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The National Park Service is hoping to find funds to build a new canal boat to ply Georgetown’s section of the C&O Canal, even as it makes plans to tow the beloved but decrepit “Georgetown” upstream for demolition. Although no funding is available “at this time,” said John Noel, spokesperson for the C&O Canal National Historical Park, the Park Service would like to replace the big mule-drawn barge, a replica of those that hauled coal and other freight from Cumberland, Md. to Washington during the canal’s industrial heyday. “It has a long, long history. We hope to be able to have that again,” Noel said. But for now, he said in a phone interview, park offi-cials are awaiting delivery of a smaller battery-powered

boat to carry canal visitors in Georgetown. They’re also fine-tuning plans to demolish the old barge, and “trying to get a handle” on what a replacement vessel would cost, he said. In the next few weeks, a contractor will haul the

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New canal boat could return to Georgetown

Bill Petros/The CurrentDressed in mourning, Arlette Cahen-Coppock and her husband, Bob, held a farewell party last week for the historic “Georgetown” canal boat.

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

After years of delays and a series of varied concepts, developer EastBanc is confident it is about to win approval for its plans to expand the Georgetown Post Office building and use most of the facility for com-mercial offices. The Georgetown advisory neigh-borhood commission and the Old Georgetown Board — often the main hurdles facing developers in the federally protected neighbor-hood — had each supported multiple previous proposals for the site at

1215 31st St. But each residential and office proposal for the property wound up facing opposition else-where. “We have a situation where the Office of Planning, the historic review boards and one of our neigh-bors each have a different idea of what should be here,” EastBanc representative Mary Mottershead said at Monday’s Georgetown neighborhood commission meeting. But the modest scale of the plans and months of careful revisions — the project was pulled at the last minute from the previous two neigh-

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EastBanc may have reached compromise on post office


D.C. Council members Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells were among friends at last Wednesday’s hearing on parking issues. A series of smart-growth advocates pushed for mar-ket-rate parking on the District’s streets that would end what they called a massive subsidy of people who drive, and at least on a personal level, the members appeared supportive of those goals. A public parking space in D.C., said the Brookings Institution’s Christopher Leinberger, is worth between $10,000 and $60,000, and most are given away for an

almost nominal fee even in high-demand areas. The city shouldn’t prohibit driving, he testified, “but in an urban, walkable environment, we want to minimize the use of cars,” and raising parking rates for meters and permits can encourage that aim. Although the council members seemed supportive of the theory, they said it isn’t likely to advance into reality. The silent majority absent at the hearing wouldn’t go for it, said Cheh, who represents Ward 3, and Wells, who represents Ward 6. “Up on the dais, we have to get elected,” said Wells. “And with parking ... we’re not free to just do what we think is the best choice. Once someone has what they

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City to consider parking-rule changes


After surveying much of the neighborhood in the aftermath the Friday night’s storm, Trees for Georgetown committee chair Betsy Emes said that amid all the damage, she’s relieved that things weren’t worse. The “derecho” storm packed winds exceeding 60 miles per hour, which toppled trees and knocked out electricity across the region — including parts of Georgetown, as

well as large swaths of Glover Park and the Palisades. The 3300 block of Dent Place lost several mature trees, said Emes, and Georgetown’s largest street tree was blown over at 35th and Prospect streets. The Urban Forestry Administration had identified seven Georgetown trees that were lost as of Monday, Emes said, and houses and cars suffered damage across the community. “But all in all,” she said in an interview, “considering how much happened to the rest of area, it seems like we did all right in Georgetown.” The neighborhood’s underground power lines kept residents’ homes lit

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Bill Petros/The CurrentThis tree in the 2900 block of R Street in Georgetown is just one of many destroyed by the storm.

■ Storm: City suffers days of disruption to power, roads

Bill Petros/The CurrentZ-Burger Tenleytown held its fourth annual Independence Burger Eating Championship event Tuesday afternoon. Contestants competed to see who could eat the most burgers in 10 minutes. The winner, four-time champion Pete Czerwinski of Canada, received $1,000 cash and $1,000 in food tokens.

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By ELI OKUNCurrent Correspondent

A Northwest teen has been named one of 15 win-ners in the U.S. and Canada in Build-a-Bear Workshop’s Huggable Heroes program, which rewards youth who have made outstanding commu-nity service contributions. Yoni Kalin, who graduated last month from the Field School, was recognized for founding and lead-ing the Color My World Project, an organization that repurposes crayons discarded by restaurants and donates them to underprivileged schools. As part of the award, Kalin will receive $10,000 to distribute to

scholarship funds and nonprofits of his choice. The project was inspired by a meal Kalin had at an Outback Steakhouse in South Carolina, where he saw a waitress throw away crayons that his younger cousins had barely touched or not used at all. For Kalin, the moment revealed the perfect opportunity to capitalize on a desire he had felt to make a differ-ence. “I wanted to start a social action project for a long time, but I couldn’t find my niche,” he said. After discussing the idea with friends and family, Kalin took action. Along with his friend and Color My World co-president Gawan Fiore, he reached out to restaurants in the metropolitan area to enlist their

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

When Robert Sloan was hired as Sibley Memorial Hospital’s presi-dent and chief executive officer in 1985, he took a long walk around the institution’s 12-acre campus in the Palisades, soaking in his respon-sibilities and the possibilities of what might lie ahead for the hospital. He envisioned creating a long-term-care facility and a new medical office building, and bringing state-of-the-art technology to patients. Now, 27 years later, Sloan is about to retire. As he looks back on his tenure — which is the longest of any area hospital president/chief executive officer — he recognizes that the seeds of some of the hospi-tal’s biggest changes were born on his first day at Sibley. While some goals have taken longer to achieve than others, Sloan shepherded a time of great progress

and opportunity for the hospital, according to Sheliah Roy, director of public relations and marketing. Jerry Price, senior vice president of real estate and construction, has worked with Sloan for all but the first three months of Sloan’s tenure. “What I will remember most about working with Bob is his dogged determi-nation to stick with the mission of hospital,” said Price, “to serve the community with new services and facilities — and to follow that and do what was best for everyone.” The two met while working together at the now-shuttered Columbia Hospital for Women on L Street in the West End. One of Sloan’s first actions as president at

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Tuesday, July 10 The D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission will hold a public forum with D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield, who is seeking another four-year term as chief judge. The meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in Room 3100, Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave. NW.

Thursday, July 12 The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. The agenda will include con-sideration of a draft master plan and design guidelines for the McMillan Park Reservoir site.

Friday, July 13 The D.C. Office on Aging will hold a meeting on Senior Needs Assessment Initial Data Collection. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center, 324 Kennedy St. NW.

Tuesday, July 17 D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson will hold a “State of the Schools 2012” meeting for Ward 1 residents. The meeting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 3101 16th St. NW.

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By ELI OKUNCurrent Correspondent

A two-alarm fire ravaged a large Spring Valley home early Friday morning, inflicting complete internal damage but no reported inju-ries or deaths. According to Oscar Mendez, a spokesper-son for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, roughly 60 firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 4869 Glenbrook

Road. Typically, 34 firefighters are sent out on each alarm, he said. Since the investigation is still ongoing and a report has not yet been prepared, fire depart-ment officials would not comment on how the fire started or on other specifics of the incident. Mendez said the department received a call about the fire at 5:29 a.m. and arrived at the house at 5:34, putting out the fire by about 6:45. Video of the blaze posted on statter911.com

shows flames consuming all floors of the house, which sits slightly above the street on a small hill. “It’s my understanding that the fire had a good head start upon their arrival,” said Edward Smith, president of the District of Columbia Firefighters Association, Local 36. By Friday afternoon, with a corner of the structure still smoldering, the house’s win-dows, roof and interior walls were gone. Only

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The D.C. Council is considering a controversial bill that would allow installation of nine electronic display signs on the exterior of the Verizon Center. Ward 7 member Yvette Alexander heard primarily opposi-tion during a hearing on the bill last month, but will urge the council to support it in a July 10 vote. Ted Leonsis, owner of the Verizon Center and the Washington Wizards, Mystics and Capitals, sub-mitted the idea for the signs late last year, but he needs the council’s sup-port to apply for a permit to exempt the arena from the city’s ban on billboards. “We believe these signs are good for the city, the neighborhood, the Verizon Center, our teams and our fans,” Leonsis said in testimony at the June 20 hearing. He cited increased tax revenue for the District and increased profit for the teams as selling points. The signs would show messages from advertisers, as well as news from the teams that play at the Verizon Center. More than 20 witnesses testified at the hearing, most of them advising the council not to pass the Verizon Center Graphics and Entertainment Act of 2012. The hearing was origi-nally scheduled for January of this year, but it was delayed to give

Leonsis’ company, Monumental Sports, time to address citizens con-cerns with the original bill. The company made many chang-es to the proposed signs in an effort to appease residents. The revised bill specifies the size and luminosity of the signs, says no sound will be allowed and creates “closing times” at night when the screens will be turned off. In addition, Monumental Sports agreed that the signs could be used to advertise community events and convey emergency warnings, and promised not to place signs on the 6th Street side of the Verizon Center, the only side that faces resi-dences. Council member Alexander, who introduced the measure, said the signs will contribute to the neighbor-hood. “I believe that the new, modern digital displays and static signage will add to the vibrancy of the Chinatown/Penn Quarter neighbor-hood,” she wrote in an email to The Current. “The new signs would add to the liveliness and character of the area.” Alexander also cited the $8 mil-lion to $10 million in tax revenue the Verizon Center is expected to gener-ate for the city over the next four to five years through selling advertise-ments for the signs. But many oppose the idea. Tom

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Work continues on storm debris removal The D.C. Department of Public Works has been helping the D.C. Department of Transportation col-lect storm debris, and although it suspended operations for

Independence Day, work was planned to resume Thursday through Saturday. Residents are asked to cut large limbs into sections no longer than 4 feet and gather them into bundles no more than 2 feet in diameter. The bundles can be placed in the space between the street and the sidewalk, along with other loose or bagged organic storm debris. Don’t place items in the street, which could block gutters and interfere with street-cleaning equipment, the agency warned in a news release. Monica Hernandez of the Transportation Department remind-ed residents that the agency is responsible only for trees in the public space — privately owned trees are the responsibility of the property owner.

Council to consider business license bills Business owners would be able to wait twice as long before renew-ing their licenses and other docu-mentation if the D.C. Council adopts two bills introduced by at-large member Michael Brown. According to a news release from Brown’s office, one of the

bills would make a basic business license valid for four years instead of two; the second would make the same change to a small locally owned firm’s registration as a Certified Business Enterprise. The change will save time for business owners and for the District government, Brown says in the release.

Area education group appoints new director A longtime professional fund-raiser who has privately raised money for initiatives at schools in the Capitol Hill area has been named the new president and exec-utive director of the citywide DC Public Education Fund, the group announced last week. Catherine Townsend, the mother of four D.C. public school students, pledges in a news release to use her expertise to raise money for the city’s school system. Townsend most recently worked as a lobbyist for public agencies and nonprofits, and she has also served as the asso-ciate director for the Share Our Strength anti-hunger nonprofit. Since its founding in 2007, the DC Public Education Fund has

raised more than $90 million for D.C. public schools.

Local officials praise health-care ruling The U.S. Supreme Court’s deci-sion to uphold most of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will allow the District to move forward with implementing the law’s important elements, Mayor Vincent Gray said in a news release Thursday. Among other local officials praising the decision were at-large D.C. Council member David Catania and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. The District had filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the law, which bans health insurance companies from denying coverage and which fines citizens who don’t buy insur-ance. On Friday, the D.C. Council reviewed Gray’s nominees for a board that will help oversee the District’s health insurance exchange, an element of the new health-care law. The release says the mayor expects the nominees to be confirmed July 10.

City seeks to track minor car accidents Residents involved in minor car accidents are being asked to mail a form to the D.C. Department of Transportation describing the crash, which the agency will use to track streets’ safety, according to a news release. Because Metropolitan Police Department officers typically respond only to crashes that cause injury or require a car to be towed, the agency hopes the voluntary “property damage only crash forms” will fill in gaps in its under-standing of safety issues.

Residents can get hard copies of the form with prepaid envelopes from a police officer, or download them from tinyurl.com/ddot-crash-form and mail them to DDOT Safety Division, Crash Records Box, PO Box 20164, Washington, DC 20077-7822.

Group compiling list of ‘endangered’ sites The DC Preservation League is asking residents to suggest build-ings and other pieces of the District’s history that they believe are now in danger. The league’s has published its “Most Endangered Places in Washington” list annually since 1996, based on suggestions from residents. Nominations, which must state the location’s historic value and the threat it faces, are due Sept. 4. Visit tinyurl.com/endangered-form to submit a nomination. The group plans to publish its 2012 “endangered” list in October.

Historic district signs posted on Grant Road More than a decade after the Historic Preservation Review Board approved a dozen-odd 19th-century Tenleytown homes and other buildings as part of a small historic district, the city has installed new signs identifying it. In mid-May, the city installed the five circular signs reading “Grant Road Historic District” along the road’s two-block stretch near the intersection of Albemarle Street and Nebraska Avenue. Grant Road was once part of the military road connecting the city’s ring of Civil War forts. The build-ings lining the road predate the 1930s street grid that now domi-nates Tenleytown; in approving the historic district in 2002, preserva-tion officials said this juxtaposition makes for a useful contrast between old and new.

Georgetown to repeat Fashion’s Night Out Georgetown will serve as the District’s “fashion playground” during this year’s worldwide Fashion’s Night Out Sept. 6, according to the Georgetown Business Improvement District, which is sponsoring the event. In addition to late-night hours at neighborhood stores, the event will feature live entertainment and other festivities, a news release states. Last year’s Fashion’s Night Out, the second time Georgetown partic-ipated, attracted 105 “fashionable events” in the neighborhood, according to the release.

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a few charred external walls enclosed the wreckage, and even those were not entirely stable.

Statter911.com reported that the 7,000-square-foot house was sold for $4 million in March 2011, but it was not immediately clear who the owners are or whether the house was occupied. In city tax records, the property’s owner is listed as Ivel Real Estate Inc.

The fire came on the heels of a dispute between the city and the

Firefighters Association the previous Saturday, in which the union com-plained that overtime spending lim-its had led to certain fire companies being out of service at times. The department contended that the prob-lems were due to vacation times. Smith said the problem was “fortu-nately” not an issue for Friday’s fire, and that the union is negotiating with the fire department. “If [the fire] was Saturday, though, it would have had an impact,” he added. The blaze was also just a few

blocks from the site of a 2009 fire that destroyed the home of Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a former D.C. Board of Education president who subse-quently sued the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority. Firefighters were unable to stop that fire for some time because they could not access suffi-cient water on Chain Bridge Road. Smith said he had not heard of any similar concerns in Friday’s incident. In the wake of the 2009 fire, the fire department changed its rules to send a special water supply engine to any Upper Northwest fires.

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This Fourth of July, the Georgetown parish where “Star-Spangled Banner” author Francis Scott Key worshipped will be ready for the revelry with a new pipe organ. The instrument, in assembly for about a year at the Casavant Frères Pipe Organ Company in Quebec, was scheduled for installation at St. John’s Episcopal Church on July 3. The parish has been aiming to acquire a new organ for more than a decade, because its secondhand, century-old instrument was dam-aged by a leaky roof and is now virtually unplayable. “St. John’s will have a jewel of an instrument that is dynamic, col-orful and musical at every level,” organist and choirmaster Samuel Carabetta said in a news release. “Our new organ will reflect the highest standards of craftsmanship and tonal artistry.” The congregation launched a

$1.8 million capital campaign last year to fund renovations to accom-modate the organ, and work began the week after Easter of this year. Yesterday’s delivery was expect-ed to be complicated, but church officials were taking steps to mini-mize the disruption to the commu-nity. “We realize this is going to be one more element of complication in an already challenging parking and traffic situation,” interim rector Bruce McPherson said in the release, “but we also believe this organ and the concert series it will inspire will greatly enhance the community’s artistic and musical cultural climate long into the future.” A Sept. 29 dedication by the Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, will celebrate the new instrument.

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Unemployment insurance When searching for ways to bring down the District’s high jobless rate, leaders would do well to consider reforming the city’s strict unemployment insurance rules, which almost certainly encourage employers to do business elsewhere. Unemployment insurance, as discussed by attorneys at a recent DC Chamber of Commerce forum, is supposed to provide benefits to workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own. But in the District, sometimes employers end up paying when they shouldn’t have to. For instance, when a worker voluntarily leaves a company to work elsewhere and is then soon laid off, most of the unemployment bene-fits he receives usually come from the firm he left voluntarily. This is clearly unfair to his original employer, whose tax rate might then increase. In a recent decision by a local administrative law judge, a bus driv-er was fired after three minor accidents, two of which she admitted were her fault. The judge ruled that the driver should get unemploy-ment benefits even though she disregarded the employer’s rules. The judge claimed the employer had to show that the troublesome conduct was not the result of mere inefficiency, incompetence or neg-ligence in order to disqualify the employee from receiving unemploy-ment benefits. While the fault for hiring an incompetent worker clearly lies with the employer, we think the D.C. Council should make clear that repeated employee negligence and inefficiency are the employee’s fault — not the employer’s — and that in such cases no benefits are justified.

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There was some good news for the District’s second-class citizens as we headed into the Fourth of July holiday week celebrating inde-

pendence. It appeared that Congress is backing away from a disputed plan to co-opt the District’s elegant World War I Memorial and turn it into a “national” memori-al for that war. “The D.C. War Memorial was built with the blood and treasure of D.C. resi-dents, including funds from schoolchildren,” said D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in a pre-pared statement to the media. “I am relieved and gratified that the D.C. War Memorial will remain dedicated as intended.” The unique memorial, shaped like a bandstand, sits near the elaborate National World War II Memorial. The 1931 structure, recently restored, con-tains the names of 499 District citizens who died in World War I. The names are listed without regard to rank, sex or race. And there also was news on the Hill that the city finally would be allowed to display a statue of Frederick Douglass in Congress. The statue, which has been sitting around since 2008, will join 120 other statues representative of other states and juris-dictions. But, of course, these modest if symbolic achieve-ments were overshadowed by real-life politics. A bill supported by Republicans in the House was sidetracked in the Senate. The bill would have given the city “budget autonomy” so that it could spend its tax monies separate from the federal calendar and even if there was a federal government “shutdown.” But supporters of the bill pulled it from consider-ation after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., attached amend-ments that the city considered poison pills. One would make permanent the ban on spending any funds for abortion. Another would force the city to adopt a “concealed carry” law that would allow District citizens to carry handguns with them throughout the city. The provision also would force the city to accept “concealed carry” laws of the states. That would mean possibly tens of thousands of visitors to the city would come carrying guns. That’s just what we need, thousands of tourists packing heat to our city and Capitol Hill. Do you think for a minute the visitors will be allowed to carry those guns into the halls of Congress where Sen. Rand Paul works? ■ Once again. The horrific derecho storm that crashed through our area had one predictable result. It showed once again that the metropolitan region — despite endless meetings, planning and tons of money — still doesn’t react in unison during emer-gencies. In some cases, 911 service went out in Virginia; Montgomery County’s traffic signals appar-ently have no backup, and roadway traffic at dark-ened intersections all over was at best chaotic. Not once during the weekend did we get the sense that the area’s emergency command centers were coordinating any responses. The problem is we have many jigsaw parts, and in emergencies they don’t fit together very well.

■ The Gandhi go-ahead. Your Notebook turned a few eyes when we came off of our staycation last week to sit in on the confirmation hearing for Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi. The Thursday hearing by Finance and Revenue Committee chair Jack Evans, the Ward 2 council member, drew a stellar witness list of folks anxious to support Gandhi.

The leadoff witness was former Mayor Anthony Williams. He praised Gandhi’s role in leading the city back to solven-cy, and he disputed the idea that there should be a national search to con-sider others. “I’m not a

big, big fan of these global searches,” Williams said. “At this point in our history, Gandhi is a stabilizing force.” Of course, the former mayor was referring to the economic uncertainty, not the political scandals wracking the city. Others who testified included Jim Dinegar, presi-dent of the Greater Washington Board of Trade; long-time labor leader Geo T. Johnson of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Barbara Lang, president of the DC Chamber of Commerce; Ernie Jarvis of the District of Columbia Building Industry Association; and for-mer D.C. Council members Kathy Patterson and Charlene Drew Jarvis (yes, Ernie’s mother). John Hill, the outgoing executive director of the DC Federal City Council, praised Gandhi, too. He said when Gandhi took over as chief financial officer, the city’s tax system “was not just broken, it was almost nonexistent.” Hill — who ran the control board at the time — recalled that crucial tax records were piled in boxes on office floors. Gandhi modestly accepted all the praise and recalled his “worst day” in office, when authorities disclosed that Harriette Walters had stolen nearly $50 million over several years. Gandhi had a good hearing despite reference to that scandal and a few other complaints of his leader-ship. But he didn’t escape entirely. When Evans’ committee voted on Gandhi on Friday, at-large Council member David Catania weighed in heavily. Catania is among Gandhi’s most severe critics, but had been out of town for the hear-ing. Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post reported that Catania spent 11 minutes raking Gandhi’s ser-vice failures, from the extraordinary theft by Walters to faulty revenue projections, questions over a disput-ed lottery contract and other shortcomings. The five-member committee then voted 4-1 to move Gandhi’s reappointment to the full council for a vote next week.■ A final Fourth word. If you’re by chance reading this early on the Fourth of July, we hope you’ll make it to the annual Palisades Parade on MacArthur Boulevard NW. Say hello if we’re there with our News4 camera. The parade is a true measure of our “hometown” that folks like Sen. Paul don’t know, don’t see and — apparently — don’t care about. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

In Petworth, the honor system works I recently had a reminder that Petworth is a really great place to live — one where you can even sell items placed in front of your house using the honor system. Recently I sold an elliptical exercise bike using this method.

In the morning I placed the bike outside of my home, attaching a note and a Ziploc bag to it using regular grocery ties that you find in the produce section. On the bag I wrote “money bag.” The note asked for $50 to be placed in the attached bag, and for the bag to be put in the green flowerpot at the top of the stairs. I went on with my daily chores, and I returned at about 6 p.m. At first I did not even notice the bike was gone. When I real-

ized it wasn’t there, I rushed to the flowerpot. There it was: the Ziploc bag, in the flowerpot! But, what was even more awesome, the buyer had taken the time to carefully attach the bag with the $50 to the plant in the flowerpot, ensuring that it would not blow away! OMG! How great was that? To my awesome Petworth neighbors, thank you!

Sonia HarveyPetworth

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better signage would address circle’s flaws The Chevy Chase Circle traffic problem [“Neighbors balk at plans for lights at traffic circle,” June 20] can be solved through driver educa-tion. A large sign on the approaches to the circle, in large readable let-ters, should say simply: “Yield — Traffic in the circle has the right of way!” The driver manual, which every-one who has a driver’s license should have read, says this quite clearly. The system, when followed, works well in England and several other European countries, and it could work well here and avoid any need for traffic lights if only drivers would follow that rule.

Robert AsmanChevy Chase

District shouldn’t tax fair use of parks I’ve been in an early-morning boot camp for seven years, and I disagree with a city plan to force workout groups and their profes-sional trainers to register for a per-mit and/or pay concession fees if they use public parks. This proposal, found in pending legislation, sounds like another effort to generate revenue by nickel-and-diming local residents. The cost of administering and enforcing the provision would probably exceed

the revenues generated. Unlike other park uses, the use of park space by workout groups is decidedly low-impact. We don’t tear up turf or require additional city services (like periodic mow-ings). Unlike baseball or soccer teams, workout groups have a “small footprint” and use various areas of a given park during our workouts. Wear and tear is de mini-mis. If another group has a compet-ing need, we can and do move to accommodate their needs. If anoth-er group has a permit, their use trumps. If a neighbor complains about our group’s use (maybe the grunts, groans and pops emitted by aging bodies are a little loud), we are reminded to consider our neigh-bors. And if we don’t, people can call the police — that will have the necessary chastising effect. Nothing about paying a concession fee ensures that people will behave any better than they do now. Also, our community benefits as more of us use the neighborhood parks. It enhances our personal commitment and sense of steward-ship toward these public spaces. Consider the number of not-for-profit organizations that support dif-ferent parks across the city. I’m not saying they would wither on the vine if workout groups get taxed, but I am saying that a tax on work-out groups would leave a sour taste in my mouth. Why should my enjoyment of the park be subject to a tax, when others’ use is not? It seems odd for members of D.C. Council to advance an initia-

tive to deter healthy living by taxing workout groups. So much more money could be raised by taxing sugary beverages to deter a behav-ior associated with rising rates of obesity. Members of workout groups set an excellent example of healthier lifestyles for their families and community. By the way, D.C. revenues are already enhanced by workout groups exercising in public spaces. Healthier people tend to live more productive lives. When their pro-ductivity results in increased per-sonal income, the local economy benefits. The local economy also benefits from the money earned by the personal trainers who lead these workouts. Why should they be taxed twice?

Jill ThorpeFoxhall Village

Community shouldn’t tolerate trash piles Foggy Bottom has become a haven for the homeless, thanks to the hospitality Miriam’s Kitchen and Western Presbyterian Church provide at 24th and G streets. But what explains the pile of trash at 24th and L streets outside the West End Library? For months this accumulation of junk festooned with plastic sheets has been allowed to occupy the cor-ner. As a health hazard, it should be removed. And just as important, it is an eyesore that no self-respecting community would tolerate.

Bernard BurtFoggy Bottom

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On July 11, 1912, 16 men led by John Dolph and George Harris chartered the Rotary Club of Washington, DC. Like the young club in our

nation’s capital, the Rotary movement was beginning to grow rapidly, but neither the club’s founders nor the thousands of Rotarians in 46 clubs scattered across the United States, Canada and Great Britain could have foreseen the important role Rotary would play in Washington and the world. By the nature of its location in the nation’s capital, the Rotary Club of Washington, DC, has always played an important part in Rotary’s international mission of peace and understanding. During World War I, between 25 and 50 foreign diplomats and military officers regu-larly attended the club’s meetings. The club assisted the Red Cross and staged relief campaigns for suffering civilians in war zones. After the war, the club turned its attention to the needs of the local community. By 1922, the club had purchased a bus and was providing transportation to invalids, shut-ins and underprivileged residents of Washington. That year, the club incorporated the Rotary Foundation of Washington, D.C., which would continue the club’s charitable works in the community. Over the years, the foundation has distributed hun-dreds of thousands of dollars for scholarships to District

students, grants to worthy nonprofit organizations, rec-reational programs for wounded veterans and their fam-ilies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and support for the Boys & Girls Clubs. For more than a decade, the club has provided a free dictionary to every third-grader in District public schools. Internationally, the club has played host to Rotary International presidents from around the globe, wel-comed diplomats, scholars and teams of young profes-sionals on exchange programs to Washington, sent young scholars to study abroad, funded humanitarian projects in dozens of countries and been a leader in Rotary’s global campaign to eliminate polio. Today, the club’s 200 members offer a portrait of Washington’s diverse population. Our members repre-sent all sectors of professional life in D.C. from busi-ness, nonprofits and international non-governmental organizations to government agencies, and they include more than 40 nationalities. Seventy ambassadors are honorary members, promoting dialogue and serving as liaisons for many international service projects. Women make up more than third of the club’s membership, and the average age has dropped dramatically as young pro-fessionals are drawn to the club’s mission of service. It would be easy to rest on our laurels after 100 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Washington, D.C., but there is still much work to do as the club enters its second century. J.W. Arnold is a past president of the Rotary Club of Washington, DC.

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This is a listing of reports taken from June 24 through July 1 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Theft ($250 plus)■ 700 block, 14th St.; con-struction site; 2:45 p.m. June 29.Theft (below $250)■ 9th and G streets; store; 4 a.m. June 24.■ 1000 block, 11th St.; park area; 3:21 p.m. June 25.■ 1000 block, F St.; construc-tion site; 5:51 p.m. June 25.■ 1300 block, G St.; park area; 5 p.m. June 26.■ 1200 block, F St.; restau-rant; 2:30 p.m. June 30.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 500 block, 11th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 6:47 p.m. June 30.

PSA 102

Robbery (gun)■ 5th and K streets; sidewalk; 5 a.m. June 24.Robbery (carjacking)■ 400 block, L St.; street; 4 a.m. July 1.Robbery (force and violence)■ 700 block, E St.; store; 9:18 p.m. June 27.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 400 block, H St.; public housing; 8:15 a.m. July 1.Stolen auto■ 4th Street and Massachusetts Avenue; street; 6 p.m. June 24.■ 500 block, L St.; street; 7 p.m. June 27.■ 3rd and K streets; street; 7 a.m. June 28.Theft ($250 plus)■ 800 block, 7th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 8:04 p.m. June 25.Theft (below $250)■ 600 block, F St.; park area; 8:19 p.m. June 25.■ 8th and D streets; sidewalk; 6:48 a.m. June 28.■ 700 block, 7th St.; park area; 8:32 p.m. June 29.■ 500 block, Indiana Ave.; gov-ernment building; 9 a.m. June 30.■ 700 block, 7th St.; construc-tion site; 5:13 p.m. June 30.■ 700 block, 7th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 7 p.m. June 30.■ 700 block, 7th St.; park area; 9:50 p.m. June 30.■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; store; 2:34 a.m. July 1.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 6:45 a.m. June 28.■ 800 block, K St.; street; 9:30 p.m. June 29.■ 800 block, K St.; unspecified premises; 9:30 p.m. June 29.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1000 block, 6th St.; street; 10:10 a.m. June 29.■ 6th and E streets; unspeci-fied premises; 10:22 p.m. June

30.

PSA 201

Robbery (pickpocket)■ 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 5:53 p.m. June 27.Stolen auto■ Oregon Avenue and Wise Road; street; 9 a.m. June 26.Theft (below $250)■ 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 3:59 p.m. June 28.■ Unspecified location; restau-rant; 1 p.m. June 29.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3300 block, Stephenson Place; street; 8 p.m. June 25.

PSA 202

Theft ($250 plus)■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:30 p.m. June 29.Theft (below $250)■ 4200 block, 46th St.; resi-dence; 7:30 a.m. June 25.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 4200 block, 38th St.; street; 3:22 a.m. June 25.■ 4700 block, Asbury Place; street; noon June 25.■ 3700 block, Windom Place; street; 6:45 p.m. June 25.■ 4000 block, Garrison St.; street; 6:30 a.m. June 26.■ 5400 block, 42nd St.; drug-store; 9:45 a.m. June 27.

PSA 203

Burglary■ 3600 block, Quebec St.; liquor store; 10:46 p.m. June 26.Stolen auto■ 35th and Albemarle streets; street; 6:05 p.m. June 62.Theft (below $250)■ 4400 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 6:10 p.m. July 1.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3600 block, Ellicott St.; street; 10:30 p.m. June 24.■ 3500 block, Cumberland St.; street; 5:30 p.m. June 26.■ 3500 block, Newark St.; unspecified premises; 8:16 a.m. June 27.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 4200 block, Massachusetts Ave.; liquor store; 10:37 a.m. July 1.Theft (below $250)■ 4000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; unspecified premises; 4 p.m. June 26.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3500 block, Lowell St.; drug-store; 8 p.m. June 27.■ 2800 block, 28th St.; unspecified premises; 11 p.m. June 27.■ 4000 block, Davis Place;

street; 11:50 p.m. June 27.■ 2800 block, New Mexico Ave.; street; 2 p.m. June 29.

PSA 205

Theft (below $250)■ 3400 block, Nebraska Ave.; church; 6 p.m. June 27.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3300 block, Maud St.; street; 5 p.m. June 24.■ 4600 block, Clark Place; drugstore; 9:06 a.m. June 25.■ 4800 block, Hutchins Place; street; 3 p.m. June 26.

PSA 206

Robbery (snatch)■ 3300 block, Volta Place; park area; 2:40 p.m. June 30.Theft (below $250)■ 1400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; office building; 10:15 p.m. June 27.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 1:50 p.m. June 30.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3200 block, Grace St.; park-ing lot; 6 p.m. June 25.■ 3200 block, Grace St.; unspecified premises; 8 p.m. June 25.

PSA 207

Robbery (knife)■ 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 6:12 p.m. June 30.Robbery (snatch)■ 1100 block, 18th St.; store; 7:56 p.m. June 29.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 2400 block, N St.; unspeci-fied premises; 9:05 p.m. June 25.■ 800 block, 16th St.; side-walk; 5:30 p.m. June 28.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; sidewalk; unspecified time June 26.Theft ($250 plus)■ 700 block, 15th St.; side-walk; 11 a.m. June 26.■ 1800 block, K St.; store; 1:15 p.m. June 30.Theft (below $250)■ 1500 block, K St.; sidewalk; 1 p.m. June 25.■ 1400 block, K St.; park area; 1:15 p.m. June 27.■ 1900 block, K St.; park area; 7:10 p.m. June 27.■ 1100 block, 25th St.; unspecified premises; 7:45 p.m. June 27.■ 1400 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; unspecified time June 27.■ 2100 block, F St.; unspeci-fied premises; 10:47 a.m. June 28.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 2:10 p.m. June 28.■ 900 block, 23rd St.; side-walk; 4 p.m. June 28.■ 1800 block, M St.; restau-rant; 6:30 p.m. June 28.■ 1000 block, Connecticut

Ave.; office building; 12:16 p.m. June 29.■ 1800 block, K St.; park area; 12:30 p.m. June 29.■ 2400 block, N St.; unspeci-fied premises; 7:30 p.m. July 1.Theft (attempt)■ 800 block, 21st St.; universi-ty; 7:40 p.m. June 25.Theft (shoplifting)■ 2200 block, M St.; drugstore; 9:20 p.m. June 27.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 4 p.m. June 29.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1000 block, 17th St.; unspecified premises; 10:30 a.m. June 25.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1400 block, K St.; street; 12:40 a.m. June 26.

PSA 208

Robbery (knife)■ 1700 block, Church St.; store; 4:56 a.m. July 1.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 1200 block, 18th St.; store; 2 a.m. June 25.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1200 block, 18th St.; tavern/nightclub; 1:08 a.m. July 1.Stolen auto■ 1700 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 3 p.m. June 24.■ 17th and M streets; street; 10 p.m. June 27.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1200 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 3:12 a.m. July 1.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, P St.; park area; 11 a.m. June 24.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; school; 2 p.m. June 25.■ 1200 block, 19th St.; side-walk; 3 p.m. June 25.■ 1700 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 1 p.m. June 26.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; office building; midnight June 27.■ 1900 block, R St.; residence; 7:20 p.m. June 27.■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.; unspecified premises; 2 p.m. June 29.■ 1800 block, M St.; bank; 7:50 p.m. June 29.■ 1400 block, 14th St.; hotel; 9:45 p.m. June 30.Theft (tags)■ 17th and P streets; street; 11 a.m. June 30.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1500 block, Church St.; street; 11 p.m. June 24.■ 2100 block, Florida Ave.; unspecified premises; 10:20 a.m. June 27.■ Unspecified location; street; 6:30 p.m. June 28.■ 1800 block, Phelps Place; unspecified premises; 8:55 a.m. June 30.■ 1200 block, 17th St.; unspecified premises; 2:26 a.m. July 1.■ 1500 block, Massachusetts Ave.; residence; 11:08 p.m. July 1.

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Hoyas fall short of London at Olympic trials in Oregon

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

As Gonzaga defenseman Matt Borda walked off the lacrosse field Saturday, a team-mate on the D.C. all-star team tapped him on the helmet and playfully said, “Gonzaga sucks.” That player was a fellow all-star from Georgetown Prep — one of the Eagles’ biggest rivals — who quickly followed up the joke by saying, “Gonzaga was the best this season.” The weekend’s Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic at Towson University brought players together from local rival schools to represent the District in one of the biggest national lacrosse showcase events of the sum-mer. There was a flurry of both boys and girls games, with Gonzaga and Georgetown Visitation represented. Borda, a rising senior who has already committed to Fairfield, was there for Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champions Gonzaga, while rising juniors Ana Hagerup and Kelly Myers and rising sopho-more Maggie Jackson represented Visitation. For those who haven’t committed to uni-versity lacrosse programs, the series of games was a chance to show their talent to the slew of collegiate coaches in attendance. “I feel like it raises my level of play and gets me used to playing with the players that I will probably play with in college,” said Myers. “I think it’s just fun to play with all of the best players,” Jackson added. “It makes you get better and they bring out your talents.” For those like Borda who’ve already latched onto a college team, the event was a chance to play with some of the top talent from around the country. “It doesn’t do much now that I’m already committed. But it shows coach [Andy] Copelan up at Fairfield how I’m progressing and what I need to work on,” Borda said. “It definitely gets my game going. You need to step your game up or you’re going to get run off the field.” On the boys’ side, Borda teamed up with players from Georgetown Prep, Bullis, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes as well as Washington

Catholic Athletic Conference stars from DeMatha and St. Mary’s Ryken. For the Eagles defender, uniting with talented rivals was a pleasant change. “It’s great because I play with most of them all the time,” Borda said. “They can really bring it.” Borda and the D.C. all-star squad went 3-1 in pool play en route to the tournament semifi-nals. But in the single-elimination round Sunday, the District’s all-stars fell to the Philadelphia squad 10-7. On the girls’ side, the Visitation players joined forces with competitors from their big-gest local rival — St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes. But many of the Cubs players have experience playing club lacrosse with the Saints players, which made for an easy transition. “It’s really fun playing with all of these girls,” said Ana Hagerup, who recently gave a verbal commitment to the University of Virginia. “They’re the best from D.C., Maryland and Virginia. It’s different because when we play each other during the school year we are all rivals ... especially [with] the girls from St. Stephen’s.” That familiarity helped the girls roll through pool play and win all four of their games to grab the top seed in the tournament. “I think we’re all gelling really well togeth-er,” Hagerup said Saturday after the District pounded the Midwest team 19-3. “We know how they play from scouting them a lot, and we’re all good friends. Some of us are going to college together, so it’s fun to have those

friendships.” But like D.C.’s boys team, the girls fell in the semifinals Sunday, losing 10-9 to New Jersey. While the underclassmen were trying to make an impression, the upperclassmen had one last contest to play at the high school level — the Under Armour All-America Game. Northwest D.C. wasn’t represented in the girls game, but in the boys senior all-star game, Gonzaga’s Connor Reed played a big role in the South’s 12-11 win over the North’s all-stars. The game was tied at three when Reed broke down the North’s defense and dished out

his final assist as a high school player to score the go-ahead goal early in the second quarter. The South never trailed again and went on to win 12-11. Reed will be taking his talents to John Hopkins next spring. For Borda and the underclassmen, the event was part of their offseason preparations for another championship run. “They’re all coming for us next year; we know that,” said Borda. “We want to keep doing what we’re doing and to work hard in the offseason. Then just go get the champion-ship again, four-peat, and get me out of there with four championships.”

All-America games unite rivals

Brian Kapur/The CurrentAbove, Gonzaga’s Matt Borda, left, joined forces with local rivals to represent the District at the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic. Above left, Visitation’s Ana Hagerup, left, Kelly Myers and Maggie Jackson played for D.C.’s girls team.

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Randy Miyazuki/trackandfieldphoto.comElizabeth Maloy, right, was one of three Hoyas in the 5,000.

By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

Five athletes with Georgetown University ties participated in the Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore., throughout the last week. On Thursday, Elizabeth Maloy, a 2006 Georgetown graduate, and current senior Emily Infield ran in the women’s 5,000-meter race. Both needed a top-three finish and a time of 15:20 or better to qualify for the London games. Meanwhile, Andrew Bumbalough, a graduate student in sports management, went out for the men’s 5,000-meter race.

Then on Sunday, Georgetown alums Maggie Infeld and Treniere Moser raced in the 1,500-meter finals for a chance to go to the sum-mer games. Despite strong performances, all five competitors’ Olympic dreams were dashed in the trials. Maloy finished in seventh place in the 5000 meter with a time of 15:24.85. “It’s disappointing because it was really anyone’s race,” Maloy told guhoyas.com. “I just had an off day and it’s just disappointing that it had to happen today.” Meanwhile, Infield finished in eighth place with a time of 15:28.60,

a personal best according to guy-hoyas.com. “I thought I had it in my legs with 600 [meters] to go,” Infeld told the website. “It was rough, but it was a good experience and fun overall.” On the men’s side, Bumbalough finished in fourth place in the 5000 meter with a time of 13:26.67 — just one spot shy of the London games. “If you look at [today’s race], the guy who got second place today could win the gold medal in London — that just shows you how far we’ve come as a country in this sport,” Bumbalough told guhoyas.com. “It makes it tough for up-and-

coming guys to make team.” On Sunday, Infeld and Moser weren’t able to crack the top three of the 1,500-meter race to claim spots in London. Infeld finished with a personal best time of 4:08.31, but it was only good enough for eighth place. “I tried to run smart and stay patient,” Infeld told guyhoyas.com. “It’s a world-class field. I don’t know that I would change anything — I gave it my all today. Going into this year, I wanted to get to this final and have my best race in this final and I did it.” Meanwhile, Moser finished in 11th place with a time of 4:15.84.


and air-conditioned, except where some uprooted trees damaged the Pepco equipment. Emes, whose committee is part of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, said she’s planning fundraising efforts to replace the community’s fallen trees. Citywide, nearly 64,000 homes and businesses were without power in the immediate aftermath of the storm, and others subsequently lost their electricity as Pepco made repairs or as more storm-weakened trees and branches fell. Some major roadways remained blocked and some major intersections had dark-ened signals days after the storm, and Pepco has said that the extent of the damage means that it will likely be Friday before 90 percent of its customers have their power restored.

Late Monday, Mayor Vincent Gray visited sites in the 5200 block of Cathedral Avenue and the 1700 block of Juniper Street, where work-ers were removing fallen trees. Gray’s tweets about the Palisades visit prompted Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh to note on Twitter that Glover Park — with “large downed trees and still no power” — needed attention as well. According to D.C. Department of Transportation spokesperson Monica Hernandez, 95 percent of debris will be gone from public space within two weeks, and streets, sidewalks and alleys are being cleared now. Wards 3, 4 and 6 were the hardest hit, she said; Massachusetts Avenue NW had numerous trees lying across it at one point, and Canal Road remained closed until Monday

morning. The city received some 1,300 tree-related service requests. The Transportation Department has been working with other agen-cies on the cleanup. “Basically, all hands are on deck,” Hernandez said. Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser said in an interview that the Transportation Department overall “has done fairly well” in dealing with the storm damage. But she noted that the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Peabody Street NE stayed blocked until Monday morning. “That has been a symbol of how bad the storm was and how long it took to get the resources deployed,” said Bowser. Bowser said she’d heard com-plaints from residents without power that they hadn’t seen Pepco crews in the area. Pepco spokesperson Marcus Beal acknowledged that

residents may have perceived a delay in response, but said that crews had to repair power lines serving large areas before they could do any-thing within neighborhoods. Beal also credited Pepco’s efforts to trim trees and install stronger wires for preventing outages in smaller storms. But he said little could have prevented the damage from Friday’s dramatic storm. But the storm renewed calls for Pepco to move its power lines under-ground in more sections of the city, with some saying that underground-ing would not only improve reliabil-ity but also eliminate the need for Pepco’s aggressive tree-trimming efforts to protect its overhead lines. “At some point maybe Pepco will decide it does make economic sense after all to bury the power lines,” wrote one resident on the Cleveland Park listserv. “This is not the climate of yesteryear; extreme weather and violent storms are here to stay.” But according to Beal, overhead wires are also probably here to stay. “Undergrounding is extremely expensive to do,” Beal said — $3 million per mile in suburban areas, and up to $12 million per mile in a dense urban environment. Even beyond the economic impact, said Beal, installing power lines underground disrupts traffic and tears up streets and yards — as each home needs an underground connection — and the digging can damage tree roots. Pepco is consid-ering installing underground utilities in certain areas, Beal said, but the

regionwide implementation that many residents want isn’t feasible. But to Cheh, the argument doesn’t stand up, and she called upon the city’s Public Service Commission to push Pepco to begin undergrounding. “Maybe this will be the storm that pushes the Public Service Commission to action,” Cheh wrote in an email posted on several com-munity listservs. “The argument against it has always been cost, and indeed it is costly, but if we were to really consider the total costs from these outages, the case for under grounding would be clear.” “We could do it in pieces,” Cheh added, “but we need to start now.” The D.C. Council may hold hear-ings on Pepco’s performance in the storm and on the issue of under-grounding, officials said. In addition to tree damage, road obstructions and power outages, the storm also left one man dead in Northwest, and other people injured. According to media reports, Mohammad Ghafoorian, 67, died outside his home at Woodland Drive and 31st Street after he was shocked by a live electric wire while trying to put out a fire the wire had started on his car. Also, according to DCist, in the Columbia Heights area a woman was paralyzed when a tree struck her motorcycle on 15th Street near Meridian Hill Park. Friends and family of Carolina Alcalde are seek-ing donations to cover her medical expenses at tinyurl.com/alcalde-fundraiser.

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Metrorail FaresPeak of the Peak Fare: Eliminated

Peak Fare: $2.10 - $5.75Senior/Disabled: $1.05 - $2.85

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Non-SmarTrip® Fare Surcharge: $1.00Senior/Disabled: 50¢

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1-Day Unlimited Trip Pass: $14.00(SmarTrip® and paper)

7-Day Metrorail Fast Pass: $57.50(SmarTrip®)

28-Day Metrorail Fast Pass: $230.00(SmarTrip®)

7-Day Metrorail Short-Trip Pass: $35.00(paper)

Metrobus FaresRegular Service with SmarTrip®: $1.60with cash: $1.80

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ParkingNew fees range from $3.50 to $5 depending on the jurisdiction.

Monthly reserved parking fees range from $45.00 to $65.00.

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

On James King’s first day of law school at the University of the District of Columbia,

like many other students, he was nervous. “Petrified, actually,” King said, recalling his first semester in fall 2009. “I walked around campus with two books: one legal diction-ary and one regular one. The big-gest shock to overcome was the vocabulary of the students I was going to school with — nobody was using 5 cent words anymore.” But that wasn’t the only thing King was worried about. He also wondered how he would be per-ceived. As an undergraduate, King played Division I football for Central Michigan University. But on the cusp of what was expected to be a promising career in the NFL, he was accused of second-degree murder. He was not convicted, and he maintains his complete inno-cence, but he spent some time in jail on a lesser charge. Fueled by the tragic events that changed the course of his life, King’s passion for football gave way to a passion for justice — and he looked to the law, and UDC, for redemption. He graduated this spring, praised as one of the school’s standouts. King’s story begins outside of Detroit, where he grew up the sec-ond youngest of six children. His father died when he was 2, and his mother raised the family on her own. Football featured early in King’s life, as did hard work. When he was 14, King’s family couldn’t afford the cleats he needed to join

the high school team, so King asked his coach if he could earn the money by mowing the coach’s lawn. It was a win-win for every-one, and by the time King was a senior, he was being recruited by Division I teams from around the country. He opted to stay close to home, going to Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant in 2000. King was a four-year starter, playing safety and linebacker. He broke school and NCAA records for blocked punts — and there was talk that he could make the NFL. King wasn’t just an athlete; he was active in campus issues, and started a student group called the Non-Violence Coalition, which urged the school’s administration to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. After the students lobbied the school for a year and half, the administration finally agreed to honor the national holiday. “The summer before my senior year, I thought the sky was the limit,” King said. Then everything changed. Out one night in June 2004, cel-ebrating a friend’s recent job accep-tance — a friend King helped pull out of homelessness — the two were exiting a Mount Pleasant, Mich., bar when a fight suddenly broke out among dozens on the street. King said he tried to break it up, but one man was critically injured. Nearly three weeks later, that man died from his injuries. In the days following the fight, King called the victim’s family to see how he was doing, and went to police to offer information about what happened that night. As police launched their investi-

gation, King finished his senior year at Central Michigan and was signed by the Cleveland Browns. But before he could suit up for his first NFL game, King was blind-sided: He, along with six others, was charged with second-degree murder in relation to the fight. “It hit me like a ton of bricks,” said King. “I was so devastated I couldn’t speak.” The Cleveland Browns dropped him. King’s family scrambled to find a criminal attorney and come up with money for the retainer. They were also fighting to reduce the $1.25 million bail that was set. Community members rallied around King: Former coaches took out loans, and inner-city kids who King had mentored offered to put up their college tuition money for his bail. King’s first lawyer, a civil attor-ney, was able to get his bail reduced to $500,000. Once King was released, he worked tirelessly to find a criminal attorney. “It was humbling,” said King. “I went around begging lawyers to take my case, telling them, ‘Here are the facts, I’m innocent but I can’t afford to pay you.’ My mother would [tell] me, ‘Someone is going to bless us.’” King eventually found attorney Warren Harris, and the two worked closely together to build King’s defense. As the highly publicized trial got under way in 2006, some said the football players were going to get

away with murder. One juror was dismissed for saying outside of court that King was going to get “25 years to life.” But when the prosecutors’ witnesses testified that King tried to break up the fight, the prosecutors offered King a plea deal. “I was worried about the jury and I didn’t know if I was getting a fair trial,” King said. “People always say there is no way they would go to jail for something they didn’t do, but then reality sinks in. I knew I was innocent, but I also knew I could go to jail for the rest of my life for something I didn’t do, so when we got the letters offering a plea deal, it was tempting.” A few days into the trial, prose-cutors decided to reduce the second-degree murder charge to misde-meanor attempted assault. After considering the offer, King would agree, as long as he could plead “no contest” rather than “guilty.” Prosecutors approved the deal, and agreed that King would not have to serve time in jail. But at the last minute, the judge rejected part of the plea deal and sentenced King to six months in jail.

One of the first people allowed to visit King was Kurt Fiegel, a parole officer assigned to write King’s pre-sentencing report. “He told me that he thought I got a bum rap, knowing all the facts of the case, and he apologized to me on behalf of the city,” said King. Then Fiegel did something unusual. He gave King an LSAT book and said, “I watched you dur-ing the whole trial and you looked like a lawyer up there. I see some-thing special in you — don’t let this be your last stand.” A few months after King was released, he took a Greyhound bus from Detroit to Chicago to attend a law school forum. There, he met Dean Vivian Canty from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. “My feet were tired, I was sweating and my suit was wrin-kled,” said King. “But we had a regular conversation, and when I met her again a year later, she remembered me. I thought, I’m going to apply to UDC and if the people there are anything like her,

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Top right: Bill Petros/The Current; rest, courtesy of James KingUniversity of the District of Columbia law school grad James King became interested in justice after his football career was derailed by a wrongful murder charge. After graduating this year, he scored a coveted position with the city’s public defender’s office.


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30-year-old barge — now sitting half-grounded and rotting on the canal near 31st Street — to Fletcher’s Cove to be disassembled. “It’s been submerged for a year, and we don’t know if it will float,” Noel said. It’s also not clear if the park’s team of mules, now stabled at Great Falls, could handle the job. Once the barge is disassembled, the contractor will see if any of the parts — cleats, for example, or benches — can be salvaged. Meanwhile, four 30-foot boats — less than half the length of the Georgetown and carrying only 12 passengers instead of the big boat’s 70 — are being built for various locations along the canal. Noel said the one that will be docked at the Georgetown Visitor Center is ”very close to being finished.” Park officials are also trying to figure out how much another replica like the Georgetown would cost. It cost $554,000 in 2006 to build the Charles F. Mercer, a similarly sized vessel that carries passengers in the Great Falls section of the park. But the Mercer has a different design, Noel said. And the park must also factor in the cost of transporting and maintaining a new boat before making such a big expenditure.

The Georgetown was a popular attraction along the neighborhood’s short but busy stretch of canal. It could seat two classrooms of chil-dren, who were entertained by vol-unteers and rangers in period dress. The guides sang songs and told sto-ries of canal life as mules plodded up and down the towpath and through one of the restored locks. But the wood and fiberglass boat, by most accounts, was poorly main-tained, with repairs made only on an emergency basis. A 1996 fire — cul-prits unknown — did more damage, and the boat was taken out of service last summer after an inspection revealed “significant structural defi-ciencies.” The Georgetown was deemed unsafe, and full repair eco-nomically unfeasible. Last Wednesday a group of locals held a farewell wake of sorts for the boat along the towpath near Lock 4. Some bore signs saying “Mule Power, not Electric Power, on the Canal.” Arlette Cohen-Coppock, whose hair salon The Fourth Lock over-looks the canal and boat, tried lobby-ing the Park Service to save the Georgetown. Now, she’s hoping government funding, or a deep-pocketed donor, will help build a new one. The Georgetown was “like an

impressionist painting” drifting by her salon window, Cohen-Coppock said. “The park is not interested in fixing it,” she said. “We hope to find a benefactor, so we are not only say-ing goodbye, but looking to the future.” Others at the canal-side party reminisced. Some spoke of “bus-loads of school kids,” or tourists and local families, who came for a ride. Bill Brown, who both volun-teered on the Georgetown and worked as a seasonal park ranger, said he’d frequently pointed out the need for maintenance, with little response. “We’d find things askew. I’d write memos — hauling, scrap-ing, you have to have a plan,” he said. “But they did only what was necessary, if there was a safety issue.”

Carl Holden got married on the Georgetown in 2004, after a volun-teer suggested the venue and he paid a small permit fee. There were 70 guests on the boat, and latecomers cheerfully followed the mules on the towpath, he said. But even then, the boat was not in great shape. Holden said he came down the week before his wedding to touch up paint and measure for benches and chairs. Several of the Georgetown’s mourners noted the C&O Canal park has many pressing needs. “The lon-gest and skinniest national park,” as one put it, also suffers periodic flooding that undoes repairs and infrastructure work. “They don’t have the wherewithal to do every-thing. I don’t quite blame them,” he said. “It’s benign neglect.”

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Bower, president of the Dupont Circle Conservancy, argued that the signs would become a “visually pol-luting threat” to the Verizon Center’s neighboring historic buildings. The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum are across the street in the old Patent Office Building, and the Hotel Monaco is located in the old Tariff Commission Building. “We have some of the most impressive buildings in the city that are going to be sitting in the glare of generic signs that don’t add much to the city,” he said in an interview. Residents and real estate firm representatives testified that the signs could reduce the value of nearby apartments by 20 percent. Phil Thomas, senior managing direc-tor at Cassidy Turley, said flashing electronic displays detract from an apartment’s view. “It is said in real estate that the three most important factors are location, location, location,” Thomas said. “I would maintain that in Washington, D.C., views are second only to location in terms of what goes into a building’s value.” Department of Transportation director Terry Bellamy testified in support of the bill, provided that the signs don’t violate Federal Highway Administration regulations, as 7th Street is designated as a highway and receives federal funds. Bellamy also discussed his involvement in a working group cre-ated by the mayor to revise regula-tions for signs that qualify as bill-boards. The group is developing a provision that would create separate standards for billboards in entertain-ment areas so their owners would not have to apply for special permits through the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Many witnesses at the hearing feared that if this provision passes, the Verizon Center would gain undue influence. Nannette Paris, president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, urged the council to wait until the mayor’s working group releases the revised regula-tions to make sure the Verizon Center signage complies. “I didn’t hear any compelling reason that there needed to be a push to get this legislation in right now,” Paris said in an interview. “We thought it would be a more prudent course of action to wait.” Leonsis said in his testimony that he wanted to get the electronic dis-plays installed before the new hock-ey and men’s basketball seasons begin in the fall. He argued that the Verizon Center and its teams need increased revenues because the facil-ity is not municipally funded. “We want to be competitive,” he said. “Our goal is to be perennial playoff teams and compete for championships, and frankly, that costs money.”

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carpet, while the main living area has hardwood floors. A washer and dryer wait in a closet next to the second bedroom. The Columbia’s list of amenities is long and includes a rooftop pool, a fitness center, security, a billiards room and a 24-hour desk. This property includes two garage parking spaces, though resi-dents have plenty of reasons to avoid getting in a car. Nearby gro-cery stores include Trader Joe’s and

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At the commission’s July 2 meeting:■ commissioners voted 4-0, with Charlie Eason, Jeff Jones and Ron Lewis absent, to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application from Mount Zion United Methodist Church, 1334 29th St., for a special exception to continue offering a 35-student child development cen-ter for children 5 and younger.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to join a request from the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Friends of the Georgetown Waterfront Park that the U.S. General Services Administration not auction off its former heating plant at 29th and K streets to any developer who would expand the building’s footprint. The groups also requested that stretches of the land be set aside as public parks before property is auctioned this fall.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to sup-port Georgetown University Hospital’s application for a certifi-cate of need to add proton therapy at its facility. The hospital will return later with architectural drawings show-ing how the Lombardi Cancer Center building would be expanded to accommodate the new technolo-gy.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to sup-port a public-space permit for out-door seating at Paul Bakery, 1078 Wisconsin Ave. Some residents complained that the outdoor seating is already in place, in violation of both public-space guidelines and alcoholic bev-erage laws. An amendment to the resolution — which makes support for the public space permit contin-gent on Alcoholic Beverage Control Board support — passed 3-1, with Bill Starrels opposed.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to sup-port Board of Zoning Adjustment applications that will allow the Georgetown Post Office, 1215 31st St., to be expanded and partially converted into commercial office use.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to oppose the proposed inclusion of a roof deck in a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a rear addition at 1906 35th St.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to sign a voluntary agreement with M Café, 3236 Prospect St., although the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration removed language requiring the restaurant to meet with neighbors in the event of a dispute.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to raise no objection to an Old Georgetown Board application for tweaks to a planned renovation at 3407 R St., but withheld outright support pend-ing a meeting with neighbors.■ commissioners voted 4-0 to raise no objection to an Old Georgetown Board application for the demolition and replacement of a metal garage at 3413 R St.

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application for a 6-foot wall around a home at 3252 S St. and advised the homeowner to identify a less visu-ally obtrusive way to improve the property’s security. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. The meeting date was changed because of the Independence Day holiday. Agenda items include:■ community concerns.■ police report.■ presentation by Wagshal’s on its proposed market/deli use at 3201 New Mexico Ave.■ presentation by Jerry Price and Greg Sibley of Sibley Memorial Hospital regarding proton therapy.■ presentation by George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus director of plan-ning Susi Cora on proposed enhancements to the school’s Whitehaven Parkway entrance.■ discussion of the Office of Planning’s update of the city’s zon-ing regulations.■ discussion of Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham’s proposed changes to the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control laws. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.


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Concerts ■TheWashingtonNationalCathedralwillpresentanIndependenceDayrecitalfeaturingorganistsScottDettraandJeremyFilsell,theWashingtonSymphonicBrassandMichaelBarone.11a.m.$10donationsuggested.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-2228. ■“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”willpresenta“SalsaFourthofJuly”holidaycelebration.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■TheCitizensAssociationofGeorgetown’sConcertsintheParksserieswillfeaturetheurbanbluegrassbandBy&By,precededbyaFourthofJulyparade.4:30p.m.RosePark,26thandPstreetsNW.202-337-7313. ■TheU.S.NavyConcertBandwillper-form.5p.m.Free.JeffersonMemorial,OhioandEastBasindrivesSW.202-433-2525. ■TheU.S.ArmyBluesandspecialguestBenVereenwillperformpatrioticsongs.6p.m.Free.WashingtonMonumentgrounds,15thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.nps.gov/foju. ■TheKearsneyCollegeChoirfromSouthAfricawillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheU.S.AirForceBand’sMaxImpactwillperform.6p.m.Free.NationalAirandSpaceMuseum,6thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-767-5658. ■SingersPhillipPhillips,MatthewBroderick,MeganHilty,JavierColon,JoshTurner,Kool&TheKang,KelliO’HaraandRussellWatzonwilljointheNationalSymphonyOrchestrafor“ACapitolFourth2012.”8p.m.Free.WestLawn,U.S.Capitol.202-467-4600.

Festival ■TheSmithsonianInstitution’s46th

annualFolklifeFestivalwillfocuson“CampusandCommunity:PublicandLand-GrantUniversitiesandtheUSDAat150,”“Citified:ArtsandCreativityEastoftheAnacostiaRiver”and“CreativityandCrisis:UnfoldingtheAIDSMemorialQuilt.”11a.m.to5:30p.m.Free.NationalMallbetween7thand14thstreets.202-633-1000.The festival will continue Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Film ■“NoMaSummerScreen”willpresentthe1996film“IndependenceDay,”star-ringWillSmithandBillPullman.Aneigh-borhoodblockpartywithamoonbounce,aninflatableslide,facepainting,aDJandfoodwillprecedethescreening.6p.m.;filmstartsatdusk.Free.2ndandLstreetsNE.nomasummerscreen.com.

Parades ■The46thannualPalisadesCitizensAssociationFourthofJulyparadewillincludeneighborhoodchildrenondecorat-edbicycles,theWashingtonScottishBagpipeBand,BolivianSoul,theGeorgetown-PalisadesLionsClub,theMasons,theD.C.DifferentDrummersmarchingband,D.C.FireDepartmentEngineCo.29,UnitedHorsemen’sAssociation,clowns,vintagecarsandcityofficials.Afreepicnicwilltakeplaceaftertheparade.Theparadewillstartat11a.m.atWhitehavenParkwayandMacArthurBoulevardNWandproceedalongMacArthurtothePalisadesRecreationCenteratSherierandDanaplacesNW,thesiteofthepicnic.202-363-7441. ■The2012NationalIndependenceDayParadewillfeaturemarchingbands,floats,balloonsandmilitaryunits.11:45a.m.Free.ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand17thstreetsNW.july4thparade.com.

Special events ■AnIndependenceDayprogramattheNationalArchiveswillfeatureadramat-

icreadingoftheDeclarationofIndependence;apresentationofcolorsbytheContinentalColorGuard;aperfor-mancebytheFifeandDrumCorps,U.S.3rdInfantry,theOldGuard;andremarksbyDavidS.Ferriero,archivistoftheUnitedStates.10a.m.Free.NationalArchivesBuilding,7thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-357-5000.A family pro-gram, featuring activities such as historical games, will follow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonNationalswillplaytheSanFranciscoGiants.11:05a.m.$5to$65.NationalsPark,1500SouthCapitolSt.SE.888-632-6287.The series will continue Thursday at 7:05 p.m.

Thursday,July5

Concerts ■“FirstThursdays@FirstChurch”willfeaturecellistMarionBakerandpianistGaryFitzgerald.5:30to7p.m.Free.FirstCongregationalUnitedChurchofChrist,945GSt.NW.firstuccdc.org. ■The13-piecebandLaSardinadeNaiguatáwillperformitstakeontradition-alVenezuelanparrandamusicinaconcertcelebratingthe2012SmithsonianFolklifeFestival.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ThePhillipMartinProjectwillper-formaspartoftheJazzonJacksonPlaceseries.6:30to8:30p.m.$25.DecaturHouse,1610HSt.NW.202-633-3030. ■TheFortRenoconcertserieswillfea-tureperformancesbyTrollTax,BigMouthandAtomsApart.7p.m.Free.FortRenoPark,40thandChesapeakestreetsNW.fortreno.com.

Discussions and lectures ■Children’sauthorKayWinterswilldiscussherbook“AbeLincoln:TheBoyWhoLovedBooks.”4:30p.m.Ticketsrequired.Ford’sTheatre,51110thSt.NW.fords.org. ■TheMysteryBookGroupwilldiscuss

“Tigerlily’sOrchids”byRuthRendell.6:30p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176.

Films ■The“Gay101”filmserieswillfeature“Can’tStoptheMusic.”8p.m.$2.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■ThePanoramaofGreekCinemaserieswillfeatureLaylaYiourgou’s“RedSky.”8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Performances ■TheNativeTheaterserieswillfeatureJudyLeeOliva’s“TeAta,”abouttheChickasawstorytellerandactressMaryThompson“TeAta”Fisher.7:30p.m.Free.RasmusonTheater,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000.TheperformancewillrepeatFridayat7:30p.m.,Saturdayat2and7:30p.m.andSundayat2p.m. ■TheTopazHotelBar’sweeklystand-upshowwillfeaturelocalcomics.8to10p.m.Free.1733NSt.NW.202-393-3000.

Special events ■“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”willpresenta“GameShowMania”triviacon-test.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■InhonorofBritishartistAntonyGormley’sexhibition,“PhillipsAfter5”willfeatureacelebrationofallthingsEnglishwithmusic,classicBritishcomedy,fashionandgallerytalks.5to8:30p.m.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents.Reservationssuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/calendar.

Friday,July6

Concerts ■The“JazzintheGarden”serieswillfeaturetheAfroBopAllianceperformingAfro-Cubanjazz.5to8:30p.m.Free.SculptureGarden,NationalGalleryofArt,7thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■ViolinistBarbaraHelfgottandpianistMichaelKahrwillpresent“FromMozartto

MichaelJackson.”7:30p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-895-6776.

Discussions and lectures ■FouryoungleadersfromIsraelandPalestine—participantsintheNewStoryLeadershipfortheMiddleEast’sWashington,D.C.,fellowshipprogramthissummer—willdiscuss“StoriesChangingtheFuturefortheMiddleEast.”9:30a.m.to12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RomeBuildingAuditorium,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,[email protected]. ■AllisonLeottawilldiscusshernovel“Discretion.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■“Landmarksin21st-CenturyAmericanArchitecture”willfeaturefilmsaboutanimportantAmericanarthistori-an,thedesignandconstructionofanartmuseuminDenver,“green”residentialhousinginPennsylvania,an82-storyapartmenttowerinChicago,andthehis-toryoftheNewYorkCityapartmenthouse.12:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■The“KungFuFridays”filmserieswillfeature“EntertheDragon,”at7p.m.;and“The36thChamberoftheShaolin,”at9:30p.m.$2.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■BusboysandPoetswillhostashow-ingofthedocumentary“IslamicArt:MirroroftheInvisibleWorld.”8:30to11p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.islamicartbroadcast.eventbrite.com.

Meeting ■TheClevelandParkChessClubwillreviewhistoricalgames,studyscenariosandplaychess.3:30p.m.Free.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080.

Performance ■TheUniversityofHawaii’sTuahineTroupewillperformtraditionalHawaiianmusicanddanceaspartofthe2012SmithsonianFolklifeFestival.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Special event ■ArtsinFoggyBottomwillpresentatwilighttourofitsexhibit“SculptingOutsidetheLines,”ledbycuratorLauraRoulet.8p.m.Free.NewHampshireAvenueandIStreetNW.foggybottomassociation.com.

Sporting events ■TheWashingtonMysticswillplaytheSanAntonioSilverstars.7p.m.$17to$300.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328. ■TheWashingtonNationalswillplaytheColoradoRockies.7:05p.m.$5to$65.NationalsPark,1500SouthCapitolSt.SE.888-632-6287.The series will continue Saturday at 4:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Tour ■AlunchtimetouroftheU.S.BotanicGardenConservatorywillconnecttheexot-icplantworldtoeverydaylife.Noonto1p.m.Free.ConservatoryGardenCourt,U.S.

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Wednesday, july 4■Concert:TheweeklyHarbourNightsconcertserieswillfeatureBrianFranke.7to9p.m.Free.Plaza,WashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007.

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BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov.

Saturday,July7

Children’s programs ■“SaturdayMorningattheNational”willpresent“Quest:RoadSigns,”featuringamixofstorytheater,mime,poetryandsongsperformedinAmericanSignLanguage.9:30and11a.m.Free;ticketsrequired.HelenHayesGallery,NationalTheatre,1321PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-783-3372. ■Childrenwillhearastoryabouticon-icbaseballplayerJackieRobinsonandcre-ateaspecialpieceofart.1to4p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. ■“ArtsforFamilies:CreateaJapanesePainting”willallowparticipantscreatetheirownnature-inspiredinkpaintingswithsumiinkandbamboobrushesonJapanesericepaper.2to4p.m.Free.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64.

Class ■ChristineSaladinoofTranquilSpacewilllead“NamasteattheCorcoran,”fol-lowedbyhealthybreakfasttreatspreparedbyToddMuseattheCorcoran.9a.m.$25;reservationsrequired.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.corcoran.org.

Concerts ■TheAdamsMorganPartnershipBusinessImprovementDistrict’ssummerconcertserieswillfeaturesinger-songwrit-erDaWena.5to7p.m.Free.PublicplazainfrontofBB&TBankatColumbiaRoad,AdamsMillsRoadand16thStreetNW.

202-997-0783. ■TheNewYork-basedgroupBariKoralFamilyRockBandwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussion ■MembersoftheUnionofConcernedScientistswilldiscusstheirbook“CoolerSmarter:PracticalStepsforLow-CarbonLiving.”6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheRoaldDahlFamilySerieswillfea-ture“WillyWonkaandtheChocolateFactory,”starringGeneWilder.10a.m.and4p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■TheNationalGalleryofArt’sfilmpro-gramforchildrenandteenswillfeatureselectionsfromWaltDisney’sanimatedshortfilmseries“TheSillySymphonies”(forchildrenages4andolder).10:30a.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.ThefilmswillbeshownagainSundayat11:30a.m. ■“Landmarksin21st-CenturyAmericanArchitecture”willfeaturefilmsaboutthereimaginingofLincolnCenter,afootballstadiuminPhoenix,amuseuminKansasCity,Mo.,aU.S.federalofficebuildinginSanFranciscoandrammed-earthresidentialconstructioninTucson,Ariz.12:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■“AMusicalSummeratTenley-Friendship”willfeature“Gypsy.”2p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1225.

■“PeterGreenawayonPainting”willfeaturetheWelshdirector’s2008film“Rembrandt’s‘J’Accuse.’”4p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performance ■DancePlacewillhostitsannual“NewReleasesChoreographer’sShowcase,”featuringworkbyestablishedandemergingartists.8p.m.$22;$17forstudents,teachers,seniorsandartists;$10forcollegestudents;and$8forages17andyounger.8p.m.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.The perfor-mance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m.

Special events ■Aspartofthe11thannualDCHip-

HopTheaterFestival,thegroupWords,BeatandLifewillpresent“RemixingtheArtofSocialChange.”10a.m.to6p.m.$15.BlackburnCenter,HowardUniversity,24006thSt.NW.wblinc.org/teachin.The festival will continue through July 14 with events at various venues. ■TheNationalZoo’sAntelope/GazelleDaywillfeaturefamily-friendlyactivities.11a.m.to3p.m.Free.CheetahConservationStation,NationalZoo,3001ConnecticutAve.NW.nationalzoo.si.edu.

Walks and tours ■DocentswillleadtoursoftheFolgerShakespeareLibrary’sElizabethanGarden,whichisfilledwithamixofplantsmen-tionedinShakespeare’sworksandherbspopularinhisday.10and11a.m.Free.FolgerShakespeareLibrary,201EastCapitolSt.SE.202-544-7077. ■NativeWashingtonianandfreelancewriterRoccoZapponewillleadaninterac-tive“WalkingTourasPersonalEssay,”filledwithhisreminiscencesandimpres-sionsofalifetimeinD.C.10a.m.orbyappointment.$25.MeetatthestatueofAndrewJacksoninLafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-341-5208.

Sunday,July8

Concerts ■TheweeklySteelDrumSundayscon-certserieswillfeatureRogerGreenidge.Noonto3p.m.Free.Plaza,WashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■Philadelphia-basedsinger-songwriterAnthonyGreenwillperformablendofemo,progressiveandexperimentalrock.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■DahlakRestaurantwillhostitsweek-ly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522.

■TheSongwriters’AssociationofWashingtonwillpresentitsmonthly“Singer+SongwriterOpenMic.”7:30to9:30p.m.$5.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Discussion ■FlorenceWilliamswilldiscussherbook“Breasts:ANaturalandUnnaturalHistory.”5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Film ■“PeterGreenawayonPainting”willfeaturetheWelshdirector’s2007film“Nightwatching.’”4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Reading ■TheJoaquinMillerPoetrySerieswillfeaturereadingsbyDonnaLewisCowanandBradRichard.3p.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.703-820-8113.

Monday,July9

Concerts ■“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”willpresentsinger-songwriterPreciousJoubert.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■TheFortRenoconcertserieswillfea-tureperformancesbyMobiusStrip,HeyArboreandEastPaw.7p.m.Free.FortRenoPark,40thandChesapeakestreetsNW.fortreno.com. ■TheU.S.NavyBand’sCommodoreswillperform.8p.m.Free.WestSteps,U.S.

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Sunday, july 8■Concert:PianistSaraDaneshpourwillperformworksbyGranados,ManueldeFallaandothercomposers.2p.m.Free.TheUnitedChurch,[email protected].

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Saturday july 7

Capitol.202-433-2525.

Discussions and lectures ■RobertW.Merrywilldiscusshisbook“WhereTheyStand:TheAmericanPresidentsintheEyesofVotersandHistorians.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■RalphAlanCohen,co-founderoftheAmericanShakespeareCenter,willdiscussLondon’sfamedBlackfriarsPlayhouse.7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.FolgerShakespeareLibrary,201EastCapitolSt.SE.folger.edu/lectures.

Films ■AforeignfilmserieswillfeatureFrance’s2007film“Moliere.”2p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■“PinaandBeyond:ContemporaryDanceinFilm”willfeaturePinaBausch’s1990film“TheComplaintofanEmpress.”6:30p.m.$4to$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160. ■“Here’sLookingatYou,Bogart”willfeatureHowardHawk’s1946film“TheBigSleep.”6:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.HelenHayesGallery,NationalTheatre,1321PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-783-3372. ■“FrenchWomenintheArts”willfea-tureMartinProvost’s2008film“Séraphine,”aboutasimpleanddevouthousekeeperwhoattheageof41beganpaintingbrilliantlycolorfulcanvases.7p.m.$8;$5forstudents.Reservationsrequired.LaMaisonFrançaise,4101ReservoirRoadNW.cinematheque9july2012.eventbrite.com. ■TheWashingtonPsychotronicFilmSocietywillpresentRichardE.Cunha’s1958film“Frankenstein’sDaughter.”8p.m.Donationsuggested.McFadden’sRestaurantandSaloon,2401PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-462-3356.

Performance ■The11thannualD.C.Hip-Hop

TheaterFestivalwillpresentaMillenniumStageperformance.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Tuesday,July10

Classes ■TeacherandtherapistHeatherFerriswillleadaweeklyyogaclass.Noon.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■ThegroupYogaActivistwillpresentaweeklyyogaclassgearedtowardbegin-ners.7p.m.Free.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080.

Concerts ■TheweeklyHarbourKidsSerieswillfeatureMr.Don.10:30a.m.tonoon.Free.Plaza,WashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■TheTuesdayConcertSerieswillfea-tureguitarduoMiaPomerantzandJorgeAmaral.12:10p.m.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635,ext.18. ■MembersoftheKennedyCenterOperaHouseOrchestrawillperformworksbySchumannandBeethoven.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheU.S.NavyBand’sCountryCurrentwillperform.8p.m.Free.U.S.NavyMemorial,701PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-737-2300. ■TheU.S.AirForceBandSingingSergeantswillperform.8p.m.Free.WestSteps,U.S.Capitol.202-767-5658.

Demonstration ■Holistichealthcounselor,chefandinstructorTaniaMercerwillpresentacook-ingdemonstration,“FreshFoodsFromtheFarmersMarket.”Noonto1:30p.m.Free.ConservatoryTerrace,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov.

Discussions and lectures ■“Derring-do&NancyDrewUsIn”willfeatureAnnHudak,curatoroftheUniversityofMarylandatCollegePark’sonlineexhibit“NancyDrewandFriends:GirlsSeriesBooksRediscovered”;Leona

Fisher,associateprofessoremeritusatGeorgetownUniversity;andKathyHarig,anardentNancyDrewfanandownerofMysteryLovesCompanybookstoreinOxford,Md.11:30a.m.to1p.m.Free.AmericanWomenWritersNationalMuseum,Suite102,[email protected]. ■JournalistsDanRavivandYossiMelmanwilldiscusstheirbook“SpiesAgainstArmageddon:InsideIsrael’sSecretWars.”Noon.Free.InternationalSpyMuseum,800FSt.NW.202-393-7798. ■PhyllisBennis,directoroftheNewInternationalismProjectattheInstituteforPolicyStudies,andAdamGallagher,adoc-toralcandidateinpoliticalscienceatGeorgeMasonUniversity,willdiscuss“FromGrievancetoAction:MappingGrassrootsMovementsinPalestine.”12:30to2p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ThePalestineCenter,2425VirginiaAve.NW.202-338-1958. ■IonaSeniorServices’“AginginCommunityAdvocacy”workshopserieswillfeaturesenioradvocateJudyLevyandotherspeakersdiscussing“Community-basedLong-termHealthCare.”2to3:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-895-9425. ■GildaMossHaberwilldiscussher

book“CockneyGirl.”6to8p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■ScientistDanielThomaswilldiscuss“IlluminatingFossils.”6:45to8:45p.m.$40.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■AlanCheusewilldiscusshisbook“Paradise,Or,EatYourFace.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■ScholarJ.L.Bellwilldiscuss“Washington’sArtillery:Re-engineeringtheRegimentBetweenBunkerHillandDorchesterHeights.”7p.m.Free.AndersonHouse,SocietyoftheCincinnati,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■DanRavivwilldiscusshisbook“SpiesAgainstArmageddon:InsideIsrael’sSecretWars,”whichheco-wrotewithYossiMelman.7p.m.$8.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.877-435-9849. ■Panelistswilldiscuss“AmericaWorks:ThePast,Present,andFutureofJobCreationandEmploymentinAmerica.”7:30p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000.

Performances ■SpeakeasyDCwillpresent“BandCamp—storiesaboutmusic,concertsandrock&roll.”8p.m.$15.TownDanceboutique,20098thSt.NW.speakeasydc.com. ■BusboysandPoetswillhost“TuesdayNightOpenMic,”aweeklypoetryevent.9to11p.m.$5.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Special event ■TheNationalParkServiceandtheNationalCouncilofNegroWomenInc.willcommemoratethe137thanniversaryofthebirthofMaryMcLeodBethunewithamusicaltributeandakeynoteaddressbyJohnH.Bracey,professorofAfro-AmericanstudiesattheUniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst.6to8p.m.Free.LincolnPark,13thandEastCapitolstreetsNE.202-673-2402.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonMysticswillplaytheConnecticutSun.11:30a.m.$17to$300.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Tour ■RichardPritchard,gardenersupervi-sorattheU.S.BotanicGarden,willleadatourwhilepointingouthisfavoriteplantsanddiscussingthisyear’splansforthe

garden.10to11a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ConservatoryTerrace,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov.

Wednesday,July11

Classes ■HousingCounselingServices,alocalnonprofit,willpresentaclinictodiscussoptionsforavoidingforeclosure.Noon.Free.Suite100,241017thSt.NW.202-667-7712. ■HousingCounselingServiceswillhostaworkshopontherightsoftenantslivinginaforeclosedproperty.6p.m.Free.Suite100,241017thSt.NW.202-667-7712. ■Aweeklyworkshopwillofferinstruc-tionin“SahajaYogaMeditation.”7p.m.Free.WestEndLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707.

Concerts ■TheU.S.AirForceConcertBandwillperform.12:30p.m.Free.NationalAirandSpaceMuseum,6thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-767-5658. ■TheAlgerian-EcuadorianbandSarazinowillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheweeklyHarbourNightsconcertserieswillfeatureWilliamDicke.7to9p.m.Free.Plaza,WashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■MusiciansNatalieSpehar,NikolaRagus,AmelieBrodeurandMilaNaumovaRoushakeswillperformworksbyHandel,Debussy,Villa-Lobos,Piazolla,Mellitsandothers.7:30p.m.Free.ChurchoftheHolyCity,161116thSt.NW.202-462-6734. ■TheU.S.MarineBandwillperformworksbySousa,GershwinandBernstein.8p.m.Free.WestTerrace,U.S.Capitol.202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures ■StanleyWeintraubwilldiscusshisbook“FinalVictory:FDR’sRemarkableWorldWarIIPresidentialCampaign.”Noon.Free.U.S.NavyMemorial,701PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-737-2300. ■Astaffmemberwilldiscuss“MamacitaLinda:LettersBetweenFridaKahloandHerMother,”abouttheheartfeltcorrespondenceintheyearsjustbeforetheartist’sdeath.Noonto12:30p.m.Free.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-5000. ■StanleyWeintraubwilldiscusshisbook“FinalVictory:FDR’sRemarkableWorldWarIIPresidentialCampaign.”6p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8th



Tuesday, july 10■Concert: “Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”willpresenttheShaneGambleBandperformingmodernrock.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300.

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“Call & Response,” a group show of abstract paintings that mimic the energy of improvised jazz riffs,

will open today at the Foundry Gallery and continue through July 29. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 1314 18th St. NW, the gallery

is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-463-0203.■ Touchstone Gallery will open two shows today and continue them through July 29. “A 3D Collage: The Adventure” presents works by David Alfuth intended to challenge the viewer with the use of positive and nega-tive space and changing heights. “Being Affected” includes images of faces by Charles St. Charles portrayed as though the people are reacting to each other. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and a “Third

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rights and women in aviation, opened last week at the National Portrait Gallery, where it will continue through May 27. Located at 8th and F streets NW, the gal-lery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Books That Shaped America” opened last week at the Library of Congress, featuring a number of rare editions. It is on view in the Southwest Gallery on the second floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building through Sept. 29. Located at 10 1st St. SE, the Jefferson Building is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 202-707-8000.■ Washington Studio School will close two exhibits Friday. “Life Lines” features Allan Gerson’s pho-tographic depictions of the rhythms and varia-tions in line quality found in our visual world. “Lines” presents landscape drawings by Juliet Arnaudo. Located at 2129 S St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-234-3030.■ “Bandits in the Ruins,” featuring works by Irish artist Sean Lynch that meditate on near-

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in which Daisey came under fire for fabricating details of his story on the radio show “This American Life,” his monologue about the founder of Apple returns to Woolly “strong, sharper, and more impor-tant than ever,” according to a news release. An all-new version “cuts the contested material and addresses the controversy head on.” Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $40, except during a pay-what-you-can performance July 17. Woolly Mammoth is located at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net.■ Studio 2ndStage will close its season with the emo rock musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” July 11 through Aug. 5. This irreverent musical imagines President Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson as a rock star, following him from his boyhood home to the spotlight of the White House and beyond to showcase one of the nation’s most notorious presidents in all his glory. Performance times are 8:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $38 to $43. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ The Paris Opera Ballet will present “Giselle” July 5 through 8 in the Kennedy Center Opera

House. On its first American tour in more than a decade, Paris Opera Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center with six performances of the 1841 ballet. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Tickets cost $29 to $150. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Brave Spirits Theatre will close “Richard III” July 7 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $10 to $15. 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org.■ Studio Theatre will close an extended run of Leslye Headland’s “Bachelorette” July 8. Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $60. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Keegan Theatre will close Tony Award-winner “Spring Awakening” July 8 at the Church Street Theater.

Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $40. The theater is located at 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com.■ Shakespeare Theatre Company will close an extended run of “The Servant of Two Masters” July 8 at the Lansburgh Theatre. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $39 to $95. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ Theater J will close the East Coast premiere of David Bar Katz’s “The History of Invulnerability” July 8 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Performance times are Thursday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets start at $30. The Washington DC Jewish Community Center is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org.

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NW.202-338-1958. ■“TheMet:LiveinHDSummerEncores”willfeatureOffenbach’s“LesContesd’Hoffmann.”6:30p.m.$12.50.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■AJaneAustenFilmFestwillfeatureDouglasMcGrath’s1996film“Emma.”7p.m.Free;reservationssuggested.DumbartonHouse,2715QSt.NW.janeaustenfilmfest.eventbrite.com. ■“NoMaSummerScreen”willpresentJohnMilius’1984film“RedDawn,”star-ringPatrickSwayzeandLeaThompson.7p.m.Free.2ndandLstreetsNE.nomasummerscreen.com. ■The“FilmsontheVern”outdoorfilmserieswillfeatureMichelHazanavicious’2011film“TheArtist.”8:30p.m.Quad,GeorgeWashingtonUniversityMountVernonCampus,2100FoxhallRoadNW.202-242-6670.

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Children’s programs ■BlueSkyPuppetswillpresent“GoldyBearandtheThreeLocks.”10a.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1225. ■GriotandmasterstorytellerBaba-Cwillbringtolifetheoralhistoriesandtradi-tionsofWestAfricancultures(forchildrenages9through12).1p.m.Free.WestEndLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707. ■BlueSkyPuppetswillpresent“GoldyBearandtheThreeLocks.”1p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021.

Class ■TheSriChinmoyCentreofWashington,DC,willpresentathree-week“LearntoMeditate”program.7:30to8:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-452-5954.The class will continue July 19 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.

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Films ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillshowCescMule’s2009film“Miró:ThePhosphorescentTrailsofSnails.”12:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.The film will also be shown July 13, 19 and 20 at 12:20 p.m. ■The“Gay101”filmserieswillfeatureJohnWaters’“Hairspray,”starringRickiLake,SonnyBonoandDivine.8p.m.$2.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.



Thursday, july 12■lecture: AuthorJeffShaarawilldiscusshishistoricalnovel“ABlazeofGlory,”abouttheBattleofShiloh.6:45to8:45p.m.$40.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030.

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borhood commission agendas — have netted the compromise that everyone was seeking, she said. Compared to the most recent plans from last summer, the rear addition will be below grade and even less obtrusive, with an entrance and an elevator shaft representing the pri-mary visible components.

“Basically there’s not much that’s going to be seen and it’s quite a small addition to this space,” Mottershead said.

The U.S. Postal Service will maintain a retail presence in the building, but it no longer needs the expansive 1858 building and its 1926 rear addition for its Georgetown operations. Most of the existing space that EastBanc will convert into offices is now entirely unused; only a few post office boxes will need to relocate to the front desk portion of the building.

Because the site is residentially zoned, EastBanc is applying for a Board of Zoning Adjustment vari-ance both to add the commercial

office use and to maintain the grand-fathered Postal Service operations. The Office of Planning had origi-nally requested a residential project on the site in order to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, but Mottershead said planners came around to the scaled-down design now proposed. Variances will also be required because the below-grade addition extends close to the property line and increases the building’s lot cov-erage. EastBanc has expressed con-fidence that the latest proposal will be approved. The Board of Zoning Adjustment’s hearing is scheduled for July 24. A previous dispute over the prop-erty regarded the historical signifi-cance of the 1926 rear addition, which EastBanc had originally planned to remove. The latest plans, like those the Old Georgetown Board supported in September 2011, retain this piece of the building but retrofit an elevator. Other proposals for the site have included town houses, an apartment building and a larger office building.

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Sibley was to hire Price as chief operating officer. “He’s a visionary — he comes up with good ideas on a macro scale,” Price said of Sloan. “I’m a tactical guy, and I was able to implement those ideas.” Price added that the two worked well together thanks to their shared military background — Sloan is Army and Price is Navy — along with their similar work ethic, opti-mism and sense of humor. “No matter how tough things would get or how busy Bob would be, he was always calm, and I think that came from the confidence of knowing that if he worked hard, he would get to where he wanted to go,” Price said. Under Sloan’s leadership, the Sibley campus added eight acres of neighboring land — a deal that required Sloan to negotiate an Act of Congress. The acquisition was criti-cal to Sibley’s ability to grow. From there, the hospital was able to move forward to create a cancer care center and an assisted living facility, and in a few years, Sibley will have a new hospital building. Sloan also forged an affiliation with the Johns Hopkins Health System, whereby faculty and doc-tors from the Baltimore hospital, particularly specialists, visit Sibley and provide care to its patients. The outgoing president, who will turn 66 on July 5, the day of his retirement, is quick to credit his col-leagues for the progress the hospital has made over the last three decades. “We’ve been able to recruit excellent people at every level, and

I’m proud to say we have a 97 per-cent staff retention rate,” Sloan said. “I worked hard to create an atmo-sphere where the board of trustees, the management and the staff could work together in harmony for the benefit of the hospital and the com-munity.” Roy agrees that Sibley has a first-rate staff, though she added, “You don’t get that without having an excellent leader.” Sloan is known for his hands-on approach to the job and for pitching in wherever there’s a need. In an interview, Roy reminisced about Sloan helping the maintenance staff shovel sidewalks during snow-storms. And when he saw a patient who might need something like a fresh bedpan, Sloan would step in and take care of it. On July 5, a new chapter will begin in Sloan’s life — but that doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. He’ll maintain his connection to Sibley as a senior adviser to the Johns Hopkins Health System. He serves on the boards of several orga-nizations, and he’s writing a book on Sibley’s history. The retiring president’s legacy will be remembered through the Robert L. Sloan Leadership Award, given annually by the D.C. Hospital Association to an individual demon-strating the same leadership qualities as Sloan. Sloan, who has lived in the Spring Valley neighborhood for the past 15 years, plans to spend more time with his wife of 40 years, Janet Ruth Kwong, their three grown chil-dren, and their six (about to be seven) grandchildren. “I’m proudest of my wife and family,” said Sloan. “They are the most important.”

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2011 mock trial team, which placed third in a regional competition and ninth in the nation. “James has incredible raw, natu-ral talent as a trial lawyer,” said pro-fessor Andrew Ferguson, who teach-es advanced criminal law classes and helps advise the mock trial team. “He has charisma, confidence and intelligence. Watching James per-form his opening and closing argu-ments, I thought he could step into a courtroom right now and be success-ful — yet he’s so humble about it and he realizes he’s still learning.” Last summer, King won a presti-gious internship at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, considered one of the best public defender’s offices in the country, where he worked alongside law students from schools such as Harvard, Georgetown and Stanford. “It was very powerful for me to be able to do what I always wanted to do — to help people with legal problems who can’t afford an attor-ney,” said King. “The things that have happened to me help me relate to my clients. I can imagine if I was placed in their situation — what if I didn’t have a mom or siblings who were as supportive as they were, who knows where I would be.” At the public defender’s office, he was given a particularly challeng-ing client that even staff attorneys had trouble handling. “Nobody could understand him because he spoke with prison jargon, so his lawyers kept telling him not to speak,” said King. “But I knew what he was saying, and at the end of the day, he just wanted to be treated as a

human being. In court, I stepped aside and let him say his piece — he just wanted to be heard; everybody deserves that.” At the end of King’s internship, he beat out 89 fellow law students, most from tier-one schools, to get the one job offer the office extended. “James reaches out into the hearts of those around them and he takes them where they need to go to make sure justice happens,” said Dean Shelley Broderick. “I say this because I’ve never received a call from PDS — the best in the nation and one of the most competitive places to get a job — to tell me how spectacular one of my students is, and they said that about James.” King received numerous awards and competitive scholarships throughout his time in law school, and was asked to speak at the gradu-ation ceremony this spring. His speech focused on the strength of the student body. “A lot of people come to UDC

hoping to do well in their first year so that they can transfer to a tier-one school,” King said. “I thought about doing that, too,” but he stayed because of his fellow students, he said. “We’re like a family — we looked out for each other and pulled for one another — and we all gradu-ated together. One of the best deci-sions of my life was to stay at UDC. I not only learned from everyone but I couldn’t have been around a better group of people.” King is now studying for the D.C. bar exam, eager to begin his “dream job” at the public defender’s office. “A big part of the reason I’m where I am today is because of the help I’ve received from others,” said King. “At every stage of my life where I’ve been knocked down, there were people there to support and help me. My whole thing is to give back — the most vindicating thing would be to help someone who is innocent of a crime to go home.”

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Courtesy of James KingBefore he was accused of second-degree murder, recent UDC law grad James King was a football star at Central Michigan University.

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In addition to the issues of reserving parking in front of disabled residents’ homes and establish-ing parking permits for contractors working on homes, Bellamy said, the agency is reviewing issues suggested by the smart-growth advocates. Their suggestions at the hearing included upping costs for meters and residential parking permits, eliminating free visitor parking passes, and insti-tuting smaller zones in which a residential permit is valid. Cheh expressed some concern at the agency’s request for a delay. “I’ve heard people say at a

hearing that nothing will kill action more than say-ing, ‘We’re studying it,’” she said. Although no one testified regarding the dis-abled spaces, several contractors and representa-tives of trade groups said their problem is urgent. Contractors’ vehicles sometimes receive multiple parking tickets each day that the workers are at a job site. “The citizens of the District of Columbia are being punished by parking restrictions,” said Tim Cropp of AC Contractors of America. “Many of our members avoid residential work in the District of Columbia because they cannot afford to do the HVAC work that D.C. residents need if their vehicles will be fined or towed.” Wells’ bill would charge contractors a $500 annual fee for a parking pass, but he said he was willing to work with contractors who testified that the amount would be prohibitively expensive. But the District’s newly hired “parking czar,” Angelo Rao, said the agency currently has mini-mal data about the usage and demand for its 260,000 on-street parking spaces, and he urged patience. “All these tools should be on the table, but we should evaluate them collectively,” he said. Despite the council members’ skepticism of winning support for some initiatives — Wells noted that a bill he had introduced to increase parking permit costs for households with multiple cars “was voted down before I could even put the period on my sentence” — Cheh asked the agency to recommend whatever it considers to be the best policies.

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