the Earthrsquos surface85 Poetrsquos ldquobelowrdquo91 Genuflected93 Long-term prisoners94 Arsenic eg95 Run-down urban area96 Alcove97 Certain opera voice98 Washington but not DC100 Full of cattails101 Missouri River tributary102 Endings for Catholic and real103 Itrsquos about a foot104 Low-calorie in adspeak105 Has a nice meal106 ___ vera107 ldquoIliadrdquo city108 Large stringed instrument109 ___ out a living (scraped by)
Last
Wee
krsquos
So
luti
on
EVELYN J BAKER (90)of Alexandria October 24 2016
HAROLD L BOYD (84) formerly of Alexandria October 27 2016
DAVID L DOUGHERTY (70)of Alexandria October 27 2016
JACK H EBERT (78) of Alexandria October 22 2016
RICHARD L HEDRICK (84)of Alexandria October 27 2016
SYLVIA KASSALOW (95)of Alexandria October 27 2016GORDON K LONG formerly of Alexandria October 18 2016GAY NJ LUNDY (83)of Alexandria October 26 2016CARY D NEVITT SR of Alexandria October 28 2016GRACE E RIGGLES (91) of Alexandria October 28 2016JAMES H SEGRAVES (87)of Alexandria October 25 2016
Obituaries
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 31
Advertising WorksAdvertise to 19000+ weekly readersContact sales alextimescom or 703-739-0001
LEGAL NOTICE
ABC NOTICE
AUCTIONS DC BIG FLEA amp ANTIQUES MARKET NOV 5-6 OVER 600 BOOTHS Shop
for Bargains Itrsquos An AMAZING Treasure Hunt DULLES EXPO CTR 4320
Chantilly VA 20151 wwwthebigfleamarketcom
757-430-4735AUCTION-Brick Ranch on 34 AC
1968 Corvair 92000 miles Extensive collection glassware furnishings SAT NOV5 1000 AM Clintwood Va 430 Lewis Stone Dr VaFl 821 VaFL 909
VAL3434 276-738-9230 wwwgainesdickensonauctioneers
wwwadamwilsonauctioneers AUCTION - HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE
MANSION 10000 sq ft Circa 1730 SATURDAY 115 1130am
Madison Virginia 7-Bedroom 6-Bath 13 Fireplaces Suitable for Bed amp
Breakfast 1 Court Sq Madison VA 22727 wwwPrimeAuctionSolutions
com CALL 7038898949VA 2908000975
SECURED CREDITORS FORECLOSURE ABSOLUTE EQUIPMENT AUCTION November 11 and 12 on site Mega
Liquidation Large Landscaping Hardscaping Company and Nursery in Rockville Virginia Fleet of Heavy Duty
Trucks Dump Trucks Trailers Zero Turn Mowers Equipment Tools Inventory
1000s of items WALKER COMMERCIAL SERVICES (540) 344-6160 wwwwalker-
inccom VAAF 549 EDUCATION
MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED Train to become a Medical
Office Assistant NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED Training amp Job Placement available at CTI HS DiplomaGED amp Computer needed 1-888-424-9419
HELP WANTEDTRUCK DRIVERS CDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $40000-$50000 1ST
Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 800-243-1600
LynchburgRoanoke 800-614-6500 Front RoyalWinchester 800-454-1400
LOTS amp ACREAGE 2 ACRE HILLTOP homesite south of
Roanoke in western Virginia A few nice trees and great view Lots of wildlife $44900 Irsquoll finance 540-294-3826
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ndash 16 ACRE wooded homesite high on finger ridge of Bank Mountain- Amherst County
Long views Totally private $109900 Irsquoll finance 540-487-0480
PERSONALS Tired of the same old dating sites
Meet real people in your rea amp make a new connection on your terms 18+
Only Call 1-800-701-9275 SERVICES
DIVORCE ndash Uncontested $395 + $86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome - no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-
490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol
AD NETWORK CLASSIFIEDS | OCTOBER 30 2016
RampN Carpentry
40 years experience Licensed and insured Call for FREE estimate (703)987-5096
jnavecomcastnetNo job too big or small
RampN Carpentry
Go from green to clean
POWER WASHING
Service for Your Home amp Hardscape
Go from green to clean
LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
OLD amp HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
CASE BAR 2016-00370Request for reapproval of expired plans for partial demolition and capsulation at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666
LEGAL NOTICE
DOG Walking amp Sitting ServicesServing areas in VA Alexandria | Arlington
LICENSED | INSURED | BONDED
(703) 6723456instagramwalkypawsinfowalkypawscomwwwwalkypawscom
32 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
REALTORreg Serving Virginia amp DC NVAR Top Producer Seniors Residential Specialist
7038643438jessicajessicarichardsoncomwwwjessicarichardsoncom
Jessica Richardson
109 S Pitt St bull Alexandria VA 22314
there when it counts
Jessica Richardson
It was a real pleasure working with Jessica She is hard-working honest and professional Our situation was complicated but she was there for us with each step and made the
whole process seamless We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a REALTORreg ~ Brian amp Sue Keithldquoldquo
Buyers sellers and investors go to Jessica forADVICE - Always honest and straightforwardINSIGHT - Leading market knowledge finds you the best house in the best neighborhoodMARKETING - A proven mix of old- and new-school methods delivers stellar resultsSERVICE - Clients always come first with responsive white glove serviceEXPERIENCE - 17+ years 400+ transactions and counting
Recent SaleS
SOLDSOLD
SOLD
FeatuRed liStingS
1719 Crestwood Drive Alexandria Offered at $719000
FOR
SALE
808 Grand View Drive Alexandria Offered at $999000
FOR
SALE
WWWALEXTIMESCOM NOVEMBER 3 2016 | 31
Advertising WorksAdvertise to 19000+ weekly readersContact sales alextimescom or 703-739-0001
LEGAL NOTICE
ABC NOTICE
AUCTIONS DC BIG FLEA amp ANTIQUES MARKET NOV 5-6 OVER 600 BOOTHS Shop
for Bargains Itrsquos An AMAZING Treasure Hunt DULLES EXPO CTR 4320
Chantilly VA 20151 wwwthebigfleamarketcom
757-430-4735AUCTION-Brick Ranch on 34 AC
1968 Corvair 92000 miles Extensive collection glassware furnishings SAT NOV5 1000 AM Clintwood Va 430 Lewis Stone Dr VaFl 821 VaFL 909
VAL3434 276-738-9230 wwwgainesdickensonauctioneers
wwwadamwilsonauctioneers AUCTION - HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE
MANSION 10000 sq ft Circa 1730 SATURDAY 115 1130am
Madison Virginia 7-Bedroom 6-Bath 13 Fireplaces Suitable for Bed amp
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A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY November 16 2016 beginning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second floor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applications
CASE BAR 2016-00361Request for signage and alterations at 726 King StAPPLICANT Nicecream Factory
CASE BAR 2016-00362Request for signage at 1504 King StreetAPPLICANT Namaste
CASE BAR 2016-00363Request for partial demolition and capsulation at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00364Request for alterations and an addition at 412 Wolfe StreetAPPLICANT Brian Klotz amp David Terry
CASE BAR 2016-00369Request for alterations at 821 S Washington StreetAPPLICANT Mattress Firm
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CASE BAR 2016-00371Request for reapproval of expired plans for an addition at 111 S Payne StreetAPPLICANT Casa Rosada Artisan Gelato
CASE BAR 2016-00324Informal work session for a concept review of proposed development at 301 S Alfred StreetThis item is open for public comment APPLICANT Alfred Street Baptist Church
Consideration of amendments to the OHAD ByLaws recommended by the ByLaws Committee to reflect the format of other City Boards and Commissions
Consideration of amendments to the Criteria amp Standards for Administrative Approval of Commercial Signs within the Historic Districts in response to recent changes to the Sign chapter of the Alexandria zoning ordinance
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32 | NOVEMBER 3 2016 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
REALTORreg Serving Virginia amp DC NVAR Top Producer Seniors Residential Specialist
7038643438jessicajessicarichardsoncomwwwjessicarichardsoncom
Jessica Richardson
109 S Pitt St bull Alexandria VA 22314
there when it counts
Jessica Richardson
It was a real pleasure working with Jessica She is hard-working honest and professional Our situation was complicated but she was there for us with each step and made the
whole process seamless We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a REALTORreg ~ Brian amp Sue Keithldquoldquo
Buyers sellers and investors go to Jessica forADVICE - Always honest and straightforwardINSIGHT - Leading market knowledge finds you the best house in the best neighborhoodMARKETING - A proven mix of old- and new-school methods delivers stellar resultsSERVICE - Clients always come first with responsive white glove serviceEXPERIENCE - 17+ years 400+ transactions and counting
Recent SaleS
SOLDSOLD
SOLD
FeatuRed liStingS
1719 Crestwood Drive Alexandria Offered at $719000
FOR
SALE
808 Grand View Drive Alexandria Offered at $999000
FOR
SALE