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By Michael Lee Pope

The Gazette

Daniel Almond has never been toFort Ward Park or Gravelly Park.And he’s never staged a rallybefore. He doesn’t even live in

Virginia, but he’s not letting that stop him fromstaging an April 19 rally he’s calling “Restorethe Constitution.”

Almond, who lives near Atlanta, is an Iraqwar veteran who separated from the MarineCorps in 2007. Since then, he’s become in-creasingly concerned about a growing list ofwhat he considers constitutional violations.It’s a catalogue that includes the bank bail-

out, mandated health insurance, eminentdomain and the federal minimum wage forstarters. Inspired by a Florida-based onlinecommunication network known as Alarm andMuster, Almond decided stage a rally wheresupporters could bring their firearms in whathe calls “civil obedience.”

“We wanted to have it as close to D.C. aspossible,” said Almond, a real-estate agent.“This is intended for a national audience.”

Enter the National Park Service.Last month, the longstanding prohibition

against bringing firearms into parks ownedand operated by the National Park Service wasoverturned. When Congress was considering

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Daniel Almond is a Georgia real-estate agent who is planning a pro-gunrally in Northern Virginia on April 19 to commemorate the Shot HeardRound the World at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

Guns and SpeechesFirearms advocates plan rally to start atFort Hunt Park and move to Gravelly Point.

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Gazette

When Stanford E. Parris took hisfirst job on Capitol Hill in 1958,it wasn’t glamorous work.

He ran a mimeograph machine in the base-ment beneath the House of Representatives.The wages helped pay his law school tuitionat The George Washington University.

Fourteen years later, Parris returned to theCapitol in a far more high profile position.He served as the U.S. Representative fromVirginia’s 8th District from 1973 to 1974 and1981 to 1990.

The former Republican congressman diedMarch 27 at the age of 80 in Mathews County,Va. He is survived by his wife Martie, threedaughters and grandchildren.

AS A CONGRESSMAN, Parris representeda far larger geographic swath of Virginia thanhis successor, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8),currently does. In the 1980s, the 8th Congres-sional District included the City of Alexandria,the entire southern half of Fairfax County, partof Prince William County and the tip ofStafford County.

Responsible for such a large territory, Parrishad his hand in a range of regional transpor-tation and economic development projects.

He is partly responsible for the TorpedoFactory Art Center along the Alexandria wa-terfront and the “high occupancy vehicle”[HOV] lanes on Interstate 95. Parris was alsoon the founding board of directors at GeorgeMason University.

“Stan was involved in almost every majorthing in Northern Virginia,” said U.S. Rep.Frank Wolf (R-10), who first got to knowParris when they both campaigned for con-gressional seats in 1980.

TOGETHER, Parris and Wolf worked to getDulles International Airport transferred fromthe federal government to a regional author-ity, which allowed the airport to advertise andmodernize. Dulles had been losing businessto Baltimore-Washington International Air-

port prior to the authority change.“It was a great deal for regional economic

development,” said Wolf.Former Fairfax County Supervisor Elaine

McConnell (R-Springfield) said Parris alsohelped secure funding for and assisted withthe upstart of the Virginia Railway Express(VRE) commuter train.

“In 1983, I went to talk to him and he wasthe only politician I know who really movedon it and told me it could be done,” saidMcConnell, who spent 20 years representingsouthern Fairfax County.

“I didn’t have many supporters for VRE in1983,” she said.

PRIOR TO SERVING in Congress, Parriswas also a member of the Fairfax CountyBoard of Supervisors from 1964 to 1967. Healmost won a race for Fairfax County chair-man.

The former congressman also served oneterm in the House of Delegates and was ap-pointed Virginia’s Secretary of the Common-wealth in 1978, between his two stints in theU.S. House of Representatives.

“Stan was Fairfax. He is the only person inFairfax’s history to serve in all three levels ofgovernment,” said former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis(R-11), who was a Fairfax supervisor when

Admirers Say Parris HelpedShape Northern VirginiaFormer congressman,80, died March 27.

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Stan Parris’ career as a localelected official spanned from the1960s to the 1980s.

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News

By Gale Curcio

Mount Vernon Gazette

A packed room of people atthe Best Western MountVernon had a lot on their

minds as they attended SFDC’sBRAC and Beyond presentation thisweek. They wanted to know whenMulligan Road and the FairfaxCounty Parkway will be complete.Business owners wanted to knowwhat business opportunities thereare — both on and off the base.People looking for jobs wanted toknow what employment opportuni-ties will be created. And everybodywants to know what traffic will belike when BRAC is finally imple-mented.

Given that BRAC has been dis-cussed for so long, it may seem likea pipe dream. Rest assured, how-ever, that BRAC is closer than it ap-pears.

“We have 18 months left to com-plete the mandate that was given[to us],” said Col. Mark Moffatt,Deputy Garrison Commander forTransportation and BRAC, FortBelvoir. “It is not without challengeor consternation, but it will hap-pen.”

Evidence of the preparation forBRAC is all around. Moffatt said that

they will have done $4 billion inconstruction between 2007 and2010. While Fort Belvoir is not add-ing acreage, they are adding build-ings and roads. Work has just beencompleted on the 1,200th newhouse, and 450 more homes arecoming.

A whole new complex is beingbuilt for National Geospatial-Intel-ligence Agency, which is BRAC’smajor organization bringing 8,500new employees to the area.

“This is the crown jewel,” saidMoffatt. “It will bring four separatelocations under one roof and occupy2.4 million square feet.”

Moffatt went on to detail some ofthe other salient points. All phasesof the Fairfax County Parkway willbe completed at the end of this year.Mulligan Road will open for trafficnext summer and will be fully com-plete in spring, 2012. Mulligan Roadwill give people in Mount Vernondirect access to Telegraph andBeulah Roads, or as Moffatt

quipped, “It’sthe road thatwill takepeople to then e wWegmans.”

In addition,several roadswithin the baseare being wid-ened, whilenew gates arebeing addedand currentgates will beupdated.

“A lot ofthings are happening,” said Moffatt.

Work on the new Medical Cam-pus is moving along. This state-of-the-art facility tops off at seven sto-ries, and will include a 24-hourChild Development Center, DentalClinic and a Warrior TransitionComplex. The hospital itself willhave four clinic buildings, 10 oper-ating rooms, full ICU, neo-natal ICUand 120 patient rooms. A total of2,500 employees will be employedby the medical complex.

An excerpt from Belvoir’s NewVision newsletter states: “Two ma-jor milestones were observed inDecember 2009, as the last piecesof steel were raised for the FortBelvoir Community Hospital on theMain Post and the Base Realignmentand Closure Recommendation 133(BRAC 133) project, Department ofDefense (DoD) office complex at theMark Center in Alexandria, Va.”

Austin Durrer, Chief of Staff, Con

Photos by Gale Curcio

Janice Olshesky, owner of Olshesky Design, asks a question during the Q&A session.

Col. Mark Moffatt answers questions fromattendees.

BRAC and Beyond PresentationAnswers Some QuestionsSFDC PutsTogether anInformativeSession

See BRAC, Page 12

Gang-Related HomicideTwo teenagers, ages 15 and 16, and a 19-year-old man from the

Alexandria-area have been arrested and charged in connection withthe homicide that occurred in the area of Manor Drive and OsmanDrive on Friday, March 19.

The victim in this homicide has been identified as Christian Perez,16, of 8521 Silverdale Road in the Lorton area. The cause of deathhas been determined to be blunt force trauma to the head. Policehave reason to believe this case to be gang related. The case re-mains under investigation.

With the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Re-gional Fugitive Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Prince WilliamCounty Police, the three suspects were arrested last week. The 15-year-old was apprehended on Monday, March 22 in Woodbridge;the 16-year-old was apprehended Friday, March 26 in New YorkCity. Both have been charged with murder.

Jorge Albarenga, of 8569 Southlawn Court, was arrested onWednesday, March 24 in Harrisonburg, Va. He has been chargedwith malicious wounding by a mob and gang participation. Theyounger juvenile is currently in the Fairfax County Juvenile Deten-tion Center and Albarenga is being held in the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center.

Woman Shot in Engleside AreaOn Wednesday, March 24 around 7:26 a.m., Fairfax County police

responded to the intersection of Francisco Way and Orinda Courtfor reports of a person who had been shot.

Police found Morgan Myatt, 23, of 1311 Holly Street, N.W., Wash-ington, D.C., deceased inside a parked vehicle. Police also recovereda gun at the scene.

Later that day around 4 p.m., Arlington County police respondedto a weapons call where Antoine Avery, 25, of 6112 Crown GrantDrive in Spotsylvania, Va., was found shot to death in an apparentsuicide in the 1200 block of South Quincy Street. Fairfax Countypolice have concluded that Avery is the suspect in this homicide.

Cause of Death DeterminedThe body of a man was found in a community pond in the 8300

block of Pondside Terrace on Thursday, March 18. The cause of deathwas determined to be drowning. Around 4:14 p.m., a resident walk-ing around the pond noticed something in the water that lookedsuspicious and called police. The police and fire departments re-sponded and determined it was a deceased man. No foul play issuspected and police are working to identify the man.

He is described as black, between 20 and 30 years old, about 6feet 2 inches tall and 165 pounds. He was wearing brown Nauticapants over three layers of thermal underwear, a multi-colored, but-ton-up Tommy Hilfiger shirt over a thermal shirt and a T-shirt im-printed with “Cabo Verdo Show 2008.” Over the button-up shirt,the man had on a brown Field & Stream coat and a green L.L. Beanfleece, sleeveless vest. He also had on black Tommy Hilfiger boots.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers byphone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail atwww.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message toCRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

Schnoz To the RescueA Fairfax County bloodhound and his handler successfully tracked

and located a woman who had been missing in the woods of MasonNeck State Park for around two days.

Park rangers were scouring the trails of the park after they foundan abandoned vehicle on Monday, March 22. Park authorities con-tacted Fairfax County Police for assistance and a bloodhound namedSchnoz went to work.

At around 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, Schnoz and MasterPolice Officer Pete Masood located the 53-year-old Lorton-areawoman amidst thick brush, leaves and forest undergrowth. She wasdisoriented and suffering from hypothermia but was taken to InovaMount Vernon Hospital where she was treated for non life-threaten-ing injuries. Just three weeks ago, Schnoz successfully tracked downa suspect wanted in an armed carjacking in the Springfield area.

Week in Mount Vernon


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By Julia O’Donoghue

The Gazette

This is the second of three articlesabout the 2010 census and what to ex-pect in Fairfax County. To see otherarticles, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com

Thirty years ago, 86 percentof Fairfax County resi-dents were white and the

average age of the Fairfax citizenwas 30 years old. Only 11 percentof the population spoke a languageother English at home and ninepercent was born in another coun-try.

But 2010 presents a differentpicture for Fairfax. Only 67 per-cent of residents are white and citi-zens are, on average, nine yearsolder than they were in 1980.More than a third of county resi-dents now speak a language otherthan English in their homes and28 percent, almost one in three,are foreign born.

“Washington has emerged as animmigrant gateway over the last10 to 15 years. It is one of thecountry’s newer destinations forimmigrants,” said Jill Wilson, asenior research analyst at The

Brookings Institution who hasstudied immigration patterns inmetropolitan areas across thecountry, including the WashingtonD.C. area.

The Metropolitan WashingtonCouncil of Governments predictsthat there will be fewer whiteFairfax residents than people fromother racial or ethnic minoritygroups in the coming decade.Fairfax County Public Schools isalready a “majority minority” dis-trict, meaning that a higher per-centage of minority students thanstudents who are white attend thelocal public schools.

“I am eager to see the numbersregarding our diverse populationin Fairfax County. It is obvious howdiverse our county has become,”said Fairfax County ChairwomanSharon Bulova (D-At-large).

WHEN COMPARED to the restof the United States, a larger shareof Fairfax’s population is alreadypart of a racial minority group. In2008, the U.S. Census Bureau es-timates that 73.4 percent of theUnited States was white, as op-posed to 67 percent of Fairfax resi-dents.

Fairfax’s dominant racial andethnic minority groups are alsodifferent from those seen in otherparts of Virginia and the country.

In the United States, people whoare Hispanic make up the largestminority group, with 15.1 percentof the population. People who areblack or African American makeup the largest racial minoritygroup nationwide, at 12.6 percent,according to 2008 census esti-mates.

In Virginia, people who are blackor African American, at 20 percentof the state’s population, are thelargest minority group in the com-monwealth.

But Fairfax bucks national andstatewide trends. Asian residents,who make up 17 percent of thecounty’s population, are the larg-est minority group in the North-ern Virginia county.

By comparison, people who areAsian make up about 4.4 percentof the United States total popula-tion and 3.6 percent of Virginia’stotal population, according to theU.S. Census’ 2008 estimates.

Within the Asian community, theKorean, Asian Indian and Vietnam-ese populations are the largest.

An Aging, More Diverse Community

From Page 1

Former CongressmanStan Parris Dies

Parris was in Congress.Parris acted as a booster for

the business community andembraced development, whichresulted in the current vibranteconomy, said Davis and others.

“He came around at a timewhen the county was beginningto develop. He was very impor-tant in the formation and mak-ing of Fairfax County as weknow it today,” said Davis.

PARRIS WAS also one of theforebears of the modern Repub-lican Party in Virginia. Virginia,including Fairfax County, wasdominated by southern Demo-crats until the late 1970s.

He was the only Republicanon the Fairfax County Boardand one of nine Republicans inthe 100-member House of Del-egates.

“He and Jack Herrity, theywere part of a small group thatreally started the Republican

Party in Fairfax in the 1960sand 1970s. There weren’t reallythat many Republicans inFairfax back then,” said Wolf.

THE FORMER congressmanalso had a series of spiritedpolitical campaigns.

Mount Vernon resident andformer U.S. Rep. Herbert Har-ris (D-8) ousted Parris in 1974after Parris had served just oneterm. It was the election di-rectly after the Watergate scan-dal broke, which several peoplesaid gave Democrats an inher-ent advantage.

“I think he worked hard onwhat he believed but many ofthe things he believed I was op-posed to,” said Harris.

But Parris faced Harris in twomore elections, beating theDemocrat in 1980.

“The Parris-Harris debates,they were like the Lincoln-Dou-glas debates,” said Wolf of the1980 campaign.


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Opinion

April is National Poetry Month according to the Academy of American Poets, and we invite our local poets tosend submissions for us to print.

The National Poet Laureate serves as con-sultant to the Library of Congress and “seeksto raise the national consciousness to a greaterappreciation of the reading and writing of po-etry.”

Virginia also has a poet laureate, a positionestablished by the General Assembly and ap-pointed by the governor from nominees sub-mitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Thecurrent poet laureate of Virginia is ClaudiaEmerson, claudiaemerson.org.

Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Po-etry for her collection “Late Wife.” She is a pro-fessor of English and Poetry at the Universityof Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.

But some residents are lucky enough to havelocal poetry as well.

On April 10, 2007, the Alexandria City Coun-cil named Mary McElveen as the city’s poetlaureate for a three-year term. Her replacementfor the next three years is set to be announcedshortly.

Arlington sponsors poetry competitions, oneopen to all, one for Arlington public school stu-dents, culminating in the display of winningpoems (all limited in length) on Northern Vir-ginia Metro busses.

This is one service local government couldexpand even in these economic times; Fairfax

and Arlington counties, the City of Fairfax, thetowns of Herndon and Vienna could considerappointing their own poets laureate.

The Alexandria Poet Laureate will promotean appreciation of poetry as an art form, en-courage creative writing and reading of allforms of literature and promote literacythrough poetry.

Are you a poet? The Gazette will print po-

Poetry in AprilPoem a Day for April

Go to www.poets.org to sign up to receive a poem e-mailed daily.

Moving WordsLaunched in 1999 during National Poetry Month, Moving Words makes poetry a part of daily life for com-

muters in Northern Virginia and promotes the work of local writers. The poems of six local poets selected throughan annual competition are displayed on Northern Virginia Metro buses and viewed by approximately 1.3 mil-lion Metro bus riders every month. The poems are exhibited in Metro buses that traverse Arlington County,Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax County and Fairfax City. Read the poems of the six winners and seven final-ists at http://www.arlingtonarts.org/cultural-affairs/moving-words/moving-words-2010.aspx.

Poetry ReadingWinners of the 2010 Poetry Competition are featured at IOTA Club & Cafe’s Second Sundays Poetry and Art

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cultural-affairs/moving-words/student-moving-words-poetry-competition.aspx. The deadline to submit poemsfor this school year is Friday, April 30.

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etry submitted by readers this spring and oc-casionally throughout the year. We welcomestudent poetry as well, please list the student’sage, grade and school on the submission.

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To the Editor:There are 228 community asso-

ciations in the Mount Vernon Dis-trict. The MVCCA represents 64of them. Another two dozen or soare members of the South CountyFederation (SCF). Many commu-nities have no community associa-tion.

Since the MVCCA representsbarely 1/4 of the community as-sociations in the Mount VernonDistrict and only a small percent-age of the 125,000 or so residentsof the Mount Vernon District, itremains a mystery to this writerwhy Supervisor Hyland sometimesuses decisions of the MVCCA aspolitical cover for decisions hemakes in the name of the entireDistrict, and why voters have not,to my knowledge, raised this issuewith him.

At the MVCCA Council meetingon March 24, 2010, a small minor-ity of their 64 member organiza-tions voted to enact three resolu-tions pertaining to the upcomingdecision on the Fairfax County

Budget. The resolutions could notpossibly speak for the MountVernon district.

Their Education Committeeresolution arose out of a meetingon March 3, 2010, attended bynine community associations. Theresolution as enacted through 16affirmative votes asks the Board ofSupervisors (BOS) to establish areal estate tax rate adequate toaccomplish the desires of theMVCCA and in so doing to “seekout and employ other revenue en-hancement opportunities.” (Whycan’t proponents of “tax increases”just use those words?)

The Health and Human Services(HHS) resolution arose out of ameeting on March 9, 2010, at-tended by 15 community associa-tion representatives. As originallydrafted, the resolution proposedrestoration of $12.75 million inproposed budget cuts. At theCouncil meeting last week, theresolution was amended to strike$10.1 million in proposed restoredbudget cuts intended for blueprinthousing. With that amendment,the resolution was approved by avote of 13-0 with five abstentions.This resolution also includes theMVCCA request that the BOS“adopt new tax rates and seekmore diversified revenue enhance-

ments that will provide Countyrevenue sufficient to avert unac-ceptable damage to essential pub-lic services ...”. What about unac-ceptable damage to the cash flowof citizens during a severe reces-sion? One taxpayer’s “essential”can be another’s “extravagant.”

The Budget Committee resolu-tion arose from their March 3,2010 meeting attended by six rep-resentatives. At the Council meet-ing, David Dale proposed anamendment seeking to redirect allfunding in the current County bud-get proposal for the proposed de-velopment of North Hill “into pub-lic safety, human services, andeducation, resulting in the delayof the North Hill project by oneyear.” That proposal was approvedby a vote of 8-5-5. Mr. Dale wasan opponent of the North Hill reso-lution passed by the MVCCA in2007, which recommended use ofover 20 acres for a park and theremainder, about 11 acres, for con-struction of 65 affordable homesfor the less fortunate. The Countyintends to proceed along thoselines and is moving forward. Lastyear, Mr. Dale made the self-serv-ing proposal on behalf of his com-munity that the County use themoney appropriated for the NorthHill project to instead buy fore-

closed homes in his neighborhoodto house the less fortunate. Hecontinues his opposition to NorthHill with the Budget & Financeresolution amendment. Accord-ing to Cynthia Ianni, the County’sDirector of Design, Developmentand Construction for the Depart-ment of Housing and CommunityDevelopment, the current Countybudget proposal includes no bud-get item pertaining to North Hill.As such, Mr. Dale’s amendment notonly has absolutely no effect, itcalls into question his credibility.With that amendment, the Budgetresolution passed by a vote of 8-3with five abstentions. For thosekeeping score, the Budget resolu-tion was supported by fewer than14 people, eight at the Council andfewer than six at the Committee(I’m told the vote there wasn’tunanimous).

Resolutions that fly under theradar and are enacted by the af-firmative votes of eight out of 64MVCCA member communities(12.5 percent) can’t possibly evenrepresent the views of MVCCAmember communities much lessthose of the entire Mount Vernondistrict.

The MVCCA must be seen for

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St. James’Episcopal Church

5614 Old Mill Road, Mt. Vernon, VirginiaOffice: 703-780-3081www.StJamesMV.org

Good Friday Stations of the Cross: Noon (in the Gallery), 7:30 pm Evening PrayerEaster Sunday: 9 am Holy Eucharist, Reception and Children’s Activities following the service

HOLY WEEKBethany Lutheran Church

2501 Beacon Hill Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22306(703) 765-8255

Palm Sunday, March 28Procession of the Palms, 8:30 & 11a.m. Worship

Maundy Thursday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.The Gift of the Eucharist

Good Friday, April 211a.m., Family Worship, Jesus’ walk to Calvary

7:30 p.m., TENEBRAE, The Darkness before the LightEASTER SUNDAY, April 4

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8:30 & 11:00 a.m., Festival WorshipWith Holy Communion

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what it really is: a lobbying or-ganization for its 64-member as-sociations that often takes posi-tions based upon votes of a smallfraction of the representatives ofthose associations. SupervisorHyland should not credit the lob-bying efforts of the MVCCA by us-ing them as political cover for de-cisions he takes in the name of ourentire District. I have no objec-tion to our Supervisor taking into

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consideration the views of theMVCCA as represented by theirenacted resolutions. However, anyclaim by Supervisor Hyland thatthose resolutions are representa-tive of the views of the entireMount Vernon District is a seriouserror and a practice that must notoccur.

H. Jay SpiegelMount Vernon

UnderminingPeace Efforts

To the Editor:Those of us who truly care about

Israel know that President BarackObama is right to confront Israelover its approval of a new settle-ment construction plan in EastJerusalem. Settlement expansionundermines the prospects ofpeace. And Israel’s future is depen-dent on reaching a two-state solu-tion.

Americans are smart. We knowthat peace for Israel is more im-portant than the expansion ofsettlements. We also know that ourinterests are directly tied to MiddleEast peace and to Israel.

Peace talks will not succeedwithout genuine, sustained Ameri-

can leadership. All sides mustknow that there will be a price topay for frustrating peace efforts.President Obama enjoys my sup-port when he demonstrates suchleadership.

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Kate Waller Barrett Chapter, Daughters ofthe American Revolution (DAR), recognizedthe contributions of family caregivers in aFeb. 16, Project Patriot presentation at FortBelvoir. Through a partnership with theWarriors in Transition Unit, Soldiers andFamily Assistance Center, the Kate WallerBarrett Chapter, which meets in the MountVernon area, brought Valentine’s Day themegift bags to Director Sherrell Murray forpresentation to wives, daughters and hus-bands who have been devoted caregiversto wounded or gravely ill servicemembers.The gifts were a way of thanking thecaregivers for their sacrifices and givingthem a little TLC back. The Kate WallerBarrett Chapter project is part of a national

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CDR Anne McKinney, USN (Ret),Project Patriot Committee, KateWaller Barrett Chapter, Daughtersof the American Revolution.

DAR Project Patriot, which includes theadoption of Landstuhl Medical Center andsupport from across the nation for thewounded warriors treated there.

Themeaningof his-tory isneverappar-ent tothosewhomake it;a leaderin anyage orgenera-tion isno morethan aman whoseessome-whatbeyondthe endof hisnose.

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cussed some of the funding issuesfor transportation projects. Someof the money has been allocated,but they are adding language toupcoming bills to get more moneyallocated.

For the small business owners,Bridget Bean, director, WashingtonMetropolitan, Small Business Ad-ministration, had great news. Shesaid that 1,600 firms have secured$6.1 billion in prime governmentcontracts — and these numbers

don’t even include sub-prime con-tractors.

“I see a strong commitment byfederal, state and local govern-ments, and private and public com-panies all coming together to builda strong community,” said Bean.

One of the questions during thequestion-and-answer session fo-cused on the possibility of ex-tended mass transit. Moffatt an-swered by saying, “Mass transitas a general rule is difficult in thisarea, but we are working withFairfax County. There has been a

lot of discussion about extendingMetro from Huntington downRoute One but the problem comesdown to the land accessibility. Thereis no real location to put in a rail inwithout hurting businesses. I thinkthat it will happen at some point,but I’m not sure when or how fardown it will go.”

Durrer added that Moran andCongressman Gerry Connolly haverequested money for a study onthis issue, but it is currently onhold. Visit http://www.belvoirnewvision.com.


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Ballroom Dancing for Couples. 8:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on the secondFriday of each month. Enjoy waltz, foxtrot, cha cha, swing and more to livemusic on large wooden dance floor inMount Vernon area; $15/person.Private club; reservations requiredwww.fridaynightersdancingclub.com

APRIL 9-10“Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs.”

Presented by Rose Hill ElementarySchool. Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m.;Saturday, April 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are$5/adults, $3/children. At HayfieldSecondary School, 7630 TelegraphRoad, Alexandria.

Concert. 8 p.m. Repertory Opera Theaterof Washington presents GeorgeFrideric Handel’s “Alcina.” Tickets are$20 ($15 student/senior). Call 571-403-0814 or e-mail: [email protected]. AtImmanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606Seminary Road, Alexandria.

SATURDAY/APRIL 10An Evening of Magic. 7:30 p.m.

Magician Duane Laflin performs alongwith Darwin Ortiz, Jim Sisti, SamuelPatrick Smith, Eric Henning and DickChristian. Admission is $15/person,$10/children and seniors. At BishopIreton High school, at Duke street andCambridge Road in Alexandria.Contact Laurie Curry at 703-698-6952.

FSGW Special Event: Mike Agranoff.8 p.m. Musician and storyteller.Donation: $15. At the home of LindaGoodman, 123 E. Glendale Ave.,Alexandria. Call Linda Goodman at202-386-8252 or [email protected] to reserveyour space.

Homeownership Fair. 9:30 a.m. to 1p.m. Features lenders, Realtors andnonprofits, as well as seminars on thehome buying process and foreclosureprevention. At George WashingtonMiddle School, 1005 Mt. VernonAvenue in Alexandria. Visitalexandriava.gov/Housing or call 703-746-4990.

Benefit Luncheon and FashionShow at Aldersgate UMC, 1301Collingwood Road for benefit of UCMand Rising Hope. Sponsored byAldersgate United Methodist Women.10 a.m.- Vendors and Silent Auction,11:15 a.m.- Luncheon and FashionShow. Tickets $20. Call 703-765-6555or go to www.aldersgate.net forreservations.

Used Book Sale. At Kingstowne Library,6500 Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria.Call 703-339-4610.

Potomac River Watershed Cleanup.9 a.m. to noon. The stream cleanupwill be taking place at Four Mile RunPark at 3700 Commonwealth Avenue,Mount Vernon Avenue and Four MileRun Park, and Eaton Square at 801Four Mile Road. Visitalexandriava.gov/environment or e-mail [email protected] call 703-746-4071.

Genealogist Char McCargo Bah. 11a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Will give a lectureon how she traced descendants ofpeople buried at Freedmen’s Cemetery.At the Alexandria Black HistoryMuseum, 902 Wythe Street,Alexandria. Call 703-746-4356 or visitwww.alexblackhistory.org.

“The Grandest Congress.” Noon to 4p.m. Free. French and Indian War Re-enactment at Carlyle House HistoricPark. Visitors will enjoy costumed re-enactors representing Gen. Braddockand the five colonial governors as wellas John and Sarah Carlyle. At CarlyleHouse Historic Park, 121 N. FairfaxStreet in Old Town Alexandria.

SUNDAY/APRIL 11Vesper Organ Recital. 6 p.m. Free.

With Timothy Edward Smith, of the DiGennaro-Hart Organ Company, andThom Robertson, Music Director ofGrace Church, featuring music for twoorgans and two organists at one organ.

At Grace Episcopal Church, 3601Russell Road, Alexandria. Call 703-549-1980 or [email protected].

American Youth PhilharmonicConcert. 3 p.m. Led by musicdirector emeritus Luis Haza andfeaturing works by Bizet andTchaikovsky. Tickets are $14/adults,$10/seniors and students. At theRachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall,NVCC, Alexandria Campus. Visitwww.aypo.org.

Jazz Jam. 6 p.m. Featuring the RickWhitehead Trio. $10 admission;musicians $5. At Episcopal Church ofthe Resurrection, 2280 N. BeauregardStreet, Alexandria. Call 703-768-5821.

Ancient Airs and Dances. 2 p.m.Presented by the U.S. Marine ChamberOrchestra. At Bishop Ireton HighSchool Auditorium, 201 CambridgeRoad, Alexandria. Call 703-751-7606or www.bishopireton.org.

APRIL 10, 11, 12Book Sale. Free. Hours are Saturday

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, April11 from 1-4:30 p.m.; and Monday,April 12 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. At theCharles E. Beatley Central Library,5005 Duke Street, Alexandria. Call703-519-5900.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 14Guest Night Dinner. 6-8 p.m. Hosted

by The Springfield/AlexandriaWomen’s Connection. Special guestsinclude Sarah and Chris Layman,guitarists who will entertain with avariety of Broadway and ClassicalMusic. Cost is $20/person.Reservations must be made by Friday,April 9, to 703-569-4670 or 703-590-6562 or email to:[email protected]. At theSpringfield Golf & Country Club, 8301Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield.

Connecting With Others. 7-9 p.m.Panel presentation on how leisurepositively impacts our health, variousresources available, and how to findthem. At the Kingstowne Center forActive Adults, 6488 LandsdowneCenter, Alexandria. Registration byemail [email protected] orcall Candy Spitz, life coach, at 703-534-1128.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15Djesben. 7-9 p.m. Free. Djesben includes

a trio of multi-instrumentalists whosebackgrounds guarantee to delight witha variety of styles: jazz standards,bebop and bossa nova. At the TorpedoFactory Art Center, 105 N. Union St.,Alexandria. Call 703-838-4565 or go towww.torpedofactory.org.

APRIL 15, 16, 17Spring Garden Market. Alexandria

Horticultural Society (AHS) Members’Night is Thursday, April 15 from 4-8p.m. The public sale is Friday, April 16from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday,April 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. At RiverFarm, 7931 East Boulevard Drive,Alexandria.

APRIL 16-17Flower Show. District II Garden Clubs

“Carpe Diem — Seize the Day”Standard Flower Show. Sponsored bythe American Horticulture Society.Friday, April 16 from 1:30-5 p.m. AndSaturday, April 17 from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. At River Farm, 7931 EastBoulevard Drive, Alexandria.

FRIDAY/APRIL 16An Evening of Music for Strings. 8

p.m. Free. With the U.S. Air ForceBand Chamber Players Series. AtGeorge Washington Masonic NationalMemorial, 101 Callahan Drive,Alexandria. Call 202-767-5658 or visitwww.usafband.af.mil.

Bag Swap. 7-9 p.m. Free. Bring “gentlyused” or an “un-favorite” bag and swapit out for something “new-to-you.” AtDel Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 MountVernon Ave., Alexandria. ContactTheresa Kulstad, 703-283-0399 [email protected] or KarenSchmitz, 703-232-4526 [email protected].

SATURDAY/APRIL 17Soldier-Led Walking Tours. 10 a.m.

and 2 p.m. Free. At Fort Ward Museumand Historic Site, 4301 West BraddockRoad, Alexandria. Call 703-746-4848or visit www.fortward.org.

Tavern Dog Contest. 1 to 4 p.m.Hosted by Gadsby’s Tavern MuseumSociety. Registration is $35. At MarketSquare, 301 King street, Old TownAlexandria. Call 703-823-1395 or visitwww.gadsbystavernmuseum.us.

Grand Ball. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are$45/person, $50/door. Live music,dance instruction, a special Queen’scake and dessert collation, “gaming,”and a cash bar. At Gadsby’s TavernMuseum, 134 North Royal Street, OldTown Alexandria. Call 703-746-4242or visit www.gadsbystavern.org.

Good Shepherd Housing — DreamsDo Come True Gala. 6-11 p.m.Features cocktails, dinner, auctionsand dancing to live music. Black Tieoptional. Tickets are $150 ($175 ifpurchased after 3/26/10); $100 NextGeneration ticket price (Age 40 andunder). Visit http://www.goodhousing.org. At the CrownePlaza, 901 North Fairfax Street,Alexandria.

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SUNDAY/APRIL 18Don White with Nick Annis. 7 p.m. Heartfelt original songs and humor

(especially for parents of teens). Tickets are $18/general, $15/advance atwww.FocusMusic.org. At Church of the Resurrection, 2280 N. Beauregard St.,Alexandria. Contact Kay Coyte at [email protected] or 703-501-6061.

E-mail announcements to the Gazette,[email protected]. Pho-tos and artwork are encouraged. Deadlineis Thursday at noon for the following week’spaper. Call Steve Hibbard at 703-778-9412with questions.

FRIDAY AFTERNOONSTea Dances. 1-3:15 p.m. Group class

from 1-1:30 p.m. Ballroom, Latin andSwing music. $11/person. At theDance Studio Lioudmila, 18 RothStreet, 2nd Floor (off Duke Street),Alexandria. Call 703-751-8868.

THURSDAY, APRIL 1The Jefferson Street Strutters. 7-9

p.m. Free. Enjoy hand-clapping, toe-tapping music from the JeffersonStreet Strutters who will treat visitorsto traditional jazz and Americanpopular songs from the early years ofthe 20th century. At the TorpedoFactory Art Center, 105 N. Union St.,Alexandria. Call 703-838-4565 or go towww.torpedofactory.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 3Easter Egg Hunt at Woodlawn. Free.

For ages 1-7. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. isentertainment and food; 1:30-2 p.m. isegg hunt in the formal garden; 2-3p.m. more entertainment and food.Woodlawn is located at 9000Richmond Highway, three miles westof Mount Vernon. Call 703-780-4000,ext. 26327.

Easter Tea. 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. 18th-century style tea held in the ballroom.Includes tea, pound cake, dried fruitand cookies. Cost is $25/person. AtGadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 NorthRoyal Street in Old Town Alexandria.Call 703-746-4242 orwww.gadsbystavern.org.

Community Egg Hunt. 11 a.m. Kids upto sixth grade bring their Easterbaskets for an egg hunt. At HarvestChurch, 7401 Beulah Street,Kingstown area, Alexandria. Call 703-971-7070 or visitwww.harvestchurchag.org.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 7Spring Gardening Workshop. 9:30-

2:30 p.m. Cost is $30/mastergardeners, $45 for non-mastergardeners. At Potomac OverlookRegional Park Nature Center, 2845 N.Marcey Road, Arlington. Call 703-528-5406. Or contact Kirsten Buhls [email protected].

Free Memory Workshop. 9 a.m. to10:30 a.m. The workshop, led by JanePriest, a Licensed Practical Nurse andChief Program Officer for theAlzheimer’s Association, is designed tohelp participants understand howmemory works and learn techniques topromote brain fitness. At the Fountainsat Washington House, 5100 FillmoreAve., Alexandria. To reserve a seat, call1-703-291-0190 by April 5th.

Photographer Judy Heffner. 7:30p.m. At Duncan Library, 2501Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria.Judy Heffner will talk about Faces onthe Avenue, her book of photographsof Del Ray entrepreneurs. Call 703-838-4566.

THURSDAY/APRIL 8Laura Baron. 7 p.m. Laura brings a

poet’s sensitivity to her writing and isknown for the beauty of her voice andstyle of jazz. At The Athenaeum, 201Prince Street, Alexandria. Call 703-548-0035. Visitwww.laurabaronmusic.com.

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Pitching Improvement Key for West PotomacWolverines fea-ture stronglineup, pitchingquestions

Jon Roetman/The Gazette

Senior catcher David Burns is one of four returningstarters for the West Potomac baseball team.

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Sophomore Sean Trenchard plays shortstop and pitchesfor the Wolverines

By Jon Roetman

The Gazette

West Potomac baseball coachJim Sullivan isn’t concerned abouthis lineup. In fact, offense willlikely carry the Wolverines in2010.

“Top to bottom,” Sullivan said,“this is the best hitting lineupwe’ve ever had.”

Pitching, however, is a questionmark for West Potomac. The Wol-verines have four starting pitchers,but no one has emerged as thestaff ace.

Right-handers Will Andrews (jun-ior), Jacob Glaser (junior) and SeanTrenchard (sophomore), along withleft-hander Jayme Murray (fresh-man) comprise the Wolverines’ ro-tation. Who throws in what spot hasyet to be determined.

“Stick a name in a hat and pullone out at the moment,” Sullivansaid. “Pitching is going to be ourbiggest issue this year in terms of

how [we] stack up against the Pa-triot District.”

Glaser pitched four innings ofno-hit baseball during the team’sopener on March 19, a 14-0, five-inning win over Stonewall Jack-son. Murray followed with a score-less fifth. But against SouthCounty on March 25, pitchersstruggled to keep the ball downand the Wolverines were on thelosing end of a 13-3, five-inningcontest.

“We just need to throw strikes

and rely on our defense,”Trenchard said. “We don’t haveany pitchers that are going to blowit by people.”

Senior catcher David Burns, oneof four returning starters, saidpitchers need to keep the balldown. He’s confident in the team’sability.

“I think we’re actually going tosurprise a lot of people,” Burnssaid. “We’re young and we’re ac-tually a lot more focused than wehave been in the past. We’ve got a

lot more desire to win.”Sophomore second baseman

Casey Hagan, sophomore rightfielder Jack King and Trenchardare the other returning starters.

Offensively, Trenchard, Murrayand King will hit 3-4-5 for the Wol-verines.

“All three are big kids, at leastby our standards,” Sullivan said.“They’re very strong. They’ve allbeen playing baseball since theycould walk. They live for it. Theydon’t want to do anything else.”

Burns and King are team cap-tains.

West Potomac hosts the Alexan-dria City Championship tourna-ment, which runs through April 3.The Wolverines return from springbreak to host Annandale at 6:30p.m. April 7.

“We plan on surprising goodteams,” Trenchard said. “We planon beating West Springfield andLake Braddock. We’re going tobeat South County the next timewe play them.”

Q: You played quarter-back for a winless footballteam during the fall. Whatdid the experience teachyou?

A: From a football standpoint,it taught me who wanted to beout there. A lot of kids startedquitting after we lost [a fewgames]. It taught me to havefun with the sport.

Q: What location is thefarthest from the Washing-ton, D.C., metro area youhave traveled?

A: Seattle. My mom’s from theSeattle area. We go out thereevery now and then.

Q: You’re going to playbaseball at George MasonUniversity next year. Whatare you most looking for-ward to about the transi-tion?

Sable

A: The better competition.You get to see every highschool’s No. 1 [pitcher].

Q: Who is your favoritemusic artist?

A: Lupe Fiasco. I like a lot ofdifferent types of music. Thelyrics he has in his songs arethought provoking.

Q: Who is your favoritepro baseball team?

A: The Washington Nationals.Got to support the hometownteam.

— Jon Roetman

Five questions withMount Vernon seniorinfielder Andrew Sable

5Qs MV Baseball Wins ThreeAfter losing a nine-inning battle against Stonewall

Jackson in its opener, the Mount Vernon baseball teamresponded with three straight victories.

The Majors managed one run against Stonewall Jack-son while facing Radford University signee MichaelCostello. Mount Vernon quickly bounced back, push-ing across 43 runs in its next three games. The Majorsdefeated Stuart (15-7) on March 25, and I.C. Norcom(11-1) and Woodrow Wilson (17-2) on March 27.

“It was a wake-up call in that first game only scoringthat one run,” Mount Vernon head coach Luke Sablesaid. “They responded well.”

Mike Murdock had three of the Majors’ six hits againstStonewall Jackson. Since then, nearly everyone gotinvolved. Alec Fox, Jimmy Woehrle and LoganBeougher each had two hits against Stuart. AndrewSable had three RBIs.

Sable and Pat Reamy each had three RBIs againstNorcom. Sable had three hits and Reamy two. AgainstWilson, Mount Vernon scored nine first-inning runs.Sable, Murdock, Justin Boutin and Reamy each hadtwo hits. Taggart Salcedo had three RBIs and Sableand Palacido each had two.

“The loss was kind of an eye-opener for some of theyounger kids,” infielder Sable said. “They realized whatvarsity baseball [was all about].”

Mount Vernon is participating in the Alexandria CityChampionship tournament, which runs through April3. The Majors return to National District play with ahome game against Yorktown at 6 p.m. April 6. Themeeting is a rematch from last season’s districts.

MV Boys Soccer Beats WPThe Mount Vernon boys soccer team defeated West

Potomac 3-1 on March 26.Mount Vernon improved to 3-0 and will travel to face

Marshall at 7 p.m. April 6. West Potomac is 1-2 andtravels to take on South County at 7 p.m. April 6.

WP Girls Soccer Beats MVThe West Potomac girls soccer team beat Mount

Vernon 3-0 on March 26.Mount Vernon dropped to 2-2 and will host Marshall

at 7 p.m. April 6. West Potomac hosts South County at7 p.m. April 6.

WP Girls LAX LosesStandout Donovan

West Potomac junior defender Kelsey Donovan suf-fered a broken clavicle during a March 23 game againstDominion and is out for the remainder of the season,girls lacrosse head coach Lori Botha said.

Donovan is a team captain.“That’s very bad news for us,” Botha said. It is “quite

upsetting.”West Potomac won the game 18-6. Botha said team

parents were impressed by the Wolverines’ effort.“They just clicked,” Botha said. “It was really one of

our best games.”West Potomac also lost to Lake Braddock, 9-5, on

March 23, bringing its record to 1-2.

Sports Briefs

Mount Vernon Gazette Sports Editor Jon Roetman

703-224-3015 or [email protected]


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Guns and Speechesa bill regulating credit cards last year, a pro-

vision was attached as a rider that would forcethe National Park Service to apply state lawsrather than having its own rules. That billpassed. And, as of Feb. 22, gun-owners couldlegally bring their weapons into parks acrossthe commonwealth.

“Certainly having firearms mixed in withvisiting crowds would cause us somepause,” said Dottie Marshall, superinten-dent of the George Washington NationalParkway. “At this point, we are faced withfollowing the law.”

ALMOND CHOSE April 19 to commemo-rate the anniversary of the “Shot Heard Roundthe World” in Massachusetts that started theRevolutionary War. His original plan was toconduct the event at Gravelly Point, wherehe could benefit from Virginia’s gun lawswhile still in sight of the Capitol. But as moreand more people began expressing interest,Almond realized that parking would be aproblem for the size of the expected crowd.

So he added a second location — FortHunt Park, the popular picnicking locationin Fairfax County on the parkway. Almondfigured holding the event at Fort Hunt couldaccommodate more people, and small con-voys could travel up and down the park-way to take the demonstration to the edgeof Washington. Last month, he applied fora permit to conduct the rally. Since then, adebate has emerged online among support-

ers about the wisdom of mixing angry pro-testers with armed individuals.

“I pray that the cowboys don’t show up,”said Tom Fernandez, the founder of Alarmand Muster, who will be one of the featuredspeakers at the rally. “The reality is thatthere are irresponsible gun owners in thisworld but this rally is not for them.”

Like many of the participants, Almondplans to come bearing arms. For starters,he’ll be packing an unloaded rifle. He’ll alsobe wearing a bandoleer with rifle ammuni-tion. Then there’s the loaded pistol that he’llkeep holstered during the rally. The showof force is an effort to make a statement,Almond said, about the growing threats tothe United States Constitution.

“This is serious business,” he said. “Whyeven bother having a Constitution if we arenot going to follow it?”

George Mason University professor SolonSimmons says groups such as the ones stag-ing the April 19 protest feel that they havebeen marginalized, and that organizing teaparty events and open-carry rallies are anattempt to regain a sense of lost power. Partof that phenomenon is racial, he said, withcertain elements of the movement con-cerned with the emergence of an ethnicallydiverse society. It’s a mix he said could proveto be dangerous.

“These are people who feel deeplymarginalized,” said Solon. “Any movementthat emerges in that kind of self-perceptioncan be dangerous.”


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