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See Small Areas, Page 23By Vernon Miles

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Karen Mitsoff had kind eyes. That’s howBryan Porter remembers her. It was hisfirst day of kindergarten and he’d beenterrified, but when he got to school, she

greeted him outside the school and helped calmhim down. Years later, he can still see her large,calm, caring eyes. It’s something that comforts andhaunts the Commonwealth Attorney 21 years af-ter her murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriendFasseha Senbet. He had been stalking her and hadeven broken into her house and held her at gun-point. He was arrested, but when he was releasedon a $2,500 bond, he returned to her house, shother, and then himself. On Sept. 28, Mitsoff wasone of 17 murdered victims of domestic violencein Alexandria honored at the Silent Witness vigil.The survivors of domestic violence in Alexandriacame together to commemorate those were killed.Some candles were lit by family members orfriends, others by the police officers who had in-vestigated their cases.

“To those here who lost a loved one or a friend:you are a survivor, not a victim,” said Porter.

The latest figure to the display was added thisyear. Rolf Marshall, a navy veteran living in OldTown, was shot and killed by his wife Paula Th-ompson Marshall after Rolf Marshall refused tohave their aging dog put down.

“I never get to meet the victims in these cases,”said Porter. “I never got to meet Rolf Marshall,but I did meet his two sons, who taught me abouthis humor and his love of travel.”

For Rhonda Griffin, every day gets a little biteasier, but the pain never fully goes away. She wasthe foster mom to Eden, a 3-year-old girl beingtaken care of by her mother, Seble Girma Tessema.

Cut-outs representing Alexandria’s victims of domestic violence.

‘It Never Goes Away’Survivors of domesticviolence share storiesof those lost.

Rhonda Griffin lights a candle at thememorial for Seble Girma Tessema andher daughter Eden.

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Alexandria is a city ofsmaller neighborhoods.Some date back to before

the founding of the country, oth-ers are developments that are stillin planning. For nearly all of them,there’s a plan. The city’s small areaplans provide a guideline for thecity in terms of development andinfrastructure improvements forvarious neighborhoods. At the CityCouncil meeting on Sept. 26, anupdate was released to the coun-cil providing an overview of thecity’s ongoing small area plans.

Four of the current small areaplans focus on neighborhoods sur-rounding Metro stations.

New residences are coming into

the Braddock neighborhood. Afour-story, 17 townhouse projectcalled Park Residences is currentlyunder construction and comeswith streetscape improvementsand contributions to the BraddockOpen Space Fund. For most of thehousing developments inBraddock the emphasis is on ex-panding affordable housing avail-ability.

The Alexandria Housing Devel-opment Corporation secured taxcredit funding in May for the re-development of the CarpenterShelter into a seven-story mixeduse development overtop of anexpanded shelter. Part of the re-development includes 97 newrental units available at 40 to 60percent of area median income.

Small Areas,Big PlansPart One: An overviewof Alexandria’s small areaplans along the Metro.

Rendering of the redeveloped Carpenter Shelter.

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By Jeanne Theismann

At 10 months old, Emma Laukhufisn’t old enough to walk. But thatdidn’t stop her from joining hun-dreds of others in the 13th annual

Down Syndrome Association of NorthernVirginia’s Buddy Walk Oct. 1 on the cam-pus of George Mason University.

Emma, born last December with Downsyndrome, was carried along the MasonPond course by her parents Kent and Dana.Surrounding the family were dozens of sup-porters as part of Team #EmmaStrong,which helped raise funds for programs toassist individuals with Down syndrome inthe Northern Virginia area.

“We have been abundantly blessed by theDown Syndrome Northern Virginia team,who have welcomed us with open arms,”said Dana Laukhuf. “DSANV was an impor-tant part of our life during prenatal diag-

drome and their families living in NorthernVirginia. A portion of the funds raised aredirected towards the national advocacy ini-tiatives of the National Down SyndromeSociety. Locally, DSANV services includes:helping families adjust to the birth of a childwith Down syndrome; provides individualswith Down syndrome and their familieswith educational, financial, medical, legaland social support and resources; providessocial and educational events for individu-als with Down syndrome and their families;works to increase community awareness ofthe capabilities and contributions of indi-viduals with Down syndrome; provides fi-nancial support to families in need withcamp scholarships, conference scholarshipsand donations of durable medical equip-ment; and supports local organizations thatprovide services to individuals with Downsyndrome. For more information, visitwww.dsanv.org.

Team Fiona’s Village takes time out from the walk for a group photo.The team is named for Fiona Rosaire Terebesi (in stroller), 1, fromAlexandria.

Team Daniela is the last team to complete the walk. The team sup-ports Aranda Daniela (left stroller), 2, from Alexandria.

Event raises funds, awareness for Down syndrome.Buddy Walk 2017BishopIretoncheerlead-ers greet 2-year-oldOliverHumesfromAlexandriaduring thewalk.

The Mt. Vernon Adult Social Club participated in the Buddy Walk as partof their monthly events. The club is maintained through Fairfax CountyTherapeutic Recreation Services and is led by coordinator Donna James(back center in green tinted sunglasses).

Bradley Kuss, 3, from Alexandria,leads the way for his team,Bradley’s Brigade.

Dana Laukuf carries 10-month oldEmma, born last December withDown syndrome, during the DSANVBuddy Walk Oct. 1 at George Ma-son University.

nosis and continues to be a huge supportto us today. We are proud to walk withEmma and our new friends in an effort togive something back.”

Team #EmmaStrong raised over $1,900through the Buddy Walk, which supportsthe local programs and services that DSANVprovides to individuals with Down syn-

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By James Miessler

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Seaport Day, the free an-nual festival organized byAlexandria’s SeaportFoundation, had some-

thing of interest for everyone inattendance on Saturday, Sept. 30.Whether they were newcomers

attracted by the sounds of livemusic or folks who have grownfamiliar with the fundraiser, thosewho showed up were treated to in-formative displays about thefoundation’s work, activities forchildren, local Italian food, intri-cately crafted boats and more.

Keeping fun and foundation afloat.

Seaport Day

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Alexandria’s dogs will show offtheir frightening finery at theAnimal Welfare League of

Alexandria’s (AWLA) annual Howl-O-Ween event, featuring the AWLA’s caninecostume contest and the release of the2018 photo calendar.

This year’s Howl-O-Ween event willtake place at a new location, on the pa-tio at Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap at401 E. Braddock Road. This event alsomarks the first time that AWLA’s Howl-

O-Ween festivities will take place on a week-end, Saturday, Oct. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Costumed canine contestants can enteras a solo act or a themed group of up tothree dogs with one handler. Advance reg-istration is $25 for one costume entry (in-dividual or group) and $10 to attend. Allregistrations include 10 tickets with whichattendees can vote for their favorite cos-tumed canines. Children under 12 can at-tend for free.

This event will also launch the AWLA’s

2018 photo calendar commemoratingAlexandria’s 2018 Animal of the Year, Zoey,who died earlier this year. Also in atten-dance, in honor of Zoey, will be Eowyn, thecalendar contest runner-up, AWLA alumnaand Animal Ambassador. Calendar entrantswho attend Howl-O-Ween may pick up theircomplimentary copy of the calendar at theevent. Pre-ordered calendars will be avail-able at the AWLA on 4101 Eisenhower Ave.beginning Oct. 29. Calendars can also bepurchased at the AWLA for $20 each start-

ing Oct. 29. Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap will be

donating 15 percent of food and bever-age sales at the event to the AWLA, anddog treats and water will be availablefor all canine contestants. Prizes for thetop three costumed entries will be pro-vided by Alexandria Restaurant Partners.

More information and registrationsfor Howl-O-Ween can be found ata l e x a n d r i a a n i m a l s . o r g /HowlOWeen2017.

AWLA To Host Annual Howl-O-Ween Event

By Vernon Miles

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Beverley Hill used to be a shadyneighborhood. Located in North-ern Alexandria, just south of FourMile Run, the hilltop used to boast

a rich forest of tall canopy trees that madethe area notably cooler during the hot sum-mer months than the rapidly urbanizing OldTown. The first non-indigenous inhabitationof the hill was Alexandria residents whorode their horse and buggy in the 1800s tocabins on the hill to escape the city duringthe summer. But in an ironic twist, over theyears those residents who came to the hillgradually led to the slow death of the for-est. Among other natural factors, like gypsymoths and warming temperatures and af-ter the Derecho, some of the tall canopytrees fell onto people’s homes and cars.Some residents began cutting down thetrees out of fear. But now, two local womenare spearheading an effort to re-greenBeverley Hill.

Jane Seward and Lynn Gas are neighborson Beverly Drive, sharing a yard and a mu-tual dismay at the loss of the neighborhood’stree canopy. Over 50 percent of theneighborhood’s tree coverage had been lostover the last 20 years. While the local NorthRidge Citizen’s Association had formerlycoordinated successful tree sales, Sewardand Gas decided to take the concept a stepfurther. The newly dubbed Canopy TreeRestoration Campaign included delivery,planting, and mulching the largest tree sizespossible. The campaign also offered lessonsin tree care.

Planting grown oak trees in a yard cantypically cost between $600 to $800. TheCanopy Tree Restoration Campaign offeredplanting and maintenance services between$250 and $325, just enough to recovermaintenance costs and the prince of thetrees gotten wholesale from CountrySprings Nursery.

One hundred thirty-nine trees were sold.Of those, 20 were donations to have treesplanted in neighbors’ yards.

As they worked through the process, theysaid they had to be careful to not get thedregs of the tree lots and find good trees.It’s a process that took time and extensive

education on tree types. Seward and Gas,along with their representative to the NorthRidge Citizen’s Association, Meghan Rainey,enrolled in Arlington’s Tree Stewards’ springcourse on tree care.

“Buying a tree isn’t like buying somethingoff the shelf,” said Seward. “You have toplan that far in advance.”

Seward and Gas emphasized that severalothers in Arlington and Alexandria helped,like the tree stewards of Arlington andBryan Marquis designing their brochure.Now, Seward and Gas are planning onspreading their campaign across the citywith the help of Alexandria Mayor AllisonSilberberg.

“This is the time to do it; right now,” saidSilberberg. A longtime advocate for greatertree canopy coverage. “We do this becausewe inherited so much of the beauty we seenow and we want to do this for future gen-erations to come. Now we’re going to takethis to the next level and take this to othercivic associations.”

Neighbors lead effort to make Beverley Hill green again.Gentreefiers

One hundred thirty-nine oaks and nyssa sylvatica delivered to driveways of Canopy Tree Campaign leadersand neighbors Jane Seward and Lynn Gas.

From left: Jane Seward, Meghan Rainey, Mayor Allison Silberberg, andLynn Gas.

The two are scheduled to visit the Alex-andria Federation of Civic Associations totalk about their process and how other civic

groups can replicate it. “We can help makethe process easier for others with whatwe’ve learned about whole sale,” said Gas.

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Visitors hankering for a juicy burgerand fries will now have to look fur-ther than North Pitt Street: Old

Town’s BurgerFi has closed its doors.The year-old burger joint abruptly shut

down over the past week, leaving only asheet of paper on the door with a note read-ing in part: “We are sorry to inform you thatBurgerFi will no longer be open for busi-ness. We would like to thank all our loyalcustomers for the continued support.” Em-ployees were also advised that their finalpaychecks would be in the mail this week.

A glimpse into the now-shuttered spaceshows a bare-bones dining area, with theseating and large-screen menu monitorsremoved.

In response to calls to BurgerFi represen-

tatives, the following statement was issued:“After a year in the Alexandria community,we have made the difficult decision to closethe Alexandria BurgerFi location, which wasindependently owned and operated by alocal franchisee. This is strictly a businessdecision and the closure is a part ofBurgerFi’s overall strategy to be able to pro-vide our better burgers across the nationand continue to give guests the best expe-rience possible. As we continue to expand,we are hopeful that in the near future wecan reopen a BurgerFi within the Alexan-dria market and guests can still enjoy din-ing at our three D.C.-area locations in Sil-ver Springs, Md.; and Leesburg andWoodbridge, Va.”

— Hope Nelson

BurgerFi Closes Up Shop

The Alexandria Police Department isinvestigating a fatal traffic crashthat occurred on Saturday, Sept. 23,

in the 3900 block of Executive Avenue. Atapproximately 4:40 p.m., police respondedto the area for a child struck by a vehicle.Initial investigation indicates a 32-year-oldman was driving southbound on ExecutiveAvenue when he struck a 3-year-old boywho ran into the street. The driver stayedon-scene and was interviewed by police.

The child was transported to a local hospi-tal by neighbors. He succumbed to his inju-ries at the hospital.

Members of the Criminal InvestigationsSection and Crash Reconstruction Team areinvestigating the crash. The investigationis ongoing.

Alexandria Police ask that witnesses orpeople with information regarding this in-cident contact Detective William Oakley at703-746-6606.

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By Shirley Ruhe

“We live in the land of theDACAs. No one elsereally understandswhat this means.”

Katherine Garcia-Ortiz came into the UnitedStates illegally with her father when she was7-and-a-half years old. “My mother left mein Bolivia when I was 4 years old to make abetter life for the family in America.” Shesays her mother worked at a doughnut shopand a lot of other places with 3-4 jobs atthe same time to make this possible.

Garcia-Ortiz remembers when she arrivedin America she thought, “who is that lady;is that my mother? I had pictures of her butthis wasn’t really my mother.” Garcia-Ortizexpected a house like they had in Bolivia,but her mother lived in a small apartment.The family situation is complicated with hermother and father entering the country ille-gally, her sister born here and thus an Ameri-can citizen and her own DACA status.

Now due to the Executive Order issuedby President Obama in 2012, Garcia-Ortizhas Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals(DACA) status that temporarily protects herfrom deportation and allows her to get awork permit. In addition, the state of Vir-ginia has issued an opinion advising Virginiacolleges and universities that DACA stu-dents who meet Virginia’s domicile require-ments are eligible for in-state tuition. Alsoshe is allowed to apply for a driver’s license.All of this ends when her current DACA sta-tus expires. Then it’s “no license, no in-statetuition, and hiding.”

This will affect over 800,000 DACA re-cipients nationwide with 12,000 In Virginia.Since DACA is not a path to citizenship forimmigrants who entered the country ille-gally, it will take legislation to allow themto apply for permanent status.

On Sept. 5 U.S. Attorney General JeffSessions announced President Trump’s de-cision to rescind the DACA program. Garcia-Ortiz says when she heard this she criedfor three days but she decided she had toget over it and do something.

Garcia-Ortiz sits in a room at the Arling-ton Community High School on Walter Reedwith Lizzett Uria, from Fairfax, executivedirector of the Dream Project. This programwas established in 2010 to assist students

with immigration barriers to education.Seventy-one percent are eligible for DACAstatus. The Dream Project providesmentoring, financial assistance for collegeand moral support to immigrant studentsto help them be successful. Garcia-Ortizlives in Arlington and has just graduatedfrom high school and received a $1,500scholarship from the Dream Project. She isenrolled in NOVA, majoring in biomedicalengineering, and hopes to transfer toGeorge Mason.

However, things are not easy for her fam-ily. “Our parents give up everything for usand then things in America are not easy forthem. People back home in Bolivia think weare walking on petals. They say ‘why don’tyou do more for your dad who has a her-nia?’ Hospitals here are so expensive wecan’t afford it.” Garcia-Ortiz says she is pay-ing for school out of her pocket because herparents can’t help her. “I work so much. Thescholarship from the Dream Project makesa big difference.”

“But with things the way they are nowmy parents are saying, ‘let’s just go backhome.’ They are trying to convince me togo with them because of everything that hashappened. It’s scary. Police officers are de-taining people here and over here and overhere. Life is better in Bolivia my parents say.”But if they return to Bolivia because of theirillegal status, they won’t be able to returnto America.

The culture in America is different, oftenmost of the remaining family is still in thenative country and financial struggles arecommon.

So why do they do it? Why do they de-cide to risk life in America? Sometimes it isbecause there is violence in their homecountry or conditions are bad but often theanswer is reflected in a comment by Uris:“It’s about being able to be free.”

This year the Dream Project provided fi-nancial assistance to 76 students, and theirgoal is to increase the number each year.The program includes mentoring of highschool students followed by application fora scholarship and visits to different colleges.

Uria says, “It’s important to the students

that they know they have support.” As theirbrochure says, “Behind every student thereis a personal story of struggle and commit-ment.” Uria says, “the students are ourvoice. They tell their stories and it helpspeople understand.

Uria’s own story began when she arrivedfrom Bolivia at the age of 12 on a touristvisa with her one-year-old sister and herparents. She said her parents told her theywould just visit their grandparents inAmerica and then stop at Disney World.That seemed great to her. But they didn’treturn to Bolivia. “I really didn’t know I wasundocumented until I was a senior in highschool and asked to get my driver’s license.My parents stalled because they didn’t knowwhat to tell me. “

She said, “My friends were all driving.They didn’t know. They saw me as a cheer-leader.

“It was a family secret. You couldn’t tellanyone. No one else knows the struggle yougo through.” Uria continues, “in Bolivia mymother was an architect and my father wasin politics.” But here her mother owns acleaning company, and her father is a cash-ier. “My mother is not happy about who shehas become.”

“But the one I feel most guilty about ismy little sister. When she was young shewould ask ‘where was mom?’ Mom was al-ways working. ‘Where was dad?’ Dad wasalways working, too. She would ask couldshe have this and the answer was no be-cause we couldn’t afford it. A birthday partyis important to a 3-year-old. Now that sheis 17 she says she can understand.

“I started working at 14 with no docu-mentation but people believed in me.” Shesays, “that’s what I tell my students. Don’tgive up.”

Uria knows people who have gone backto Bolivia to stay but regret it. In fact, shemade a trip back recently. She was able tomake this trip out of the country legallybecause she is now married to a U.S. citi-zen and has a temporary green card. “Peoplethink we got married for this reason but wewere together for 8 years.” But after takinga trip back to visit, Uria says she couldn’t

return to live in Bolivia. “Here you work allweek but you get what you need. In Boliviait is a struggle. But,” she stresses, “it’s notall financial; it’s about being able to be free,the American dream.”

Chelssi Jimenez-Flores, another DACArecipient and Dream Project scholarshiprecipient also sits at the table. She arrivedfrom Bolivia when she was 6 years old tojoin her dad who had been here a long time.She is currently a freshman at MarymountUniversity in nursing and plans to add onbiology. Her grandfather was in Americalegally and had brought over the grand-mother and other uncles. She says condi-tions in Bolivia are bad. “There are a lot ofdrugs. Teenagers drink at 12.”

Now she has finished her first year atMarymount and is a mentor to younger stu-dents in the Dream Project. “I feel like inAmerica we can all walk (anywhere wewant).” Although she lives in Arlington herparents have bought a house in Marylandin order to get a driver’s license. Marylandallows a driver’s license for undocumentedimmigrants who live in, and pay taxes, inMaryland. In Virginia a Senate Committeekilled a bill in January 2017 that would haveallowed illegal immigrants to get a driver’s“privilege card.”

Jimenez-Flores says if nothing permanentgets passed, “we’ll see how it goes.” Shepauses and says, “I’m somewhat worried,”then wipes her eyes, “there’s nothing we cando.”

But Uria encourages her. “There is some-thing we can do. I believe this has given usan opportunity to focus on enacting perma-nent legislation. We’ve been through thisbefore DACA and we know what to do.”Although DACA protects immigrants fromdeportation, it is not a path to legal citizen-ship which can only be guaranteed throughthe enactment of legislation.

In the meantime they live with the un-certain future and the upcoming expirationof their status. Uria says, “That small pieceof paper, it’s like magic.”

This is the second article in a series focusing onDACA.

What happens next?The Uncertain Land of the DACAs

DefinitionsImmigrant: A person who is not a citizen or a

national of the U.S. and who is lawfully grantedthe privilege of residing in the U.S.

Illegal immigrant: A person who crosses acountry’s border, in a way that violates theimmigration laws of the destination country,with the intention to remain in the country.

Refugee: A person who is outside his/her countryand who is unable or unwilling to returnbecause of persecution or a well-founded fear ofpersecution due to race, religion, nationality,political opinion or membership in a particularsocial group.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals(DACA): Status granted to immigrants whomeet certain age and education requirements,have lived continuously in the U.S. since June15, 2017 and haven’t committed serious crimes.

Chelssi Jiminez-Flores,scholarship recipient

Katherine Garcia-Ortiz,scholarship recipient

Lizzett Uria, executive director ofthe Dream Project

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Life is full of transitions.We transition from de-pendent to independent,and then we help our

children do the same. These tran-sitions continue throughout ourlife, especially as we age. Prepar-ing for future life transitions allows us to maxi-

mize our independenceand empowers us to makeour own choices. But, pre-paring for the future can

seem like a vague and overwhelming task un-less we have practical plan on how to moveforward.

On Saturday, Oct. 14, come and gather use-ful information at the Seventh Annual Senior

Law Day event, “Aging in Alexandria: Planningfor Life Transitions,” sponsored by Senior Ser-vices of Alexandria (SSA) and the Alexandria

Bar Association.The keynote address, “The Spec-

trum of Planning,” will be given byTom West, a partner at SignatureEstate & Investment Advisors, LLC,who has built a successful practicearound helping families who arefacing uncertainty due to disabil-ity, illness, or death. Mr. West willdiscuss the different ways to ap-proach planning, whether we areplanning ahead or planning dur-

ing a healthcare or housing transition.The first panel will then focus on planning

ahead for transitions starting with what legaldocuments everyone should all have in placeincluding financial and medical powers of at-torney. There will be a discussion of city andother programs that can provide practical as-sistance to seniors at home, as well as homemodifications that will make homes safer. Par-ticipants will also hear about a new program

in Alexandria called a “Plan for Pets,” whichhelps pet owners make deliberate plans to en-sure their pets are cared for during times oftransition.

The second panel will focus on transitionsduring times of crisis, and practical steps toseek help. There will be a review of the rangeof care options, from home care to assisted liv-ing to long-term care, and how to evaluate themany possibilities. This will be followed by adiscussion on the financial and legal changesthat occur during transitions. Finally, there willbe a discussion about the importance of writ-ten agreements with live-in caregivers, andpractical steps on how to avoid conflict andmisunderstandings.

The event is from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. withregistration beginning at 8:30. The locationof this year’s event is T.C. Williams HighSchool Auditorium at 3330 King St. in Alex-andria. There is plenty of free parking and alight breakfast will be provided. You can learnmore and register online atseniorservicesalex.org or call Senior Servicesat 703-836-4414, ext. 110.

Tom West to keynoteSenior Law Day.

Preparing for Life Transitions

Commentary

CollaborativeEffortsTo the Editor:

I grew up with mice androaches. Living in an affordablehousing apartment in southeastD.C., my mother, sister and I alsobattled leaks, sporadic heat and airconditioning, outdated appliances,peeling bathtubs and floors, andan empty playground. I never sawa maintenance man in our apart-ment. My mother painted ourwalls every two years and calledin my uncles to help with themaintenance problems.

When I was hired as the execu-tive director of Community Lodg-ings nearly four years ago, I vowedthat our Community Lodgingsfamilies would never grow up in

that kind of housing. And as ofSept. 18, that vow became real forseven low-income families, thanksto HomeAid Northern Virginia, theCity of Alexandria, the VirginiaHousing Development Authority,BB&T and the dozens of buildersand other partners who workedtogether to completely renovateseven of our affordable housingproperties at 607 Notabene Drive.

This collaboration meant thatthe interiors of these units wereupgraded and styled, offering anattractive and inviting home to ourtenants. They look like their muchmore expensive counterparts inDel Ray and Old

Town, and our families areproud to live there.

I believe that by continuingthese collaborations and partner-ships, we can serve two goals —

provide affordable housing for ourhard-working, tax-paying, low-in-come citizens, and ensure thehomes are attractive, upgradedand properly functioning.

All of us who work to provideaffordable housing want our ten-ants to feel safe and supported inthe homes we offer them, and I amprofoundly grateful to the City ofAlexandria for the role they playedto make our Notabene renovationpossible. I urge them to continueand promote these collaborationsso all 14,000 households in Alex-andria who are eligible for afford-able housing yet unable to obtainit will soon have a safe place theycan call home.

Lynn ThomasExecutive Director

Community Lodgings

John and Jack Taylor won the cornhole tournament atRebuilding Together Alexandria’s Raise a Roof event onSept. 20.

Raise a RoofPastor Henry of Saint James UMC is presented the Part-ner of the Year award by Joe Collum and KatharineDixon at Raise a Roof, which raised funds to keep low-income homeowners in safe and healthy homes.

Letters to the Editor

MissingSolutionsTo the Editor:

I read Dr. Sean Lenehan’s letterto the editor, “Time for Action”twice, just to make sure I didn’tmiss his suggested solution(s) tohis well documented and convinc-ingly presented deficiencies of theAlexandria’s Public Schools. Ididn’t see any. He points out that“Fairfax and Arlington have figuredout how to generate high qualityresults” so one suggestion might beto compare the education plans ofthe three systems to find out howwe have missed the mark so badlyand begin to take corrective action.

John Kevin BergenAlexandria


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BecomingHistoricTo the Editor:

In March of 2013 electric technicianswent through south Old Town Alexandriaputting up “repair required” signs as in theattached photo. These signs have been ag-ing for over four years. I wonder when theywill ever perform these required repairs.

Perhaps if they stay up another couple ofyears the signs will be protected as historicsigns.

Edwin HusteadAlexandria

The OtherSide of SpendingTo the Editor:

It would be nice if the Gazette Packetcould add a measure of fiscal reasonable-ness to its editorial perspective. PublisherMary Kimm’s latest expression of disap-pointment targets the current Administra-tion plan to ravage health care spending forthe indigent. But it’s a one-sided complaint.

When the coin is flipped over, you willfind the Federal government is — and hasbeen for years — spending beyond itsmeans. This doesn’t mean there’s somethingwrong with her opinion that the unfortu-nate should be aided. What’s missing is fail-ing to explain why a government hideouslyin debt should spend more to do so.

Also one-sided is finding fault with thecurrent Administration initiative to changehow much of your income and mine mustbe remitted to the Federal government. Youbelieve the IRS is not taking near enoughfrom the rich, code for tax ‘em more tospend more.

To spend more, the Federal governmentmust take more. If it can’t get what it needsfrom taxpayers, then it borrows the restfrom an array of lenders. Our largest is Com-munist China. My point: when governmentstake money from taxpayers, it reduces capi-tal available to risk-takers with which toproduce wealth, the font of all tax revenue.

Risk takers are the wealth makers and jobcreators. Simply stated, if they don’t pro-duce wealth, then there’s nothing to tax,which means no money for governmentprograms whether for the arts, for defense,for social security or Medicare for that mat-ter.

Since governments don’t produce wealth— they only consume it or, at best, enableit — we’ll all benefit when barriers hobblingrisk takers are removed. When they are,fresh tax revenue will drop into local, stateand Federal government coffers without somuch as changing a single word in today’stax law.

Jimm RobertsAlexandria

HistoricalPerspective on TCTo the Editor:

I wanted to thank you for publishing JohnKomoroski’s piece on his graduating classat T.C. Williams High School in 1967 (“Re-member the First Titans: Starting a School,Ending an Era,” Sept. 28). They were thefirst graduating class in the school’s history.It’s very important to add some historicalcontext and depth. This area has becomevery transient and a lot of our institutionalknowledge and cultural heritage has fallenby the wayside.

There is a lot of misunderstanding andignorance concerning the history of theschool and the city. That silly and histori-cally inaccurate Disney farce of a movie,“Remember the Titans,” has done a disser-vice to the actual record of what happenedback in that era.

Let me add a fw points about the earlyhistory of T.C. Williams High. The school’soriginal colors were red and gold. Their ath-letic uniforms resembled those of the Vir-ginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.(“the West Point of the South”).

Were these colors chosen because Mr. T.C.Williams himself was a graduate of VMI?Mr. T.C. Williams served as superintendent

of Alexandria schools from the 1930s upthrough the early 1960s. He graduated fromVMI in 1915. I also have heard that TC’sfirst principal Mr. Harold Secord was a VMIgraduate.

In the years from 1965to 1969, the Ti-tans home varsity football games wereplayed at night under the lights at GeorgeWashington High’s massive stadium. In lateOctober 1969, the City of Alexandria de-cided to ban night high school footballgames due to crowd control problems andracial tensions.

In 1970, the Titans began playing theirvarsity home football games at their ownstadium. In 1971 the controversial decisionwas made to consolidate Alexandria’s threehigh schools. The creation of the “superschool” at T.C. Williams marginalized manystudents. Far too many were lost in theshuttle.

Bigger was not necessarily better. A casecan be made that the average person wasbetter served when we had three separate4-year high schools.

In 1971, busing kids across the city formisguided social engineering purposes be-came the new order of the day. The con-cept of the neighborhood school was lost.We’ve never really recovered from thoseturbulent ties.

Gregory G. PaspatisT.C. Williams Class of 1978

Importance ofGeorge MasonTo the Editor:

Oct. 7 is the 225th anniversary of the 1792death of Alexandrian George Mason IV ofGunston Hall. He collaborated with, in-spired and challenged George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, EdmundRandolph, Patrick Henry and others withhis brilliant intellect and practical actions.His example that others followed resultedin building momentum for American inde-pendence and improving our Constitutionby the addition of our Bill of Rights.

Mason preferred private life to public ser-vice, but did not hesitate when duty called.One of his earliest important insights wasrealizing that the British, who had closedBoston’s harbor in retaliation for the TeaParty, might also close Alexandria’s, one ofthe most important on the East Coast. Ma-son immediately penned the Prince William

Resolves, soon recast as the Fairfax Re-solves, which were adopted in Arell’s Tav-ern on our Market Square on July 18, 1774.Deploring the English action, they urgedlocal citizens to send foodstuffs overland toprevent the Bostonians from capitulatingdue to starvation. Mason sent a wagon ofgrain with his oxen and men to the belea-guered Northern patriots and challengedothers to join him, giving as they were able.Washington and others did so. Mason’s ini-tiative was the first instance of the tangiblecooperation essential among the coloniesfor later winning independence.

On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Conven-tion adopted Mason’s Virginia Declarationof Rights, which declared it was the basisand foundation of government in Virginia.He wrote this document in Williamsburg innine days and even before independencewas declared. His close friend Jeffersonused copies of the first and final drafts freelyin our Declaration of Independence.Mason’s document was also an essentialmodel for our Constitution’s Bill of Rights.

Mason was the first delegate at the Con-stitutional Convention to urge including aBill of Rights with the Constitution; indeed,he thought it should begin with a statementof rights. His proposal was voted downunanimously (Washington vigorously op-posed it), but when the states ratified theConstitution, almost all required a Bill ofRights be added. Mason was one of threedelegates present for the entire Constitu-tional Convention not to vote for its adop-tion. He had 16 objections, including itsfailing to end slavery and lack of a Bill ofRights. He, Edmund Randolph and PatrickHenry argued vigorously in the VirginiaGeneral Assembly against the adoption ofthe Constitution; if five men had voted theother way, it would have failed. Washing-ton was furious at his old friend for his fail-ure to support his higher priority: creationof a strong national government — with theBill of Rights to come later if it were neces-sary, which he doubted.

History books laud Washington and theFederalists but unjustly ignore Mason, anantifederalist, although he deserves ourprofound thanks for the addition of the bestknown part of our Constitution which con-tinues to safeguard individual rights whichwere first listed in his Virginia Declarationof Rights.

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Community Praise Church celebrated Com-munity Guest Day on Sept. 30 by honoringmembers of the community who are doing

extraordinary service on behalf of the community ofAlexandria. The honorees were Councilman WillieBailey Sr. and Michael Johnson, community outreachspecialist for the City of Alexandria. Jointly both menadvocate, mentor and work on behalf of local chil-dren, at risk youth and underprivileged citizens inAlexandria.

On Aug. 27, Community Praise Church collabo-rated with Bailey and Johnson in the back to schoolbash that saw 700 youths in Alexandria get new back-packs for school.

“Mr. Johnson made the back to school collabora-tion easy. He immediately answered my email, textsand many phone calls. He was never too busy to talk,answer questions or make numerous suggestions tomake it easy for CPC to fulfill its obligation in ourcollaboration,” said Veronica Chollette, servolutionministry leader for CPC.

The sentiments were similar for Councilman Bailey:“Councilman Bailey impressed me as a man of com-passion, unashamed of sharing the story of hishumble beginnings. This allows him to see the is-sues of ‘the forgotten’ inspiring him to dedicate hislife to public service. He inspires me to do more toplant seeds of kindness to make our community abetter place.”

The men were honored with an award and spoke,recalling the days they were young in the streets ofAlexandria and the mistakes they made. “I used tohang on the corner,” said Johnson, “now I want tomake a positive impact.”

Both men see the significance of partnering with alocal organization like the church.

“When a church understands its job to serve,” saidBailey, “it’s easy for us to work with them.”

“The church is a key to families staying together,”said Johnson, “we can do more with a spiritual com-munity.”

The church is located at 1400 Russell Road.

Community Praise Church honors Councilman Willie Bailey Sr. and MichaelJohnson, community outreach specialist for the City of Alexandria, during itsCommunity Guest Day.

Bailey and Johnson HonoredBy Community Praise Church.


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Address .............................. BR FB HB ...... Postal City .... Sold Price ... Type .............. Lot ACPostalCode ................... Subdivision1196 JANNEYS LN ....................... 5 ... 5 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $3,150,000 .... Detached ........... 2.06 ..... 22302 .......................... COLLEGE PARK1402 COVENTRY LN .................... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $2,350,000 .... Detached ........... 0.57 ..... 22304 .............................ALEXANDRIA608 S FAIRFAX ST ........................ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $2,125,000 .... Detached ........... 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN422 COLUMBUS ST S ................... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,650,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.08 ..... 22314 ......... WILKES ROW - OLD TOWN2710 HICKORY ST ....................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,490,000 .... Detached ........... 0.18 ..... 22305 ................................... DEL RAY400 CARLISLE DR ........................ 5 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,420,000 .... Detached ........... 0.19 ..... 22301 ..... GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK104 QUAKER LN N ...................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,401,000 .... Detached ........... 0.46 ..... 22304 ....................... SEMINARY HILLS400 LEE ST S .............................. 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,375,000 .... Semi-Detached ... 0.02 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN512 QUEEN ST ............................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,327,500 .... Detached ........... 0.10 ..... 22314 ............................... PITT MEWS213 LONGVIEW DR ..................... 5 ... 4 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,300,000 .... Detached ........... 1.15 ..... 22314 .............................ALEXANDRIA18 FRANKLIN ST ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,285,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.03 ..... 22314 ....................... FORDS LANDING3312 OLD DOMINION BLVD ......... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,275,000 .... Detached ........... 0.59 ..... 22305 .......................... BEVERLY HILLS208 PATRICK ST S ........................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,265,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN951 JANNEYS LN ........................ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,260,000 .... Detached ........... 0.33 ..... 22302 ............................. WALLESTON14 CATON AVE W ........................ 6 ... 4 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,215,000 .... Detached ........... 0.11 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY1105 PRINCE ST ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,200,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN323 LEE ST S .............................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,200,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN601 FAIRFAX ST #510 .................. 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,165,000 .... Mid-Rise 5-8 Floors ........... 22314 ......................... THE ORONOCO1210 RUSSELL RD ....................... 5 ... 4 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,150,000 .... Detached ........... 0.12 ..... 22301 ................ BRADDOCK HEIGHTS816 RIVERGATE PL ...................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,125,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... RIVERGATE1300 KEY DR .............................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,050,000 .... Detached ........... 0.47 ..... 22302 ............................ BALLANTRAE100 OXFORD AVE E ..................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA .... $1,019,050 .... Detached ........... 0.13 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY1601 KING JAMES PL ................... 5 ... 4 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $987,500 .... Detached ........... 0.56 ..... 22304 ................................ ANDREWS103 BELLEFONTE AVE W ............. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $965,000 .... Detached ........... 0.13 ..... 22301 .............................. ROSECREST206 ELM ST ................................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $956,000 .... Detached ........... 0.22 ..... 22301 .............................. ROSEMONT1228 ROUNDHOUSE LN .............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $956,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 .................. OLD TOWN VILLAGE407 ALFRED ST ........................... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $950,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 .................... CARRIAGE WORKS707 ALFRED ST N ........................ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $949,900 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 ............. OLD TOWN COMMONS704 KINGSTON PL ....................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $945,000 .... Detached ........... 0.57 ..... 22302 ............................ BALLANTRAE408 ORONOCO ST ...................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $925,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 ................... CHATHAM SQUARE1210 PRINCE ST ......................... 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $924,900 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN624 N. PITT ST ............................ 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $919,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.03 ..... 22314 ................. PORTNERS LANDING712 FITZHUGH WAY ................... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $910,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22314 .................. 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Townhouse ..................... 22304 ..................... CAMBRIA SQUARE408 CLOVERWAY DR ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $745,000 .... Detached ........... 0.18 ..... 22314 .................................... CLOVER433 WEST ST .............................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $742,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN2801 RIDGE ROAD DR ................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $730,000 .... Detached ........... 0.22 ..... 22302 ................ BRADDOCK HEIGHTS5024 WAPLE LN .......................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $725,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22304 ................... CAMERON STATION400 MADISON ST #1101 ............. 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $725,000 .... Hi-Rise 9+ Floors ............. 22314 ................. ALEXANDRIA HOUSE529 ALFRED ST N ........................ 2 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $724,900 .... Townhouse ........ 0.03 ..... 22314 .................... CARRIAGE WORKS407 HOWELL AVE E ..................... 3 ... 1 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $723,000 .... Duplex .............. 0.10 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY110 S. PICKETT ST #102 .............. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $715,204 .... Townhouse ..................... 22304 ..................... CAMBRIA SQUARE228 WEST ST .............................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $701,000 .... Attach/Row Hse . 0.04 ..... 22314 ....................................... NONE421N COLUMBUS ST ................... 5 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $700,000 .... Attach/Row Hse . 0.04 ..... 22314 .................... CARRIAGE WORKS2603 VALLEY DR ......................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $699,000 .... Detached ........... 0.13 ..... 22302 .......................... NORTH RIDGE610 WEST ST #601 ..................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $695,000 .... Mid-Rise 5-8 Floors ........... 22314 ................ COLECROFT STATION404 E HOWELL AVE ..................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $685,000 .... Detached ........... 0.13 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY2207 RUSSELL RD ....................... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $680,000 .... Detached ........... 0.15 ..... 22301 .............................. ROSECREST514 HENRY ST S ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $680,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN204 MONCURE DR ...................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $679,000 .... Detached ........... 0.12 ..... 22314 .............................. GLENMORE2703 RUSSELL RD ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $675,000 .... Detached ........... 0.08 ..... 22305 ................................... DEL RAY1124 N. PITT ST .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $674,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 .............................. CANAL WAY709 RAMSEY ST .......................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $665,000 .... Detached ........... 0.13 ..... 22301 ...................... ROSEMONT PARK460 FERDINAND DAY DR ............. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $665,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.03 ..... 22304 ................... CAMERON STATION240 PAYNE ST ............................. 2 ... 1 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $665,000 .... Attach/Row Hse . 0.03 ..... 22314 ............................... OLD TOWN901 JUNIPER PL .......................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $646,000 .... Detached ........... 0.21 ..... 22304 ............................ BELLE WOOD1505 WAYNE ST .......................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $645,000 .... Semi-Detached ... 0.06 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY110 SANBORN PL ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $645,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22305 ........... MOUNT VERNON COURT2109 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY #101 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $643,000 .... Townhouse ..................... 22301 ....................... POTOMAC YARD103A DEL RAY AVE ...................... 3 ... 1 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $640,000 .... Duplex .............. 0.07 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY5082 GRIMM DR ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $635,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22304 ................... CAMERON STATION1101 POWHATAN ST ................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $634,000 .... Attach/Row Hse . 0.05 ..... 22314 ..................... VIRGINIA VILLAGE525 TENNESSEE AVE ................... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $630,000 .... Detached ........... 0.15 ..... 22305 .......................... BEVERLY HILLS109 ADAMS AVE ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $629,900 .... Duplex .............. 0.05 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY162 BARRETT PL ......................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $629,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22304 ................... CAMERON STATION1203 MICHIGAN CT .................... 2 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $629,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 ............................NETHERGATE524 ALEXANDRIA AVE E .............. 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $627,600 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY507 COLECROFT CT .................... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $625,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22314 .............................. COLECROFT1132 QUAKER HILL CT ................ 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $622,500 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22314 ............................ QUAKER HILL4640 LATROBE PL ....................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $620,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22311 .............................. STONEGATE715B MASSEY LN ........................ 3 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $607,500 .... Townhouse ..................... 22314 .................. OLD TOWN GREENS1503 HANCOCK AVE ................... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $605,000 .... Duplex .............. 0.06 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL REY3923 COURTLAND CIR ................ 3 ... 2 ... 2 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $599,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.03 ..... 22305 .............................. SUNNYSIDE16 ROSEMONT AVE E .................. 2 ... 1 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $585,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.04 ..... 22301 .............................. ROSEMONT4804 TANEY AVE ......................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $585,000 .... Detached ........... 0.19 ..... 22304 ..................... SEMINARY VALLEY204 ADAMS AVE ......................... 3 ... 1 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $580,000 .... Semi-Detached ... 0.06 ..... 22301 ........................... TEMPLE PARK5638 FILLMORE AVE ................... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $579,000 .... Detached ........... 0.24 ..... 22311 ....................... SHIRLEY FOREST126 GLEBE RD E ......................... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $565,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.02 ..... 22305 ................................ LYNHAVEN910 POWHATAN ST #106N .......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $560,000 .... Garden 1-4 Floors ............ 22314 NORTH WASHINGTON ST COND3414 HALCYON DR ..................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $559,000 .... Detached ........... 0.12 ..... 22305 .......................... BEVERLY HILLS3 MYRTLE ST W .......................... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $557,250 .... Detached ........... 0.10 ..... 22301 ........................... TEMPLE PARK527 DUNCAN AVE E .................... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $556,000 .... Townhouse ........ 0.05 ..... 22301 ................................... DEL RAY5195 SEMINARY RD .................... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $552,500 .... Detached ........... 0.25 ..... 22311 ..................... ALEXANDRIA CITY520 JOHN CARLYLE ST #103 ........ 1 ... 1 ... 1 ........ ALEXANDRIA ....... $550,000 .... Mid-Rise 5-8 Floors ........... 22314 ... CONDOS AT CARLYLE SQUARE

In August 2017, 236 Alexandria homes sold between $3,150,000-$112,500.This week’s list represents those homes sold in the $3,150,000-$550,000 range.

For the complete list, visit www.ConnectionNewspapers.com


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Living Legends

By Trudi C. Van Dyke

If, as the quote goes, “Service to oth-ers is the rent you pay for your roomhere on earth” then Carter DudleyFlemming has earned a castle. Few

have affected the lives of countless peoplein so many ways.

Carter reflects that her philosophy of giv-ing back and paying it forward is just a partof who she is. She remembers fondly howher parents were instrumental in embed-ding the sense of belonging that comes fromreaching out to others. She has taken thatto heart over a lifetime of volunteering inAlexandria without compensation exceptthe reward of personal satisfaction. She isequally proud of her family’s involvementas she watches her sons as they continuethe legacy.

This hometown woman has found herway into the hearts and homes of a myriadof Alexandria residents through her unusualapproaches to helping. Her lifelong com-mitment as a community organizer contin-ues to create a stronger sense of commu-nity for all its residents. The impact she hasmade as she literally and figuratively walksthe walk ranges from the simplest act ofdelivering Meals on Wheels to board lead-ership.

Elizabeth Ann Campagna, founder ofCampagna Center, was her earliest mentorand Flemming remembers her fondly andcredits her with providing the self confi-dence that continues to propel her to vol-unteer in innumerable capacities. Sheshares that Elizabeth brought her to theforefront by asking her to do small tasksand then moving her into positions of lead-ership that began as the young mother took

on the monumental task of theChristmas Walk, theCampagna Center’s annualholiday celebration during thefirst weekend In December. ForFlemming It is not enough tovolunteer in just a single role,but to branch out and embracewhat needs doing at all points.

The leadership she providesto all the organizations she hasimpacted is mirrored at everylevel. Starting a friendly visi-tor program while steering theAlexandria American RedCross provided many years ofone-on-one unsung personalinvolvement to brighten thelives of seniors and isolatedresidents. The exuberance ofher caring and sharing is am-plified stirringly in the abun-dance of supporting letters ex-horting her commitment tomake a difference for any in-dividual who crosses her path.Among the most moving is onefrom a successful T.C. Williams andGeorgetown University graduate, DaymondJackson, who credits the transformation ofhis life to Flemming and her family provid-ing him with a home and the guidance andsupport that made it possible.

Working at the grassroots level of so manynonprofits has “helped her get to knowpeople she might never have met … andprovided her with sympathetic andempathetic understanding of what it meansto be a full member of your community.”

Paradoxically, she has served at the orga-nizational level of many of the key Alexan-dria organizations that serve her hometown.It is not unusual to find her crafting mis-sion statements and goals one day and thenthe next making concrete personal steps toimplement them. In actual practice her vol-unteer commitments at any given time overthe years, and today, require the creative

juggling and scheduling of the busiest ex-ecutive. So many of the ways she has influ-enced the life of the city and its residentshave overlapped for many years. She hasheld positions with the Campagna Center(31 years), Alexandria American Red Cross(18), Alexandria United Way (16) Alexan-dria Redevelopment Housing Authority(ARHA) (24). Then there are the other 13Alexandria nonprofits (143 years). This as-tounding number does not even includePTAs, school programs, and her local civicassociations and garden club.

She doesn’t differentiate between whatshe finds most joy in doing. She recognizesthat her role in hands-on and board workcan be equally rewarding and stimulatingat many points. One of her long range goalsfor the city is to inspire a new generationof volunteers who will seek out opportuni-ties to give back to Alexandria.

Fundraising with many organizations tapsher creativity and positive attitude to alwaysfind a way to make things happen. She be-lieves in leading by example and finding theright people to make things happen. Neigh-borhood Health, for example, credits herwith training volunteers to help meet pri-

mary health care needs. Herdedicated work provided araising awareness of the or-ganization in the communityand positively increasedfunding opportunities.

Her individual hand hasreached out to children inneed as a Court AppointedSpecial Advocate (CASA)providing a voice for the ne-glected and abused childrenfacing family court issues. Asthe longest servingAlexandrian CASA volunteershe also interviews potentialvolunteers and shares withthem the importance of thisoften difficult and emotionalwork.

She is a familiar sight andstrong voice for Alexandria’ssenior housing residents. Herindividual availability by per-sonal phone and email is thebackbone of her support tothe residents of Ladrey senior

housing. She attends all the resident meet-ings and brings their concerns to ARHAmanagement according to Maudie Hines,president of the Ladrey Advisory Board. Heradvocacy and support of the citizens en-riches their lives as she helps to problemsolve and improve the quality of life for se-niors and her untiring dedication to thedaily needs of seniors was noted by LegendLynnwood Campbell, chair of Senior Ser-vices of Alexandria.

There is hardly an organization or causethat Flemming hasn’t left a fingerprint on.Showing no signs of slowing down, she con-tinues to hear the hushed whispers of ne-cessity.

Smilingly she admits she can’t seem tosay no. She continues, “I always seem to beat the right time and place when asked, canyou do this?”

She stands out because she does not seekto stand out. As her nominator LindalynHutter wrote, “Many of us are drawn to domore because we see Carter’s approach toservice and her impact, and we are in-spired.” This Living Legend reflects the cor-nerstones that makes Alexandria a vital,caring, community.

From Mission Statements to Hands-on VolunteeringCarter DudleyFlemming, leadingby example.

Carter Dudley Flemming

Living Legends: The ProjectLiving Legends of Alexandria is an ongoing 501(c)(3) photo-documentary project to identify, honor

and chronicle the people making current history in Alexandria. The project was conceived in 2006 tocreate an enduring artistic record of the people whose vision and dedication make a positive, tangibledifference to the quality of life in Alexandria. For information, to volunteer, become a sponsor or nomi-nate a future Legend, visit www.AlexandriaLegends.org or contact [email protected]

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Theresa Ann Smith ,of Alexan-dria, graduated from Emporia StateUniversity (Emporia, Kan.) with aMaster of Education in teaching.

Alyssa Marzilli, of Alexandria,has graduated from the University ofFindlay (Findlay, OH). Marzilli re-ceived a Bachelor of Science inequestrian studies and equine busi-ness management.

Nora Skiba, of Alexandria, madethe president’s list at Bluefield College(Va.) for the spring semester of 2017.

Yolanda Sanchez Malone, of Al-exandria, was recently initiated into TheHonor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.Sanchez Malone was initiated at Univer-sity of Southern California.

T.C. Williams High School studentAna Humphrey was the keynotespeaker at George Mason University’sCenter for the Arts, Students ShowcaseEnvironmental Solutions During EarthWeek in April. Humphrey shared herexperience co-developing the Water-

shed Warriors Initiative from a classproject in seventh grade where she andher classmates have developed curricu-lum and led elementary school lessonson wetland ecology and restoration inseveral Alexandria City Public Schools.

Bailey Griffin, daughter of KimGriffin of Alexandria and Ken Griffin ofMcLean, graduated with high honorsfrom Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh,N.C. on May 21.

Adriana Alexandra Conde, of Al-exandria, made the dean’s list atUniversity of Kentucky for the spring2017 semester. Conde is a senior major-

ing in middle level teacher education.

Anne Washington, of Alexandria,recently completed an internship inNamibia, participating in wildlife obser-vation and data collection at severalnational parks and refuges. She is a fish-eries, wildlife and conservation biologymajor at N.C. State where she will beentering her senior year in the fall. Sheis a 2014 graduate of Bishop Ireton HighSchool.

Thomas Washington, of Alexan-dria, completed his freshman year as acomputer science major at George Ma-son University, earning dean‘s list

honors both semesters. He is a 2016graduate of Bishop Ireton HighSchool.

The top students in each academicdepartment at Randolph-MaconAcademy (Front Royal, Va.) wereawarded for their excellencethroughout the 2016-17 school year.

❖ Khalila Karefa-Kargbo, ofAlexandria, a sophomore at R-MA,received the French II OutstandingPerformance Certificate. Khalila isthe daughter of Karefa Kargbo ofFreetown, Sierra Leone, and

School Notes


Senior LivingSenior LivingSenior Living

See How to Be, Page 21

See Keeping Young, Page 19

By Eden Brown

Gazette Packet

For active “seniors,” there is noth-ing worse than when the bankteller and the waitress start call-

ing you “sweetie” or “dear,” and the pas-sengers in priority seating on the bus getup to offer you a seat.

Old? Of course none of them feel old.The hair may be graying, the shoes maybe sneakers, and the membership maybe AARP, but Northern Virginia is a ha-ven for people who want to stay activeand useful after retirement.

Tree Stewards of Arlington andAlexandria

This is a group of volunteers who gothrough a six-week course reviewingbasic botany and pruning techniques,among other skills. One of the leadinglights of the Tree Stewards, NoraPalmatier, described her discovery of thisgroup this way: “I’ve always believed

volunteering is important as a way to ‘giveback’ to society. When I retired, it didn’t takeme long to realize I needed volunteering tokeep me socially and cognitively active. SoI signed up for a 10-week class on some-thing I knew nothing about — tree physiol-ogy and maintenance — which made meuse basic science again, and became a TreeSteward. As a group we do tasks like plant-ing new trees, pruning trees, and staffingeducation tables at community events. Notonly do I get to be outside with a group offriends, but we get thanked so much by thepublic as they pass by our work area andwe get to work with county’s great park andschool staff.”

For more information, seewww.treestewards.org

Wednesday Mid-Week Hikers“Another way to stay fit and social is the

Wednesday Mid-Week Hikers,” Palmatieradded. “We have a large listserv and some-one organizes a hike each week, then yougo or not.”

Kate Hughes provided the details: “Ini-tially organized in the late 1970s, the PATCMid-Week Hikers are an enthusiastic collec-tion of retirees, semi-retirees and others thatlove to hike. While the pace varies some-what within the group, participants needto be very fit as most hikes are a brisk 8-12miles, with up to 3,200 feet of elevationgain. Including a lunch break, most hikeslast 5-6 hours. Hike locations include theShenandoah National Park, the GeorgeWashington National Forest in Virginia,Sugarloaf Mountain and Catoctin NationalPark in Maryland. Hikes are posted on thePATC website calendar (top of thehomepage www.patc.net) a few days beforeeach hike.”

The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club(PATC) also has an easy hikers group. Thereare dozens of other hiking meet-ups in theNorthern Virginia area, and finding themis easy: see www.meetup.com/topics/hik-ing/us/va/arlington/

Master Gardeners

The Virginia Cooperative Extension(VCE) Master Gardener program trainsparticipants in best management prac-tices of gardening and landscaping tech-niques that preserve and sustain the en-vironment. Offered by the ArlingtonCounty Office, in partnership with theCity of Alexandria, The Master GardenerTraining classes are offered once a weekseveral times a year. The class is 9 a.m-3:30 p.m. with a break for lunch from12-12:30 p.m. The cost of the 2017 vol-unteer training is $235 for Arlington/Alexandria residents and $285 for non-residents.

Limited scholarship assistance is avail-able; for more information contact LeslieFillmore, Master Gardener coordinatorat 703-228-6426 or [email protected] orlook up activities on www.mgnv.org.

Make a Bucket ListDiane Allard of Arlington describes this

stage of life as “a time to make a list of

How to Be Useful, Fit, and Have FunStaying busy and remaining productive in the “Golden Years.”

By Rob Paine

RSVP Northern Virginia

RSVP Northern Virginia volunteerKen Kozloff moves through thepool at Providence RecreationCenter encouraging the child

with special needs he is teaching to swim,to “stroke, breathe, and kick.”

Kozloff high-fives his students at the endof each lap and asks, “Are you having a goodtime?” All the while he is keeping an eyeon two other volunteers he is mentoringduring a Fairfax County Park AuthorityAdapted Aquatics class.

Kozloff will continue to do this for about90 minutes on a Sunday morning withoutmuch of a break. Sometimes he lifts stu-dents half his weight into the air so theycan experience the joy of splashing into thepool. One would never guess that theformer INOVA Alexandria Hospital CEOturned 70 years old in August. “I don’t feel70, I feel like 25,” he said.

Kozloff donates more than 40 hours ofhis time each month as an RSVP NorthernVirginia volunteer, helping autistic childrenlearn how to swim, mentoring economicallydisadvantaged citizens to manage their fi-nances, and directing other volunteers atlarge events for RSVP, including the North-

ern Virginia Senior Olympics in September.RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro-

gram) is the region’s largest volunteer net-work for people 55 and older and providesindividualized support to seniors seekingservice opportunities in and around FairfaxCounty, Arlington County and the City ofAlexandria.

When he is not volunteering for otherorganizations, he is a volunteer engagementleader for RSVP, acting as a nonprofit evan-gelist of sorts, spreading the word on why

RSVP is such a great program. “What’sunique about RSVP is the approach it takesto new volunteers, helping them to findwhat they’re looking to do, not where weare looking to place them,” he said.

RSVP asks each prospective volunteer,“How can we help you find that volunteeropportunity that is going to mean some-thing to you?” Kozloff said. He has beenwith RSVP for over a year and a half.

Five years ago, he began volunteeringwith the Fairfax County Park Authority’s

Adaptive Aquatics program, teaching chil-dren on the autism spectrum to swim. Helater added another afternoon of classes atSpring Hill Recreation Center in McLean,teaching special needs adults to swim, in-cluding those with neurological issues orphysical impairments. The park authorityhonored Kozloff in 2015 as the AdaptiveAquatics Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.

He then started working with Our DailyBread (now called BritePaths) where he hasvolunteered for four years as a financialmentor. He is also a volunteer classroominstructor with Junior Achievement inFairfax. He teaches business principles toelementary, middle, and high school stu-dents. He also teaches students with spe-cial needs in this program.

In an eight-day span in September, theRSVP volunteer managed volunteers at sev-eral community projects including theNVSO’s indoor track meet in Arlington andits swimming championships in Sterling anda gardening project at River Farm in Alex-andria.

“I love to help others,” Kozloff said. “Ienjoy volunteering with RSVP, not only forwhat I do as a volunteer, but also for thesocial aspect of working with other people.”During the senior Olympics he managedanywhere from 10 to 30 volunteers at thedifferent events.

WHAT SEPARATES RSVP from other

Volunteering Keeps 70-Year-Old Former CEO YoungFinding the rightvolunteer opportunity.

Ken Kozloff, center, instructs volunteer timers at the NVSO swim meet.

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A community of volunteers providing practical, social and emotional support for our neighbors ages 55+

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Senior Living

By Peter B. Crouch

Advisory Council Member,

At Home In Alexandria

Most of us have heard of thephrase “Age in Place.” It reflectsmany mature Americans’ wish

to remain in their long-time homes as theygrow older. The home is comfortable, plusnear friends and family, their doctors anddentists, familiar shopping and services.Often, it means modifying the home itselfto make it easier to manage — convertinga room/adding a first-floor bedroom, add-

ing extra handrails orramps, installing extralighting. Plus, hiringpeople to handle the

yard work such as mowing, leaf raking orsnow shoveling. For many, it works well.However, it often means one or two peoplerattling around in a large house that is ex-pensive to maintain.

There is, however, an important compan-ion to Age in Place that is often an evenbetter match — Age in Community. As thephrase implies, many people are deciding— some very early on after the kids leave— to move to more suitable housing locallyfor their next phase of life. The key is “lo-cally.” They stay near the friends and fam-ily, doctors and dentists, shopping and ser-

vices. They just move toa more manageablehome. Sometimes themove is from a single-family home to atownhouse, sometimesit is from a single to acondo or apartment,sometimes from atownhouse to a condo/apartment. Regard-less of the scale of the move, the goal is tomaintain all the familiarity that they havecome to know over the years while makingtheir housing more appropriate — to Agein Community.

The benefits are many. Obviously, main-tenance is less, especially in a condo orapartment. Equally as important, peoplenow have closer neighbors — which stimu-lates engagement. Sometimes it makes itmuch easier to travel — just lock up andhead to the airport! If not to travel, thencertainly to enjoy local activities more eas-ily.

Another significant benefit of selling along-time home can be financial. In ourarea, it can be relatively easy for folks tohave accumulated a good bit of equity overthe years. However, it is locked away in theirhomes — almost unusable. Freeing it upgives all sorts of options to move locally —

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Keeping Young VolunteeringFrom Page 17

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volunteer organizations is its lead-ership and the approach it takes,treating each volunteer as an in-dividual, according to Kozloff. Asan engagement leader, Kozloff tellsprospective volunteers: “We aregoing to show you things and talkto you about specific opportunitiesthat you can relate to.”

RSVP offers an array of oppor-tunities for volunteers includingproviding rides, support and mealsto older neighbors, assisting localveterans in need and helping pre-pare communities for disasters.RSVP also recruits volunteers forvarious community events.

RSVP volunteers enjoy flexibleschedules, free accident and liabil-ity insurance while serving, op-tional mileage and meal reimbursement and are in-vited to volunteer group projects and social gather-ings.

“The big thing that I get out of volunteering is thesatisfaction of helping others,” he said. “I love to helpothers, find out what their goals are and help themachieve them, whether it is teaching an autistic childto swim from one side of the pool to the other, orteaching a stroke patient who would like to learn toswim again.”

He also enjoys working with other volunteers andletting them know how important it is to make other

people feel good. He tells themthat they will feel twice as goodbecause they are helping people.

“Ken is one of our most activevolunteers and a great example ofwhat it means to stay active afterretirement,” said Nadia Hoonan,program manager for RSVP North-ern Virginia. “He truly exemplifiesthe diversity of opportunities thatour program offers, from leadinga variety of service projects for ourvolunteers to cleaning up gardengrounds at American HorticulturalSociety. No task is too small forKen. We want more volunteers likeKen to be willing to be on the frontlines of volunteering in NorthernVirginia and share their lifetimeexperience to make a great impactin our community,” Hoonan said.

RSVP has several upcoming opportunities duringwhich those interested can learn more about the pro-gram including orientations at the Fairfax RegionalLibrary, Oct. 10 and at the Beatley Central Library inAlexandria, Oct. 25. RSVP will hold a special meetand greet event for current and prospective volun-teers at Huntley Meadows Park, Oct. 13.

Those interested in learning more about RSVP or in signingup for any of these events should contact RSVP Northern Vir-ginia Volunteer Specialist Carly Hubicki at 703-403-5360, emailHubicki at [email protected] or visit the RSVPwebsite at rsvpnova.org.


Dealers

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703-619-5100www.mtvantiques.com

Browse for great antique & vintage items, and get yourcomputer fixed, watch repaired and artwork framed.

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Senior Living

Age in Communityand use the equity to enrich their quality oflife. In addition, the current tax code givesqualifying owners an “exclusion” from capi-tal gains tax of $250,000 per owner,$500,000 per couple when they sell a prin-cipal residence. If our area continues to befortunate in its rising real estate values, eachextra dollar of appreciation will likely haveto be shared with the Tax Man! Alterna-tively, locking in the “gain” by selling, andre-investing in a different, more appropri-ate property, starts that exclusion clock allover again. (Consult your tax person foryour personal situation.)

So how common is Age in Communitybecoming versus Age in Place? One of ourlocal Senior Villages, At Home in Alexan-dria (AHA), which supports olderAlexandrians with a variety of services and

social activities, has an almost evenly splitmembership. Roughly half seem to be Ag-ing in Place. The other half has moved —and are Aging in Community. Mount Vernonat Home (MVAH), our Senior Village belowthe Beltway, has a mix as well. These Vil-lages support both approaches to livingwell.

Our area is fortunate to have almost ev-ery option available to folks who wish tochange their housing. We have apartments,condos, townhouses and even smallersingle-family homes — for many budgets.

Is Aging in Community for you? Happyto brainstorm!

Peter B. Crouch is an associate broker, senior realestate specialist at McEnearney Associates. He is asponsor and volunteer for At Home in Alexandria andMount Vernon at Home. Call 703-244- 4024 oremail [email protected].

SATURDAY/OCT. 142017 Senior Law Day. 8:30-12:30 p.m. at T.C.

Williams High School Auditorium, 3330 King St.Senior Services of Alexandria and theAlexandria Bar Association are cosponsoring the2017 Senior Law Day event, “Aging inAlexandria: Planning for Life Transitions.” Free.Visit seniorservicesalex.org or call 703-836-4414, ext. 110.

THROUGH OCT. 16Committee Application Deadline. The School

Bulletin Board

Board will accept applications from thoseinterested in joining the ad hoc School FacilitiesNaming Committee for the new West EndElementary School. The final selection of a namefor the new school is the responsibility of theSchool Board. The School Board will appointcommittee members at the Oct. 26 School Boardmeeting. Committee members should expect toserve six hours per month from the beginning ofNovember 2017 through February 2018. Visitwww.acpsk12.org/news/?p=7041 to apply online.


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How to Be Useful, Fit, and Have Fun

Sallie Klunk of Arlingtonplays flute in a group oncea week, entertainingresidents of a long-termcare facility in Fairfax.

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things I wanted to do long before I retired.I have a list of local sights I haven’t seen, abucket list of places I want to visit, untappedhobbies, unopened books, travel. I’m ableto travel with my husband to some of thoseplaces on my bucket list — without havingto ask anyone’s permission — except maybethe dog.”

Eldercare“I retired two years ago and my parents

entered into a phase of tumult,” Allard said,and many other seniors echo this. “I havebeen able to step in and help assist themwith a number of major medical issues, fi-nancial disaster, and moves. Getting themqualified for Medicaid took months of con-certed effort — filing forms, paperwork,updating their legal documents. It’s beenmore than a part-time job. It’s challenging,but fulfilling, and simply feels like the rightthing to do. Another priority has been tak-ing better care of myself: swimming at thelocal high school pool, walking the dog,having coffee or breakfast with friends,hosting out of town visitors, music.”

Join a Rock n Roll bandAllard sings with two groups — a rock

band and a small show choir. It helps keepher connected to friends, another importantaspect that changes when one retires. Her

husband helped her diveinto something else shehas long wanted to do —learn to play guitar. Shesaid, “Learning a musicalinstrument is fun, chal-lenging, but also reward-ing. Music is great for theaging brain.”

Take a CourseAllard is also taking

Spanish class through theArlington County com-munity education pro-gram. She also volunteersfor charities she findsmeaningful, like Meals onWheels. With all this go-ing on, it is sometimeshard for Allard to evenget the time to revisit herretirement list, but whenshe does, it inspires her to keep exploringnew parts of the USA and beyond.

Join a Musical GroupSallie Klunk of Arlington says she plays

in a small musical group at a local nursinghome.

“I play flute with three other instrumen-talists and about 10 singers once a week atPowhatan Nursing Home. Residents are pro-

vided with song sheets.My husband Dave and Iplayed at PowhatanNursing Home for 10years as a piano and fluteduo before I joined mypresent group.”

During her time in thenursing home in Fairfax,she learned about Pets onWheels, and saw the im-pact it had on residents.“For the residents, sing-ing and enjoying animalsare enriching experi-ences.”

Volunteer for Petson Wheels

The Fairfax Pets onWheels program requiressix steps: submit anonline application; at-

tend an orientation on the first Wednesdayof each month, starting at 7:30 p.m. Get apet behavior assessment. Pet Handler teamsare required to pass a behavior assessmentto evaluate the pet’s controllability, aggres-sion, reaction to strangers, and overall be-havior and level of stress in unfamiliar sur-roundings. Step 4: Get a Fairfax CountyGovernment Appointee Background Form.Step 5: Certify your pet’s wellness. A FPOW

health certificate is completed by your pet’sregular veterinarian certifying that the petis healthy and vaccinations are current. Step6: Attend training at the facility of yourchoice.

To learn more, [email protected] or call703-324-5406.

Tutor Others Who Need HelpGary Usrey tutors local students who need

help with everything from history to biol-ogy to the citizenship test, or dissectingmath word problems. He recommends theprogram at the Arlington Community HighSchool. “It is a rewarding experience,” hesaid, “Sometimes they are young people,and sometimes they are adults who areputting themselves through school whileworking.”

To learn more, contact F. LourdesSanchez, bilingual resource assistant andTutoring Center coordinator, ArlingtonCommunity High School, 800 S. WalterReed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204, 703-228-8227 (direct) or [email protected].

Usrey said he also does some mentoringthrough the Affordable Housing Corpora-tion (AHC Inc) and is currently helping withcollege applications. For more aboutmentoring, contact Cindy Rozon, 703-486-0626, ext.154, or see www.ahcinc.org/get-involved/volunteers/.


Senior Services of Alexandria, a non-profit providing services and pro-grams that foster independence and

self-sufficiency, helps enable seniors withinthe City of Alexandria to age with dignity.Its programs include:

❖ Senior Nutrition Program. Meals onWheels is a life-sustaining program that al-lows seniors who are unable to leave theirhomes to shop, or who have difficulty pre-paring a meal, to have two healthy meals aday delivered 365 days a year, includingholidays.

❖ Groceries to Go is a program for se-niors who still enjoy preparing their ownmeals, but find shopping difficult. Grocer-ies are ordered over the phone based onthe grocery recipient’s personal shoppinglist. There is no minimum order requiredand no delivery fee. Volunteers deliver thegroceries to the client’s home, and, if re-quested, will put the groceries away.

❖ Friendly Visitor Program provides com-panionship for isolated seniors. Carefullyscreened and trained volunteers are indi-vidually matched with seniors with whom

they visit for at least an hour each week.The program enhances the quality of life ofseniors by providing social interaction,mental stimulation and emotional support.

❖ DOT Paratransit program providestransportation for disabled residents of Al-exandria who find it difficult to use publictransportation. DOT’s one-way fare for tripsup to five miles outside city limits is $3.Trips over five miles outside the city are $5.

❖ Animeals on Wheels is a program thatprovides pet food to pets of low-incomeseniors. SSA works with the Animal Wel-fare League of Alexandria, which providesthe pet food, to deliver pet food once amonth to seniors.

❖ Information and Education programprovides information on topics relevant toseniors. It includes a monthly speaker se-ries, each with a different topic. SSA col-laborates with city agencies and othernonprofits on the various topics presented.SSA also stocks 16 Senior Information Cor-ners around town in public libraries, recre-ation centers, houses of workshop and se-nior communities with literature about pro-

grams and services available to seniors. SSAalso produces a monthly cable TV show,Senior Living in Alexandria, which high-lights and expands on the informationshared at the speaker series. The programairs on Alexandria Comcast Channel 70every Sunday at 2 p.m. It is also availableon YouTube.

❖ Senior Academy is a four-week coursefor seniors residing in the City of Alexan-dria. It is designed to provide seniors withan opportunity to gain exposure to the city’svarious government functions, learn aboutother organizations for seniors and helpseniors get involved.

❖ Silver Service Card is a program thatSSA, the City of Alexandria and At Homein Alexandria started to connect seniorswith local businesses. The Silver ServicesCard, when presented at participating lo-cations, offers discounts to Alexandria se-niors.

To find out more about SSA’s programsand it volunteer opportunities, visitwww.seniorservicesalex.org or call 703-836-4414.

Senior Services of Alexandriaexecutive director Mary LeeAnderson, center, delivers Mealson Wheels with City CouncilmanJohn Chapman and past SSAboard chair Lynnwood Campbell.Meals on Wheels is one of manyservices available to seniorsliving in Alexandria.

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Aging in place” is the latest buzzphrase for seniors who wish tolive independently in theirhomes rather than move to an

assisted living healthcare facility. Ironically,technology advances designed withmillennials in mind is making it easier forseniors to do just that.

“Sensor devices are making a big impactwhen it comes to home health care,” saidMitch Opalski, owner of Synergy HomeCare, which serves Northern Virginia.“There are devices that can provide medi-cation reminders and monitoring systemsto alert caregivers or emergency personnelto a fall. Even robots are being developedto assist aging seniors.”

Activity-based sensors were first designedfor fitness tracking but have moved beyondcounting steps and monitoring heart rates.Sensors are now available that can beplaced around the home to detect if a se-nior hasn’t left his or her bedroom at theusual time or if they haven’t opened therefrigerator door or medicine cabinet. Sen-sors are less intrusive than video camerasand can be placed on doors, cabinets, win-dows or under beds.

Personal Emergency Response Systems,known as PERS, have advanced beyond anemergency button on a keychain or a cordaround the neck or wrist. These medicalalert systems used to work only at homewith a base station connected to a landline.Now, with the introduction of m-PERS (the“m” stands for mobile), the system worksanywhere — on the golf course, in the gar-

den or visiting family in another state.Artificial Intelligence devices like the

Amazon Echo are able to provide severalservices for seniors or anyone with dimin-ished or limited mobility. Simply by speak-ing the wake word, most commonly “Alexa,”users are able to control lights, adjust thethermostat and control other “smart home”devices, such as a security system.

Listening to music or an audio book is alsopossible with a quick voice command as isgetting news and weather reports. An Echodevice can also call for an Uber taxi service— no smartphone expertise necessary — orcreate a shopping list.

For those with early onset Alzheimer’s ordementia, reminders can be set to takemedication or Alexa can simply answerquestions like “what day is it?”

While many seniors may not want to try

their skill at Grand Theft Auto V, computergames have been shown to improve eye-hand coordination, increase hand mobilityin those suffering from arthritis and evenhelp stave off depression.

A smartphone or tablet can help keep se-niors connected to friends and family viavideo calls through Skype or FaceTime with-out having to be tethered to a computer.

But as Opalski pointed out, while tech-nology can provide many benefits to se-niors, it does not replace one of their mostvital needs — the human connection.

“High tech does not replace high touch,”Opalski said. “Yes, technology can monitorvitals like weight and sugar levels, whichhelps keep seniors proactive about wellness.But caring for an aging parent or loved oneis a very personal thing and no technologycan replace a human face.”

Senior Living

Computer games have been shown to have health benefits for seniors,such as improved eye hand coordination and increased hand mobility.

Transportation services like Uber and the future of self-driving cars willhelp provide independence to seniors.

Technology advances help seniors age in place.Savvy Seniors“

Aritficial intelligence devices like theAmazon Echo, shown at CES 2017, canprovide many services for seniors livingalone and hoping to “age in place.”

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Map of Alexandria’s Small Area Plans.

Rendering of Park Residences, redeveloped from the Ramsey Homes.

Small Areas and Big PlansFrom Page 1

The nearby BraddockGateway project will add270 residential units and1,500 square feet of retailas part of phase one,which is currently underconstruction. Phase twowill add 258 residentialunits and 8,000 squarefeet of retail. The site isexpected to contributefour affordable housingunits and two-thirds of anacre of community parkspace.

Two Alexandria Rede-velopment and HousingAuthority properties inthe area are in the rede-velopment process. Thefirst, Ramsey Homes, wasapproved in November2016 to replace fourbuildings of housing con-taining 15 total afford-able housing units withone multifamily buildingcontaining 52 housingunits. Of the new units,15 will be available at below 30percent of area median income,while 37 will be available at 50 to60 percent of area median income.The project was approved for a taxcredit in May and is currently un-dergoing an environmental assess-ment.

The other ARHA project, An-drew Adkins, is still in the middleof a troubled approval process.Specifics of the site, like levels ofaffordability, ARHA’s units, andpotentially moving some units off-site, remain topics of debate as theCity Council moves into consider-ation of the project this fall.

In the Eisenhower East SmallArea plan, centered around theEisenhower Metro station, the bigthemes are improving quality oflife for Carlyle residents, employ-ees and visitors to improve thearea’s competitiveness as a re-gional office market. Severalblocks are scheduled for redevel-opment with residential uses onthe upper floors and ground floorretail, including a new grocerystore.

Further west along Eisenhower

avenue, plans for thearea near the VanDorn Metro stationfocus on infrastruc-ture improvementsto support accessibil-ity to new develop-ment. GreenhillCapital Corporationhas submitted anearly concept designto the city for a co-ordinated develop-ment district forseven parcels in thearea. The new dis-trict would includecommercial, residen-tial, and retailprojects connectedby a new network of streets. Oneaspect of the proposed develop-ment is a multimodal bridge overBacklick Run and the railroadtracks once a threshold for newdevelopment is reached. Potentialaffordable housing developmentoptions are being considered at thesite in negotiations between thedeveloper and city staff.

Several pedestrian-focused in-

frastructure improvements wererecently implemented in the area,including ADA compliance to lo-cal intersections, lowering thespeed limit to 25 mph, and add-ing a bike lane to Stevenson Av-enue.

The final small area plan is cen-tered around a Metro station is forone that has not even opened. In2021, Potomac Yard will be the

Survivors of Domestic Violence Share StoriesFrom Page 1

Tessema was a 27-year-old immigrant fromEthiopia who was separated from the father,Simon Bhata, after he’d become violent in pre-vious arguments. After finding out that she hadmade a phone call to a man, Bhata becamejealous, and during a planned visit to pick up

his child he barged into Tessema’s apartmentand murdered both her and Eden.

“It never fails, every year,” said Griffin. “Itnever goes away. You just have to fight throughit.” These stories aren’t isolated. In fiscal year2017, 2,000 women in Alexandria came for-ward looking for help from domestic violence

situations. Kate Garvey, director of the Depart-ment of Community and Human Services, saidthere are plenty more in the city who are un-able to come forward and get help. An 18thfigure stands at the end of the display and rep-resents all those victims of domestic violencewhose names are unknown.

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newest Metro station. The sur-rounding small area plan was ap-proved by City Council in June andincludes complete redevelopmentof the existing theater and shop-ping district near the plannedmetro stop. The planned PotomacYard redevelopment includes of-fice space close to the Metro andretail/residential development fur-ther out.


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“This is much more of a everybody’s wel-come, no fee to get in, just come and enjoywhat we do and celebrate our mission,” saidKathy Seifert, vice-president of develop-ment for the Seaport Foundation.

The Seaport Foundation, a non-profit or-ganization that utilizes mentors to teach at-risk youth carpentry, boat building andworkplace skills, relies on events like Sea-port Day to generate funds that enable thefoundation to stay on course with its mis-sion. But equally important as fundraising,events like Seaport Day serve to educateresidents about the work that the nonprofitdoes and the services it provides to youthin the community.

“You’d be surprised how many localpeople are unfamiliar with the work thatwe do,” said Seifert. “A lot of them see thefloating building on the water and howadorable it is, and they think that that’s justgreat, but they really don’t know what goeson in that building and that lives are reallybeing changed. So that’s powerful when youtell people.”

Among those in attendance was RalphErickson, a volunteer with the SeaportFoundation since 1994, who has seen first-hand the way the program can positivelyshape the apprentices under its wing.

“There are apprentices who are here,troubled youth maybe, it’s a place wherethey can maybe get some stability that theydon’t have in the rest of their life,” saidErickson. “I’ve known several who havecome out of the program and made a realsuccess of themselves. I think it’s a real plusfor the community.”

Numerous apprentices like Matthew

Perez manned various booths at the festi-val, educating attendees on what they dowith the Seaport Foundation and the im-pact that it has on them. Perez decided tocheck out the foundation after his friend,who is also an apprentice, suggested it tohim.

“It just sounded like a good and fun op-portunity to learn a skill that I’ve always

The School Board is looking forAlexandria residents to serve ona committee that will recommend names for the new West

End Elementary School.For the next two weeks, the School Board

will accept applications from those inter-ested in joining the ad hoc School FacilitiesNaming Committee. Each of the nine SchoolBoard members will nominate one personfrom the applications received.

The final School Facilities Naming Com-mittee will be made up of 10 Alexandriaresidents — nine members of the public,nominated by the School Board, plus onemember nominated by City Council. In ad-

dition, the vice chair of the School Boardwill serve as the School Facilities NamingCommittee chair.

The committee will:❖ Develop tasks and a timetable for rec-

ommendations to the School Board❖ Solicit and review name recommenda-

tions from the community❖ Submit at least three names to the

School Board for consideration by the endof January 2018. This will allow time forthe school division to purchase and installsignage for the new school, ahead of its Fall2018 opening.

The final selection of a name for thenew school is the responsibility of the

School Board.The ACPS and Alexandria community will

be asked for recommendations regardingthe name of the school later this fall.

Naming suggestions may include U.S.presidents, Virginia historical figures, orplaces or historical events related to the fa-cility or the location. Naming suggestions canalso include a person, business or corpora-tion that has made a significant or extraor-dinary contribution to the City of Alexandria,usually in the context of education, publicservice or involvement in civic or culturalactivities over an extended period of time.

Names that cause confusion with otherVirginia public schools or facilities, includ-

ing names that have the same initials asanother ACPS school, should be avoided.

Applications will be accepted throughOct. 16. The School Board will appoint thefinal committee members at the Oct. 26School Board meeting.

At this time, ACPS is only accepting ap-plications to serve on the naming commit-tee. The ACPS and Alexandria communitieswill be asked for recommendations regard-ing the actual name of the school in late fall.Committee members should expect to servesix hours per month from the beginning ofNovember 2017 through February 2018.

Visit www.acpsk12.org/news/?p=7041to apply on line.

School Facilities Naming Committee Members Sought

Seaport Day: Keeping Fun and Foundation Afloatbeen kind of interested in, and to get somegood hard job experience in there too,” saidPerez. “So far it’s fulfilled both those areas.”

Perez, who has been busy since he en-rolled in college, is working towards a fu-ture career in biomedical engineering, butstill finds time on the weekends to continuehis apprenticeship with the Seaport Foun-dation.

“It’s been great working here, too, be-cause they give you a lot of opportunities.They’ll help you find places, like, say youcan’t work here anymore, they’ll find youother places to work. They’ll help you withschool and whatnot. It’s really great work-ing here.”

For any youth in the community that areconsidering becoming apprentices with theSeaport Foundation, Perez can’t recommendit enough.

“I think it’s very good for the community,”said Perez. “It helps all the youth that arekind of at-risk, just anyone who needs thejob experience and help that the founda-tion provides can come here and it helpsthe younger people. It gives really anyonea chance, even if they’re not young, theycan volunteer here and get some experi-ences and skills that they wouldn’t get oth-erwise.”

For more information about the SeaportFoundation, visit alexandriaseaport.org/.

Photo by James Miessler/Gazette Packet

Apprentices with the foundation worked at booths to showcase whatthey do with the Seaport Foundation.

On Oct. 9, the City of Alexandriawill begin an infrastructureproject on Montgomery Street,

between North Saint Asaph and North Pittstreets. Due to ongoing work in the area byboth the city and a private developmentcontractor, the one-block section of the roadwill be closed to traffic for approximately12 months.

The city has timed its project to coincidewith adjacent construction at 500 FirstStreet, the former ABC/Giant Food site.Gables Construction Group will have accessto the closed segment of Montgomery Streetfor staging and other related activities.

The city’s work at the site will include:❖ Full-depth reconstruction of a one-

block section of Montgomery Street, whichwill include asphalt resurfacing as well asrebuilding the structure of the roadway,

❖ Complete restoration of collapsed wa-ter pipes,

❖ Reconstruction of brick sidewalks alongthe south side of the street,

❖ Installation of tree wells and trees alongthe south side of the street,

❖ New curb and gutter work along thenorth side of Montgomery Street,

❖ Installation of new pavement markings.Work will take place during normal hours

(Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.,and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.), but Mont-gomery Street will be closed to vehicle traf-fic between N. St. Asaph and N. Pitt Street

Construction To Close Section of Montgomery Streetat all hours. Detours will be in place forpedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles.Wayfinding signage will be posted in thesurrounding areas.

Submit civic/community announcements atConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos andartwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon,at least two weeks before event.

THURSDAY/OCT. 5Mini Golf Tournament Benefit. 5-8 p.m. at the

PGAL offices, 201 North Union St., Suite 500.The PGAL Alexandria office will be transformed

into a nine-hole miniature golf course to benefitthe Arlington Food Assistance Center. Theinternational architecture, engineering, andplanning firm is hosting with proceeds helpingto fund PGAL’s participation in the upcomingCanstruction charity competition. PGAL isaccepting tax-deductible donations to support itsCanstruction® team through October 27 atafac.org/campaign/can17-pgal/.

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Entertainment

Submit entertainment announcementsat www.connectionnewspapers.com/Cal-endar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.Photos/artwork encouraged.

ONGOINGFall 2017 Native Plant Sale.

Through Oct. 15 at the Jerome“Buddie” Ford Nature Center, 5750Sanger Ave. The Department ofRecreation, Parks, and CulturalActivities is offering a native plantsale to help grow Alexandria’s treecanopy and undergrowth. Call 703-746-5559 or visitwww.alexandriava.gov.

Artists Exhibit. Various times throughOct. 31 in the Fireplace Alcove,Mount Vernon Unitarian Church,1909 Windmill Lane. Dolly Rowe’shooked artworks called “Painting inWool and Silk” will be on display.Contact [email protected].

Alexandrians Fight The Great War.Various times through Nov. 11 at TheLyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Thisexhibit shares some of the stories ofAlexandrians during the war andtheir more active participation in theAmerican war effort after April 1917.Visit www.alexandriava.gov/Lyceumor call 703-838-4994.

OCTOBERGhost and Graveyard Tour.

Throughout October, nightly at 7:30p.m.; Friday and Saturday secondtour at 9 p.m. $13 adults; $7 ages 7-17. Tour departs from AlexandriaVisitor Center, 221 King St. Hearghost stories, legends and folklore.Call 703-519-1749 or visitwww.alexcolonialtours.com.

THURSDAY/OCT. 5Essential Oil Workshop. noon-1 p.m.

at Caring Acupuncture, 2111Eisenhower Ave., Suite 402. Freeclass — Essential Skin Care: How toNourish and Maintain Healthy,Beautiful Skin with doTerra EssentialOils. Email [email protected] call 479-426-2525.

WEBA Happy Hour. 5:30-7:30 p.m. atPort City Brewing Company, 3950Wheeler Ave. The West End BusinessAssociation (WEBA) will host aNetworking Happy Hour. Visitwww.alexandriaweba.com.

Swan Lake Ballet. 7:30 p.m. at theRachel M.Schlesinger Concert Hall,4915 East Campus Drive,The firsttime the Russian Grand Ballet hasever performed in Virginia. Visitwww.RussianGrandBallet.com.

OCT. 5-NOV. 5On the Stage. 8:30-12:30 p.m. at at

MetroStage, 1201 North Royal Street.“Are you Now or Have You EverBeen…” written and conceived byCarlyle Brown. Visitwww.metrostage.org or call 703-548-9044.

FRIDAY/OCT. 6Grand Opening. 10 a.m.-noon at

NOVA Alexandria Campus, 3301Netherton Drive. Celebrate theopening of the NOVA AlexandriaCampus Center for Design, Mediaand the Arts. Visit www.nvcc.edu/alexandria.

Pilates. noon-1 p.m. at John CarlyleSquare Park, 300 John Carlyle St.Part of the outdoor fitness series inCarlyle.Visit www.AlexandriaVA.gov/CarlyleFun

OCT. 6-821st Annual Fall Wine Festival and

Sunset Tour. 6-9 p.m. at GeorgeWashington’s Mount Vernon, 3200Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy. Meet“George and Martha Washington” on

the Mansion’s piazza. Guestsexperience an evening tour of theWashingtons’ home and are invitedto visit the basement where he storedhis wine. Call 703-780-2000 or visitwww.MountVernon.org.

OCT. 6-14Alexandria Live Music Week.

Various times at venues throughoutthe City of Alexandria. Over 50venues and more than 175 artists areset to perform over the course of thenine days. Visitwww.alexandrialive.com.

OCT. 6-21Drumming with Dishes on Stage.

Various times at Arts on the Horizon,The Lab at Convergence, 1819 N.Quaker Lane. A children’s story abouta girl and her imaginary friend, whodiscover they can use ordinarykitchen objects to make extraordinarymusic together. Visitwww.ArtsOnTheHorizon.org.

SATURDAY/OCT. 7Art on the Avenue. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at

Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray.More than 300 artists such asjewelers to silversmith and beaders,

woodworkers, pottery makers, soapcrafters, glass makers, uniquepainters, sculptures, and fabricartists, and musicians. Visitwww.artontheavenue.org.

Garden Experts Lecture. 8:30-12:30p.m. at Green Spring Gardens, 4603Green Spring Road. PresenterMarianne Wilburn shares “BigDreams, Small Garden” and PamBeck imparts “Movement Throughthe Landscape.” Call 703-642-5173or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring/.

Port City Oktoberfest Party. noon-9p.m. at Port City, 3950 Wheeler Ave.Call 703-778-0874 or visitwww.PortCityBrewing.com/the-brewery/events.

Adopt the Block. 1-4 p.m. at Lost DogCafe Alexandria, 808 N. Henry St. Tocontinue the celebration around therelease of Lost Dog’s LimitedCollaboration Beer with Port CityBrewing Company, Lost Dog Cafewill be hosting the Lost Dog & CatRescue Foundation for an adoptionevent. Have a pint, have a sandwich,and maybe even take home a newmember of the family. Visitwww.lostdogrescue.org orwww.lostdogcafe.com.

Public Square Dedication. 2 p.m. atthe Del Ray Farmers’ Market site,2311 Mt Vernon Ave. The AlexandriaCity Council will officially dedicatethe Del Ray Farmers’ Market site“The Pat Miller NeighborhoodSquare.” Visit www.alexandriava.gov.

‘Rip the Runway’ Benefit FashionShow. 4:30-7 p.m. at the U.S. Patent& Trademark Office, 600 Dulaney St.Every dollar raised will directlysupport the Vola Lawson BreastCancer Memorial Fund, a memorialfund established to raise money thatcontributes to the cost of annualmammograms for the women inNorthern Virginia. Call 909-245-9661.

Oktoberfest. 3-7 p.m. St. Aidan’sEpiscopal Church and Day School,8531 Riverside Road. German foodsuch as knockwurst, bratwurst,potato salad; sides, beer and colddrinks, live Oompa band, bake sale,children’s games, petting zoo, moonbounce. Visit www.staidansepiscopal.com or call 703-360-4220.

Saturday Cinema at Carlyle. 6:41p.m. at John Carlyle Square in theCarlyle District of Alexandria. 300John Carlyle St. Showtime issundown. Popped Republic FoodTruck will be on site. Visitwww.AlexandriaVA.gov/CarlyleFun.

Mount Vernon’s Blue RoomReopens. 7-9 p.m. at GeorgeWashington’s Mount Vernon, 3200Mount Vernon Highway, MountVernon. The Blue Room in the MountVernon Mansion will reopen markingthe completion of a major seven-month restoration. Visitwww.mountvernon.org.

SUNDAY/OCT. 8Yoga. 9:30-10:30 a.m.-noon at John

Carlyle Square Park, 300 JohnCarlyle St. Part of the outdoor fitnessseries in Carlyle.Visitwww.AlexandriaVA.gov/CarlyleFun

Kidney Donation Story. 10 a.m. atBeth El Hebrew congregation at 3830Seminary Road. Documentaryshowing “Harold Mintz: The Lifechanging Experience of saving aLife.” Visit www.bethelhebrew.org/or call 703) 370-9400.

Museum Geek Tour. noon-1 p.m. atthe Stabler-Leadbeater ApothecaryMuseum, 105 S. Fairfax St. Basementtour. Call 703-746-3852 or visitalexandriava.gov/apothecary.

TUESDAY/OCT. 10Lord Fairfax Descendant. 6:30 p.m.

at the The Lyceum, 201 S.Washington St. The British author,Hugh Fairfax, a descendant ofThomas 6th Lord Fairfax, theProprietor of the Northern Neck ofVirginia and brother of Nicholas,14th Lord Fairfax, will give a briefintroduction to his new book “Fairfaxof Virginia. The Forgotten Story ofAmerica’s only Peerage.” Visitwww.alexandriava.gov/Lyceum orcall 703-838-4994.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 11Improve Arlandria Parks. 6:30 p.m.

at the Leonard “Chick” ArmstrongRecreation Center, 25 West ReedAve. (formerly the Cora KellyRecreation Center) with RebuildingTogether Alexandria to discuss

By Carolyn Griffin

Producing Artistic Director

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“Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. Andonly Poetry can be his resurrection.” — LangstonHughes (1964).

Art and Politics. Two vital aspects of ourlives, our society, our culture. And some-times they clash and collide. In 1953 dur-

ing the red scare, the government’s witch huntfor Communist sympathizers in the entertainmentindustry and the arts was in full force with U.S.

Sen. Joe McCarthy leadingthe troops. Many artists lostjobs, their livelihood andwere ruined. This is the set-ting for “Are You Now or

Have You Ever Been …” when the Harlem Renais-sance poet Langston Hughes was called beforeSenator McCarthy’s subcommittee.

MetroStage is very pleased to be presenting thesecond production of Carlyle Brown’s timely, al-most prescient play. In 2012 it was historic. In

2017 it is historic, timely and an important re-minder of what can occur when a government isout of control and threatens the free speech andthoughts of its constituency.

Playwright Brown has fictionalized the accountof Hughes being called before the Senate Subcom-mittee but as an audience you will be exposed tothe evocative poetry and music that so reflects theHarlem Renaissance and the times, and you willalso experience what was happening in the Sen-ate Chambers to so many.

In addition to Langston Hughes there are ac-tors playing the roles of Senators McCarthy andEverett Dirksen, counsel Roy Cohn and DavidSchine, and Langston’s lawyer Frank Reeves. It isa fascinating window into the mind of a poet, anAfrican American poet reflecting on the HarlemRenaissance and the times, and the inner work-ings of this Senate Committee that terrorized somany artists.

So enjoy the play, the original music supportingthe poetry, and also reflect on what we are wit-nessing as history continues to unfold before usdaily. Poetry, Music and Politics are on stage atMetroStage this month.

The cast of MetroStage’s production of “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been …”

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improving 3550 Commonwealth Ave.and Four Mile Run Park at Dale St.Visit www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation.

Beautify Alexandria Lecture. 7-8:30p.m. at the Mount Vernon RecreationCenter in Del Ray, 2701Commonwealth Ave. The AlexandriaBeautification Commission ispartnering with the VirginiaCooperative Extension to bring aseries of educational program toAlexandria. These programs focus onways residents can beautify theirhomes and neighborhoods usingsustainable landscaping practices.Email [email protected].

THURSDAY/OCT. 12Fashion Show and Luncheon. 10

a.m. at the Mount Vernon CountryClub, 5111 Old Mill Road. The YachtHaven Garden Club is presentingtheir 34th annual Fashion Show andLuncheon, “Floral Fantasy.” Proceedswill go to several agriculturalprojects. For further information andtickets contact: Kathy Ichter,[email protected] or call 703- 780-8700.

Chambers Breakfast. 7:30-9 a.m. atthe Holiday Inn Rosslyn , 1900 NorthFort Myer Drive, Arlington.Alexandria Chamber of Commerceteaming up with the ArlingtonChamber of Commerce for thisinstallation of this monthly event.Visit www.alexchamber.com/.

Artists Reception. 6:30-8 p.m. atStudio 21 in the Torpedo Factory ArtCenter, 105 North Union St. M. JaneJohnson’s “Splendid Fortitude”Celebrates the Geisha. Exhibit ondisplay through Nov. 5. Visitwww.theartleague.org or 703-683-1780.

FRIDAY/OCT. 1310,000 Maniacs in Concert. 7:30

p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 MountVernon Ave. A 1980’s favorite, JulianVelard will open the show. $35 Visitwww.birchmere.com.

OCT. 13-152017 National Kids Yoga

Conference. 7 p.m. at the Nannie J.Lee Community Center, 1108Jefferson St. Learn the art ofsuccessfully bringing yoga,mindfulness, and social emotionallearning to the youth in yourcommunity. Visitconference.yokid.org/.

SATURDAY/OCT. 14Drawing Workshop. 9:30-11 a.m. at

Green Spring Gardens, 4603 GreenSpring Road. Artist and instructorCaroline Hottenstein shows how touse pen and ink, watercolor, graphiteand colored pencils to capture andhighlight details in insect illustration.Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring or call 703-642-5173.

Watershed Cleanup Day. 9-11:30a.m. at Huntley Meadows Park, 3701Lockheed Blvd. Opportunity forindividuals, students, families, scoutsand other community groups to bepart of this year’s InternationalCoastal Cleanup. Help clear theearth’s arteries by collecting tires,bed springs, bottles, cans and otherdebris from your local waterways.Visit bit.ly/FCPAwatershedClean.

Fall Family Carnival. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.at the Gum Springs CommunityCenter, 8100 Fordson Road. TheNorthern Virginia Urban League(NVUL), in partnership with SmartLearning Solutions, will host an

ASTEAM Fall Family Carnival, withhands on learning activities forchildren and families, will feature afun-filled day of Aviation, Science,Technology, Engineering, Art, andMathematics. To register and foradditional information about theASTEAM Fall Family Carnival andNorthern Virginia Urban League, visitwww.nvul.org or call 703-836-2858.

Burgundy Fall Fair. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. atBurgundy Farm Country Day School,3700 Burgundy Road, Alexandria.Family fun for all ages: Zombie run,pumpkin painting, moon bounce, livemusic, used book and kids’ closetsale, food tent. Free admission.Proceeds from activity tickets andfood and merchandise sale benefitstudent financial aid. Rain or shine.Visit www.burgundyfarm.org or call703-960-3431.

Touch-A-Truck. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at WaltWhitman Middle School, 2500Parkers Lane. An interactive eventthat allows children to see, touch,and explore their favorite big trucksand heavy machinery, as well as tomeet the personnel who protect,serve, & build the Alexandriacommunity. $5, children under 2 arefree. Visitwww.FortHuntPreschool.com.

Scottish Heritage Day. noon-4 p.m.at the Carlyle House, 121 N. FairfaxSt. Scottish music, dancing, andfashion as well as tours of the CarlyleHouse. Call 703-549-2997 or visitwww.CarlyleHouse.org.

Painting in the Park. noon-4 p.m. atJohn Carlyle Square in the CarlyleDistrict of Alexandria. 300 JohnCarlyle St. Free. Visitwww.AlexandriaVA.gov/CarlyleFun

Outlandish Event. 1-4 p.m. at theStabler-Leadbeater ApothecaryMuseum, 105 S. Fairfax St. Tour thehistoric apothecary and learn about a

Burgundy Fall FairFamily fun for all ages at Burgundy’s Fall Fair withZombie run, pumpkin painting, moon bounce, livemusic, used book and kids’ closet sale, food tent.Free admission. Proceeds from activity tickets andfood and merchandise sale benefit student financialaid. Rain or shine. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 atBurgundy Farm Country Day School, 3700 BurgundyRoad, Alexandria. Visit www.burgundyfarm.org orcall 703-960-3431.

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few of the herbal medicines featured in DianaGabaldon’s “Outlander” series of novels fromcascara to dauco seeds. $18. Call 703-746-3852or visit alexandriava.gov/shop.

Beer Tapping and Pet Adoption. 2-5 p.m. atPort City Brewing Company, 3950 Wheeler Ave.Port City Brewing Company and Lost Dog Caféhave partnered to support Lost Dog and CatRescue Foundation by brewing a limited-editionIPA for National Adopt-a-Dog Month in October.Lost Dog Rescue Ale will be available for thefirst time in the Tasting Room that day. Visitwww.portcitybrewing.com/ orwww.lostdogrescue.org.

Long Black Veil Happy Hour. 6-9 p.m. atGadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St.Enjoy Port City beverages. $25. Visitshop.alexandriava.gov/events.aspx.

Members Support Party. 7-9 p.m., at TheAthenaeum, 201 Prince St. The NorthernVirginia Fine Arts Association invites membersand friends to join us for La Vie en Rose, aFrench evening in the Athenaeum Gallery. Visitwww.nvfaa.org or call 703-548-0035.

OCT. 14-1542nd Annual Virginia Wine Festival. noon-6

p.m. at Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison St.Wine tasting from many Virginia wineries,festival access to the Virginia Oyster Pavilion,and all concessions and musical entertainment.$35-65. Call 202-244-3700 or visitwww.virginiawinefest.com.

DEADLINE OCT. 15Photo Contest. Submit photos taken in the city

with the theme “Support the well-being ofAlexandria’s residents by ensuring access to avariety of quality recreation, park and culturalexperiences.” Visit www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation for more information.

SUNDAY/OCT. 15Walk to Bust Cancer. 8 a.m. at Fort Hunt Park,

8999 Fort Hunt Road. National Breast CenterFoundation’s Walk to Bust Cancer to increaseawareness and celebrate survivorship. Email

Art ExhibitM. Jane Johnson will be at

the gallery with her “SplendidFortitude” exhibit on Oct. 12,6:30-8 p.m. at Studio 21 in theTorpedo Factory Art Center,105 North Union St. Exhibit ondisplay Oct. 5-Nov. 5. Visitwww.theartleague.org or 703-683-1780.

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First Annual Dogs for Literacy DogWalk. 2-4 p.m. at Cameron RunPark, 4001 Eisenhower Ave. Proceedswill benefit the Alexandria TutoringConsortium’s “Book Buddies”program for struggling readers. $40per dog. Call 703-228-2144.

George V. Johnson Quintet. 4 p.m.at Meade Memorial EpiscopalChurch, 322 N. Alfred St. Jazz atMeade, $20 donation, free streetparking, free intermission buffet. Call267-463-7936.

Free Speech Forum. 7 p.m. at 7:30p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mt.Vernon Ave. Visit www.wmal.com/freespeechforum/ orwww.birchmere.com.

TUESDAY/OCT. 17Genealogy Lecture. 1-3 p.m. at the

Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500Shenandoah Road. “Behind the IviedWalls,” Sharon Hodges talks aboutrecords of genealogical interest foundat colleges and universities. Call 703-768-4101 or visitwww.mvgenealogy.org.

OCT. 17-NOV. 26Multiple Exposures Gallery. Various

times at the Torpedo Factory ArtCenter, 105 North Union Street,#312. Photo exhibit. Visitwww.multipleexposuresgallery.com.

THURSDAY/OCT. 19Film Screening, Discussion, and

Book Signing. 7 p.m. at theAlexandria Black History Museum,902 Wythe Street. An Evening withAlexandria boxer Anthony Suggs, Sr.

and moderator Michael Joyner. Free.Call 703-746-4356.

FRIDAY/OCT. 20Ghosts and Grief Halloween Tours

at Lee-Fendall House. starting at7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at theLee-Fendall House, 614 Oronoco St.Learn more about the rituals andcustoms behind our modern-dayfuneral practices. $8 in advance; $10at the door; free to members. Call703-548-1789 or visitwww.leefendallhouse.org.

Lloyd Cole Concert. 7:30 p.m. at TheBirchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.Playing selections from his album“Rattlesnakes.” $25 Visitwww.birchmere.com.

SATURDAY/OCT. 21Mega Bazaar/Craft Fair. 9 a.m.-2

p.m. at the Hollin Hall Senior Center,1500 Shenandoah Road. Over 30crafters, silent auction, bake sale, anddoor prizes. Call 703-765-4573.

Master Class Program: PlanningSpring. 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. atGreen Spring Gardens, 4603 GreenSpring Road.In this extended MasterClass, famed plantsman and authorDavid Culp will share plantknowledge that will benefit thegarden. $28. Call 703-642-5173.

History of Candy Lecture. 11 a.m. atthe Black History Museum, 902Wythe St. Susan Benjamin, candyhistorian, returns to the AlexandriaBlack History Museum to talk aboutthe historic origins of candy based onher book “Sweet as Sin: TheUnwrapped Story of How CandyBecame America’s Favorite Pleasure.”This program focuses on African-American contributions to sugarproduction and candy making. $15.

Call 703-746-4356 or visitwww.alexandriava.gov/BlackHistory.

Bicentenary of the Birth ofBaha’u’llah. 3-6 p.m. in theMadison Auditorium of the Patentand Trademark Office, 600 DulanySt. 200th anniversary of the birth ofBaha’u’llah, the Founder of the Baha’iFaith. Visit alexandriavabahais.org/bicentennial/.

Tales from the Vault. 7-8 p.m. at IvyHill Cemetery, 2823 King St.Presented in Ivy Hill Cemetery’sreceiving vault, the closest thingAlexandria has to catacombs, comehear tales of Virginia’s history. $10.Call 703-549-7413 x112 or visitivyhillcemetery.net.

Raven’s Night Concert. 7:30 p.m. atThe Birchmere, 3701 Mount VernonAve. Belladonna and Ken Vegas takeyou back in time with an all newshow inspired by the “Beautiful Age”in France, from 1871-1914. $25. Call703-549-7500 or visitwww.ravensnight.com.

Brahms, Britten and ButterworthConcert. 8 p.m. at the Rachel M.Schlesinger Concert Hall and FisherArt Gallery NOVA, AlexandriaCampus, 4915 East Campus Drive.Images of coastal shores and pastoralgreens dominate their Octoberconcerts Visit www.nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter/.

SUNDAY/OCT. 22Brahms, Britten and Butterworth

Concert. 8 p.m. at GeorgeWashington’s Masonic Temple, 101Callahan Drive. Images of coastalshores and pastoral greens dominatetheir October concerts with JamesRoss, guest conductor. Visitwww.nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter/.

4 Foodie Dates to Circle in OctoberBy Hope Nelson

When it comes to reasons to celebrate, Oc-tober packs a wallop. From the tail endof Oktoberfest (which began in Septem-

ber) all the way through to Halloween and its ensu-ing festivities, the month brings with it all sorts ofactivities for the taste buds (and their owners). Hereare four events worth your time this month.

Jackson 20 Oktoberfest Celebration, Oct. 8The local Oktoberfest celebrations continue apace,

and Jackson 20 is taking its seat at the table. Nestledinside the Alexandrian hotel on King Street (formerlythe Hotel Monaco), the well-appointed bar and din-ing room is getting its German festivities going instyle. With a menu offering everything from

bratwurst and pork loin to Germanpotato salad and German chocolatecake, Jackson 20 is aiming to leaveguests full and happy. An offering of

five different Oktoberfest beers doesn’t hurt, either.4-8 p.m., 480 King St. $25 for adults; free for chil-dren under 10.

Hank’s OysterFest, Oct. 14Hank’s Oyster Bar is doubling down on its stock-

in-trade with its 10th annual OysterFest, an all-you-can eat affair featuring all manner of oysters. Friedoysters, grilled oysters and oysters on the half shellpair with Old Bay fries, onion rings, and calamari inthis seafood feast. Craft beers, wine, and punch areon tap at the open bar, making this a festival of bothfood and drink. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 1026 King St. $90;

attendees must be 21 or older.

Gadsby’s Long Black Veil Happy Hour, Oct.14

October is the perfect month for a good ghost story.Combine a spooky tour with a great beer and you’vegot a happy hour in the making. Port City Brewingreleases its annual Long Black Veil black IPA on Oct.6, but visit Gadsby’s Tavern a week or so later andtaste both the beer and the mystery behind one ofAlexandria’s best legends. The “Female Stranger”died in Room 8 at Gadsby’s Tavern on Oct. 14, 1816,leaving behind a flurry of speculation that hasn’tabated in the 201 years since. Join the teams fromPort City and Gadsby’s for a beer, appetizers, and atour of the tavern (including the legendary Room8). 6-9 p.m., 134 N. Royal St. $25.

Rustico “Near and Far” Beer Dinner Series,Oct. 16

The fifth installment of Rustico’s beer dinner se-ries homes in on brews from The Answer Brewpubdown in Richmond. The menu is still under a bit ofconstruction, but Rustico’s got the beers all lined up.This fifth dinner also brings with it five beers fromThe Answer, ranging from a session IPA to an impe-rial IPA to an imperial stout to round out the meal.The Answer also wins out on the best beer titlesaround; the “Well, You Can’t Jump, But At LeastYou’re Slow” imperial IPA sets the tone for theevening. 7-9 p.m., 827 Slaters Lane. $60.

Hope Nelson owns and operates the Kitchen Recessionistablog, located at www.kitchenrecessionista.com. Email her anytime at [email protected].

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MONDAY/OCT. 23Teamesteem. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Mt

Vernon Country Club, 5111 Old MillRoad. www.dormie.io/teamesteem.Fundraising event for a nonprofitmentorship organization that pairsyoung professionals with localcollege and high school students tohelp them learn leadership,entrepreneurship, technology skills,and personal finance as well asempower them to be fulfilled bothpersonally and professionally. Visitwww.dormie.io/teamesteem.

“Singing with Martin Luther.” 7p.m. at the Immanuel Chapel,Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737Seminary Road. A hymn festcelebrating 500 Years of ReformationHymns led by renowned liturgicalscholar Gail Ramshaw. Visitsingwithluther.eventbrite.com or call703-461-1792.

OCT. 24-DEC. 19Watercolor Exhibit. Various times at

Green Spring Gardens, 4603 GreenSpring Road. See “Nature from ThreePoints of View”, the work of JanBurns, Madeleine Chen, and ShariMacFarlane, at the HorticultureCenter. Sunday, Oct. 29 is the ArtistsReception. Visitwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring or call 703-642-5173.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 25WPHS Orchestra Spooktacular.

5:30-7 p.m. at West Potomac HighSchool, 6500 Quander Road. WestPotomac Orchestra’s annualSpooktacular Carnival and Concert.Free. Call 703-718-2587.

THURSDAY/OCT. 26Meet the Author. 8:15-11 a.m. at the

George Washington MasonicMemorial, 101 Callahan Drive.Author Beth Kanter discusses “TheHappy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategiesfor Impact without Burnout,” thatwill help steer your organizationaway from burnout while boostingall-around performance. Call 703-683-2007.

Yappy Hour. 5-7:30 p.m. at HolidayInn Alexandria Carlyle, 2460Eisenhower Ave. To benefit the Dogand Cat Foundation part ofDogtoberfest. Friendly dogs welcomeon the patio. Visitwww.visitalexandriava.com.

Film and Discussion. 7-9 p.m. at theAlexandria Black History Museum,

902 Wythe St., Alexandria. “Breathein the Roots,” film tells the story ofTy Christen Joseph, a young African-American English teacher, who takesa spiritual journey of discovery fromAddis Ababa to Lalibela in Ethiopia.Following the film, Indrias G.Kassaye, the film’s writer,photographer, and producer leads adiscussion. $10. Visitwww.alexandriava.gov/BlackHistory.

FRIDAY/OCT. 27Bark or Treat Canine Cruise. 6 and

7:30 p.m. at Alexandria City Marina,1 Cameron St. Come out with yourcostumed canine and cruise to someHalloween tunes along the Potomac.$18 adults; $12 ages 2-11; dogs free.Call 703-684-0580 or visitwww.potomacriverboatco.com.

Ghosts and Grief Halloween Toursat Lee-Fendall House. starting at7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at theLee-Fendall House, 614 Oronoco St.Learn more about the rituals andcustoms behind our modern-dayfuneral practices. $8 in advance; $10at the door; free to members. Call703-548-1789 or visitwww.leefendallhouse.org.

The Gadsby’s Tavern Ghost Tour.7-9 p.m. tours every 30 minutes atGadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N.Royal St. Follow a colonial-costumedguide through the Alexandria streets,visit a cemetery and enter one of themost haunted buildings in Old Town.Call 703-519-1749 or visitwww.alexcolonialtours.com.

OCT. 27-28Trick-or-Treating at Mount

Vernon. 3:30-6:30 p.m. at GeorgeWashington’s Mount Vernon, 3200Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.Wagon rides, chocolate making,costume parade. $12 adults; $6 ages11 and under. Visitwww.mountvernon.org.

OCT. 27-29Worship Ceremonial Workshops.

Various times at St. Aidan’s EpiscopalChurch, 8531 Riverside Road. AuthorJohn Philip Newell leads discussionsand workshops from his book“Rebirthing of God.” Visitwww.centerforspiritualdeepening.org.

SATURDAY/OCT. 284th Annual Halloween Pumpkin

Hunt. 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30p.m. Alexandria’s ghosts and goblins

will fill the garden with hundreds ofcolorful toy-filled pumpkins for localchildren to discover. Other activitiesinclude crafts to take home, a stickerstation, temporary tattoos, spookystories, a costume parade with prizesas well as drinks and refreshments.Call 703-548-1789 or visitwww.leefendallhouse.org. Call 703-548-1789 or visitwww.leefendallhouse.org.

Zombie Escape. 6:30-10 p.m. at theCarlyle House, 121 N. Fairfax St. $30ages 13 and up. The group will have20 minutes to crack a series ofpuzzles and physical feats to obtainall the supplies needed for yoursurvival group back at the hotel. Call703-549-2997 or visitwww.CarlyleHouse.org.

Edgar Allan Poe Readings in theVault. 7-8 p.m. in Ivy Hill Cemetery,2823 King St. Presented in Ivy HillCemetery’s receiving vault, theclosest thing Alexandria has tocatacombs, the Guillotine TheaterCompany will perform some of EdgarAllan Poe’s readings. $10. Call 703-549-7413 x112 or visitivyhillcemetery.net

Nightmare on King Street. Judgingat 11 p.m. at Daniel O’Connell’s, 112King St. Free. Halloween Party. Livemusic by Driven to Clarity. Prizes forBest Female Costume, Best MaleCostume, and Best Group Costume.Call 703-739-1124 or visitwww.danieloconnells.com.

SUNDAY/OCT. 29Artists Reception. 1-3 p.m. at Green

Spring Gardens, Horticultural Center,4603 Green Spring Road. Artists, JanBurns, Madeleine Chen, and ShariMacFarlane will talk about theirexhibit, “Nature from Three Points ofView,” which will be on exhibitthrough Dec. 17. Call 703-642-5173.

Doggie Trick-or-Treat. 1-3 p.m. atThe Dog Park, 705 King St. Call 703-888-2818 or visitwww.thedogparkva.biz

Del Ray Halloween Parade. 2-4p.m. at Mount Vernon andCommonwealth avenues through DelRay. Children, pets and strollers incostumes are invited to march andshow off their finest and scariestHalloween garb with prizes indifferent categories. Free. Visitwww.visitdelray.com.

Meet the Authors. 2-5 p.m. at Beth ElHebrew Congregation, 3830Seminary Road. Three authors, andRobert Siegel, Host of NPR’s “AllThings Considered.” $25. Visitwww.bethelhebrew.org.

Art on theAvenueOn Saturday,Oct. 7, MountVernon Av-enue will bethe venue forthe 22nd an-nual Art onthe Avenuefestival in DelRay.

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SATURDAY/OCT. 7Metro – Fund It/Fix It. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,4301 Wilson Blvd. The League of Women Votersof the National Capital Area (LWVNCA) and theCoalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) will hold afree forum for the public to learn about fundingand fixing our Washington D.C. area Metrosystem. Event is free. Lunch will be available forpurchase ($10), but a request for lunch must bemade at the time of registration. Register atwww.eventbrite.com and search “Metro fund it.”

MONDAY/OCT. 9Columbus Day. All Alexandria City government

offices will be closed in observance of ColumbusDay. The following list includes scheduleinformation for other City facilities and partneragencies.

❖ Residential refuse and recycling collectionservices will be delayed by one day.

❖ The Household Hazardous Waste & ElectronicsRecycling Center will be closed.

❖ The Vola Lawson Animal Shelter will be openduring its regular hours, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.Animal visiting hours will begin at noon.

❖ The Alexandria Health Department (4480 KingSt.), the Flora Krause Casey Health Center(1200 N. Howard St.), and the Teen WellnessCenter at T.C. Williams High School (3329 KingSt.) will be closed.

❖ Four Historic Alexandria sites will be open: TheLyceum (open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.), Gadsby’sTavern Museum and the Stabler-LeadbeaterApothecary Museum (both open from 1 p.m.-5p.m.) and the Historic Alexandria Store (openfrom 11 a.m.-7 p.m.). The Alexandria BlackHistory Museum, Alexandria ArchaeologyMuseum, Fort Ward Museum and the FriendshipFirehouse Museum are closed on Mondays. Formore information, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Historic or call 703-746-4554.

❖ All emergency hotlines operate 24 hours a day,365 days a year, including the child protectiveservices hotline at 703-746-5800; the domesticviolence hotline at 703-746-4911; theemergency services for mental health or

substance abuse crisis hotline at 703-746-3401;the adult protective services hotline at 703-746-5778; and the sexual assault hotline at 703-683-7273.

❖ All Alexandria Library branches will be closed.The Alexandria Law Library (520 King St.) willalso be closed.

❖ The Alexandria Police Department will suspendenforcement of parking restrictions at meteredspaces, residential permit parking districts andother areas with posted parking time limits.Temporary no-parking signs will be enforced.

❖ The Chinquapin Park Recreation Center &Aquatics Facility will be open from 6 a.m. to 6p.m.; the Charles Houston Recreation Centerwill be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and theTorpedo Factory Art Center will be open from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All other City recreation andarts centers will be closed on October 9.

❖ All Alexandria City Public Schools andadministrative offices will be closed.

❖ Alexandria Transit Company’s DASH bus servicewill operate on a Saturday schedule. The freeKing Street Trolley will operate on its normalschedule, every 10 to 15 minutes, between theKing Street Metro Station and the Potomac Riverwaterfront, from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Formore information, visit www.dashbus.com.

WEDNESDAY/OCT. 11Community Workshop. 6:30 p.m. at the

Leonard “Chick” Armstrong Recreation Center,25 West Reed Ave. (formerly the Cora KellyRecreation Center). The Department ofRecreation, Parks and Cultural Activities willhold a community workshop with RebuildingTogether Alexandria to discuss improving: 3550Commonwealth Ave. and Four Mile Run Park atDale St. These park improvements are madepossible through Project Reinvest grantsreceived by Rebuilding Together Alexandria.Visit www.alexandriava.gov/92701 or call 703-746-5491.

THURSDAY/OCT. 12Freedom Day Dental Visits. Various day time

appointments at Dr. Kathleen Mullaney office,700 North Fairfax St. #230. Dr. Mullaney willbe providing Veterans free dental care. VisitWWW.Kathleenmullaneydds.com for more.

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Wright to Read, formerlyhoused at The CampagnaCenter before spinning off as

an independent 501c3 in 2012, resumedservices last month as a program of TheCampagna Center.

“Our decision was made after twoyears of thorough research, analysis anddeliberation of our program, our budget,and our effectiveness operating for thelast five years as an independent organi-zation,” said Jim Epstein, chair of Wrightto Read’s board of directors. “After con-sidering options to merge with a num-ber of organizations in the same field ofservice, returning to The Campagna Cen-

ter stood out as the natural choice becauseof its excellent reputation in the commu-nity, similarities with The CampagnaCenter’s existing services, and potentialopportunities to foster program expansion.The board voted unanimously and enthusi-astically to move forward with a transitionback to The Campagna Center, which hasalso been endorsed by The CampagnaCenter’s board of directors.”

Dr. Tammy Mann, president & CEO of TheCampagna Center shares her colleague’senthusiasm for the merger. “I can’t think ofa better time to welcome this program backinto our fold,” said Mann. “Wright to Read’smission and focus is highly synergistic with

The Campagna Center’s commitment to fos-ter academic success for the students weare privileged to serve. We welcome, withopen arms, the Wright to Read program,volunteers and students, and the continuedpartnership with the Frank and Betty WrightFoundation as we embark on this next phaseof our shared journey.”

Reaching out to the volunteers, donors,and supporters of Wright to Read, Epsteinreminds them of the need to remain in-volved: “Wright to Read has provided tu-toring and mentoring services to elemen-tary school children in Alexandria for thelast 38 years. As we look forward to con-tinuing our work through a renewed rela-

tionship with The Campagna Center, wealso look forward to your continued en-gagement with this vital work. Your helphas been and will be essential to ourongoing success.”

Wright to Read recruits, trains, andsupports volunteer tutors and mentorsto coach and tutor elementary schoolstudents on reading fundamentals.Volunteer tutors are matched with Al-exandria City Public School childrenwho are identified by their teachers asneeding help to read. Wright to Read’sJamie Barter and Luisa Reyes will tran-sition to The Campagna Center alongwith the program.

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Commission Presents Annual Beautification Awards

Landscape Architect Michael Vergason of Michael Vergason LandscapeArchitects of Old Town discusses his project at District Wharf at D.C.’sSouthwest Harbor while addressing the crowd at the 2017 AlexandriaBeautification Awards at the Lyceum.

Alexandria Beautification Commission member Anna Smith Lacey an-nounces award winners during the 2017 Alexandria BeautificationAwards on Sept. 27 at the Lyceum.

The Alexandria Beautification Commission (ABC) held its annualAwards Ceremony on Wednesday Sept. 27 to recognize city residents,organizations, and businesses and community groups for their effortsin contributing to the beautification of the City of Alexandria.

Mayor Allison Silberberg and members of City Councilpresent an award for Green Practices in Beautification forThe Four Mile Run Tidal Restoration Project to City Direc-tor Parks and Recreation James Spengler and MatthewLandes, principal planner for the city.

Mayor Allison Silberberg and members of City Council present an award for Commer-cial Beautification to Alexandria Country Day School Head of School Scott Baytoshand business manager Robert Powers, along with landscape architects ElliotRhodeside and Melissa Rainer of Alexandria-based Rhodeside and Hardwell.


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ABC LICENSECommonwealth Blue Ribbon Restaurants, LLC trading as Famous Dave’s, 6630 Rich-mond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22306 in Fairfax County. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

(ABC) for a Wine and Beer on Premises and Mixed Beverage on Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Elliott

Baum, LLC Manager. NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing

legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

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EthiopianNew YearCelebrationMelkam AddisAmet! MayorAllison Silberbergkicked off the 2ndAnnual EthiopianNew Year Celebra-tion on Saturday,Sept. 9. OtherEthiopian CoffeeCeremony partici-pants includedNuNu Wako, mis-tress of ceremo-nies, broadcastjournalist/film-maker; William D.

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Swearing-In TraditionMayor Allison Silberberg upheld a 30-year tradition of swearing-in the student councilat Alexandria Country Day School (ACDS) on Sept. 14. The mayor also took the time todiscuss the importance of service and education with students. ACDS traditions, likethis one, support leadership development, service-learning, and communication skills— all components of the school’s curriculum.

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Training for SuccessIn mid-September, a new class graduated from the Entrepreneur Training for Successand Grow My Business courses at Alexandria-based Empowered Women International.

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Euille, former mayor of Alexandria; Gathoni Kamau, community outreach specialist,National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution; Matthew Stensrud, chairmanof the Alexandria Commission for the Arts; and, Marta Ali, Marta Ali Studios. The eventwas hosted by Alexandria City’s Office of the Arts in collaboration with the Ethiopiancommunity, Smithsonian National Museum of African Arts, business and nonprofitorganizations in D.C. Metropolitan area.


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By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Twice recently, in print, I have been askedthe same question. Once on an evaluation of aprevious doctor appointment, and within thelast week, on a pre-registration form for an oralsurgeon.

The question: “How is your health?” “Exce-llent.” “Good.” Fair.” “Poor.” The two times Isaw this question, I snickered. I mean, I havecancer: Stage IV, non-small cell lung cancer infact, the terminal kind.

And even though I’ve lived way beyond myoriginal “13 month to two-year” prognosis,(eight and a half years and counting, alwayscounting), I’m still undergoing treatment. I seemy oncologist every three months. I’m not inremission. My tumors, so far as I’ve been told,are not necrotic (dead). I’m still scheduling CTScans, brain MRIs and PET Scans quarterly,semi-annually and yearly, respectively. Andwhile amazingly thrilled to be still alive, my fateturns on the results of any one of these diagnos-tic scans so I wonder aloud: how is my health?

In the two most recent opportunities (I’vehad others) to answer this question, I haveerred on the side of reality (my reality) andanswered “Poor.” Whether I’m up and about ordown and out, cancer is sort of the definition of‘poor,’ isn’t it? Let’s be honest: who wants toreceive a diagnosis of cancer, regardless oftype and/or stage. Moreover, it’s hardly the giftthat keeps on giving. Quite the opposite. It’slike the houseguest who never leaves. It’salways there and the more it’s around, theworse it’s likely to get.

As much as one tries, a cancer diagnosis ishard to forget. Whether you’re still undergoingtreatment as I am, or have been told you’recancer-free/in remission/N.E.D. (no evidence ofdisease), the prospect of a life unaltered by theexperience is unrealistic, especially so whenquestions are asked pertaining to your health.It’s not as if you become stigmatized by yourcancer diagnosis and/or medical history, butyou do become a lifetime member of a clubyou’d rather not have joined (the more seriousand exact opposite of a feeling expressed byGroucho Marx when he so famously joked thathe wouldn’t want to belong to a club thatwould have him as a member). If only it werethat simple – and funny.

A straight forward question about one’shealth which requires a thoughtful and honestanswer. Yet, an answer which somehow must,in my opinion, educate the asker. I’m not a nor-mal respondent (no comments from the peanutgallery). I’m a cancer patient/survivor.Presumably, my immune system is somewhatcompromised. What’s good for the goose isprobably not good for this gander. My lifeexpectancy is all fouled up. Cancer is likely incontrol.

As much as I want to delude myself other-wise, the writing, if not necessarily on the walls,is certainly in multiple books and journals. Andnot that there aren’t exceptions to every rule(my survival is proof of that), generally speak-ing, a cancer diagnosis “spells trouble with acapital ‘T,’” if I may invoke the late actor,Robert Preston, from his career-defining role asHarold Hill in the 1962 movie, “The MusicMan.” Still, life is going on, and not too badly, Imay add. But on any given day ... .

I suppose the solution then is an asterisk.But how does one add an asterisk to a stan-dardized form. And given the evolving nature ofour almost-entirely inhumane (non-human)electronic contact, where does one go/whatdoes one say, to separate and be heard. I wantto be treated equally, but as a cancer patient,I’m not. I’m different. If there’s a box for that,I’ll gladly check it. I want the best outcome,naturally. But not giving me the opportunity toproperly define myself/my circumstances does-n’t help either one of us. And does even less forthe next respondent.

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Emerica Karefa-Kargbo of McLean. Khalila alsoreceived the Fiction Award for her submission tothe 2017 edition of the Academy’s literary maga-zine, “Letters.”

❖ Victoria Catalina Voellm, of Alexandria,a junior at R-MA, received the AP U.S. History andHonors Spanish III Outstanding Performance Cer-tificates. Victoria is the daughter of Michael andRowena E. Voellm of Alexandria.

Patrick Benson, of Alexandria, graduatedfrom Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.) witha Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.

Emily Gaietto, of Alexandria, graduated fromMarquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.) with aBachelor of Science in biological sciences.

Robert O’Connell, of Alexandria, who isstudying networking and systems administration,made the dean’s list for the 2017 spring semesterat Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester,N.Y.).

Osmel Morales Aguilera, of Alexandria,graduated from The University of Akron (Ohio)earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Raven Moses, of Alexandria, earned dean’s listhonors for the spring 2017 semester at SaintJoseph’s University (Philadelphia, Pa.).

The following Alexandria students were namedto Dean’s List at Clemson University (Clemson,S.C.) for the spring 2017 semester:

❖ Tyler R. Ard, majoring in mechanical engi-neering

❖ Claude Cage Atkins, majoring in financialmanagement

❖ Ann Elizabeth Barletta, majoring in politi-cal science

❖ Colin Francis Gregory, majoring in man-agement

❖ Samantha Margaret Kathry Murphy,majoring in history

❖ Alexa M. White, majoring in elementaryeducation

Edward Dorneles, of Alexandria, graduatedfrom Roger Williams University (Bristol, R.I.) withan A.S. in paralegal studies.

Brooke Jordan, of Alexandria, received aMaster of Business Administration in managementfrom Frostburg State University (Frostburg, Md.)

Hannah Rose, of Alexandria, graduated inMay from the University of Rhode Island, receiv-ing a Master of Science in dietetics.

Hannah Rowell, of Alexandria, graduatedfrom High Point University (High Point, N.C.).

Blake Pohanka, of Alexandria, graduatedfrom High Point University (High Point, N.C.).

Patrick Sansone, of Alexandria, who will beattending University of Notre

Dame, received a Andrews Federal Credit Union2017 scholarship at its 69th annual meeting.

Brendan Loveng, of Alexandria, graduatedfrom Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, Pa.). Heplans to attend Bucknell University.

Donovan Whipple, a resident of Alexandriamajoring in business administration, was named tothe dean’s list in Ithaca (N.Y) College’s School ofBusiness for the spring 2017 semester.

Caroline Hickey, of Alexandria, has beennamed to the Midwest Conference’s Academic All-Conference list for the 2016-17 academic year andathletic season.

Hickey, whose major at Knox College(Galesburg, Ill.) is self-designed, was recognizedfor academic performance while a Prairie Fire ath-lete in Women’s Indoor Track and Field; Women’sOutdoor Track and Field.

Robert W. Archie, of Alexandria, has madedean’s list at St. Lawrence University’s (Canton,N.Y.). Archie is a member of the class of 2018 andis majoring in economics and business in the lib-eral arts. Archie attended Episcopal High School.


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