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TimesAlexandriaVol 14 No 52 Alexandriarsquos only independent hometown newspaper DECEMBER 28 2017
2017Year in Review
2 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Ask Us How we can help you save 15 of your loan amount up to $10000
HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
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HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
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$10000 in closing costs
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed RealtyBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed Realty
We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
Wishing You All a Very HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
From all of us at
Ask Us How we can help you grow your wealth with savings of up to
$10000 in closing costs
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed RealtyBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed Realty
We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
Wishing You All a Very
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
From all of us at
Ask Us How we can help you grow your wealth with savings of up to
$10000 in closing costs
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed RealtyBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed Realty
We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
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bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
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Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
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bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
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bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
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Wishing You All a Very
THINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEARTHINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEARTHINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEAR
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 3
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A look back on 2017In this our year-in-review issue we pause
to take stock of what has transpired during the 12 months of the expiring calendar year Some events acquire clarity with the passage of a few months more recent happenings are sometimes still coming into focus while others leave emotional scars that the passage of time does not fully heal
Falling into the latter category is the shootout that took place at Eugene Simpson Park Field on June 14 James T Hodgkinson opened fire on Republican congressmen and aides while they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game
What is most miraculous about that day is that Hodgkinson himself was the only person killed though the House Majority Whip Rep Steve Scalise (R-La) was critically wounded and is still recovering from injuries he suffered
Several factors prevented further loss of life which deserve repeating and celebrating First Simpson Field groundskeeper Marvin Paz had locked the gate on the third base side of the park which prevented Hodgkinson from enter-ing the field The courageous actions of capitol police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey and of Alexandria Police Department officers Alexander Jensen Kevin Jobe and Nicole Batt-aglia coupled with the quick arrival of Alexan-dria EMT personnel on the scene helped save Scalise and others
It was a horrible day but it could have been so much worse And in the aftermath of the atrocious event Alexandrians from across the city but particularly the Del Ray neighbor-hood rallied and reaffirmed their commitment to our community
Despite this something changed in Alex-andria on June 14 Until a tragedy hits close to home therersquos a sense of ldquoothernessrdquo to terrible events Mass shootings only happen in other places ndash until one happens in your hometown We always knew the unthinkable could happen here but we didnrsquot have to confront that possi-bility Now we do and itrsquos unsettling
In fact if there was a theme to 2017 it was various types of change
A shift in the political winds following the surprise election of Donald Trump as president last November brought different types of po-litical activism to the forefront in Alexandria Heretofore unseen political elements such as Alt-rightcom set up shop in Alexandria This led to sporadic protests outside their Old Town office All of these events led many in Alexan-dria to post signs emphasizing kindness and inclusion
Dramatic change also came to Alexandriarsquos waterfront in 2017 Hotel Indigo opened a new
boat club has been erected and the Robinson Terminal South site has been excavated and is about to be rebuilt into Robinson Landing townhomes
Significant change also occurred within Al-exandria City Public Schools In 12 months the city has had one superintendent resign an in-terim superintendent fill in capably and a new superintendent be named There was a change at the helm of Alexandriarsquos lone public high school with Peter Balas taking the reins And long-time beloved elementary school princi-pal Lucretia Jackson retired after more than 30 years at ACPS
Our city schools were also involved in the yearrsquos most acrimonious issue as Crawleyrsquos request for funds within the cityrsquos 10-year CIP plan increased by almost 100 percent over a few-month span Schools advocates reacted angrily when others in the community includ-ing city council balked at approving such a large increase coupled with a significant hike in the ACPS operating budget
Lastly significant change occurred within the Alexandria Times itself this year as Alexa Epitropoulos joined the paper in April as man-aging editor and reporter Her work revamping our digital offerings ndash including daily news up-dates ndash as well as her work covering the local business community has taken the Times in exciting new directions New graphic designer Aleksandra Kochurova has tweaked our fonts and presentation giving the paper a fresh modern look And new reporter Missy Schrott has quickly made her mark with compelling feature stories
This new team has enabled the Times to tackle our most ambitious reporting endeavor to date the seven-part series on opioids in Al-exandria that culminated in last weekrsquos front page story in which Epitropoulos told the sto-ries of two recovering addicts who reside in the city More exciting projects are in the works some of which we will be announcing in early 2018
Finally we would like to thank our readers and advertisers We thank Alexandria residents not only for reading writing in to us and voic-ing your views on important issues within the city but also for your willingness to reach out to us with tips on potential stories and for of-fering to talk with us and tell us your stories
And the Times would simply not exist with-out our advertisers who see the value that showcasing their businesses and services in our paper brings to them and who also see the val-ue that a community newspaper brings to the entire city
Happy holidays and best wishes for 2018
4 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Alexandria is feeling the potent effects of the national opioid epidemic with a sharp increase in the past two years in the number of overdoses coupled with a shortage of treatment options for those addicted to heroin and synthetic opioids
Forty-four Alexandria residents died due to opioid overdoses between 2012 and 2016 according to statistics from the cityrsquos health department The number of Alexandria residents treated for opioid overdoses in regional hospitals jumped to 105 in 2016 up from 88 overdoses in 2015 As of May 2017 there were 41 Alexandrians treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms and if the trend continues the city is on track to have an all-time high of 123 overdoses by
the end of the year At the same time the city
has experienced a downturn in available treatment options due to staffing shortages in the cityrsquos opioid treatment facilities During both FY16 and FY17 the treatment program was closed
for new admissions other than pregnant women for extended periods of time In addition 26 percent more addicts in the cityrsquos overall substance abuse treatment programs in 2016 admitted to using opioids than in 2015
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THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
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This puppy will soon undergo an operation to repair
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~ Happy New Year One amp All ~The cats amp dogs at the Shelter would like to thank you for your year-end charitable
contributions to feed and comfort them as they await adoption
2017 has been a wonderful year for many of their friends who found loving homes here in
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visit the Shelter to see if you might have room in your heart and home for a new best friend
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THANK YOU ALEXANDRIA
Investigating the opioid epidemic in Alexandria A seven part series
Alexandria is not immune to the nation-wide opioid epidemic as overdoses arrests and those seeking treatment have all grown exponentially here in the past two years In a multi-part series that ran from May through December 2017 Times reporters editors and graphic designers examined various facets of the crisis from statistics to stories of Alexandrians affected by the opioid scourge Seven investigative stories coupled with editorials columns and breaking news accounts comprised the coverage Summaries of the investigative stories can be found below The full package can be read at wwwalextimescomnewsopioids-in-alexandria
Part one
Two-year surge has responders working overtime
Part two
City treatment program faces staffing funding constraintsAs Alexandriarsquos opioid crisis
continues to grow the cityrsquos treatment program ndash one of four run by local governments in Virginia ndash faces constraints in staffing and funding This lack of funding created a challenging 2015 for the opioid program The number of people receiving help peaked at 130 patients that December while a number of key employees left
Susan Tatum director of the opioid treatment program said funding and staffing are deeply interconnected The
program has a small staff with a doctor a pharmacist a case manager three clinically licensed therapists two licensed practical nurses one registered nurse and a part time nurse practitioner Tatum said just one extended absence can have far-reaching impacts especially in a treatment program that runs seven days a week 365 days a year
Any staff absence or funding decrease is deeply felt by the nearly 200 patients who depend on the opioid treatment program
in some way every year ndash either for outpatient services like therapy case management medication-assisted treatment or for the most severe cases inpatient withdrawal management services which has the capacity to house 35 patients at a time
Tatum said the individuals who turn to city-sponsored opioid programs in most cases are those who canrsquot go anywhere else
ldquoPublic resources exist for folks who donrsquot have other options in a lot of casesrdquo Tatum said
GRAPHICS BY EVAN BERKOWITZ
For more opioid stories please see page 29
Projection based on year to dateSOURCE ALEXANDRIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For part of 16 and 17 only preg-nant women were admitted as new patients due to a staffing shortage
daggerProjection based on year to dateSOURCE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
COURTESY PHOTO
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
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City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
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Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
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PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
Wishing You All a Very HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
From all of us at
Ask Us How we can help you grow your wealth with savings of up to
$10000 in closing costs
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed RealtyBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed Realty
We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
Wishing You All a Very
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
HAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEARHAPPY NEW YEAR
From all of us at
Ask Us How we can help you grow your wealth with savings of up to
$10000 in closing costs
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed RealtyBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices | PenFed Realty
We are thankful for our great clients this yearand look forward to helping you in 2017
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
HUGE PricE DroP Beautiful townhouse with updated kitchen and baths custom hardwoods new carpet gas fireplace garage and double decks Estab- lished community with great amenities and close to I95 I395 the Pentagon DC and 2 Metros
GrAnD HomE GorGEoUs finisHinGs Curved staircase 2-story family room palladium windows French doors to deck Formal dining room Walkout LL with wet bar rec room 2 bedrooms amp den Two miles to Tysons Corner Silver Line Metro and easy access to DC amp MD
LovE tHE nEW PricE Captivating designer home built for entertaining or cozy nights Elegant kitchen formal living and dining rooms large deck screened porch and beautiful gardens with walking paths Many extras - call for list Near 2 metrosbus
PricE imProvED Steps away from Bluemont Park WampOD and 15 miles to Ballston Metro Banquet sized dining room high end kitchen with double oven SS appliances and granite countertops Sunny fully finished wo basement with bedroom and bath
bull 6 Bedrooms 65 Bathsbull Grand Foyerbull Palladium Windowsbull Gourmet Kitchen
bull 4+ bedrooms 5 bathsbull 2 Fireplacesbull 10 ft ceilingsbull Au Pair Suite
bull 4 Bedrooms 4 Bathsbull Brazilian Cherry floorsbull Chefrsquos Kitchenbull MBR wLuxury Bath
copy2015 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Af filiates LLCBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity Terms and conditions apply and are subject to change without notice
Call Maxine McLeod Miller Managing Broker at 703-836-1464 300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria 22314
Arlington $745000 CArlin SpringS
oWn for LEss tHAn rEnt Why rent when you can buy for less Great location 13 mins to Ft Myer 16 mins to Reagan Airport 10 Mins to Ballston Metro and shopping and restaurants in downtown Arlington Lots of parking and extra storage included
Ask AboUt cLosinG cost AssistAncE Do not miss this outstanding opportunity to own your very own home close to Old Town National Harbor and major commuting routes A perfect pied a terre or way to stop paying the landlord
A fAbULoUs bUy Located near shopping future Silver Line Metro amp Dulles IAP Kitchen amp bath renovations new carpet granite countertops stainless appliances and washerdryer too Bonus Shed pre-stocked with lawn tools and snow blower
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull 4th Floor Condobull Open Floor Planbull Parking
bull 1 Bedroom 1 Bathbull Steps to Huntington Metrobull Front Door Securitybull Lots of Parking and Storage Room
bull 4 Bedrooms 255 Bathsbull Over $45K in Updatesbull Large Deckbull Garage
Herndon $549900 WeSt ox CluSter AlexAndriA $485000 overlook
bull 2 Bedrooms 1 Bathbull Fireplacebull Hardwood Floorsbull Private Entrance
oWn A cornEr of Dc Treat yourself this holiday to a fabulous move-in ready townhome style condo and enjoy the benefits of owning with condo convenience Featuring an open floorplan 42 cabinets crown molding patio fresh paint new app- liances and a fireplace too
WASHington dC $479900 logAn CirCle AlexAndriA $109000 FAirington Arlington $128900 ColumbiA knollS
mCleAn $1599000 mApleWood AlexAndriA $885900 buSH Hill WoodS
comPLEtELy rEnovAtED Arlington Colonial will knock your socks off Gorgeous living room w stone fireplace Kitchen w antique white cabinets granite countertops stainless appliances Modern baths finished walk-out lower level screened porch fenced yard amp garage
Arlington $669900 glen CArlyn
bull 3 Bedrooms 15 Bathsbull Refinished Hardwoodsbull New HVACbull Freshly Painted
up to in closing costs$10000
We help our clients build their wealth
Ask us how we can help you save
300 N Washington St Suite 100 Alexandria VA 22314
copy2016 BHH Affiliates LLC An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates LLC Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America Inc reg Equal Housing Opportunity
bull 3 Bedrooms 35 Bathsbull Updated Kitchenbull Renovated Bathsbull Upper and Lower Decks
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THINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEARTHINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEARTHINKING OF A MOVE IN THE NEW YEAR
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A look back on 2017In this our year-in-review issue we pause
to take stock of what has transpired during the 12 months of the expiring calendar year Some events acquire clarity with the passage of a few months more recent happenings are sometimes still coming into focus while others leave emotional scars that the passage of time does not fully heal
Falling into the latter category is the shootout that took place at Eugene Simpson Park Field on June 14 James T Hodgkinson opened fire on Republican congressmen and aides while they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game
What is most miraculous about that day is that Hodgkinson himself was the only person killed though the House Majority Whip Rep Steve Scalise (R-La) was critically wounded and is still recovering from injuries he suffered
Several factors prevented further loss of life which deserve repeating and celebrating First Simpson Field groundskeeper Marvin Paz had locked the gate on the third base side of the park which prevented Hodgkinson from enter-ing the field The courageous actions of capitol police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey and of Alexandria Police Department officers Alexander Jensen Kevin Jobe and Nicole Batt-aglia coupled with the quick arrival of Alexan-dria EMT personnel on the scene helped save Scalise and others
It was a horrible day but it could have been so much worse And in the aftermath of the atrocious event Alexandrians from across the city but particularly the Del Ray neighbor-hood rallied and reaffirmed their commitment to our community
Despite this something changed in Alex-andria on June 14 Until a tragedy hits close to home therersquos a sense of ldquoothernessrdquo to terrible events Mass shootings only happen in other places ndash until one happens in your hometown We always knew the unthinkable could happen here but we didnrsquot have to confront that possi-bility Now we do and itrsquos unsettling
In fact if there was a theme to 2017 it was various types of change
A shift in the political winds following the surprise election of Donald Trump as president last November brought different types of po-litical activism to the forefront in Alexandria Heretofore unseen political elements such as Alt-rightcom set up shop in Alexandria This led to sporadic protests outside their Old Town office All of these events led many in Alexan-dria to post signs emphasizing kindness and inclusion
Dramatic change also came to Alexandriarsquos waterfront in 2017 Hotel Indigo opened a new
boat club has been erected and the Robinson Terminal South site has been excavated and is about to be rebuilt into Robinson Landing townhomes
Significant change also occurred within Al-exandria City Public Schools In 12 months the city has had one superintendent resign an in-terim superintendent fill in capably and a new superintendent be named There was a change at the helm of Alexandriarsquos lone public high school with Peter Balas taking the reins And long-time beloved elementary school princi-pal Lucretia Jackson retired after more than 30 years at ACPS
Our city schools were also involved in the yearrsquos most acrimonious issue as Crawleyrsquos request for funds within the cityrsquos 10-year CIP plan increased by almost 100 percent over a few-month span Schools advocates reacted angrily when others in the community includ-ing city council balked at approving such a large increase coupled with a significant hike in the ACPS operating budget
Lastly significant change occurred within the Alexandria Times itself this year as Alexa Epitropoulos joined the paper in April as man-aging editor and reporter Her work revamping our digital offerings ndash including daily news up-dates ndash as well as her work covering the local business community has taken the Times in exciting new directions New graphic designer Aleksandra Kochurova has tweaked our fonts and presentation giving the paper a fresh modern look And new reporter Missy Schrott has quickly made her mark with compelling feature stories
This new team has enabled the Times to tackle our most ambitious reporting endeavor to date the seven-part series on opioids in Al-exandria that culminated in last weekrsquos front page story in which Epitropoulos told the sto-ries of two recovering addicts who reside in the city More exciting projects are in the works some of which we will be announcing in early 2018
Finally we would like to thank our readers and advertisers We thank Alexandria residents not only for reading writing in to us and voic-ing your views on important issues within the city but also for your willingness to reach out to us with tips on potential stories and for of-fering to talk with us and tell us your stories
And the Times would simply not exist with-out our advertisers who see the value that showcasing their businesses and services in our paper brings to them and who also see the val-ue that a community newspaper brings to the entire city
Happy holidays and best wishes for 2018
4 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Alexandria is feeling the potent effects of the national opioid epidemic with a sharp increase in the past two years in the number of overdoses coupled with a shortage of treatment options for those addicted to heroin and synthetic opioids
Forty-four Alexandria residents died due to opioid overdoses between 2012 and 2016 according to statistics from the cityrsquos health department The number of Alexandria residents treated for opioid overdoses in regional hospitals jumped to 105 in 2016 up from 88 overdoses in 2015 As of May 2017 there were 41 Alexandrians treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms and if the trend continues the city is on track to have an all-time high of 123 overdoses by
the end of the year At the same time the city
has experienced a downturn in available treatment options due to staffing shortages in the cityrsquos opioid treatment facilities During both FY16 and FY17 the treatment program was closed
for new admissions other than pregnant women for extended periods of time In addition 26 percent more addicts in the cityrsquos overall substance abuse treatment programs in 2016 admitted to using opioids than in 2015
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THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
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2017 has been a wonderful year for many of their friends who found loving homes here in
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THANK YOU ALEXANDRIA
Investigating the opioid epidemic in Alexandria A seven part series
Alexandria is not immune to the nation-wide opioid epidemic as overdoses arrests and those seeking treatment have all grown exponentially here in the past two years In a multi-part series that ran from May through December 2017 Times reporters editors and graphic designers examined various facets of the crisis from statistics to stories of Alexandrians affected by the opioid scourge Seven investigative stories coupled with editorials columns and breaking news accounts comprised the coverage Summaries of the investigative stories can be found below The full package can be read at wwwalextimescomnewsopioids-in-alexandria
Part one
Two-year surge has responders working overtime
Part two
City treatment program faces staffing funding constraintsAs Alexandriarsquos opioid crisis
continues to grow the cityrsquos treatment program ndash one of four run by local governments in Virginia ndash faces constraints in staffing and funding This lack of funding created a challenging 2015 for the opioid program The number of people receiving help peaked at 130 patients that December while a number of key employees left
Susan Tatum director of the opioid treatment program said funding and staffing are deeply interconnected The
program has a small staff with a doctor a pharmacist a case manager three clinically licensed therapists two licensed practical nurses one registered nurse and a part time nurse practitioner Tatum said just one extended absence can have far-reaching impacts especially in a treatment program that runs seven days a week 365 days a year
Any staff absence or funding decrease is deeply felt by the nearly 200 patients who depend on the opioid treatment program
in some way every year ndash either for outpatient services like therapy case management medication-assisted treatment or for the most severe cases inpatient withdrawal management services which has the capacity to house 35 patients at a time
Tatum said the individuals who turn to city-sponsored opioid programs in most cases are those who canrsquot go anywhere else
ldquoPublic resources exist for folks who donrsquot have other options in a lot of casesrdquo Tatum said
GRAPHICS BY EVAN BERKOWITZ
For more opioid stories please see page 29
Projection based on year to dateSOURCE ALEXANDRIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For part of 16 and 17 only preg-nant women were admitted as new patients due to a staffing shortage
daggerProjection based on year to dateSOURCE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
COURTESY PHOTO
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Recommendation Boundaries 2019-20Charles Barrett
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Mount Vernon
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
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PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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for those causes that matter to you
wwwactforalexandriaorg
A look back on 2017In this our year-in-review issue we pause
to take stock of what has transpired during the 12 months of the expiring calendar year Some events acquire clarity with the passage of a few months more recent happenings are sometimes still coming into focus while others leave emotional scars that the passage of time does not fully heal
Falling into the latter category is the shootout that took place at Eugene Simpson Park Field on June 14 James T Hodgkinson opened fire on Republican congressmen and aides while they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game
What is most miraculous about that day is that Hodgkinson himself was the only person killed though the House Majority Whip Rep Steve Scalise (R-La) was critically wounded and is still recovering from injuries he suffered
Several factors prevented further loss of life which deserve repeating and celebrating First Simpson Field groundskeeper Marvin Paz had locked the gate on the third base side of the park which prevented Hodgkinson from enter-ing the field The courageous actions of capitol police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey and of Alexandria Police Department officers Alexander Jensen Kevin Jobe and Nicole Batt-aglia coupled with the quick arrival of Alexan-dria EMT personnel on the scene helped save Scalise and others
It was a horrible day but it could have been so much worse And in the aftermath of the atrocious event Alexandrians from across the city but particularly the Del Ray neighbor-hood rallied and reaffirmed their commitment to our community
Despite this something changed in Alex-andria on June 14 Until a tragedy hits close to home therersquos a sense of ldquoothernessrdquo to terrible events Mass shootings only happen in other places ndash until one happens in your hometown We always knew the unthinkable could happen here but we didnrsquot have to confront that possi-bility Now we do and itrsquos unsettling
In fact if there was a theme to 2017 it was various types of change
A shift in the political winds following the surprise election of Donald Trump as president last November brought different types of po-litical activism to the forefront in Alexandria Heretofore unseen political elements such as Alt-rightcom set up shop in Alexandria This led to sporadic protests outside their Old Town office All of these events led many in Alexan-dria to post signs emphasizing kindness and inclusion
Dramatic change also came to Alexandriarsquos waterfront in 2017 Hotel Indigo opened a new
boat club has been erected and the Robinson Terminal South site has been excavated and is about to be rebuilt into Robinson Landing townhomes
Significant change also occurred within Al-exandria City Public Schools In 12 months the city has had one superintendent resign an in-terim superintendent fill in capably and a new superintendent be named There was a change at the helm of Alexandriarsquos lone public high school with Peter Balas taking the reins And long-time beloved elementary school princi-pal Lucretia Jackson retired after more than 30 years at ACPS
Our city schools were also involved in the yearrsquos most acrimonious issue as Crawleyrsquos request for funds within the cityrsquos 10-year CIP plan increased by almost 100 percent over a few-month span Schools advocates reacted angrily when others in the community includ-ing city council balked at approving such a large increase coupled with a significant hike in the ACPS operating budget
Lastly significant change occurred within the Alexandria Times itself this year as Alexa Epitropoulos joined the paper in April as man-aging editor and reporter Her work revamping our digital offerings ndash including daily news up-dates ndash as well as her work covering the local business community has taken the Times in exciting new directions New graphic designer Aleksandra Kochurova has tweaked our fonts and presentation giving the paper a fresh modern look And new reporter Missy Schrott has quickly made her mark with compelling feature stories
This new team has enabled the Times to tackle our most ambitious reporting endeavor to date the seven-part series on opioids in Al-exandria that culminated in last weekrsquos front page story in which Epitropoulos told the sto-ries of two recovering addicts who reside in the city More exciting projects are in the works some of which we will be announcing in early 2018
Finally we would like to thank our readers and advertisers We thank Alexandria residents not only for reading writing in to us and voic-ing your views on important issues within the city but also for your willingness to reach out to us with tips on potential stories and for of-fering to talk with us and tell us your stories
And the Times would simply not exist with-out our advertisers who see the value that showcasing their businesses and services in our paper brings to them and who also see the val-ue that a community newspaper brings to the entire city
Happy holidays and best wishes for 2018
4 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Alexandria is feeling the potent effects of the national opioid epidemic with a sharp increase in the past two years in the number of overdoses coupled with a shortage of treatment options for those addicted to heroin and synthetic opioids
Forty-four Alexandria residents died due to opioid overdoses between 2012 and 2016 according to statistics from the cityrsquos health department The number of Alexandria residents treated for opioid overdoses in regional hospitals jumped to 105 in 2016 up from 88 overdoses in 2015 As of May 2017 there were 41 Alexandrians treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms and if the trend continues the city is on track to have an all-time high of 123 overdoses by
the end of the year At the same time the city
has experienced a downturn in available treatment options due to staffing shortages in the cityrsquos opioid treatment facilities During both FY16 and FY17 the treatment program was closed
for new admissions other than pregnant women for extended periods of time In addition 26 percent more addicts in the cityrsquos overall substance abuse treatment programs in 2016 admitted to using opioids than in 2015
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THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
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2017 has been a wonderful year for many of their friends who found loving homes here in
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THANK YOU ALEXANDRIA
Investigating the opioid epidemic in Alexandria A seven part series
Alexandria is not immune to the nation-wide opioid epidemic as overdoses arrests and those seeking treatment have all grown exponentially here in the past two years In a multi-part series that ran from May through December 2017 Times reporters editors and graphic designers examined various facets of the crisis from statistics to stories of Alexandrians affected by the opioid scourge Seven investigative stories coupled with editorials columns and breaking news accounts comprised the coverage Summaries of the investigative stories can be found below The full package can be read at wwwalextimescomnewsopioids-in-alexandria
Part one
Two-year surge has responders working overtime
Part two
City treatment program faces staffing funding constraintsAs Alexandriarsquos opioid crisis
continues to grow the cityrsquos treatment program ndash one of four run by local governments in Virginia ndash faces constraints in staffing and funding This lack of funding created a challenging 2015 for the opioid program The number of people receiving help peaked at 130 patients that December while a number of key employees left
Susan Tatum director of the opioid treatment program said funding and staffing are deeply interconnected The
program has a small staff with a doctor a pharmacist a case manager three clinically licensed therapists two licensed practical nurses one registered nurse and a part time nurse practitioner Tatum said just one extended absence can have far-reaching impacts especially in a treatment program that runs seven days a week 365 days a year
Any staff absence or funding decrease is deeply felt by the nearly 200 patients who depend on the opioid treatment program
in some way every year ndash either for outpatient services like therapy case management medication-assisted treatment or for the most severe cases inpatient withdrawal management services which has the capacity to house 35 patients at a time
Tatum said the individuals who turn to city-sponsored opioid programs in most cases are those who canrsquot go anywhere else
ldquoPublic resources exist for folks who donrsquot have other options in a lot of casesrdquo Tatum said
GRAPHICS BY EVAN BERKOWITZ
For more opioid stories please see page 29
Projection based on year to dateSOURCE ALEXANDRIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For part of 16 and 17 only preg-nant women were admitted as new patients due to a staffing shortage
daggerProjection based on year to dateSOURCE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
COURTESY PHOTO
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
IMAGEACPS
10 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
COURTESY PHOTO
18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
4 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Alexandria is feeling the potent effects of the national opioid epidemic with a sharp increase in the past two years in the number of overdoses coupled with a shortage of treatment options for those addicted to heroin and synthetic opioids
Forty-four Alexandria residents died due to opioid overdoses between 2012 and 2016 according to statistics from the cityrsquos health department The number of Alexandria residents treated for opioid overdoses in regional hospitals jumped to 105 in 2016 up from 88 overdoses in 2015 As of May 2017 there were 41 Alexandrians treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms and if the trend continues the city is on track to have an all-time high of 123 overdoses by
the end of the year At the same time the city
has experienced a downturn in available treatment options due to staffing shortages in the cityrsquos opioid treatment facilities During both FY16 and FY17 the treatment program was closed
for new admissions other than pregnant women for extended periods of time In addition 26 percent more addicts in the cityrsquos overall substance abuse treatment programs in 2016 admitted to using opioids than in 2015
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THE CREMATION GARDENS THE CREMATION GARDENSIVY HILL CEMETERYIVY HILL CEMETERYATAT
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The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is brought to you by Diann Carlson finding homes for pets and people too
wwwdiannhickscom
~ Canine Health Care ~
wwwdiannhickscom
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks finding
homes for pets and humans alike
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SARAHrsquoS FUND PLEASE CALL
703-746-4774 OR VISIT US AT wwwALExANDRIAANIMALSORgDONATE
THANk yOU
Puppies require surgery sometimes ldquoSarahrsquos Fundrdquo
provides Shelter pets with needed procedures
This puppy will soon undergo an operation to repair
ldquopulmonic stenosisrdquo with donations from Alexandrians
Your five-dollar donation adds to Sarahrsquos Fund and
together with contributions of others ensures that
medical care is there when needed
ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK
~ Special Needs ~Extra patience may be required to adopt Flash At
age 4 he is energetic and needs encouragement to slow down
Hersquos lost a leg but gained perspective on whatrsquos important be happy each day and love those
around you Flash well knows this credo and hopes for a home of his own to share the love
For iNFo about alexaNdriarsquoS adoptable petS pleaSe viSit wwwalexandriaanimalsorg
tHaNK You
The Alexandria Animal Shelterrsquos Pet of the Week is sponsored by Diann Hicks Carlson finding homes for pets and humans alike
R E A L T O R Sreg
~ Happy New Year One amp All ~The cats amp dogs at the Shelter would like to thank you for your year-end charitable
contributions to feed and comfort them as they await adoption
2017 has been a wonderful year for many of their friends who found loving homes here in
Alexandria with families of their own As the new year dawns we again invite you to
visit the Shelter to see if you might have room in your heart and home for a new best friend
PLEASE VISIT alexandriaanimalsorg and call 704-746-4774
THANK YOU ALEXANDRIA
Investigating the opioid epidemic in Alexandria A seven part series
Alexandria is not immune to the nation-wide opioid epidemic as overdoses arrests and those seeking treatment have all grown exponentially here in the past two years In a multi-part series that ran from May through December 2017 Times reporters editors and graphic designers examined various facets of the crisis from statistics to stories of Alexandrians affected by the opioid scourge Seven investigative stories coupled with editorials columns and breaking news accounts comprised the coverage Summaries of the investigative stories can be found below The full package can be read at wwwalextimescomnewsopioids-in-alexandria
Part one
Two-year surge has responders working overtime
Part two
City treatment program faces staffing funding constraintsAs Alexandriarsquos opioid crisis
continues to grow the cityrsquos treatment program ndash one of four run by local governments in Virginia ndash faces constraints in staffing and funding This lack of funding created a challenging 2015 for the opioid program The number of people receiving help peaked at 130 patients that December while a number of key employees left
Susan Tatum director of the opioid treatment program said funding and staffing are deeply interconnected The
program has a small staff with a doctor a pharmacist a case manager three clinically licensed therapists two licensed practical nurses one registered nurse and a part time nurse practitioner Tatum said just one extended absence can have far-reaching impacts especially in a treatment program that runs seven days a week 365 days a year
Any staff absence or funding decrease is deeply felt by the nearly 200 patients who depend on the opioid treatment program
in some way every year ndash either for outpatient services like therapy case management medication-assisted treatment or for the most severe cases inpatient withdrawal management services which has the capacity to house 35 patients at a time
Tatum said the individuals who turn to city-sponsored opioid programs in most cases are those who canrsquot go anywhere else
ldquoPublic resources exist for folks who donrsquot have other options in a lot of casesrdquo Tatum said
GRAPHICS BY EVAN BERKOWITZ
For more opioid stories please see page 29
Projection based on year to dateSOURCE ALEXANDRIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For part of 16 and 17 only preg-nant women were admitted as new patients due to a staffing shortage
daggerProjection based on year to dateSOURCE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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Brandywine resident since 2014
BRANDYWINE LIVINGbecause I still look forward to snow days
6 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
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Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
IMAGEACPS
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
FILE PHOTO
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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24 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 5
Call Samantha or Susan at 7039403300
Opening Soon | 5550 Cardinal Place | Alexandria VA 22304 | wwwBrandycarecom
Brandywine resident since 2014
BRANDYWINE LIVINGbecause I still look forward to snow days
6 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
COURTESY PHOTO
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Recommendation Boundaries 2019-20Charles Barrett
Cora Kelly
Douglas MacArthur
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Jefferson-Houston
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Matthew Maury
Mount Vernon
New ES
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
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City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
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10 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
w w w t h e l i t t l e t h e at r e c o m600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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FILE PHOTO
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
6 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JANUARY
Alexandrians ready for new administration
Alexandrians of all political stripes prepared in anticipation of Donald Trumprsquos inauguration as the 45th president of the United States on Jan 20 Local Republicans readied for inau-gural balls and celebrations while Democrats organized and planned protests
The Alexandria Police Department and Sheriffrsquos Office were well represented at the in-auguration ceremony Police officers and sher-iffrsquos deputies assisted their peers from DCrsquos Metropolitan Police Department and other de-partments from across the country with crowd control during Trumprsquos swearing-in and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
Several members of the new presidentrsquos administration resided in Alexandria including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and
Press Secretary Sean Spicer neither of whom remained in their posts the entire year
After being named press secretary Spicer told the Times it was the fulfillment of a dream
ldquoIf yoursquore a communicator this is the major leagues the World Series of communicationsrdquo Spicer said ldquoFrom a very young age I thought lsquoMaybe Irsquoll get a shot at doing thatrsquo You always wonder if that will ever happen so when that opportunity presents itself you have to grab hold of itrdquo
Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman Clarence Tong said that attendance at local meetings skyrocketed following the election while hundreds of city residents participated in the Womenrsquos March on Washington that took place Jan 21
Michael Brown named Alexan-dria police chief
City Manager Mark Jinks tapped seasoned police veteran Michael Brown to become Alex-andria chief of police following the retirement of Earl Cook in late 2016 Brown rose through the ranks of the California Highway Patrol starting as a police officer in Los Angeles in 1977 He later served as California state com-missioner from 2004 to 2008 As commissioner he led a law enforcement agency with approx-imately 7900 sworn personnel 3100 civilian staff more than 100 field offices and a budget of $18 billion
Brown had resided in Alexan-dria since 2010 when he became director of the office of impaired driving and occupant protection at the National Highway Traffic Safe-ty Administration where he was responsible for the development and implementation of national traffic safety policy and best prac-tices
Brown said in an interview with the Times that one of his empha-ses would be community policing in which officers build relation-ships with residents
ldquoThe effectiveness of a police department really depends upon the relationships you establish within the communityrdquo he said ldquoThat speaks to the police legit-imacy and everything else and also provides a vehicle for the community to communicate to us what their needs are Thatrsquos incredibly important in policing to-day and I hope to do that with the Alexandria Police Departmentrdquo
Jinks praised Brownrsquos back-ground particularly in the realm of community policing when an-nouncing the appointment
-ddunbaralextimescom
lsquoAlt-rightrsquo arrives in Alexandria
An ldquoalt-rightrdquo website launched in mid-January around President Donald Trumprsquos in-auguration with its operations based on King Street in the heart of Old Town The AltRightcom website listed three mem-bers of its leadership team Daniel Friberg Jason Jorjani and Richard Spencer
Spencer gained notoriety in November 2016 when at the an-nual conference of the National Policy Institute a white suprem-acist think tank that Spencer chairs video captured by The At-lantic shows him shouting ldquoHail Trumprdquo during his speech and being greeted with Nazi salutes by some attendees
Some Alexandrians respond-ed by holding protests on King Street outside of the grouprsquos headquarters Various signs endorsing inclusiveness also sprang up around the city on front lawns and in shop win-dows
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
Landmark Mall closesThe Howard Hughes Corpora-
tion owner of Landmark Mall announced on Jan 9 that it had purchased the since-closed Ma-cyrsquos department store The mall and all stores within it with the exception of Landmarkrsquos Sears store which the Hughes Corpo-ration does not own closed on
Jan 31Landmark had been the
scene of planned redevelop-ment for many years Council ap-proved Howard Hughesrsquo plan for the site in 2013 then amended it in 2015 Under that proposal the current Macyrsquos and Sears department stores would have
stayed in place with the existing mall demolished and replaced by a mixed-use development of retail restaurants and more than 400 residential units
Ownership of the mall has been a complicated issue The Dallas-based Hughes Corpora-tion owned the mall while the
two retail anchors owned their respective properties Any agree-ment about the sitersquos future required all three to be on the same page Hughesrsquo purchase of the Macyrsquos site solved part of the dilemma though the Sears store remains the missing piece of the puzzle for the company
Other notable eventsSchool board votes Ramee Gentry as chair Josh Baker named new DASH general manager
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
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Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
IMAGEACPS
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
FILE PHOTO
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 7
Victoria at Home 1125 King Street
Alexandria VA 22314 7038361960
wwwvictoriaathomecom
Thank You
STORE HOURS Tuesday mdashSaturday
10AM ndash 5PMClosed Sundays and Mondays
Enjoy Our 2018 Gift for You20 - 75 offWinter SaleJanuary 3rd
through January 20ST
to our Much Loved and Loyal Customers
8 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Bishop IretonThe School of B i g I d e a s WWWBISHOPIRETONORG
BISHOP IRETON HIGH SCHOOL201 Cambridge Road bull Alexandria VA 22314
Be Inspired
Apply online at wwwbishopiretonorgapply or call 703-751-7606 for more information
Bishop Ireton High School is currently welcoming applications for the 2018ndash19 school year The application deadline for priority consideration is January 12
Be Inspired Be Intrigued Be Interested Be Involved Be Bishop Ireton
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 9
Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Recommendation Boundaries 2019-20Charles Barrett
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Mount Vernon
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
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KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
buddies ey are also next door neighbors Carol is 88 years old and MJ is 79 Carol
moved to Hermitage Northern Virginia from Arlington about a year before MJ who came from Montgomery County Maryland Aer moving the two friends discovered a shared love of outdoor walks on the grounds of the community and around the quiet neighborhood streets Carol focuses on her balance with a functional tness class 4x a week and MJ enjoys reading in the library Carol likes the many interesting people and MJ enjoys the many excursions and the reading club It feels like a family here at Hermitage Northern Virginia
OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
8 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Bishop IretonThe School of B i g I d e a s WWWBISHOPIRETONORG
BISHOP IRETON HIGH SCHOOL201 Cambridge Road bull Alexandria VA 22314
Be Inspired
Apply online at wwwbishopiretonorgapply or call 703-751-7606 for more information
Bishop Ireton High School is currently welcoming applications for the 2018ndash19 school year The application deadline for priority consideration is January 12
Be Inspired Be Intrigued Be Interested Be Involved Be Bishop Ireton
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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_ HS( 9th Grade School
Planning Blocks
ES Boundaries 2016-17
Recommendation Boundaries 2019-20Charles Barrett
Cora Kelly
Douglas MacArthur
George Mason
James K Polk
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John Adams
Lyles Crouch
Matthew Maury
Mount Vernon
New ES
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
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10 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
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Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
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MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
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PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
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London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
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All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
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This winter treat yourself with London Curry Housersquos delicious and reasonably priced Indian food for a terrific dinner or lunch at the expansive snappy buffet or even a la carte take-out and delivery This eatery has the best of the best of Indian dishes on offer anywhere
No matter you select from Lon-don Curryrsquos menu the delicious dishes will delight your palette ndash and your wallet Visit to find out why Washingtonian Magazine recognized London Curry three years in a row as one of the 100 Best Restaurants and why critics from The Washington Postrsquos Tom Sietsema Zagat Northern Vir-ginia Magazine and others rave about this spot
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ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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Protesters began gathering at the headquarters of the self-pro-claimed ldquoalt-rightrdquo movementrsquos new headquarters at 1001 King St in Old Town Churches com-munity groups and residents gathered to march against the organization Protests continued on and off at the headquarters throughout 2017
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Map Note The pink labels show the Plan Block IDs on the top K-5th GradeLive In counts in the middle and 6-8thGrade Live In counts on the bottomStudent data as of 10312016 4Data Sources Alexandria City Public Schools Cartographer ATC January 2017
Alexandria City Public SchoolsElementary Recommendation
Proposed Final Implementation for 2019-20 (proposed implementation begins 2018-19)
School board approves redistricted boundariesThe Alexandria City School
Board approved new boundaries for public elementary schools in the city representing the end of a process that lasted about 18 months
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018-19 school year and will require approximate-ly 474 students to change schools when they are implemented A total of 8432 students were en-rolled in ACPS from pre-K through fifth grade as of December 2016
The redistricting passed by an 8-1 vote with school board mem-ber Bill Campbell casting the lone dissenting vote Campbell said he had concerns with the potential negative effects on some families
Then-Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said staff and the school board have a ldquofull acknowledge-ment that it does not represent a single solution for addressing overcrowding and capacity issues in our school divisionrdquo
Alexandria property values up 2 percent
City prop-erty tax assess-ments in-creased by 2 percent according to notices sent to homeowners in early February Total prop-erty in the city is now valued at $39 billion an increase of $792 million over the previous year
While Alexandriarsquos property values are the second high-est in the region behind Falls Church itrsquos the lowest increase since the height of the Great Recession in 2009 and 2010 and the third-lowest increase in 20 years according to a staff report presented to city council
2
Protests greet lsquoalt-rightrsquo headquarters
PHOTOCHRIS TEALE
City manager proposes 23-cent real estate tax hike
City Manager Mark Jinks re-leased his $7125 million fiscal 2018 budget in February which included a recommendation to raise the residential property tax rate by 27 cents
ldquoThe city is at a crossroadsrdquo Jinks said ldquoIn the face of anemic revenue growth and increasing expenditure demands we can choose the path of reduced ser-vices and foregone investments in public buildings and infrastruc-ture hellip The other path is to take a
future-oriented viewrdquoUnder the plan general fund
spending would grow 35 per-cent beyond that of the prior fiscal year and Jinks proposed an increase in the real estate tax rate of $110 per $100 of assess value up from $1073 from the prior year That means Alexandria residents would see an average increase on their tax bill of 35 percent or around $197 per year
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Other notable eventsOfficials unveil 72-hour parking rule replacement options
IMAGEACPS
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
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City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
FILE PHOTO
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 13
14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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After years of discussion and months of development a plan for an Old Town Business Improvement District was drafted and presented to the public on March 15 A 13-member exploratory committee drafted the recommendations
The presentation was met with strenuous resistance from many in the business com-munity including from former city councilor Frank Fannon who was in attendance at the meeting and expressed dissatisfaction with the BID process
ldquoThere was a tremendous amount of outrage at last weekrsquos BID meeting that this redlining tax could be assessed on certain propertiesrdquo Fan-non said ldquoThe average taxpayer in the proposed BID district already pays an average of $10000 a year in property taxes along with an assort-ment of other taxes the city levies on their entre-preneurial enterprises A further taking from the owners will have a serious impact on numerous businesses survivingrdquo
Others expressed support for an Old Town BID including former Alexandria Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Leone who is president
of the Ballston BIDldquo[King Street] should be one of the streets
that is recognized in the United States
Yoursquove got to get it there and it takes money it has to be well planned out and itrsquos a good goalrdquo she said
MARCHExploratory committee unveils draft BID proposal City officials
lead massive heroin ring bust
Law enforcement officials in the City of Alexandria as well as state officials from Virginia and Maryland an-nounced on March 20 that they had apprehended 11 suspects in connection with a complex drug trafficking op-eration throughout the DC region
Alexandria Common-wealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Por-ter said the arrests and the seizure of firearms vehicles and large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana were an important step in combating the national opi-oid epidemic
Police said the investiga-tion began a year prior after Alexandria police officers investigated several heroin overdoses in the city The effort ultimately included Virginia State Police the Maryland State Police Prince Georgersquos County Po-lice Department the Prince Georgersquos County Statersquos At-torneyrsquos Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Officials seized 10 guns more than 400 grams of heroin 330 grams of co-caine 19 grams of PCP seven pounds of marijuana $18000 in cash and several vehicles
Bishop Ireton cheerleaders win national title
Bishop Ireton swept the Christian Cheerleading As-sociationrsquos 2017 national championships in Fayetteville North Carolina on March 4 It was their second national title in as many years
ldquoWe broke historyrdquo said Ireton coach Angela Hope-Es-kew at the time ldquoWe scored the highest score ever and the association has been going since 1987 Itrsquos unbe-lievable I couldnrsquot even think straight when our score was announcedrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
City council backs purchase of West End building for schoolCouncil advertises additional maxi-mum tax increase
Just a month after City Man-ager Mark Jinks requested a 27-cent per $100 of assessed value increase in the property tax rate city council voted 6-1 to increase that amount by three cents to a maximum of a 57-cent increase Council is required to advertise the max-imum tax rate weeks ahead of making a final decision on the budget and city taxes in May
The additional funding was advanced by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson who proposed putting revenue raised by the extra three cents toward cash capital to help pay for infrastructure projects
Mayor Allison Silberberg cast the lone dissenting vote saying she thought Jinksrsquo original pro-posed tax increase of 27 cents was more reasonable
ldquoI appreciate the spirit in which this is offered but to have that 57-cent increase on top of new fees is a great deal to ask our taxpayers to shoulder all at oncerdquo she said at the time
On March 18 city council unanimously approved the trans-fer of $456 million from the city general fund to Alexandria City Public Schools to allow the pur-chase of the vacant office space at 1701 and 1705 N Beaure-gard St for a planned new West End elementary school
The property sits at the cor-ner of North Beauregard Street and Rayburn Avenue and all school bus parent and staff ve-hicular traffic would have to use private roadways City officials including Mayor Allison Silber-berg expressed excitement at the prospect of the school but were concerned about some of the logistics
ldquoIrsquom excited about this as an addition to the city school system hellip but this is an ongoing processrdquo Silberberg said
Then ACPS Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley said the school
system had not yet secured per-mission from neighboring prop-erty owners to use the private streets surrounding the building and its neighboring parking garage
Peter Balas named new principal of TC Williams High School
Superintendent Dr Alvin Crawley announced March 27 that he appointed Peter Balas as principal of TC Williams High School effective in July
Balas had been with Alexan-dria City Public Schools for 15 years at the time most recently serving as principal of Mount
Vernon Community School where he developed the school into the cityrsquos first full K-5 dual language program
Balas succeeded Jesse Din-gle who was appointed principal in 2015 but announced his res-ignation last November effective at the end of the school year
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
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moved to Hermitage Northern Virginia from Arlington about a year before MJ who came from Montgomery County Maryland Aer moving the two friends discovered a shared love of outdoor walks on the grounds of the community and around the quiet neighborhood streets Carol focuses on her balance with a functional tness class 4x a week and MJ enjoys reading in the library Carol likes the many interesting people and MJ enjoys the many excursions and the reading club It feels like a family here at Hermitage Northern Virginia
OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
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Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
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Governor signs Alexandria outfalls bills with 2025 deadline
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe (D) signed two bills in April that require Alexandria to have its aged sewer system outfalls updated by 2025 The move was a blow to city leaders all fellow Democrats who formally wrote and asked McAuliffe to veto the bills after the Virginia State Senate rejected his proposed amendments that would have extended the cityrsquos deadline to 2027
House Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 898 require that Alexandria begin remediating its four com-bined sewer outfalls by 2023 and complete the project by July 1 2025 Previous language that punished Alexandria by withholding all state-level funding should the city not meet the deadline was stricken from the final text of the legislation
Delegate Mark Levine (D-45) said he was disappointed the governor did not veto both bills while Vice Mayor Justin Wilson concurred the 2025 timeline is a stretch
ldquoItrsquos clearly disappointingrdquo Wilson said ldquoThe city spends a lot of money to address the obliga-tions that the state doesnrsquot meet in other areas like education public safety health This just adds another thing to the list hellip Itrsquos unfortunate they have created a timeline that is largely im-possible but we will make do with what we do with a General Assembly and governorrsquos office that has forgotten their obligation to local govern-ment It is what it isrdquo FILE PHOTO
Woman sentenced to 14 years for murdering husband
Paula Thompson Marshall 48 was given two guilty verdicts on April 20 for murdering her 76-year-old husband Rolf Mar-shall in October 2016 following an argument about their dog
Marshall was sentenced to murder in the second degree and for the use of a firearm in com-mission of murder The murder took place after an argument between Thompson Marshall and Marshall over potentially euthanizing their aging Akita dog She told police the argument was prompted by the dog biting her earlier in the day
She said her husband gave her a loaded gun and dared her to shoot him The victim who was sitting in a defensive posture on his favorite leather chair was shot once in the torso with a 38
caliber handgunCommonwealthrsquos attorney
Bryan Porter in his sentencing argument said
ldquoI know that people break their wedding vows all the time ladies and gentlemen But it usually leads to divorce ndash not to the smoke of a fired 38 revolver filling a living room and a man bleeding into his favorite chairrdquo
Longtime human services leader Suzanne Chis retires
Suzanne Chis who was hired as the cityrsquos director of social services in 1983 retired after 34 years of social service to the city She spent the past five years as deputy director of the Depart-ment of Community and Social Services and executive director of the Community Services Board
Her parting thoughts were about the residents that she
worked to help through the years the underprivileged
ldquoItrsquos still surprising to this day the amount of poverty in Alexan-dria Itrsquos significantrdquo Chis said ldquoRight now when I retired we had approximately 23000 peo-ple on some type of public bene-fit and when you look at Alexan-dria you really donrsquot see thatrdquo
-ddunbaralextimescom
Other notable eventsSusan Carroll becomes Inova regional director City com-pletes sale of Murray-Dick-Fawcett house at 517 Prince St
PHOTOJAMES CULLUM
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
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Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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London Curry HouseThe Empire of Indiarsquos
Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
created another culinary hit with the lovely London Curry Restau-rant at Cameron Station Even with a 150-seat dining room this treasure of the subcontinent feels cozy and welcoming on a cold winterrsquos day whether one is din-ing in the main restaurant or the intimate 25-seat private dining room or at the bar The splendid scent of curry wafts through the air and ads to the inviting ambi-ence
London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
systematically visiting scores of Londonrsquos finest and top reviewed Indian restaurants as he devel-oped the London Curry House menu Alexandria patrons are the beneficiaries of the research as the Indian dishes are all superb at London Curry from the biryanis to the mouth-watering buttered chicken chicken masala lamb kebabs goat nehari samosas naan and other palette pleasers
All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
Wondering what to serve at your next party Check out London Curry Housersquos catering options
Prefer entertainment while you dine Be sure to eat at London Curry on Friday or Saturday nights from 7 to 8 pm when a live BollywoodBellydance per-formance is center stage
This winter treat yourself with London Curry Housersquos delicious and reasonably priced Indian food for a terrific dinner or lunch at the expansive snappy buffet or even a la carte take-out and delivery This eatery has the best of the best of Indian dishes on offer anywhere
No matter you select from Lon-don Curryrsquos menu the delicious dishes will delight your palette ndash and your wallet Visit to find out why Washingtonian Magazine recognized London Curry three years in a row as one of the 100 Best Restaurants and why critics from The Washington Postrsquos Tom Sietsema Zagat Northern Vir-ginia Magazine and others rave about this spot
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ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
ndashTom Sietsema The Washington Post
22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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Buy tickets early at our box office or online
OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
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BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
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COURTESY PHOTO
COURTESY PHOTO
Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
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PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
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KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
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Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
14 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
MAY
City council votes 6-1 to approve historic 57-cent tax hike As part of approving its
FY2018 budget in May city coun-cil voted in May in favor of a 57-cent increase to the cityrsquos real estate tax rate ndash a 73 percent in-crease over the FY2017 budget
Council voted 6-1 to approve the 57-cent tax increase with Mayor Allison Silberberg dissent-ing Vice Mayor Justin Wilson first proposed the unprecedented tax increase in March City Manager Mark Jinks had suggested a 27-cent real estate tax hike which Silberberg supported The new rate translated into about $459 more in taxes and fees for the average homeowner in FY2018 in comparison to FY2017
ldquoThis is far too much of a bur-den on our citizens all at once To me this is just not acceptablerdquo Silberberg said at the meeting ldquoMake no mistake itrsquos a historic tax increaserdquo
Wilson however said the higher tax would offset the cityrsquos small revenue increases
ldquoThe budget asks a lot of our taxpayers no question about it I donrsquot think anybody minimizes
that impactrdquo Wilson said at the time ldquoIn the end for me this came down to a choice between a significant revenue increase this year or a much more painful revenue increase in the future and quite honestly more expen-sive ones to deal with a set of deferred items that have gone on for far too long helliprdquo
The tax increase was part of an overall $7281 million budget It included a $2426 million ap-propriation for the Alexandria City Public School system as well as the allocation of $373 million to the school systemrsquos 2018-2027 Capital Improvement Program ndash a $238 million reduction from
ACPSrsquo requested $611 million The allocation for 2017 was $19 million in comparison to the $325 million requested by ACPS The approved FY2018 budget for the city left the school system with a $21 million gap in its ap-proved operating budget
ACPS in turn cut some staff positions delayed full step in-creases for ACPS staff and put facility modernization efforts on hold A press release issued at the time said ACPS aimed to ldquoprotect classrooms as far as possible and impact staff as little as possiblerdquo though it also noted that 88 percent of ACPSrsquo operat-ing budget is personnel-related
Schools super-intendent Alvin Crawley announc-es resignation
Dr Alvin Crawley superinten-dent of Alexandria City Public Schools announced on May 10 he would leave the post for a faculty position at George Ma-son University in the graduate school of education and human development
Crawley became interim superintendent of the school district in 2013 and became the permanent leader in early 2014 During his time as superinten-dent he saw ACPS through a number of challenges including difficult budget cycles redistrict-ing and the purchase of a West End office building that ACPS is in the midst of transforming into a new elementary school
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer confronted by C Christine FairAlt-right leader Richard Spen-
cerrsquos altercation with a George-town professor on May 17 and the subsequent suspension of his membership at an Alexan-dria gym prompted headlines from national media outlets
The incident started when C Christine Fair a Georgetown as-sociate professor approached Spencer at Sport amp Healthrsquos Old Town location at 209 Madison
St She confronted him about his white nationalist statements and said his membership at the gym was an ldquounfair burdenrdquo to women and people of color as well as male allies She also called him a ldquoneo-Nazirdquo
After the confrontation the gymrsquos general manager told Fair she was creating a hostile environment Though Fair was the one that was initially told
to leave Spencer was the one to lose his membership at the gym Fairrsquos membership wasnrsquot suspended but the gym did request a meeting with Fair in which they told her to not con-front fellow gym members
The incident occurred just a few months after Spencerrsquos or-ganization AltRightcom moved its headquarters to Old Town
Bishop Ireton girlsrsquo lacrosse bests rival SSSAS for state title
After a hard-fought season the Bishop Ireton womenrsquos lacrosse team bested rivals St Stephens and St Agnes on May 20 claim-ing the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association state championship title with a narrow 9-8 victory Cardinals midfielder Madison Mote score the gamersquos winning goal The victory culmi-nated a major comeback for the team as midway through the season BI sported a mediocre 6-5 record The team bounced back with 13 consecutive wins ending the season at 17-5 The St Ste-phens and St Agnes womenrsquos team ended their season 26-1
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
COURTESY PHOTO
Del Ray residents woke up the morning of May 27 to find numerous flyers with racist messages plastered on utility polls and car windshields The flyers concentrated on Com-monwealth Mount Vernon East Uhler and East Custis avenues bore racist pro-fas-cist and anti-press slogans and one flyer had personal information about C Christine Fair the Georgetown profes-sor who confronted alt-right leader Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym in May The flyers were linked to a white supremacist group called Van-guard America but no group took responsibility for posting the messages Del Ray resi-dents responded to the flyers by hanging posters of their own with positive messages
Racist flyers in Del Ray spark outrage
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
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Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
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A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
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Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
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In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
COURTESY PHOTO
18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
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Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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London Curry HouseThe Empire of Indiarsquos
Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
created another culinary hit with the lovely London Curry Restau-rant at Cameron Station Even with a 150-seat dining room this treasure of the subcontinent feels cozy and welcoming on a cold winterrsquos day whether one is din-ing in the main restaurant or the intimate 25-seat private dining room or at the bar The splendid scent of curry wafts through the air and ads to the inviting ambi-ence
London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
systematically visiting scores of Londonrsquos finest and top reviewed Indian restaurants as he devel-oped the London Curry House menu Alexandria patrons are the beneficiaries of the research as the Indian dishes are all superb at London Curry from the biryanis to the mouth-watering buttered chicken chicken masala lamb kebabs goat nehari samosas naan and other palette pleasers
All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
Wondering what to serve at your next party Check out London Curry Housersquos catering options
Prefer entertainment while you dine Be sure to eat at London Curry on Friday or Saturday nights from 7 to 8 pm when a live BollywoodBellydance per-formance is center stage
This winter treat yourself with London Curry Housersquos delicious and reasonably priced Indian food for a terrific dinner or lunch at the expansive snappy buffet or even a la carte take-out and delivery This eatery has the best of the best of Indian dishes on offer anywhere
No matter you select from Lon-don Curryrsquos menu the delicious dishes will delight your palette ndash and your wallet Visit to find out why Washingtonian Magazine recognized London Curry three years in a row as one of the 100 Best Restaurants and why critics from The Washington Postrsquos Tom Sietsema Zagat Northern Vir-ginia Magazine and others rave about this spot
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ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
ndashTom Sietsema The Washington Post
22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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Buy tickets early at our box office or online
OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
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ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
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16 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting details began to emerge that Hodgkinson had been living in Alexandria for nearly six weeks before the incident took place
The FBIrsquos investigation indicated that Hodgkinson drove from Belleville Illinois to Alexandria in late March and had lived in the parking lot of the Del Ray YMCA Alex-andria in his van since then Hodgkinson used free wifi at public libraries and was a frequent visitor of the YMCA and during that time had a number of conversations with former Mayor Bill Euille Euille noticed Hodgkinson was in the YMCA lobby every morning when he arrived between 7 and 730 am
Hodgkinson began initiating conversa-tions with Euille about employment oppor-tunities and asked for suggestions for local restaurants
Euille said throughout the time they
talked he didnrsquot believe there were red flags that he missed
ldquoThe reality is I wish I could have learned more about this gentleman and could have known what was inside of himrdquo Euille told the Alexandria Times
Hodgkinson also was a daily patron of South China a Chinese restaurant in the 1300 block of Mount Vernon Avenue He came to the restaurant every day to get the
Shortly after 7 am on June 14 mem-bers of the Republican team were practic-ing at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Del Ray for the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game
Two members of the team who were leav-ing the practice field were ap-proached by 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson at 702 am Hodgkinson asked the mem-bers if the practice was for the Republican or Democratic team One of the members told the man that the team was Republican Hodgkinson then walked away and retrieved a semi-automatic assault rifle and 9mm semi-automatic pis-tol from his van
The man re-approached the field and opened fire at 706 am on the roughly 20 to 25 members of the team through the fence surrounding Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Rep Steve Scalise the House majority whip was playing by second base at the time and was likely the first to be shot Lob-byist Matthew Mika was shot in the chest shortly after and was assisted off the field by team members Zack Barth a legislative correspondent for Rep Roger Williams (R-Tx) was struck in his left leg while lying on the ground for cover
Members of Scalisersquos security detail US Capitol Police Special Agents David Bailey and Crystal Griner were the first to engage Hodgkinson The fire from Bailey
caused Hodgkinson to duck behind the third base dugout and head south of the
JUNE JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Sparks fly during Old Town BID debate
The Old Town BID had a contentious month in June A city council work session brought members of the pro and anti side together for a panel dis-cussion on June 6 The anti side con-sisting of Roger Digilio Bert Ely Kim Putens and Dan Hazelwood argued that the process of developing a BID was deeply flawed and lacked trans-parency while the pro side consisting of Victoria Vergason Tom Osborne Scott Shaw and Deana Rhodeside
argued that a BID was needed to keep Old Town relevant in a time of growing competition
Later in the month a proposal put forward by Vice Mayor Justin Wilson and Councilor Paul Smedberg and signed by Councilors Del Pepper Willie Bailey and John Chapman directed the city manager to prepare a new proposal that would include the BIDrsquos boundaries a framework budget and a specific list of services that a BID would provide
Lucretia Jackson retires from Matthew Maury Elementary School
Lucretia Jackson an influential princi-pal at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy and Matthew Maury Elementary School retired in June after nearly 40 years at Alexandria City Public Schools
Jackson began her career in Washing-ton DCrsquos public school system in 1973 teaching fourth grade and a multi-age classroom with first grade and kinder-garten students She moved to ACPS in 1980 teaching at John Adams Elemen-tary School Patrick Henry Elementary School and was part of forming Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary
She became assistant principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School in 1992 and became principal of Lyles Crouch Elementary School in 1996 At the time Lyles Crouch wasnrsquot accredited and was missing its adequate yearly progress goals Jackson turned it into a K-5 traditional academy with fewer students per classroom new music and after school programs and homework
clubs After two years the school was ac-credited and meeting its AYP goals
Jackson left Lyles Crouch for Matthew Maury Elementary School in 2004 which at the time was the lowest performing school in Northern Virginia Jackson helped the school gain accreditation with-in her first two years at the school and increased enrollment from 158 to 410
She was succeeded as principal at Matthew Maury by Victor Powell at the beginning of the school year
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
What happened on June 14
NICOLE BATTAGLIA
Shooter in our midst
PHOTODENISE DUNBAR
KEVIN JOBE
PHOTOTINA GEHRING
JAMES HODGKINSON
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
COURTESY PHOTO
18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
COURTESY PHOTO
Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
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When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
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same to-go meal General Tsorsquos chicken and fried rice He ate in the restaurant on June 13 the day before the shooting be-tween 130 and 2 pm receptionist Levis Jiminez said Jiminez said she had asked him if he enjoyed the food on that day and Hodgkinson responded that he did
Manager Crist Dauberman at the Del Ray Service Station had an encounter of his own the morning of June 13 at around
10 am Hodgkinson came to the service station to have air put into his tires and the two were having a conversation when Hodgkinson loudly began ranting about President Donald Trump Dauberman tried to shut down the conversation but remem-bered that Hodgkinson asked if his tires would make it to Illinois
There were others who remembered Hodgkinsonrsquos presence in the neighbor-hood too He had often come to Pork Bar-rel BBQ to sit at the bar to watch golf and drink beer but co-owner Bill Blackburn had never met him personally Although Junction Bakery amp Bistro manager Tami Hatridge said Hodgkinson never came into the cafeacute she recalled seeing him sitting across the street on the bench in front of Walgreenrsquos
ldquoHe was living amongst us and we didnrsquot notice hellip because we donrsquot see with those kinds of eyesrdquo Hatridge told the Times
field between a storage unit and a wooden press box behind home plate While Griner
and Bailey were engaging Hodgkinson Gri-ner was shot in the ankle which made her unable to stand
Alexandria Police Department officer Kevin Jobe arrived at the scene at 712 am while fellow officers Nicole Battaglia and Alexander Jensen arrived at 713 am Battaglia took fire from Hodgkinson before taking cover behind a parked car while Jensen attempted to fire two rounds at Hodgkinson ndash the first which didnrsquot fire because his gun was in ldquocruiser saferdquo mode the second which fired but missed Hogkinson
Jensenrsquos third attempt to fire was suc-cessful hitting Hodgkinson in the right hip The injury caused Hodgkinson to partially collapse and drop the assault rifle He then stood up again and shot at Bailey and Jen-sen with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol One of Baileyrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the chest while one of Jensenrsquos rounds hit Hodgkinson in the left hip That hit caused Hodgkinson to collapse on the ground Even after he collapsed the shooter at-tempted to get up and motion toward his pistol
Jobe transmitted over his radio at 715 pm that the suspect was in custody Life-saving measures were performed on the suspect and he was transmitted to the George Washington University Hospital He later died at the hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout His death would later be reported by President Don-ald Trump in his address about the incident at 1130 am
JUNE SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON STADIUM PARK
What happened on June 14
Just a day after the shooting that sent shockwaves through the DC metro area the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity attracted a record crowd at Nation-als Park on June 15
President Donald Trump in a pre-re-corded video message told attendees that ldquothe game will go onrdquo while praising Capitol police and Alexandria first respond-ers for their actions
ldquoBy playing tonight you are showing the world that we will not be intimidated by threats acts of violence or assaults on our democraciesrdquo Trump said in the video address following the ceremonial first pitch which was thrown by US Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey ldquoI know you will be playing extra hard tonight for Steverdquo
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered an in-person ldquoPlay Ballrdquo after the address
The Democratic team won the game 11-2 but Democratic team manager Rep Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania offered the trophy to Republican team manager Rep Joe Barton of Texas who was on the field with his two sons when the shooting took place
ldquoI talked to my teamrdquo Doyle said at the game ldquoand what the Democrats would like to do is give you this trophy for Steve Scalisersquos officerdquo
The Alexandria Little League held a reclaiming event of its own about a week after the shooting on June 20 where hun-
dreds gathered including Barton himself to reopen the park
ldquoI canrsquot tell you how it warms my heart to see families and little league teams arriving not the crime scene tape and FBI and all of the law enforcementrdquo Barton said at the event
The event reflected similar efforts made by the Del Ray community to take back the community from a tragic event that they felt didnrsquot represent them including hosting a community walk the night of the June 14 shooting
ldquoWe pull together and it has made us stronger and more determined that we wonrsquot get hopeless or cynicalrdquo Gayle Reuter longtime Del Ray resident said at the time ldquoWe know that no matter what happens good will prevailrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
KEVIN JOBE ALEXANDER JENSEN
The game goes onPHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
PHOTOTINA GEHRING PHOTOTINA GEHRING
PHOTOSTEPHANIE CAMPBELL
COURTESY PHOTO
18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
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ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
18 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
JULY
ACPS appoints interim superin-tendent Lois Berlin
As Dr Alvin Crawleyrsquos time at Alexandria City Public Schools drew to a close the school dis-trict appointed Dr Lois Berlin to bridge the gap to a perma-nent replacement
Berlin a past superinten-dent of Falls Church City Public Schools and former teacher and administrator at ACPS took the helm on July 24 During her previous tenure at ACPS she served as associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction principal of George Mason Elementary School and at Jefferson Hous-ton Elementary School Most recently she was executive di-rector for the Washington Area School Study Council
Since her appointment Berlin has navigated the school district through getting approval from city council to proceed with the planned West End Elementary School and appointing a number of new officials including a new direc-tor of transportation and a new chief operating officer Mignon Anthony
She dealt with a number
of challenges during her first months in the position as well including the hiring of John B Murphy as the new West End Elementary School principal A week after his hiring was announced it was discovered that the would-be principal had faced several accusations of misconduct at schools he had previously led in New York and Connecticut His offer of em-ployment was withdrawn
Berlin will lead ACPS until her successor Dr Gregory C Hutchings Jr begins his tenure in July 2018
-aepitropoulos alextimescom
Old Town acci-dent results in injury death
A serious automobile accident in the early morning of July 8 led to the death of a 24-year-old
Simon Pedro Urbina-Vasquez 27 of Fairfax County lost con-trol of his vehicle while driving southbound on South Henry Street Urbina-Vasquezrsquos brother Silver Spring resident Jose Wuil-ver Urbina-Vasquez died from injuries at the scene and anoth-er 24-year-old resident of Fairfax County had serious injuries
The driver was charged with DUI-related vehicular man-slaughter
Six weeks after the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park that left Rep Steve Scalise criti-cally wounded and others injured President Donald Trump honored five of the first responders on the scene including three Alexandria Police Department officers
Trump awarded officers Kevin Jobe Alexander Jensen and Nicole Battaglia along with US Capitol Police Special Agents Da-vid Bailey and Crystal Griner the Medal of Valor the equivalent of the militaryrsquos Medal of Honor at a ceremony July 27
Scalise was unable to attend as he was discharged from Med-Star Washington Hospital Center just the day before after battling an infection related to the shoot-ing But in a statement he posted
on social media the congressman expressed his thanks for all the first responders who helped save his life and the lives of others on the baseball field
ldquoMost people instinctively run from danger but these officers did not hesitate to put their own lives on the line to run towards it that morning of June 14 to protect
the lives of othersrdquo Scalise said ldquoDavid Crystal Nicole Kevin and Alexander all have families of their own yet they courageously con-fronted and stopped the shooter Everyone who was at the ballpark that morning owes their lives to the selfless and brave actions of these heroes and I cannot thank them enoughrdquo
The Alexandria Intermediate 5070 Little League All-Stars be-came the first Alexandria team at any level to win the state title when they beat Arlington Nation-al and Arlington American in a tournament on July 10
They reached the Southeast Regional Tournament which was held in Kernersville North Car-olina in July where they lost to Georgia and won over Alabama before bowing out after losing to
South CarolinaCoach Mike Engelberg called
the team reaching regionals a
ldquostamp of validationldquoIn todayrsquos day and age where
everybodyrsquos so focused on travel baseball and year-round base-ball itrsquos neat to win a state Little League championshiprdquo Engel-berg said ldquoNo matter where you live in the country at any point in your life you can say lsquoMy Lit-tle League team won our state championshiprsquo hellip and just about anyone who follows sports will know what yoursquore talking about
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Alexandria All-Stars crowned state champs
President Donald Trump honors first respond-ers in Eugene Simpson Stadium Park shooting
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
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Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
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All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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SAVE THE DATE Join us at our 30 YEAR
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YOUR DONATIONS help us continue to serve our cityrsquos most vulnerable citizens
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LETrsquoS KEEP UP OUR GREAT WORK ALEXANDRIA
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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Serving the auction and appraisal needs of the District Maryland and Virginia since 1890
Now Accepting Consignments of Fine art jewelry silver antique furniture
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Our next lsquoConsignment Dayrsquo event is January 4 2018
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20 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
New Yearrsquos Day
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Eve
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Eve
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Eve
Party All NightBrunch All Day
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AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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full barbull office catering bull 7 days lunch Buffet bull FREE Delivery Up to 8 Miles bull (5 to 10pm)
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London Curry HouseThe Empire of Indiarsquos
Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
created another culinary hit with the lovely London Curry Restau-rant at Cameron Station Even with a 150-seat dining room this treasure of the subcontinent feels cozy and welcoming on a cold winterrsquos day whether one is din-ing in the main restaurant or the intimate 25-seat private dining room or at the bar The splendid scent of curry wafts through the air and ads to the inviting ambi-ence
London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
systematically visiting scores of Londonrsquos finest and top reviewed Indian restaurants as he devel-oped the London Curry House menu Alexandria patrons are the beneficiaries of the research as the Indian dishes are all superb at London Curry from the biryanis to the mouth-watering buttered chicken chicken masala lamb kebabs goat nehari samosas naan and other palette pleasers
All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
Wondering what to serve at your next party Check out London Curry Housersquos catering options
Prefer entertainment while you dine Be sure to eat at London Curry on Friday or Saturday nights from 7 to 8 pm when a live BollywoodBellydance per-formance is center stage
This winter treat yourself with London Curry Housersquos delicious and reasonably priced Indian food for a terrific dinner or lunch at the expansive snappy buffet or even a la carte take-out and delivery This eatery has the best of the best of Indian dishes on offer anywhere
No matter you select from Lon-don Curryrsquos menu the delicious dishes will delight your palette ndash and your wallet Visit to find out why Washingtonian Magazine recognized London Curry three years in a row as one of the 100 Best Restaurants and why critics from The Washington Postrsquos Tom Sietsema Zagat Northern Vir-ginia Magazine and others rave about this spot
at Cameron Station bull 191 Somervelle Street bull Alexandria VA 22304
ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
ndashTom Sietsema The Washington Post
22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
-mschrottalextimescom
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
Sonoma Cellar bull 207 King Street bullmysonomacellarcom bull 7035669867
New Yearrsquos Eve
Brunch Saturday amp Sunday 10 am to 3 pm
Happy Hour M-F 4-630 pm
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YOUR IMPACT OVER 30 YEARS
bullNearly 4000 youth served in our youth education programsbull220 families have graduated from transitional housing and
live independentlybull3000 low-income
Alexandrians have lived in our affordable housing
SAVE THE DATE Join us at our 30 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY PEARL GALA
on Saturday February 17 2018
YOUR DONATIONS help us continue to serve our cityrsquos most vulnerable citizens
Click ldquoDONATErdquo at httpcommunitylodgingsorg
to continue helping our low-income kids and families
LETrsquoS KEEP UP OUR GREAT WORK ALEXANDRIA
ldquoBuilding stronger families and brighter futures for 30 yearsrdquo
24 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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Take advantage of our winter discount and let us put our 30
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
w w w t h e l i t t l e t h e at r e c o m600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
FILE PHOTO
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ldquoIrsquove made a lot
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ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
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moved to Hermitage Northern Virginia from Arlington about a year before MJ who came from Montgomery County Maryland Aer moving the two friends discovered a shared love of outdoor walks on the grounds of the community and around the quiet neighborhood streets Carol focuses on her balance with a functional tness class 4x a week and MJ enjoys reading in the library Carol likes the many interesting people and MJ enjoys the many excursions and the reading club It feels like a family here at Hermitage Northern Virginia
OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
A womenrsquos clothing amp accessory boutique (new amp consignment) home furnishings + gifts
7035662341 bull 109 N Fairfax Street bull wwwTwistStylcom
City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
20 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
New Yearrsquos Day
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Eve
New Yearrsquos
Eve
New Yearrsquos
Eve
Party All NightBrunch All Day
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wwwchadwicksrestaurantscom7038364422
AUGUST
Long-running nonprofit Com-munity Lodgings marked 30 years in operation in August The nonprofit was initially founded by the rectors of eight Episcopal churches in greater Alexandria who realized there was a lack of transitional housing space for those who wanted to get out of shelters and didnrsquot have the re-sources to live on their own
The idea for Community Lodgings eventually transitioned to affordable housing rather than transitional housing in the late 1990s and early 2000s Eventually it added a learning center component and began to provide computer literacy and English language learner class-es which has grown over time CLI now has three learning cen-ters that assist 110 children
The nonprofit is now led by Executive Director Lynn Thomas who brought 30 years of hous-ing and grants administration experience to the job when she arrived five years ago Since arriving Thomas has added AmeriCorps staff to the learning centers through partnering with the cityrsquos housing and human services department
Community Lodgings formally celebrated its 30th anniversary on Sept 19 at Belle Haven Country Club
Patsy Ticer dies at 82Patsy Ticer Alexandriarsquos well-
loved former mayor and state senator died on Aug 8 of compli-cations from a fall at age 82
Ticer is remembered for her service to the city before and long after she went into politics
She was born Patricia Keyser Smith on Jan 6 1935 in Wash-ington DC and moved to Alexan-dria in 1947 She graduated from George Washington High School and Sweet Briar College
She married John ldquoJackrdquo Ticer in 1956 with whom she had four children While raising her chil-dren she worked as a real estate agent and served on the Athane-ums and Alexandria Librarys boards among others She was the first female senior warden of the vestry at St Paulrsquos
She was elected to city council
in 1982 and in her second term she became vice mayor When then-Mayor Jim Moran stepped down in 1991 she ran to replace him and became the citys first female mayor Ticer became well known beyond Alexandria when she stood up to Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who wanted to build a stadium in the city
After she was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1995 she advanced legislation that helped families children and the environment
She was predeceased by her husband Jack and survived by her four children John T Ticer Jr Margaret Ticer Janowsky Cather-ine Ticer Virginia Ticer Baechler and five grandchildren
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Community Lodgings cele-brates 30 years
JULY cont Alrsquos Steak House reopens after 2016 fire
About a year after Alrsquos Steak House suffered a fire on its re-opening day the Del Ray insti-tution reopened on July 21
The restaurant located at 1504 Mount Vernon Ave was operated by John Severson until his death in 2015 His son John ldquoBordquo Severson approached the Breeding family longtime cus-tomers who had expressed in-terest in buying the restaurant
The Breedings made the sale final in June 2016 and they officially reopened Alrsquos to the public on July 6 After just five
hours in operation a fire broke out leaving the restaurant in need of extensive repairs It took almost a year but the family finally got the green light from the fire department to re-open on June 14
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Three injured by 17-year-old in Del Ray multiple shooting
Three people were injured when a 17-year-old opened fire on East Howell Avenue
David Palmer 17 plead-ed guilty on Nov 21 to three counts of malicious wounding during July 27 incident which injured a 19-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 49 who suffered from non-life threatening injuries Palmers motive is unclear
Palmer is set for sentencing on Jan 25 2018
DiJuan Clark sentenced to 31 years for murderAn Alexandria man who
murdered another city resident in an alleged retaliation killing was sentenced on July 27 to 31 years in prison for charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder
DiJuan Marquie Clark 32 was convicted for the murder of Saquan Emari Hall a 23-year-old city resident He pleaded guilty at his trial on March 16
Evidence presented at the case revealed Clark confronted Hall in the 1000 block of First
Street early in the morning of July 2 2016 Clark and Hall had a brief argument before Clark opened fire Hall fled down an alley toward North Patrick Street and Clark fol-lowed him continuing to fire Once Hall collapsed on the ground Clark approached him and shot him in the head
Clark was taken into custody weeks after the incident on July 21 2016 Clark told police Hall was responsible for the death of his brother Pierre Clark who was killed on June 9 2016
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
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London Curry HouseThe Empire of Indiarsquos
Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
created another culinary hit with the lovely London Curry Restau-rant at Cameron Station Even with a 150-seat dining room this treasure of the subcontinent feels cozy and welcoming on a cold winterrsquos day whether one is din-ing in the main restaurant or the intimate 25-seat private dining room or at the bar The splendid scent of curry wafts through the air and ads to the inviting ambi-ence
London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
systematically visiting scores of Londonrsquos finest and top reviewed Indian restaurants as he devel-oped the London Curry House menu Alexandria patrons are the beneficiaries of the research as the Indian dishes are all superb at London Curry from the biryanis to the mouth-watering buttered chicken chicken masala lamb kebabs goat nehari samosas naan and other palette pleasers
All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
Wondering what to serve at your next party Check out London Curry Housersquos catering options
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
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London Curry HouseThe Empire of Indiarsquos
Perfect for a winterrsquos dayRestaurateur Asad Sheikh has
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London is known for its excellent Indian eateries Thatrsquos why Sheikh spent several weeks
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All the choices are fantastic and the menu even offers guid-ance by labeling some items ldquomust tryrdquo
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ldquoLondon Curry House a trip without leaving Northern Virginia [D]iners looking for guidance can count on the owner to steer them to hellip choice eatinghellipI was glad I followed the promptrdquo
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22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
22 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
After serving three terms on city council Tim Lovain an-nounced he would not run for a fourth term in 2018 Lovain cited family as the reason for not seeking reelection stating hersquod like to spend more time with his wife and college- and high-school-age children
Lovain was first elected to council in 2006 then lost his seat in the 2009 election before being voted back onto council in 2012 During his ca-reer on council hersquos focused on transportation land use and Alexandria City Public Schools He cited the devel-opment of long-term trans-portation plans for the area
as a highlight of his service and said hersquos pleased with the progress the city has made during his time on council
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SEPTEMBERCouncilor Tim Lovain wonrsquot seek reelection
City abandons plans for Old Town BIDMore than a year after an ex-
ploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town City Manager Mark Jinks announced the city was abandoning the effort Jinks said the decision was a result of feedback from the exploratory committee that they could not devote the time and effort to put
together a new BID framework that would garner majority ap-proval from business and prop-erty owners
When the BID proposal was brought before council in June several council members said public feedback was running about three-to-one in opposition In his announcement Jinks said the BID should not be govern-
ment-led and should have been predominantly advocated for by the business community that would be directly impacted
Some members of the BID ex-ploratory committee reacted an-grily to Jinksrsquo characterization of the decision saying the commit-tee did their job and city council should have voted the matter up or down in June
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Council approves new West End elementary schoolThe planned West End ele-
mentary school at 1701 and 1705 N Beauregard St passed its biggest hurdle at Septemberrsquos public hearing when city council unanimously approved its devel-opment special use permit The
approval means construction can begin on transforming the vacant office building into a school that will eventually accommodate 650 students between kindergarten and fifth grade It will be the first new school facility for Alexandria
City Public Schools since Sam-uel Tucker Elementary School opened in 1999 The new school is set to open for the 2018-19 school year according Ramee Gentry chair of the Alexandria City School Board
Asana purchases 21 Old Town propertiesAsana Partners closed on
Monarch Row buying five King Street properties and one on South Union Street bringing its portfolio of properties in Old Town to 21 locations worth more than $100 million The develop-ment company closed on its first purchase in December 2016
Those who are active in devel-oping Alexandriarsquos retail footprint are optimistic about Asanarsquos plans saying that the companyrsquos far reach and sheer number of storefronts in Old Town could
be a game changer for the area Since the purchase Asana executives have announced a strategy that involves providing a pathway for retailers who have been looking to enter the Old Town market and attracting mil-lennials to the area
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Other notable eventsWhen Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in early September Alexandria doctors churches and local businesses helped with services supply drives and fundraisers US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle docked outside Robinson Landing at 1 Duke St for about a week in early September City archaeologists uncov-ered remnants of 19th-century Pioneer Mills while ex-cavating the site of Robinson Terminal South
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24 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
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PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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YOUR IMPACT OVER 30 YEARS
bullNearly 4000 youth served in our youth education programsbull220 families have graduated from transitional housing and
live independentlybull3000 low-income
Alexandrians have lived in our affordable housing
SAVE THE DATE Join us at our 30 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY PEARL GALA
on Saturday February 17 2018
YOUR DONATIONS help us continue to serve our cityrsquos most vulnerable citizens
Click ldquoDONATErdquo at httpcommunitylodgingsorg
to continue helping our low-income kids and families
LETrsquoS KEEP UP OUR GREAT WORK ALEXANDRIA
ldquoBuilding stronger families and brighter futures for 30 yearsrdquo
24 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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Take advantage of our winter discount and let us put our 30
years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a free estimate703-684-7702 bull techpaintingcom
Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
w w w t h e l i t t l e t h e at r e c o m600 Wolfe St Alexandria | 703-683-0496
Buy tickets early at our box office or online
OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
24 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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Anne of Green Gables 113-23
Based on the classic novel by LM Montgomery this heartwarming musical takes place at the turn of the century when a family decides to adopt an orphan boy for help on their farm Green Gables The ldquoboyrdquo turns out to be Anne Shirley who quickly charms her new home and community with her fun spirit and comical adventures A musical for the entire family
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OCTOBER
Christ Church announces plans to relocate Washington Lee plaquesChrist Churchrsquos decision to relocate plaques
honoring two of its most famous members George Washington and Robert E Lee from its worship space no later than summer 2018 went viral in late October earning headlines of varying tones from the Washington Post Washington Times CNN Na-tional Review and a variety of blogs and websites
The historic Episcopal church located promi-nently on Old Townrsquos main corridor announced the decision in an email to congregation members on Oct 26 after members of its vestry voted unani-mously to relocate the plaques The church began considering the issue in the summer seven listen-ing sessions and many one-on-one conversations with parishioners were held in September
The church said the decision to remove the plaques which were erected in 1870 following the Civil War was an effort to make visitors to the church feel more welcome saying in the email ldquohellip some visitors and guests who worship with us
choose not to return because they receive an un-intended message from the prominent presence of the plaquesrdquo The church also cited the evolving understanding of the legacy of slavery and the Con-federacy in its decision
While several community members and critics felt that Washington and Lee should not be treat-ed equally the church said they considered the plaques together because they were erected at the same time Their email announcement detailed the problematic legacy of Lee but went into less detail about Washington saying only that the plaques ldquovisually balance each other maintaining the sym-metry of our sanctuaryrdquo
Results from a Times poll from the week of Nov 2 established 17 percent of participants thought both plaques should be relocated 77 percent voted they shouldnrsquot and 6 percent voted that just Leersquos plaque should be relocated No one voted that only Wash-ingtonrsquos plaque should be relocated
PHOTOALEXA EPITROPOULOS
Shelter may temporarily move to LandmarkWhile the timeline for the re-
development of Landmark Mall is still unclear the nearly vacant shopping center could find a new use in a matter of months Alexandriarsquos Carpenterrsquos Shelter is negotiating with the Howard Hughes Corporation which owns the majority of Landmark Mall to occupy a portion of the area Macyrsquos vacated in January
The shelter would occupy the space for two years while
its current facility at 930 N Henry St goes through a major renovation Kerry Donley for-mer Alexandria mayor and vice chairman of the Carpenterrsquos Shelter board said the situation would be a win-win for both organizations as the two-year window aligns well with plans to redevelop the site
-mschrottalextimescom
FILE PHOTO
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
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City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
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Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
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COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
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417 Oronoco St | LEASEDO ered for $4300
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433 N Peyton St | SOLDO ered for $1375000
207 S Lee St | SOLDO ered for $ 1449000
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OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
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NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
A womenrsquos clothing amp accessory boutique (new amp consignment) home furnishings + gifts
7035662341 bull 109 N Fairfax Street bull wwwTwistStylcom
City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
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Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
26 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Call 703-797-3814
to schedule a tour of our beautifully
appointed apartments
ldquoIrsquove made a lot
since moving to the Hermitagerdquo
Enjoy the Carefree Lifestyle You Deserve
Discover why many people like you have come
experience a new lifestyle with an array of services and amenities Just ask resident John Mutchler who appreciates the freedom from home maintenance and the opportunity to participate in clubs and social activities Our residents also rave about our superb
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Yoursquoll also gain peace of mind knowing that health care and supportive services are available right here if you ever need them
For more information call 703-797-3814
wwwhermitagenovaorg
ldquoWersquove made a lot of good friends since moving to Hermitagerdquo Meet Carol and MJ Carol and MJ are great
buddies ey are also next door neighbors Carol is 88 years old and MJ is 79 Carol
moved to Hermitage Northern Virginia from Arlington about a year before MJ who came from Montgomery County Maryland Aer moving the two friends discovered a shared love of outdoor walks on the grounds of the community and around the quiet neighborhood streets Carol focuses on her balance with a functional tness class 4x a week and MJ enjoys reading in the library Carol likes the many interesting people and MJ enjoys the many excursions and the reading club It feels like a family here at Hermitage Northern Virginia
OCTOBER contCouncil approves Potomac Yard development
City council voted to move for-ward with a condo development project at 2551 Main Line Blvd in Potomac Yard at its October public hearing With the vote council approved amendments to the Potomac YardPotomac Greens small area plan that will allow the number of units to increase from 36 to 138 and the height to go from 55 to 70 feet
The project has drawn oppo-
sition from residents who live on neighboring streets since the developer Potomac Yard Devel-opment LLC a subsidiary of the PulteGroup Inc proposed the amendments Many neighbors felt betrayed by the 383 percent increase in density the amend-ment allowed The developer made several compromises to appease neighbors including re-moving a total of four units from
the building creating a 55-foot terrace on each side relocating the opening of a garage and in-cluding an open green space that would leave residents 127 feet away from the building
Despite neighbor protests that the compromise was not enough council voted to approve the amendment by a vote of six to one with Mayor Allison Silberberg casting the lone dissenting vote Local soccer star earns national award
A combination of pure com-mitment a competitive attitude and natural ability led soccer star Claire Constant to be nationally recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year The award is designed to recognize student athletes for their athleticism academic success and exemplary character Constant has been playing soccer since her fa-ther put a ball in her crib when she was three months old
A senior at TC Williams High School she is a three-year mem-ber of the girls varsity soccer team She is the first girls soccer player from TC Williams to win the Player of the Year award She has also played for and captained the Mc-Lean ECNL club team for the past four years Constant is verbally committed to continue playing soccer next year at the University of Virginia
Other notable eventsThree dead after two major crime incidents
NOVEMBERVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announces mayoral runVice Mayor Justin Wilson
announced on Nov 13 that he will run for mayor in 2018 set-ting the stage for a showdown against incumbent Mayor Allison Silberberg Wilson who is in his third city council term said he will focus on education the economy and infrastructure He said priority issues are fast-grow-ing enrollment at Alexandria City Public Schools insufficient citywide access to pre-K educa-tion the Potomac Yard metro Landmark Mallrsquos redevelopment effort and retail vacancy
Infrastructure needs he will emphasize include fixing the cityrsquos sewer system modern-izing schools and maintaining city parks Wilsonrsquos candidacy comes as little surprise to those tuned into city politics Wilson and Silberberg have clashed on a number of issues since she was sworn in as mayor in Janu-
ary 2016 Silberberg said she will be running for reelection in 2018 but said she wonrsquot have an official campaign launch until early next year Wilsonrsquos decision means two city council seats will be open as incum-bent Tim Lovain announced in September that he will not seek reelection next year
-mschrottalextimescom
PHOTOMISSY SCHROTT
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
A womenrsquos clothing amp accessory boutique (new amp consignment) home furnishings + gifts
7035662341 bull 109 N Fairfax Street bull wwwTwistStylcom
City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 29
Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
HOMEOWNERS Will your home need some exterior TLC this yearLet us put our 30 years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
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AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
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LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
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With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 27
NOVEMBER contACPS takes back West End Elementary School principal appointment
Just a week after John B Murphy was appointed princi-pal of the West End Elementa-ry School at 1701 N Beaure-gard St Alexandria City Public Schools announced it would not proceed with the appoint-ment due to new information Multiple news stories revealed that in prior years Murphy had been accused of misconduct toward students teachers and faculty at several schools in different states
Although ACPS did not reveal details in the statement they issued reversing the decision
articles from multiple New York news outlets including the New York Post the New
York Daily News and Black Star News revealed Murphy was accused of a long list of wrong-doings He was alleged to have abused students and teach-ers at a New York City public school and a Connecticut high school among others
Itrsquos not clear how Murphyrsquos appointment was able to get through ACPSrsquo vetting process The school district said the vet-ting process was thorough and included a full internet search of all candidates
A new principal Rachael Dischner was named Dec 21
City Democrats celebrate statewide wins
Democrats swept all three statewide races on Nov 7 with Ralph S Northam elected gov-ernor Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor and incumbent Attor-ney General Mark Herring win-ning reelection City Democrats including Mayor Allison Silber-berg and several other mem-bers of city council celebrated
the win at a viewing party at Del Rayrsquos Pork Barrel BBQ Many Alexandria precincts went for Northam by high margins he gained 80 percent or more of the vote in half of the cityrsquos 28 precincts Overall Northam won Alexandria by 7836 percent to Republican Ed Gillespiersquos 2074 percent
Other notable eventsAffordable housing project revitalizes the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandrias West End Sunrise Senior Livings Old Town location moves forward
DECEMBER
ACPS names new superintendentDr Gregory C Hutchings Jr
a TC Williams High School alum was selected by the school board as Alexandria City Public Schoolsrsquo new superin-tendent ACPS announced in a press release on Dec 14 Hutchings will begin his new position with ACPS in July 2018 after completing his fifth year as superintendent of Shaker Heights Schools near Cleveland Ohio
Hutchings not only attend-ed ACPS ndash he also previously worked in the school district as an administrator from 2010 to 2013 He first served as
director of middle school pro-grams for ACPS and later as director of pre-K-12 initiatives Hutchingsrsquo appointment follows previous superintendent Dr Al-
vin Crawleyrsquos departure in July Since Crawley left for a faculty position at George Mason Uni-versity Dr Lois Berlin has act-ed as interim superintendent
Parking task force finalizes recommendationsMembers of the cityrsquos parking
standards task force agreed on final recommendations for minimum and maximum parking at their Nov 29 meeting Their plans to cap allowed parking and allow shared parking to count toward minimum require-ments were opposed by a rep-resentative of a regional restau-rant association
If approved by city council these new requirements would significantly reduce the amount of parking that developers and
business owners would need to provide in new construction or when existing buildings are redeveloped for more intensive uses The new standards would apply to hotels office buildings retail businesses and restau-rants New businesses would be required to provide less parking in Alexandriarsquos main commercial districts which also include the residential neighborhoods of Old Town and Del Ray though exist-ing code already exempts most retail and restaurant parking
requirements in Old Town Task force members repeat-
edly championed the data-driven aspect of their recommenda-tions which stemmed from a parking study commissioned by the city although at the meeting two city staffers presented con-flicting reports of parking usage at the medical office building at 4660 Kenmore Ave The final report including details of the point-in-time parking study has not yet been made public
-mschrottalextimescom
COURTESY PHOTO
A womenrsquos clothing amp accessory boutique (new amp consignment) home furnishings + gifts
7035662341 bull 109 N Fairfax Street bull wwwTwistStylcom
City council took a major step forward at its December public hearing in the ongoing Cameron Run Park discussion Council agreed unanimously to endorse seven priorities as the ldquofuture visionrdquo for Cameron Run Park a 26-acre space on Eisenhower Avenue
They also decided to explore partnership opportunities with not only NOVA Parks the organi-zation leasing the land but other interested groups as well The overarching consensus among
council staff and community members is that the park would be served by a better purposeThe renewed debate was sparked by the impending end of a 40-year lease with NOVA Parks which expires in 2021
The city has until Sept 30 2018 to negotiate partnerships with NOVA and other interested groups If negotiations are unsuc-cessful by that date the existing lease of Cameron Run Park will expire on July 1 2021 and revert back to city control
Council sets Cameron Run Park priorities
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 29
Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
HOMEOWNERS Will your home need some exterior TLC this yearLet us put our 30 years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 31
HELP WANTED SALESEARN $500 A DAY Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Wants Insurance Agents Leads No Cold Calls Commissions Paid Daily Agency Training Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020
HELP WANTED
TRUCK DRIVERSCDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $45000-$60000 1st Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 877-CDS-4CDLLynchburgRoanoke 855-CDS-4CDL Front RoyalWinchester 844-CDS-4CDL
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALEREDUCE YOUR ANXIETY NOW NEW Weighted Blanket Program to help calm and relax with deep pressure Get yours now for $70 Call (202) 499-4477
SERVICESDIVORCEndashUncontested $395+$86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome-no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol BBB Member
LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
Classifieds
POWER DESIGN NOW HIRING ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES OF ALL SKILL LEVELS
about the positionhellipDo you love working with your hands Are you interested in construction and in becoming an electrician Then the electrical apprentice position could be perfect for you Electrical apprentices are able to earn a paycheck and full benefits while learning the trade through firsthand experience what wersquore looking forhellipMotivated DC residents who want to learn the electrical trade and have a high school diploma or GED as well as reliable transportationa little bit about ushellipPower Design is one of the top electrical contractors in the US committed to our values to training and to giving back to the communities in which we live and work more detailshellipVisit powerdesignincuscareers or email careerspowerdesignincus
Earn more with Quality30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Looking for CDL A or B drivers to delivernew trucks all over the US and Canada
Experience preferred Must have DOT physical and bewilling to keep logs No DUIs in last 10 years cleanMVR
Apply Online atwwwqualitydriveawaycomor call 574-642-2023
32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
28 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
We would like to extend our thanks to the Alexandrians who participate in the success of our paper every week Each reader advertiser interviewee
and contributor makes our job at the Alexandria Times a joy
We would especially like you to join us in thanking the businesses whose advertisements make it possible for you to enjoy the latest Alexandria city
news in the paper and in your inbox through E-delivery every week
Wishing you all happy holidays and a 2018 filled with blessings
- The Alexandria Times staff
Alexandria Times
Thank you
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 29
Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
HOMEOWNERS Will your home need some exterior TLC this yearLet us put our 30 years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 31
HELP WANTED SALESEARN $500 A DAY Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Wants Insurance Agents Leads No Cold Calls Commissions Paid Daily Agency Training Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020
HELP WANTED
TRUCK DRIVERSCDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $45000-$60000 1st Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 877-CDS-4CDLLynchburgRoanoke 855-CDS-4CDL Front RoyalWinchester 844-CDS-4CDL
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALEREDUCE YOUR ANXIETY NOW NEW Weighted Blanket Program to help calm and relax with deep pressure Get yours now for $70 Call (202) 499-4477
SERVICESDIVORCEndashUncontested $395+$86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome-no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol BBB Member
LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
Classifieds
POWER DESIGN NOW HIRING ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES OF ALL SKILL LEVELS
about the positionhellipDo you love working with your hands Are you interested in construction and in becoming an electrician Then the electrical apprentice position could be perfect for you Electrical apprentices are able to earn a paycheck and full benefits while learning the trade through firsthand experience what wersquore looking forhellipMotivated DC residents who want to learn the electrical trade and have a high school diploma or GED as well as reliable transportationa little bit about ushellipPower Design is one of the top electrical contractors in the US committed to our values to training and to giving back to the communities in which we live and work more detailshellipVisit powerdesignincuscareers or email careerspowerdesignincus
Earn more with Quality30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Looking for CDL A or B drivers to delivernew trucks all over the US and Canada
Experience preferred Must have DOT physical and bewilling to keep logs No DUIs in last 10 years cleanMVR
Apply Online atwwwqualitydriveawaycomor call 574-642-2023
32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 29
Two residents of local non-profit Friends of Guest House Heidi Christiansen and Emma Tyrrell discussed their de-scents into opioid addiction and their recovery process
Both women were introduced to prescription pills in their 40s after surgeries and then began to use heroin
Theyre not alone About 2 million people in the US had
a substance abuse disorder involving prescription pain pills in 2015 according to the Amer-ican Society of Addiction Med-icine and of the 52404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015 more than 38 percent ndash 20101 ndash were related to prescription pain pills Opioid addiction has also been on the rise in women
Christiansen and Tyrrell are both part of Friends of Guest
Housersquos six-month residential rehabilitation program and plan to participate in after care They hope to rebuild bridges and live healthy lives
ldquoItrsquos a process ndash the shame and guilt of your addiction and your behaviors during your ad-dition oftentimes without help will prevent you from rebuilding your life and keep you in a cycle of addictionrdquo Christiansen said
OPIOIDS SERIES contPart three
Life on the front lines of Alexandriarsquos opioid crisisAs the only hospital within city
limits Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front lines of a local health epidemic surrounding opioid abuse
Most individuals who over-dose in the city will come through Inova Alexandriarsquos emergency department ndash and over the past four years that number has significantly in-creased In the first week of
October alone for example there were six overdoses and one death in the city according to the Alexandria Police Depart-ment
Dr Martin H Brown chair-man of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria said the hospital began seeing the beginnings of an uptick in opioid abuse a de-cade ago It began with a push
in the medical field throughout the 2000s to treat patients with pain more aggressively
Inova Alexandria has changed its policies so that it gives out substantially fewer pain prescriptions than in years past While this measure is an important step to reduce ad-diction the results of the policy shift will take time to be fully seen Combating the opioid cri-
sis Brown said isnrsquot a step-by-step process ndash and it extends beyond simply being aware of the problem
ldquoThis didnrsquot happen overnight and itrsquos not going to be cured overnight The awareness is there now I think everyone is aware of this issuerdquo Brown said ldquoThe action following awareness is a little harder and is going to take more timerdquo
Part four The opioid
crisis through an EMTrsquos lens
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade a 14-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department is equipped to deal with anything
Shadersquos job includes providing medical treatment on the scene treating patients with IVs intu-bating patients and administer-ing medication He is often the first person someone in crisis sees
ldquohellip As a paramedic you walk into a scene and you smell cer-tain smells you have vision and auditory experiences sometimes there are tastes of things in the air All five of your senses are impactedrdquo Shade said
Since 2015 there has been an uptick in the number of opi-oid overdoses in Alexandria This surge is quantifiable with data and it has been qualitatively felt by EMTs like Shade The stress of repeatedly treating people who have overdosed and then having to deal with devastated family members is traumatic
ldquoWe see people at their absolute worst whether itrsquos just a horrible experience that theyrsquore dealing with whether itrsquos a medical experience whether itrsquos a trauma but you also see people at their absolute best You see people who rise above and beyond and theyrsquore putting them-selves in harmrsquos way hellip That reas-sures why I love to do this jobrdquo
-aepitropoulosalextimescom
Part five What makes the drugs dangerous
and addictiveLieutenant Michael Kochis
commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vice and narcotics section said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from opi-oids has been described to him as akin to a personrsquos skin being ripped off of his or her body
The grueling mental and phys-ical dependency leaves users in constant fear of the vicious withdrawal they know will occur if they stop using
Common opioids include her-oin oxycodone Vicodin fentanyl codeine morphine and several others The drugs turning up most often in cases around Alex-andria involve heroin or a hybrid of heroin and fentanyl
Dr Hughes Melton MD chief deputy commissioner of the Vir-ginia Department of Health said drugs of different classes that are frequently paired with opioids include alcohol benzodiazepines such as Xanax and other seem-ingly harmless sedatives such as Benadryl The risk is exponential
ldquoIf you take some opiates and you get sort of a buzz then you just take a little bit of benzodiaz-epine you donrsquot just get a little more buzz you get deadrdquo Melton said ldquoCombining drugs because of the way they work in your body and in your brain they donrsquot have an incremental effect when you add one to the other they have an exponential effect hellip thatrsquos usually how people dierdquo
Part six
Justice in the midst of crisisThe rise in crime and deaths
associated with opioid abuse has required nuanced thinking and approaches from both law enforcement and the court system Both the Alexandria Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealthrsquos Attorney in recent years have changed their focus from indi-vidual users to those who are higher up the food chain
ldquoAs a prosecutor you really have to kind of separate out people who have an addiction
problem [from] the people who are feeding that addictionrdquo Alexandria Commonwealthrsquos Attorney Bryan Porter said
Lieutenant Michael Kochis commander of the Alexandria Police Departmentrsquos vicenarcotics unit said the policersquos approach is similar
ldquoOur mission is to focus on drug trafficking organizations as opposed to individual us-ers What that means is when we come across a case we try to identify the organiza-
tion behind a specific source of narcotics whether yoursquore talking about heroin or opiates or fentanyl or whatever it may berdquo Kochis said
The city is now exploring the possibility of starting a drug court which would work to reha-bilitate nonviolent offenders who have agreed to certain terms
ldquohellip The goal is not jail time Itrsquos to actually intervene and get this person off the street thatrsquos causing the problemrdquo Porter said
Part seven
Addiction knows no bounds
PHOTOSLOUISE KRAFFTHeidi ChristiansenEmma Tyrrell
PHOTOLOUISE KRAFFT
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
HOMEOWNERS Will your home need some exterior TLC this yearLet us put our 30 years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 31
HELP WANTED SALESEARN $500 A DAY Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Wants Insurance Agents Leads No Cold Calls Commissions Paid Daily Agency Training Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020
HELP WANTED
TRUCK DRIVERSCDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $45000-$60000 1st Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 877-CDS-4CDLLynchburgRoanoke 855-CDS-4CDL Front RoyalWinchester 844-CDS-4CDL
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALEREDUCE YOUR ANXIETY NOW NEW Weighted Blanket Program to help calm and relax with deep pressure Get yours now for $70 Call (202) 499-4477
SERVICESDIVORCEndashUncontested $395+$86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome-no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol BBB Member
LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
Classifieds
POWER DESIGN NOW HIRING ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES OF ALL SKILL LEVELS
about the positionhellipDo you love working with your hands Are you interested in construction and in becoming an electrician Then the electrical apprentice position could be perfect for you Electrical apprentices are able to earn a paycheck and full benefits while learning the trade through firsthand experience what wersquore looking forhellipMotivated DC residents who want to learn the electrical trade and have a high school diploma or GED as well as reliable transportationa little bit about ushellipPower Design is one of the top electrical contractors in the US committed to our values to training and to giving back to the communities in which we live and work more detailshellipVisit powerdesignincuscareers or email careerspowerdesignincus
Earn more with Quality30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Looking for CDL A or B drivers to delivernew trucks all over the US and Canada
Experience preferred Must have DOT physical and bewilling to keep logs No DUIs in last 10 years cleanMVR
Apply Online atwwwqualitydriveawaycomor call 574-642-2023
32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
30 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES
CALENDARDECEMBER 29
JANE AUSTEN BIRTHDAY LOST IN AUSTEN Join the Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library for a showing of the British miniseries ldquoLost in Austenrdquo Amanda an ardent Jane Austen fan lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael ndash until she finds out shersquos swapped places with Austenrsquos fictional creation Elizabeth BennetTime Noon to 2 pm Location Charles E Beatley Jr Central Library 5005 Duke St Information 703-746-1751
DECEMBER 31 NOON YEARrsquoS EVE Start your first night celebration at Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library Our fourth annual bash includes performances by ldquoOh Susannahrdquo and ldquoThe Great Zucchinirdquo join in at 1155 am for a countdown to ldquoNoon Yearrdquo with music and a balloon drop All ages invited but itrsquos especially appropriate for children ages 2 and up Time 10 am to 1230 pm Location Kate Waller Barrett Branch
Library 717 Queen St Information 703-746-1710
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA The 23rd annual First Night Alexandria celebration returns The event includes family-friendly activities beginning at 2 pm and culminating with a fireworks display ndash the only one in the DC metro area ndash over the Potomac River at midnight The annual New Yearrsquos Eve bash takes over Old Town with more than 150 live performances at 22 indoor venues live music dancing face painting and games Time Family-friendly activities between 2 and 5 pm performances from 7 pm to midnight throughout Old Town fireworks at midnight along the Potomac River at the foot of King Street Location Throughout Old Town Headquarters located at 1605 Cameron St Information firstnightalexandriaorg
NYE AT CHART HOUSE Enjoy a four-course meal at Chart House Restaurant with a signature menu created by Executive Chef Jeff Lewis Live entertainment begins at 830 pm with raffles throughout the
night a swag bag for every guest and a fireworks show at midnight Tickets range from $50 to $150 Time 430 pm to 1 am Location Chart House Restaurant 1 Cameron St Information httpsnye-alexandriaeventbritecom
NYE AT CAFEacute 44 Ring in 2018 at Cafeacute 44rsquos all-inclusive New Yearrsquos Eve Party The celebration will be in full swing with a live streaming of the ball drop Chambong toast and fireworks over the Potomac at midnight Admission costs $100 for one and $150 for a couple The ticket grants the attendee full access to a free-flowing selection of libations and a steady stream of appetizers free-flowing Veuve Clicquot Champagne Cocktails and Cafeacute 44rsquos signature Cabin in the Woods cocktail (hickory-smoked old fashioned) The dress code is fashionably trendy or dressed to the nines Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Cafeacute 44 44 Canal Center Plaza Information httpswwweventbritecomenew-years-eve-at-cafe-44-tickets-41106546788aff=efbeventtix
NYE AT VOLArsquoS Come ring in 2018 on the patio at Volarsquos for a New Yearrsquos Eve to remember on Dec 31 from 9 pm to 1 am Volarsquos will transform its dockside patio into Old Townrsquos coolest venue to celebrate with lounge furniture cocktail tables and heaters Your ticket includes Open bar featuring beer wine and a signature cocktail (until 1230 am) oyster raw bar chocolate truffles to satisfy your sweet tooth champagne toast at midnight and the Old Town fireworks over the water Space is limited so purchase your tickets today Must be 21 or overPre-sale tickets are $50 and tickets at the door are $75Time 9 pm to 1 am Location Volarsquos Dockside Grill 101 N Union St Information httpswwweventbritecomevolas-new-years-eve-party-tickets-41172124934aff=ehomecard
NYE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM Join Potomac Riverboat Co for a New Yearrsquos Eve celebration and cruise along the Potomac River Boarding for the Cherry Blossom will begin at 930 pm with the cruise
beginning at 10 pm until 1 am A buffet provided by King Street Blues and an open bar with a midnight champagne toast is included in the price of admission A rocking DJ will keep you dancing into the New Year Tickets cost $149 per person Time Boarding begins at 930 pm Location Potomac Riverboat Co 1 Cameron St Information wwwpotomacriverboatcocom
JANUARY 10
WINE CLASS WEST COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNONS Join Sonoma Cellar on King Street for an edition of ldquoJosersquos Monthly Wine Classrdquo to discover the Cabernet Sauvignon grape and how it expresses itself in the different climates and terroirs of California Oregon and Washington state Make your reservations today ndash the class is limited to 28 people Make a $20 deposit to set your place for the fun Time 7 to 830 pm Location Sonoma Cellar 207 King St Information 703-566-9867 infosonomacellargmailcom
HOMEOWNERS Will your home need some exterior TLC this yearLet us put our 30 years of experience to work for you
Call us to schedule a FREE estimate 703-684-7702 | techpaintingcom
HOME OF THE WEEK
AT A GLANCELocation 3009 Russell Road Alexandria 22305Neighborhood Mount IdaBuilt 1920Bedrooms 4Baths 35Parking Attached garageInterior 3286 square feetLot 13500 square feetPrice $949000Contact Christine Garner Weichert Old Town 703-587-4855 wwwChristineGarnercom
This lovely home sits back from the road on a spacious 13500-square-foot lot with a manicured lawn A wide foyer entry welcomes you to a generous living room with a re-lined wood burning fireplace and formal dining room The kitchen is spa-cious with abundant counter space and cherry cabinets stainless steel appliances and an adjoining break-fast room A convenient main level bedroom suite comes with a sitting room and the homes 3 upper lev-el bedrooms have 2 full baths in-cluding the master suite Other fea-tures include a walk-out basement with half bath hardwood floors on two levels replacement windows a three-year-old CAC and upper and lower level washers and dryers En-joy the best of outdoor living with a fenced-in backyard with patio area lawn and shed
A classic home to make your own
COURTESY PHOTOSAbove This home boasts a manicured lawn and 13500 square feet of land Right This spacious home is set back from the road and comes with an attached garage
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 31
HELP WANTED SALESEARN $500 A DAY Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Wants Insurance Agents Leads No Cold Calls Commissions Paid Daily Agency Training Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020
HELP WANTED
TRUCK DRIVERSCDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $45000-$60000 1st Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 877-CDS-4CDLLynchburgRoanoke 855-CDS-4CDL Front RoyalWinchester 844-CDS-4CDL
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALEREDUCE YOUR ANXIETY NOW NEW Weighted Blanket Program to help calm and relax with deep pressure Get yours now for $70 Call (202) 499-4477
SERVICESDIVORCEndashUncontested $395+$86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome-no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol BBB Member
LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
Classifieds
POWER DESIGN NOW HIRING ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES OF ALL SKILL LEVELS
about the positionhellipDo you love working with your hands Are you interested in construction and in becoming an electrician Then the electrical apprentice position could be perfect for you Electrical apprentices are able to earn a paycheck and full benefits while learning the trade through firsthand experience what wersquore looking forhellipMotivated DC residents who want to learn the electrical trade and have a high school diploma or GED as well as reliable transportationa little bit about ushellipPower Design is one of the top electrical contractors in the US committed to our values to training and to giving back to the communities in which we live and work more detailshellipVisit powerdesignincuscareers or email careerspowerdesignincus
Earn more with Quality30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Looking for CDL A or B drivers to delivernew trucks all over the US and Canada
Experience preferred Must have DOT physical and bewilling to keep logs No DUIs in last 10 years cleanMVR
Apply Online atwwwqualitydriveawaycomor call 574-642-2023
32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
WWWALEXTIMESCOM DECEMBER 28 2017 | 31
HELP WANTED SALESEARN $500 A DAY Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Wants Insurance Agents Leads No Cold Calls Commissions Paid Daily Agency Training Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020
HELP WANTED
TRUCK DRIVERSCDL TRAINING FOR LOCALOTR DRIVERS $45000-$60000 1st Year 4-wks or 10 Weekends for CDL Veterans in Demand RichmondFredericksburg 877-CDS-4CDLLynchburgRoanoke 855-CDS-4CDL Front RoyalWinchester 844-CDS-4CDL
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALEREDUCE YOUR ANXIETY NOW NEW Weighted Blanket Program to help calm and relax with deep pressure Get yours now for $70 Call (202) 499-4477
SERVICESDIVORCEndashUncontested $395+$86 court cost No court appearance Estimated completion time twenty-one days Telephone inquiries welcome-no obligation Hilton Oliver Attorney 757-490-0126 Se Habla Espantildeol BBB Member
LEGAL NOTICES
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THURSDAY JANUARY 11 2018- 730 PM
Council Chambers City Hall 301 King Street
Alexandria Virginia 22314
Information about this item may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 telephone (703) 746-4666 or on the Cityrsquos website at wwwalexandriavagovplan-ning
BZA Case 2017-00361210 Trinity Drive
Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
BZA Case 2017-00381208 Trinity Drive Public hearing and consider-ation of a request for a variance to construct a new single-family dwelling behind the required established average setback zoned R-12residential sin-gle-family Applicant SW Trinity Development LLC
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION amp CITY
COUNCILJANUARY 2018
In accordance with Virginia State Code Section 152-2006 the following is the second pub-lication of notice of requests for vacations of public right-of-wayA request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1600 North Frazier Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria
by Michael amp Brooke Beach represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 1615 North Frost Street has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Shawn P amp Cassandra K McLaughlin represented by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 4001 Lawrence Avenue has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Paul amp Sitta Zehfuss represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney A request for a vacation of pub-lic right-of-way at 4905 Maury Lane has been filed with the City of Alexandria by Elise M Fulstone amp William H Tabor A request for a vacation of public right-of-way at 2410 and 2460 Mill Road has been filed with the City of Alexandria by SC Eisenhower LLC represent-ed by Duncan Blair attorney All requests above are sched-uled to be considered at public hearings before Planning Com-mission on January 4 2018 at 700pm and City Council on January 20 2018 at 930am Both meetings will be held in City Hall at 301 King Street Alexandria VA 22314
For more information contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit wwwalexandriavagovplanning
ALEXANDRIA BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWOLD amp HISTORIC ALEXAN-
DRIA DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE OF A PUB-
LIC HEARING
A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Archi-tectural Review on WEDNES-DAY January 17 2018 begin-ning at 730 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers second f loor of City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria Virginia on the following applicationsBAR Case 2017-00469
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00470Request for addition and alter-ations at 421 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00472
Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00473Request for addition and alter-ations at 419 N Columbus StreetApplicant Patrick Jansen
BAR Case 2017-00475Request for partial demolitioncapsulation at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLC
BAR Case 2017-00476Request for alterations at 1006 King StreetApplicant Old Town 2 LLCInformation about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Zoning City Hall 301 King Street Room 2100 Alexandria Virginia 22314 or at wwwalex-andriavagovdockets
PUBLIC NOTICEATampT proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 101rsquo) on the building at 1101 King St Alexandria VA (20171168) Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr West Berlin NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties
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32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg
32 |DECEMBER 28 2017 ALEXANDRIA TIMES]
Itrsquos beyond selling homesWhen McEnearney Associates was formed in 1980 John McEnearney knew that he wanted to create a firm that went above and beyond just selling and buying homes for clients He wanted to give back to the communities that helped grow the firm to over 360 Associates today Every Associate that joins our firm stands behind a brand that invests in the communities that we live and work in
They are responsible for our enviable reputation They are McEnearney Associates
McEnearney Associates Alexandria Office109 S Pitt Street | Alexandria VA 22314 | 7035499292 | McEnearneycom
With sincere gratitude thank you to these organizations and non-profits that we have worked with to strengthen our communities for the past 37 years
ACT for AlexandriaAlexandria Little League
Alexandria Rotary FoundationAlexandria Seaport Foundation
Alexandria Sportsman ClubAmerican Craft Endeavors
Avon Walk for Breast CancerBoys and Girls Club of Washington
Carpenterrsquos ShelterCenter for Alexandriarsquos Children
Community LodgingsCraig Keith Design
Historic Alexandria FoundationHopkins House
National Capital LymeTick Disease Walk
Rebuilding Together AlexandriaSaint Coletta of Greater Washington
SCAN of Northern VirginiaScholarship Fund of AlexandriaSenior Services of AlexandriaSt Paulrsquos Episcopal Church
St StephensSt AgnesSymphony Orchestra League
of AlexandriaTC Williams Athletic Boosters
The Campagna CenterTHE TWIG Old Town Tour
The Washington Winter ShowUnited Community Ministries
Zerocancerorg