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By Michael Lee PopeGazette Packet

S uperintendent MortonSherman wants to putthe days of teaching tothe test behind Alexandria, andhe’s assembled a team of top-dollar senior staff members tohelp make the transition. Asidefrom rearranging the organiza-tional chart at the Departmentof Curriculum and Instruction,Sherman has also decided totoss out the current curriculum

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By Sandy Levitz LunnerGazette Packet

Two student-written plays are part of thisyear’s one-act play festival at T.C. Will-iams High School this weekend.“Ladying,” written and directed by senior An-

drew Flack, is about a well-intentioned teen tak-ing his recently dumped friend out for a night onthe town and hilarity ensues. This is the third timeFlack has written and directed a play for the one-act competition and theater studies teachers LeslieJones and Hope E. Bachman-Miller agree it’s hisbest to date. “We’ve been delighted to see hisgrowth as a writer and director,” said Jones.

Marie Chapman, a junior, is the writer and di-rector of “Darling,” a romantic comedy about twoteens trying to break up with each other. Mean-while, their best friends are getting together.

Paranormal activity is the theme of the other

two, professionally-written plays, “Beyond theDoor” by Douglas Farr and “Special Guest” byDonald Elser.

Jones and Bachman-Miller, herself a 1998 gradu-ate of T. C. Williams, explain that local theaterprofessionals will judge Saturday night’s produc-tions according to the Virginia High School LeagueRules. The production that is judged best will gointo extensive rehearsals to prepare for the day-long Patriot District Competition on Jan. 29. T.C.Williams is the only school in the district that holdsan in-school competition first.

The teachers are very enthusiastic about thisyear’s ensemble of plays. “Every competition of-fers something different,” said Bachman-Miller.“This year’s kids are great and there’s a lot of tal-ent both in our directors and actors.”

Similar to sports competitions, the top two win-ning productions of the district competition moveon to regionals. The top two plays at regionalswill go to the Virginia State Competition.

The last time T.C. Williams won the district com-petition was 1996. Three years ago they tied forsecond place and have come in third two years ina row.

Top-dollar administrators arerethinking the course of instructionin Alexandria’s classrooms.

Curriculum Revolution


Just as the first snowflakeswere falling in the Bliz-zard of 2009, Alexandriaemergency respondersrushed to scene of a double shoot-ing in Del Ray. The crime scenewas at the Gold Crust Bakery, apopular Del Ray establishment atthe top of the hill leading toPotomac Yard.

Bakery supervisor Jose Russo,

50, entered the building with arevolver and confronted one of hisown employees. Witnesses toldpolice that the two had dated afew times, but she was trying tomove on. Apparently Russo be-came enraged by her rejections.

“She didn’t want to have any-thing to do with him,” said TommyDurkin, the city’s lead homicidedetective. “He was jealous andcontrolling.”

Murder-SuicideIn Del RayGunman shoots two at Gold CrustBakery, then takes his own life.

John Brownhas hired inNovember tooversee thecreation of anew curricu-lum.

Betsi Shayswas hired inJune tooversee thenew Alliancefor Learningand Leading.

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T. C. Williams student actors give a lift to student writer/director Marie Chapmanof the one-act play “Darling.” Pictured left to right are: Ben Ribler, Leslie A. Jones,Lily Carlise-Reske, Marie, Joseph Powers, Hope E. Bachman-Miller, and GuilianaMortimer.

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T. C. Presents One-Act Play FestivalLocal theater professionalsto select district entry.

Show TimesProduction dates and times for the one-act play festival:

FRIDAY NIGHT, JAN. 8 AT 7 P.M.

SATURDAY, JAN. 9 AT 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M.Tickets are $5, $2 for ACPS students and staff and those 65

years or olderArrive early as seating in the Black Box Theater is limited.

Additional Cast and Crew“Beyond The Door:” Maria Simpkins, student director;

Atiaya Hunt; Kahadeja Taha; Dafna Bliss; BrendaNascimento, and Antonio Sellers.

“Special Guest:” Kyle Travers, student director; AndrewFlack; Fatima Kazmi; Jessica Muse; China Jones, andZachary Frank.

“Ladying:” Andrew Flack, student writer director; SamuelJones, student stage manager; Maria Simpkins; MaryCarlton; Zachary Frank; Dylan Drury, and MadelineBryan.

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Witnesses told police that the Russo had been spot-ted in a secluded part of the upstairs that night withtwo packers who work in the basement of the bak-ery — the woman he had once dated and a 19-yearold immigrant from Togo named Kossi Djossou.That’s when the shooting began. The teenager wasdead by the time police arrived, but the woman wasable to identify Russo as the shooter before beingtaken to the hospital, where she remains in stablecondition.

“It was a chaotic scene,” said police spokesmanJody Donaldson. “There were 40 or 50 witnesses tointerview but none of the parking spaces had beencleared by the snow plows.”

Russo had already fled the scene by the time copsarrived, but detectives were able to track him downabout five hours later at his West End apartment.When Russo saw officers moving in, he ran arounda corner and shot himself in the upper body —kill-ing himself rather than facing arrest.

“He chose to go out like that,” said Durkin.

A Look AheadWho could have guessed Alexandria’s wild ride in 2009? A

hometown candidate for governor failed in the Democratic pri-mary, and a Republican alum from Bishop Ireton High Schoolwas elected to the Governor’s Mansion. Children went missingfrom Alexandria school buses, and the subject of transportationbecame a HOT potato. Two incumbent Democrats on the CityCouncil were rejected by voters.

Could next year be any more exciting? It’s possible. Here’s whatto expect:

❖ Hold Your Wallet: Residential property taxpayers couldget stuck with another tax hike and a new stormwater utility fee.Last year, the previous City Council approved a tax rate that in-creased the average residential property tax bill $76 from $4,227to $4,303. Will the new City Council take a similar path?

❖ Great Wall of Mirant: Residents in North Old Town willnotice a new feature on the landscape this year. City officials willbe working with the coal-fired power plant to erect a 30-footwindscreen this spring. Installation is set to take place this springas part of a $34-million settlement to control fugitive dust andimprove air quality near the coal-fired power plant.

❖ Hybrid Trolleys: Say goodbye to the Maryland licenseplates that have become an infamous presence on the King StreetTrolley. This year, the city will receive four new hybrid trolleys.The rubber tire vehicles come courtesy of a $2.4 million stimuluspackage from Washington.

❖ Legal HOT Potato: A lawsuit filed last year by the Arling-ton County Board against the feds put the squeeze on Alexan-dria. Will the city follow suit and take a legal route to addressthe lingering differences? Or will the city decline a direct chal-lenge to the United States Department of Transportation’s planfor High Occupancy Toll lanes along the Shirley Memorial High-way? Perhaps a legislative strategy will work to force the envi-ronmental study that the feds never conducted. In 2010, the HOTpotato may pass through several sets of hands.

❖ Appeal to Richmond: The city’s ongoing legal fight withNorfolk Southern Railroad has already cost taxpayers more than$350,000. That figure is certain to rise this year as the city’s ap-peal of a ruling in the Eastern District of Virginia moves forwardat the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case could be sched-uled for oral arguments in Richmond as early as March, with thecity making a case for its right to limit the railroad giant’s use ofcity roads to transport hazardous materials.

❖ BID War: The ongoing chatter about a new Business Im-provement District in Alexandria has supporters and detractors.Do business owners want to pay an add-on fee to the commercialproperty tax to be collected by the city and distributed to a boardof directors? Anti-tax groups are ready for a fight.

❖ Federal Headcount: How many people live in Alexan-dria? It’s a question the federal government has been asking eachdecade since 1790. And because more people often translates tomore federal money, the city has an economic interest in count-ing every last individual. Back in 1991, the Census Bureau esti-mated that the 1990 Census missed about 3,000 people in Alex-andria. How many will it miss this year?

❖ Plan for Beauregard: Like the street that bears his name,Confederate Gen. Pierre Beauregard was difficult to manage. Thehothead rebel couldn’t get along with Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis, and now his eponymous small area plan here inAlexandria could spark a few skirmishes in the city’s westerntheater. The process is set to conclude in September.

❖ Civil War Stories: Planning will conclude for the sesqui-centennial of an armed conflict that some insist calling the Warof Northern Aggression. Many Alexandria landmarks are loca-tions that will interpret people and events from the bloody 1860s.How should the city commemorate the war?

— Michael Lee Pope

Council Notebook

’Twas First Night

Curtis Blues plays the acoustic Delta blues at City Hall.

Al Petteway plays hisacoustic guitar inside theOld Presbyterian Meet-inghouse.

Fireworks explode in the sky beyond the MasonicTemple at midnight to celebrate the new year.

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The Gold Crust Bakery in Del Ray was thescene of a double shooting at 7:30 p.m.on Dec. 18. A supervisor at the bakeryentered the building with a firearm andshot two packers. One lived, the otherdied. The man’s body was later foundwith a self-inflicted fatal wound.

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used in Alexandria and start over.In an interview this week, the su-perintendent said the changes area reaction to years of stagnationfollowing the implementation ofVirginia’s Standards of Learning inthe late 1990s.

“For a long time, Alexandria hastaken a minimalist approach tocurriculum, and it hasn’t beenworking,” said Sherman. “This cityneeds a solid, world-class curricu-lum.”

The reorganization has addedsome new faces to the halls at thedivision’s central administrationheadquarters on BeauregardStreet — additions that Shermansays will benefit students in thelong run by raising expectationsfrom the top. A former officialfrom the United States Depart-ment of Education has been hiredto create new opportunities forprofessional development. And aneducational consultant has beenhired to oversee the five-year pro-cess to revamp the curriculum.Meanwhile, teachers say, they areconcerned about cuts to their sala-ries and benefits in a tight budgetyear.

“Teachers live in a differentworld,” said Education Associationof Alexandria Vice President GinaMiller when asked about the newsenior administrators. “These is-sues are outside of a teacher’sworries.”

ONE OF THE NEW faces at thecentral office is Betsi Shays, whoserved as director of the NationalSecurity Language Initiative forthe U.S. Department of Educationfrom 2007 to 2009. Shays is thewife of former Republican con-gressman Chris Shays of Connecti-

cut. Since joining the central ad-ministration as one of the schoolsystem’s highest paid employees,Shays has used her connections toattract nationally recognized edu-cation experts to the city for work-shops — some for free, others fora fee. Next month, the alliance willformally launch a new outreacheffort known as the “Parent Acad-emy” to offer classes in collabora-tion with city agencies and non-profit organizations.

“The whole idea is that we ex-pand our vision for professionaldevelopment,” said Deputy Super-intendent Cathy David. “We wantto build alliances with parents andthe community along with somepretty successful national experts.”

The other major change on theorganizational chart involves anew position known as “supervi-sor of curriculum design services.”Back in November, Sherman an-nounced the appointment of edu-cational consultant John Brown tothis position, which was created tooversee the overhaul of the city’scurriculum that will be takingplace over the next three to fiveyears. Brown, who has a doctor-ate in education from George Ma-son University, says the city’s newcurriculum will be more rigorousthan the state’s standardizedframework.

“This is what great teachers arealready doing,” said Brown, whospent most of his career as an ad-ministrator at Prince George’sCounty Schools in Maryland. “Butit’s important that the written cur-riculum outline for new teachersthe expectations of this districtbeyond the minimum standards.”

LAST YEAR, Sherman launchedthe administrative overhaul —moving several positions out of

Curriculum and Instruction intoother budget categories in an ef-fort to streamline the focus of se-nior-level administrators. For ex-ample, information technologywas merged with instructionaltechnology to create a new officeof Technology Services. A staff of22 technology resource teacherswas whittled down to 17 positionsnow known as technology integra-tion specialists.

“We wanted to look at how wecould do more with less,” saidElizabeth Hoover, executive direc-tor of Technology Services. “Thenew organization is much morecollaborative, and it allows folksto focus more on Blackboard orSmartboard integration across theentire division rather than just atone school.”

By the time the new curriculumhas been written and vetted byparents and teachers, Shermansays he hopes to raise the bar inAlexandria beyond the minimum


A fourth-generat ionAlexandrian, LillianPatterson graduatedfrom Parker Gray High Schoolin 1944. She started workingfor the city of Alexandria in1976 as a volunteer during thebicentennial celebration. Thefollowing year, she took a full-time position as a travel coun-selor at the Lyceum. In 1992,she became a museum special-ist at the Alexandria Black His-tory Museum, later becomingone of two curators at the city-owned facility.

What was Parker Gray HighSchool like in 1944?

It was a school that had elemen-tary and high school all in onebuilding. It was a co-ed school, andit was a black school — all AfricanAmericans. At that time everybodywas on an academic tract, whichmeant that when you came throughParker Gray you were qualified to goto college. Late in my high schoolyears, like maybe the last year or so,

they began to add more businessclasses so you could get a business-related job instead of going tocollege.

Do you think that ParkerGray High School was separateand equal to George Washing-ton High School?

No. It was separate, but weweren’t near equal. All through the

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The CuratorAfter years of service,Lillian Patterson retires fromcareer promoting Alexandria.

Sherman Reorganizes To Revamp CurriculumKeepers of the Curriculum

RankName Annual Salary Original Hire In Current Position

SuperintendentMorton Sherman $240,000 July 1, 2008 July 1, 2008

Deputy SuperintendentKathy David $165,000 Jan. 3, 1977 Aug. 1, 2004

Executive Director of State and Federal ProgramsJay Grymes $158,000 April 8, 1996 July 1, 2002

Executive Director of the Alliance for Learning and LeadingBetsi Shays $146,000 July 1, 2009 July 1, 2009

Executive Director for Secondary ProgramsMargaret Walsh $135,000 April 1, 1993 Aug. 1, 2002

Executive Director for Elementary ProgramsKris Clark $135,000 Sept. 25, 1985

Director of Pupil ServicesLawrence Jointer $132,000 Dec. 16, 1970 July 7, 1997

Supervisor of Curriculum Design and InstructionJohn Brown $132,000 Nov. 15, 2009 Nov. 15, 2009

Executive Director for Student ServicesPeggy McLeod $123,000 Aug. 3, 2009 Aug. 3, 2009

Executive Director of Technology ServicesElizabeth Hoover $120,000 Aug. 21, 1995 July 1, 2008

Director of English as a Second LanguageJanine Sadki $114,000 July 1, 2006 July 1, 2006

SOURCE: Alexandria City Public Schools

Saturday, Dec.19: Photo taken at high noon during the blizzard of ’09 in themiddle of a snowbound Prince and S. Columbus streets.Brrrr

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expectations outlined in the stan-dardized testing. He said focusingattention and resources towardcurriculum changes is justified,and that he pledged that the bud-get he plans to present to theSchool Board later this month will

not raise class sizes.“Curriculum doesn’t fall like

manna from the stars,” saidSherman. “This is going to take areal effort, and I’m confident wehave the right team in place to cre-ate a world-class system.”


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years, we never got anything new unless theteachers brought in some new books that theybought with their own money. The school systemonly gave us leftover stuff. The books that we hadwere the editions that the white schools were get-ting rid of. Even when Parker Gray began to teachtyping, the typewriters that got were the ones thatGeorge Washington was getting rid of. We werenowhere near equal anything.

How did you feel about that at the time?I knew it wasn’t fair. But by the same token, but

you learn where you live. It was a fact of life. Muchof the time we were not even aware that we werebeing given old things unless we happened to pickup a book that somebody had written somethingon one of the pages. Then we could tell we weregetting an old book.

What did you do after you graduatedfrom Parker Gray?

I went to Storer College in Harper’s Ferry, WestVirginia. It was a small, church-oriented schoolwhere everybody knew everybody else. We stillhave a reunion every year even though our schoolwas one of the first casualties of desegregation. Thestate of West Virginia cut off the appropriations,which made it difficult for the school to stay openso the trustees decided to close the school in 1965.But even now, after all these years, we have an all-school reunion every year in Harper’s Ferry. Andevery year, there’s someone who has not heard thatwe are having a reunion so we get new people allthe time. You know, if you get 100 or 150 peoplefrom a school that’s been closed 40 years that’ssaying a lot.

You were first hired by the city in 1977as a travel counselor. What was that expe-rience like?

Well that was when the Lyceum was a travel

center. There were three travel centers in Virginiaat that time — one in Alexandria, one inCharlottesville and one in Williamsburg. And I wasworking at the travel center here in Alexandria. Wewere funded by the state for a decade but admin-istered by the city, and we guided people throughVirginia and told them what there was to see andwhere to dine and what kind of activities werehappening. We promoted Virginia as a place to go.People could come into the Lyceum and get hotelreservations at a discount. When the decade offunding ran out, the city had to decide what to dowith the building. And that’s when it became thecity’s history museum. Shortly after that I movedover to work at the Black History Museum.

What are some of your favorite exhibitsyou’ve helped create at the Black HistoryMuseum.

One of the most exciting exhibits was when Iworked with the Fire Department, the Police De-partment and Sheriff’s Office. A lot of that exhibitis online now, which is wonderful. It was interest-ing finding all the African Americans who haveworked in public safety over the years. And it wasinteresting meeting some of the people who havebeen pioneers. Another one I did that I really likedwas called “Ah, That Jack and Jill,” which wasabout an African-American mothers’ organizationknown as Jack and Jill. The exhibit pointed out allthe different things that these mothers did to in-volve their children in the community. I was acharter member of the Alexandria/Mount VernonJack and Jill, so I really enjoyed working on thatexhibit.

So what are your plans for retirement?My daughter has a business called Joyous

Events. She is an events planner, and I am goingto be the office manager. I find that kind of workquite exciting. The best part about it is that I getto keep busy. And I get to mingle with people theway I like to do.

Patterson Retires from Museum


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By Dr. MortonSherman

Superintendent of Schools

Challenges, opportuni-ties, purpose-drivendecision making, reso-lutions. There is so much goingon at the beginning of a newyear that we all struggle to findbalance. Yet, as a school divi-sion, we come near the mid-point of our school year with aclear and sharp focus on thework before us, even as we putthe final touches on a budgetwe will present to the ACPSSchool Board at the end ofJanuary.

The budget rhetoric soundsthe same throughout our coun-try: competing needs, scarce re-sources, and greater challenges.However, in the short time Ihave been your superintendent(only 16 months), I have madeit my practice to use a positive,purpose driven, and realisticapproach to the work we do. Wealways remember that first andforemost, every decision wemake must be based on what’sbest for kids.

Our Alexandria community is

extremely supportive of its pub-lic schools; I understand the im-portance of maintaining thattrust and using our resourceswisely. As we prepare the ACPS2010-2011 operating budgetand capital improvements (CIP)plan, we will continue to beconservative and respectful oftax payers’ money. The pro-posed budget that we presentto the School Board next monthwill adhere to the goals of ourStrategic Plan, and be based onthe same guiding principles wesuccessfully used last year:

❖ Champion student achieve-ment and instruction

❖ Respond to enrollment in-creases and changing needs ofstudents

❖ Respect impact of eco-nomic downturn

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grams or activities that do nothelp us reach our goals

❖ Base determinations on re-search, data, and evidence

❖ Strive to place affected em-ployees in other positions as wecreate a budget which respectsour exceptional staff

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Letters to the Editor

Helping FeedHomeboundTo The Editor:

Senior Services of Alexandriaoffers a huge thank you to SheriffDana Lawhorne and his deputiesand to Mary Ann Griffin and herstaff at the City’s Office on Agingfor helping us deliver meals tohomebound seniors during therecent snow storm. Our usual vol-unteers could just not make deliv-eries because of the weather. Wecalled upon the Sheriff and theOffice on Aging staff to assist usin getting these meals to our cli-ents, and they happily and will-ingly obliged.

Our clients were thrilled to seea friendly face, and to receive ameal after the weekend. Whilesome of our seniors are just un-able to prepare meals for them-selves, or have no family in thearea, many are on oxygen, inwheelchairs or just plain lonely. Avisitor and a hot meal make a dif-ference in their day.

Our Meals on Wheels Programprovides meals on Mondaythrough Friday, and now througha generous donation from theRonald M. Bradley Foundation, wehave expanded this service to holi-days. Our next goal is to get fund-ing for the weekends.

Again, thank you SheriffLawhorne and Ms Griffin, and toall our partners and donors who

help Senior Services of Alexandria.Janet Barnett

Executive Director, SeniorServices of Alexandria

Ever thePublic ServantTo the Editor:

David Baker, our former Chief ofPolice, as portrayed in your news-paper article of Dec. 23, 2009 re-flects the man for what he is — adedicated and caring public ser-vant.

His devotion in his nearly 40years of public service continuesto manifest itself in his selfless-ness, loyalty and commitment tothe welfare of the Alexandria com-munity. His many presentationsand lectures emphasizing choicesand accepting responsibility aremirrors of the man and his prin-ciples. He is a man who acts outof conviction and not just opinion.He believes in the human poten-tial and continues to build on ourmoral foundation.

Theodore Roosevelt may havesaid it best: “It is not the critic whocounts, not the man who pointsout how the strong man stumbled,or where the doer of deeds couldhave done them better. The creditbelongs to the man who is actu-ally in the arena — whose face ismarred by dust, blood and sweat— who strives valiantly — whoSee Budget, Page 10


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errs and comes short again andagain — who knows the great en-thusiasms — the great devotion —and spends himself in a worthycause. Who, at best, knows in theend the triumph of high achieve-ment and who at worst if he fails,at least fails while daring greatlyso that his place shall never bewith those cold and timid soulswho know neither victory or de-feat.”

As the former Alexandria CityManager Vola Lawson correctlypoints out, “… He still has so muchto offer.”

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Kudos toPlow DriversTo the Editor:

Alexandria City deserves creditfor a great job of plowing our areastreets. And since Tuesday we havenot had serious problems gettingaround. Were we snowed in for acouple of days? Sure. Inconve-nience? Of course. Once in 10years event? I hope so.

So my thanks to all those whowere out there in the mess andworked so hard. We appreciate it.

Joe Schramm

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City LetThem DownTo the Editor:

In the wake of this weekend’smassive snow storm, the City ofAlexandria is apparently facing apublic safety problem of some sig-nificance. Many secondary streetsin my immediate vicinity remainunplowed (with even a single passby a plow) at this point in the day,almost 48 hours after the snowstopped falling. Calls to police andtransportation department person-nel were met by friendly folks whoacknowledged that their trucksand equipment aren’t up-to-dateand are breaking down. An emailto Alexandria Transportation andEnvironmental Services DirectorRich Baier yielded an out of officeresponse (apparently, he is/wasnot working through Jan. 4) andno further call backs or contacts.

I hope you can help get to thebottom of this problem and ask ourelected and appointed officialswhy this city has been unable tosafely restore its infrastructure andmaintain equipment for emer-gency purposes.

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Daniel Keenan MacklinDaniel Keenan Macklin was born Jan. 29,

1929, in Tontogany, Ohio to Frances Johnson(a Texan) and John DeWalt Macklin. Dan wasthe third of their three sons. He and his broth-ers, Jack and Crofford, were raised in Hem-lock, Ohio, where their father was the super-intendent of schools during the Great Depres-sion. On weekends, the family traveled 50miles to the family farm outside of Tarlton,Ohio to work, eat and pick up food for thecoming week. Dan’s childhood passion wasplaying ball of any kind.

He started his junior year of high school in theImperial Valley of Southern California, an eye-open-ing experience for a young man from the rural Mid-west. He played on the football team and when hisparents returned to Ohio his junior year, he stayedin California with his best friend’s family to play foot-ball his senior year.

Dan enrolled in the NROTC program at MiamiUniversity of Ohio in 1947, where he started as aguard on the college basketball team and majoredin English and Naval Science.

Dan and Nancy Wells of Zanesville, Ohio, met at afreshman mixer and danced just once that night.Nancy said that he seemed “too interested,” and Danlater reported that after their dance Nancy “ranaway.” Thankfully, their first dance was not their last.Dan and Nancy married in 1950, and were marriedfor 59 years.

Dan was an active serviceman in the U. S. MarineCorps from 1951 to 1964, which included tours inthe Korean War and a year in Okinawa. He was asharpshooter. He earned a Bronze Star Medal, Navy

Unit Commendation, National De-fense Service Medal, Korean Ser-vice Medal, United Nations ServiceMedal, Armed Forces Expedition-ary Medal, and Korean Presiden-tial Unit Citation. He was in Re-search and Development duringhis last two years of active duty.He served in the Reserves and con-cluded his military career as a lieu-tenant colonel.

In 1961, Dan and Nancy movedto Alexandria, where he was sta-tioned with Marine Corps Head-

quarters in Arlington. In 1964 Dan left active dutyin the Marine Corps, and founded Macklin-HansenReal Estate along with his wife Nancy and MarilynHansen. Dan specialized in land sales and was presi-dent of the Northern Virginia Board of Realtors in1972.

In addition to being a good businessman, Danlooked after others in need. Many extended familymembers, business associates, fellow servicemen,friends and acquaintances leaned upon him for sup-port or sought his advice. He was always availableto help. At Grace Episcopal Church, he served as amember of the vestry, was on the building commit-tee and taught Sunday school. He was also very ac-tive with Carpenter’s Shelter.

Throughout their lives and especially after the chil-dren were grown, Dan and Nancy traveled exten-sively, often through the Elderhostel program or tovisit their wandering children. Dan was a lifelonglearner who enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles,

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LettersThe bottom line is student achievement.

Our guiding principles last year built uponour strong foundation which has begun toshow positive results:

❖ More students are enrolled this year inAP courses than in recent years

❖ College attendance for the class of 2009was close to 90 per cent

❖ Highest-ever eighth-grade Algebra I en-rollments

❖ Individual Achievement Plans havebeen developed for students at-promise inmathematics

❖ Drop out rates are going downOur budget challenges this year are many:

❖ Student enrollment: up❖ State revenue: down❖ City funding allocation: no change in

three years❖ Result: thousands of dollars less to

spend on each student❖ Once again, we will be strategic in our

use of existing resources. We have outstand-ing teachers, wonderful students, tremen-dous community support, and the opportu-nities of a brand new year.

Nigerian social activist BabatundeOlatunji once said, “Yesterday is history.Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Todayis a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”

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AppreciatingDave BakerTo the Editor:

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travel, tennis, most other sports,and politics.

Survivors include his wife Nancy,children Dr. Daniel Macklin and hiswife Karen, Kelly Macklin and herhusband John delRe, Katie Macklinand her partner Marc Shapiro, JeffMacklin and his wife LeslieEdwards, Sally Macklin, and AmyMacklin and her husband ErikSpeakman, grandchildren LeylanddelRe, John Daniel delRe, BlakeMacklin, Sarah Macklin, KeenanMacklin, Annika Speakman, and

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Alexander Speakman, and sister-in-law Sarah “Sally” Wells. Dan’sparents and brothers, Jack andCrofford, predeceased him.

Dan died peacefully in his sleepat Goodwin House in Alexandriaon Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. A me-morial service will take place atGrace Episcopal Church on Jan.26. He will be buried at ArlingtonNational Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations inmemory of Dan may be sent toGrace Episcopal Church orCarpenter’s Shelter, both in Alex-andria.

Mark L. TingenMark Lawrence Tingen, 62, of

Warrenton, former longtime resi-dent of Alexandria, died at homeon Dec. 27, 2009. He was born inWashington, D.C. on July 9, 1947,a son of Herman G. and KatherineJune Tingen. Mr. Tingen workedfor the Navy Federal Credit Unionin Vienna for 28 years where hewas a mail clerk.

His parents and a brother, LinnieDwight Tingen, preceded him indeath. He is survived by nephewsand nieces; Michael A. Tingen ofNew Jersey, Terri L. Murray of

Texas, Mary Kay Seely ofWarrenton and Jeff E. Tingen ofLake Anna, Va. and many greatnieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be heldon Saturday, Jan. 9, at 11 a.m. atthe Warrenton Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints, 585Fauquier Road, Warrenton, Va.

If desired, memorial contribu-tions may be made to the UCP ofWashington, DC & Northern VA,Inc. 1818 New York Ave., NE Suite101, Washington, DC 20002 forcerebral palsy.

Daniel Keenan Macklin

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Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure

The Women of Folk MusicFriday, Jan. 22 and Saturday,Jan. 23 at The Birchmere.

This year, the 24th Annual World Folk Music Associa-tion Benefit Concert Weekend returns to TheBirchmere in Alexandria for two big nights of musicon Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23. Each night will fea-ture top women performers of today’s Folk music scene. TheseWomen of Folk Music will amaze, transport, and delight youwith their angelic voices and pure talent.

The performers scheduled to appear include: Herdman, Hills& Mangsen, SONiA & disappear fear, Catie Curtis, The Nields,Maura Kennedy, Aoife Clancy (pronounced “Eefa”), Hot Soup!,Lisa Taylor, Doris Justis, Carolyn Hester, and Lea, with addi-tional performers to be announced.

Tickets for reserved seating on Saturday include a desertand coffee reception with the performers following the show,at the Holiday Inn National Airport/Crystal City Hotel, 2650Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington.

Maura Kennedy7:30 p.m. on Friday, 6:30 p.m. on Saturdayat the Birchmere Music Hall, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., AlexandriaTicket prices: from $44.50 to $134Visit www.wfma.net or call 866-412-5943

Alexandria schoolchildren are celebrat-ing the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther KingJr., again this year by taking part in acitywide poster contest. Winners of the 20thannual juried competition and exhibitionwill be honored at an awards program onMartin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 18,from 1-3 p.m. in the Council Chambers ofAlexandria City Hall, 301 King Street, andCity Councilwoman Alicia Hughes will de-liver the keynote speech. This event is free.

The contest and exhibition are sponsoredby the Alexandria Society for the Preserva-tion of Black Heritage (ASPBH) and theAlexandria Black History Museum. Theposters represent students’ interpretation ofthis year’s King Holiday theme, “Continu-ing to Keep the Dream Alive.” The artworkof all finalists will be on display in the VolaLawson Lobby of City Hall through Sunday,Feb. 28.

The contest serves as a means of recog-nizing the life and accomplishments of Dr.King while encouraging the students to ex-press their artistic talents. The ASPBH de-signed the competition to provide an op-portunity for children of all cultures to ex-press their understanding of the late civilrights leader.

Student submissions are judged in twophases, beginning with the individual el-ementary schools. Three finalists from eachgrade (first through fifth) from each schoolare selected and sent on for further consid-eration. In the second phase, a panel ofASPBH representatives evaluates the art-work within grade levels but across the city,so students are competing against theirpeers from all city elementary schools. First-, second- and third-place winners for eachgrade level will be selected. Winners willbe announced and will receive their prizesat the Jan. 18 ceremony.

Under the leadership of chairman CarltonA. Funn, Sr., the ASPBH hosts programs andexhibitions presented by the Alexandria BlackHistory Museum while providing yearly fundsto help promote educational programs at themuseum. The Alexandria Black History Mu-seum, located at 902 Wythe Street, is openTuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Call 703-838-4356 or visitwww.alexblackhistory.org.

Schoolchildren HonorDr. King’s LegacyWith Poster Contest

Alexandria Restaurant Week Is Jan. 15-24More than 50 dining establishmentswill be showcasing their culinaryexpertise during the second-annual Alexan-dria Restaurant Week, Jan. 15-24.

For 10 days throughout the City of Alex-andria, diners can sample $35 pre-fixethree-course dinners, or $35 dinners fortwo, or $3.50 sweet treats at participatingrestaurants.

This 10-day gourmet and gourmand eventenables residents and visitors to enjoy tan-talizing multi-course meals and distinctivetreats prepared especially for the occasionshowcasing the culinary diversity offeredthroughout the city.

For event details and online reservations,go to www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com or call703-746-3301.

$35 3-Course,Prix FixeDinner219 RestaurantA La Lucia (+)Bastille (+)Bilbo BagginsCafe SalsaChart HouseColumbia FirehouseDC Metro Food ToursDel Merei Grille (+)Finn & Porter (+)Fish MarketGeranio (+)Grape + Bean wine barHank’s Oyster BarJackson 20Joe Theismann’s RestaurantLa Bergerie (+)La Strada (+)La Tasca (+)

Laporta’s Restaurant (+)Daniel O’Connell’s RestaurantRaw Silk, Indian Restaurant &LoungeRT’s RestaurantSeagar’s Restaurant (+)Tempo Restaurant (+)The Carlyle Club (+)The Jamieson GrilleThe Warehouse Bar & GrillThe WharfUnion Street Public House

$35 Dinnerfor TwoAustin GrillBombay Curry CompanyBugsy’s Pizza Restaurant &Sports BarChadwicks OldTownCheesetiqueDishes of India (+)

Duke’s Bar & GrillFireFlies Bar & RestaurantFontaine Caffe & CreperieKing Street Blues (+)MangoMike’s (+)Monroe’s, An American TrattoriaMurphy’s Irish PubOverwood (+)Ramparts (+)Sapore Italian RistoranteThailand on Royal StreetVilla Di’Este

$3.50Sweet TreatACKCBittersweet Catering

Price does not include tax andgratuity. All prices are subject tochange.

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Food History Symposium Is Jan. 23The Lyceum, Alexandria’s History Mu-seum, is hosting a daylong symposiumexploring early American food productionand consumption. “Food For Thought: AFood History Symposium” will take placefrom 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.23, at The Lyceum, 201 South WashingtonStreet. The series of lectures will examinepublic markets, pottery vessels, bakeries,chocolate, and African-American foodways,with an emphasis on Alexandria and theChesapeake region.

The registration fee is $50. Advance reg-istration is encouraged and can be doneonline at www.alexandriahistory.org or bycalling 703-838-4994. Those wishing toregister the same day should arrive no laterthan 8:45 a.m. Participants will have a breakfor lunch on their own.

The schedule of lectures follows:9:15 a.m. – “Public Markets and Civic

Culture in Nineteenth-Century America” byHelen Tangires, administrator of the Cen-ter for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts atthe National Gallery of Art in Washington.Tangires, who holds a Ph.D. in American

studies from The George Washington Uni-versity, is the author of Public Markets andCivic Culture in Nineteenth-CenturyAmerica (Johns Hopkins University Press,2003) and Public Markets (W.W. Norton,2008).

10:15 a.m. – “Chocolate – The IndianDrink, 1500-1700” by Marcy Norton, anassociate professor of history at The GeorgeWashington University. Norton, who holdsa Ph.D. in history from U.C. Berkeley, is theauthor of Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures:A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in theAtlantic World (Cornell University Press,2008).

11:30 a.m. – “Pottery for AlexandriaKitchens” by Barbara Magid, Assistant CityArchaeologist for the City of Alexandria andthe top authority on Alexandria pottery.Magid, who holds an M.Phil. in archaeol-ogy from Cambridge University, is the au-thor of several studies of Alexandria pot-tery, including five articles in Ceramics inAmerica (Chipstone).

2 p.m. – “African-Virginian Foodways inAlexandria and the Potomac Region” byMichael Twitty, a leading expert on African-American foodways. Twitty, a culinary his-torian who is completing his undergradu-ate degree in African-American studies andanthropology at Howard University, is theproprietor of Afrofoodways.com and theauthor of Fighting Old Nep: The Foodwaysof Enslaved Afro-Marylanders 1634-1864(Michael Twitty, 2006).

3 p.m. – “Everyone Can Afford a Cracker:The Rise and Fall of George Hill’s Alexan-dria Bakery” by Elaine Hawes, an indepen-dent researcher with an M.A. in Americanstudies from the University of Delaware.Hawes has worked for a variety of art andhistorical agencies and lectures widely onAmerican material culture, with a concen-tration on the material culture and relatedcommercial development of Alexandria.

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Fine ArtsJAN. 3-31Studio In-Sight.

Reception is Jan. 10from 2-4 p.m. At St.Elmo’s Coffee Pub inDel Ray. For StudioIn-Sight, which isbased in Bethesdaand serves artists withsevere chronicdisabilities. Call 301-493-4200 ext. 160.

JAN. 4-31Ceramic Artistry.

With clay artists from Washington’s Ceramic Guildshowing their wares. At Scope Gallery, Studio 19,101 North Union Street, Alexandria. Hours areMonday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,with Thursdays until 9 p.m. Call 703-548-6288 orvisit www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/scope.

JAN. 5 TO FEB. 20“White Ice.” At the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery.

Artists interpret in fiber the cool, clear, sparkly,sheer, and smooth nature of Ice. Jewelry,sculpture, clothing, and wall pieces are some ofthe items that will be exhibited. Located in Studio18 of the Torpedo Factory Art Center at 105North Union Street in Old Town Alexandria. Opendaily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on Thursdayswhen it is open from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free.

JAN. 8 TO JAN. 24New Work for a New Year. The Del Ray Artisans’

(DRA) January show for 2010. This exhibitprovides local artists a platform to show recentwork that has not been previously exhibited. Theshow will open on with a reception on Friday, Jan.8 from 7 – 9:30 p.m., and close Sunday, Jan. 24 at6 p.m. Gallery hours are: Thursdays, noon to 4p.m.; Fridays, noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.to 9 p.m.; and Sundays, noon to 6 p.m. Admissionis free. At the Del Ray Artisans gallery at theNicholas A. Colasanto Center, 2704 Mt. Vernon

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“Spirits in a Bottle” —Through Jan. 9Barbara Hardaway’sexhibition, “Spirits in aBottle: DecorativeExpressions of an AncientAfrican Tradition,” has beenextended through Saturday,Jan. 9, at the AlexandriaBlack History Museum. Theexhibition is open Tuesdaythrough Saturday, from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. The

suggested admission is $2. The Alexandria BlackHistory Museum is located at 902 Wythe Street inthe Parker-Gray Historic District. Visitwww.alexblackhistory.org or call 703-838-4356.

NOW THROUGH JAN. 10Pandora’s Box Exhibition. Pandora’s Box is an

exhibition that had artists create a visualinterpretation of the Greek Myth and express howit relates to modern times. At The Torpedo FactoryArt Center on the waterfront in Old TownAlexandria at 105 North Union Street; call 703-838-4565, ext. 4; Visit www.torpedofactory.org

JAN. 13 TO FEB. 5East to West Landscapes. Works by Mary Anne

Warner in the Tyler Gallery, Northern VirginiaCommunity College, Alexandria Campus. OpeningReception is Thursday, Jan. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m.Tyler Gallery is located at 3001 North BeauregardStreet, Alexandria. Call 703-845-6239.

THURSDAY/JAN. 14Second Thursday Art Night: Snowy Winter

Nights. 6-9 p.m. Free. Walk through an artisticwonderland of open studios and artist-madesnowflakes at this free event. At the TorpedoFactory, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria. Go towww.torpedofactory.org; or call 703-838-4565.

JAN. 7-FEB. 1“Timbuktu.”

KathleenStafford’s SoloArtist Exhibit atThe Art LeagueGallery. OpeningReception onThursday, Jan. 14,6:30 – 8 p.m.;Printmaking demoon Saturday, Jan.23, 1 – 3 p.m.


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gazette@connection newspapers.com. Pho-tos and artwork are encouraged. Deadlineis Thursday at noon for the following week’spaper. Call Steve Hibbard at 703-778-9412with questions.

ONGOINGMs. Senior Virginia America is

searching for candidates statewide forthis year’s May Pageant, which will beheld in Alexandria. The current Ms.Senior Virginia America, MaureenRibble, will end her reign in May. ThePageant showcases women age 60-pluswho live in Virginia and are U.S.citizens. For details, call 703-978-3663.

Tea Dances. 1-3:15 p.m. on Fridays.Group class from 1-1:30 p.m.Ballroom, Latin and Swing music. $11/person. At the Dance Studio Lioudmila,18 Roth Street, 2nd Floor (off DukeStreet), Alexandria. Call 703-751-8868.

SATURDAYS, SUNDAYSStorytelling Sessions. 2 p.m. Children

enter a world of fantasy and fableswhen costumed interpreters weavethree tales together during MountVernon’s storytelling session, “OnceUpon a Time at Mount Vernon,” atHistoric Mount Vernon in the Hands-On History Room in the Donald W.Reynolds Education Center. “OnceUpon at Time at Mount Vernon” isincluded in regular Estate admission:adults, $15; youth ages 6-11, $7; andchildren under 5 are admitted free.

THURSDAY/JAN. 7Civil War Dance Classes. 7:30-9:30

p.m. Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134North Royal Street, Alexandria. Inpreparation for the Civil War Ball onJan. 23. Learn the waltz, polka,Virginia reel and more from an expertdance master. $12 per class;Reservations recommended. 703-838-4242 or www.gadsbystavern.org.

FRIDAY/JAN. 8Ballroom Dancing for Couples. 8:30

p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The second Fridayof each month. Enjoy waltz, fox trot,cha cha, swing and more to live musicon large wooden dance floor in MountVernon area; cost is $15/person.Private club; reservations requiredwww.fridaynightersdancingclub.com.

JAN. 8, 9One-Act Play Festival. Friday, Jan. 8 at

7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 9 at 2 and 7p.m. The performance on Saturdaynight will be judged. At T.C. WilliamsHigh School, in the Blackbox Theatreacross from the auditorium.

SATURDAY/JAN. 9Rockin’ in a Winter Wonderland.

10-11 a.m. Featuring Rocknoceros andbenefitting the St. Clement EpiscopalDay School in Alexandria. Cost is $10/advance; $12/door. At Grace EpiscopalDay School Auditorium, 3601 RussellRoad, Alexandria. For tickets, go tohttp://preschool.fufa.net.

Women’s Handyman Classes. 10a.m. to noon. Basic electrical,plumbing and handyman classes forinterested women hoping to learnabout everything from hanging aceiling fan, repairing a leaky faucet,installing a door knob or replacingceramic tiles. At Michael and Sonheadquarters building, 5730 GeneralWashington Drive, Alexandria. Visitwww.michaelandson.com.

Birding for Beginners. 8-10:30 a.m.The program for adults will start with adiscussion about field guides andoptics. A walk will follow to look forand identify resident birds. It is theperfect introduction to a hobby that

may last a lifetime. Reservations arerequired. The charge is $6 per person.Call 703-768-2525 to reserve. AtHuntley Meadows Visitor Center, 3701Lockheed Blvd., Alexandria.

SUNDAY/JAN. 10Vesper Organ Concert. 6 p.m. With

Jane Bourdow, Choir/Music Director ofSt. Luke’s Episcopal Church inAlexandria. The concert will featuremusic of Advent, Christmas andEpiphany, by J. S. Bach, DieterichBuxtehude, Paul Manz, Gerald Near,Craig Phillips, and Max Reger, on 2009a Di Gennaro-Hart pipe organ. AtGrace Episcopal Church, 3601 RussellRoad, Alexandria. Call 703-549-1980or [email protected].

Hungry for Music Concert. 7 p.m.Four folk/Americana duos perform.Starring Siobhan Quinn and MichaelBowers; BumpKin Pie with MichaelDunkley and Suzanne Ives; Lisa Taylorand Dana Connor; and The SweaterSet. At Church of the Resurrection,2280 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria.Tickets are $18/door; $15/advance atFocusMusic.org. Contact Kay Coyte [email protected] or 703-501-6061

MONDAY/JAN. 11Tavern Toddlers. 10:30 a.m. to noon.

At Gadsby’s Tavern Museum. Aprogram for toddlers (walkers through36 months) and their caregivers!Tavern Toddlers features an openplaytime in Gadsby’s ballroom. Themeschange monthly. $7 for a group ofthree, which must include one adult, orpurchase a 5-week pass for $30. Call703-838-4242 or visitwww.gadsbystavern.org

TUESDAY/JAN. 12Rehearsals for NOVA Community

Chorus. No audition is required. Joinby registering for this one-credit classat Northern Virginia CommunityCollege, Alexandria Campus.Rehearsals are 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays,at NVCC Alexandria Campus, 3001 N.Beauregard. Contact Dr. MarkWhitmire, Director, at 703-845-6097or e-mail: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 13Ladies Luncheon. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30

p.m. Cost is $17. Sponsored by theSpringfield/Alexandria Women’sConnection. At the Springfield Golf &Country Club, 8301 Old Keene Mill

Road, Springfield. For reservations, call703-569-4670 or 703-590-6562.

All About Dogs. 7:30 p.m. Friends ofDuncan Library are hosting RobinBennett, author of All About DogDaycare: A Blueprint for Success andOff-Leash Dog Play. At Duncan Library,2501 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria.Call 703-838-4566 or visitwww.alexandria.lib.va.us.

THURSDAY/JAN. 14Second Thursday Art Night: Snowy

Winter Nights. 6-9 p.m. Free. Walkthrough an artistic wonderland of openstudios and artist-made snowflakes atthis free event. Enjoy fun activities forthe whole family with openingreceptions in Target Gallery and TheArt League Gallery and a kids’scavenger hunt. At the TorpedoFactory Art Center, 105 N. Union St.,Alexandria. Go towww.torpedofactory.org; or call 703-838-4565.

JAN. 14, 15, 16Used Book Sale. At the Alexandria

Library, Barrett Branch. Hours areThursday, 4-9 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 6p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. At 717Queen Street, Alexandria. Call 703-838-4555.

JAN. 15-24“Disney’s Mulan Jr.” Performances at

3 p.m. on Jan. 17, 18, 23, 24, and at7:30 p.m. on Jan. 15, 16, 22 and 23.Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with thisaction-packed stage adaptation ofDisney’s Mulan. A youth productionpresented by Aldersgate ChurchCommunity Theater, 1301Collingwood Road, Alexandria. Ticketscan be purchased atwww.acctonline.org. Seats are $9/online and $10/door.

JAN. 15-24Alexandria Restaurant Week. More

than 40 dining establishmentsparticipating in this second-annualevent. Offering $35 pre-fixe three-course dinner or $35 dinner for two, or$3.50 sweet treats. Throughout theCity of Alexandria. Menus, eventdetails, and online reservations at:www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com. Call 703-746-3301

SATURDAY/JAN. 9“Banished” Film Screening. 4:30-6:30 p.m. At the Alexandria Black History

Museum, 902 Wythe Street, Alexandria. How did three U.S. towns make AfricanAmericans disappear? Filmmaker Marco Williams visits some of the whitest countiesin the country to confront the legacy of “banishment” — a wave of racial purging thattore through the South 100 years ago. The wounds of history are opened as Williamssits down with KKK leaders, white residents of these all-white communities, as well asdescendants of the banished alike. Free! 703-838-4356 or www.alexblackhistory.org.

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Good ShepherdCatholic Church

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Wesley United Methodist Church

10 am Sunday Worship ServiceSunday School classes (child to adult)and youth group (7th to 12th grade)

9 am to noon Monday through Friday Pre-School

8412 Richmond Ave, Alexandria, VA 22309(just off Richmond Highway, near Fort Belvoir & Mount Vernon)

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Location – Washington Mill ES9100 Cherrytree Drive

Worship Service – 10 a.m.Inter-generational Sunday School – after serviceVicar, The Rev. Huey J Sevier

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CalendarSUNDAY/JAN. 17Messing Around with Creativity

Workshop. 1-3 p.m. Fee: $10/$12.Explore how the creative process worksso that you can apply it to traditionalartistic pursuits and life in general. Atthe DRA Gallery, 2704 Mount VernonAve., Alexandria. Details, fees and pre-registration atwww.thedelrayartisans.org. ContactLynn Wyvill at 703-299-0848 [email protected].

TUESDAY/JAN. 19Winter Concert. Works by Philip Glass

with Dana Tae Soon Burgess DanceCo. Schönberg “Verklärte Nacht”. AtEpiscopal High School, in PendletonHall in the Ainslie Arts Center, 1200North Quaker Lane, Alexandria. Call703-933-4135.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 20Square Dance Lessons. 7:30-9:30

p.m. With the Boomerangs SquareDance Teaching Council. At LincolniaCenter, 4710 North Chambliss St.,Alexandria. Contact Nancy at 703-573-8378.

SATURDAY/JAN. 23Civil War Ball. 8-11 p.m. In Gadsby’s

Tavern ballroom. $45/advance; $50/door. Period attire, either civilian ormilitary, is encouraged. In preparationfor the Ball, dance classes will beoffered at Gadsby’s Tavern Museumfrom 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Thursdays,Jan. 7, 14, 21. Learn the waltz, polka,Virginia Reel and more. Cost is $12/each of $30 for the series. Call 703-838-4242. Visitwww.gadsbystavern.org.

JAN. 23-24“Mint Condition.” Jan. 23 at 8 p.m.;

Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. Jane Franklin Danceand Washington Saxophone Quartetperform in a shared evening. At TheAthenaeum, 201 Prince Street,Alexandria. Tickets are $28 - $16 canbe purchased by phone 703-933-1111or at www.janefranklin.com

SUNDAY/JAN. 24Classical Pianist Sara Leila

Sherman. 4 p.m. Free. The recitalwill feature solo piano works fromGerman, French and Americancomposers. The program includesLudwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonatain A-flat Major Op. 110, Gabriel Fauré’sNocturne for Piano No. 6 in-D flatmajor Op. 63, and Samuel Barber’sSonata for Piano Op. 26. At TheLyceum, 201 South Washington Street,Old Town Alexandria.

SUNDAY/JAN. 31Combo Fun with Cards and ATCs.

Noon to 4 p.m. Create handmade cardsfor Valentines. Materials supplied withsuggested donations. Artist TradingCard-ers are invited to trade/swap andparticipate in DRA’s New Year’s themeof What is “In” and What is “Out” for2010. Contact Karen [email protected] orwww.theDelRayArtisans.org. Del RayArtisans gallery is located at 2704Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria;call 703-838-4827.

SATURDAY/FEB. 6Alexandria Coin Show. 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. There will be 50 tables with U.S.coins and currency, world coins,banknotes, ancient coins, hobby books,gold, silver, medals, tokens andcollectibles. Prizes and coins are givenaway. At the Hampton Inn & Suites onthe corner of the I-495 beltway andRoute 1, Alexandria. Visitwww.members.cox.net/alexandriacoinclub.


Sports

See Year in Review, Page 19

By Jon RoetmanThe Gazette Packet

A pair of narrow, nail-bit-ing victories put the T.C.Williams football teamin position to secure itsfirst playoff berth since 1990. Witha chance to end a 18-year drought,it was fitting the Titans waiteduntil the final moments of theirregular season finale to make theirmove.

After falling behind 20-0 to Rob-ert E. Lee on Nov. 7, T.C. Williamsscored 13 straight points and had

the ball with a chanceto tie or take the leadwith less than fourminutes remaining inthe fourth quarter. But

the Titans’ drive stalled and theirseason ended with a 27-13 loss.

While T.C. Williams fell short ofpostseason competition, the excite-ment the Titans generated made the2009 season memorable. The once-dominant program won five gamesfor the first time since 1996 and fellone win shy of its first winning sea-son since 1995 — the Titans’ onlywinning season in 19 years. Start-ing quarterback Joe Hargrove re-turned to play in the season’s finalthree games after suffering a frac-tured non-throwing (right) wrist ina preseason scrimmage.

The T.C. Williams program wonstate championships in 1971 and

1987, and was made famous bythe 2000 Disney movie “Remem-ber the Titans.” During the 2009season, the Titans wanted to maketheir own history. What they didwas give hope to future Titanteams and open T.C. Williams’2009-10 athletic season in dra-matic fashion.

T.C. WilliamsWhat happened in the fall: The

football team won five games, in-cluding a Sept. 17 upset of Oakton,considered one of the top teamsin the Washington D.C.-metro areaat the time. Oakton appeared onits way to a victory when T.C. Wil-liams linebacker Damien Bentonforced a fumble and fellow TitanChelo Abbe picked up the looseball and scampered 50 yards forthe go-ahead touchdown. T.C. Wil-liams added a two-point conver-sion and won 15-9.

Hargrove set the single-gameschool record for passing yardswith 297 on Oct. 24 during a 38-37 victory over West Potomac.Hargrove also tied the single-gameschool mark for touchdown passeswith four.

Benton was a defensive presencefor the Titans. Cortez Taylor wasa threat to score every time hetouched the ball and lineman JayWhitmire was a force on each sideof the ball.

The Titans also beat MountVernon (33-0), Annandale (31-7)and South County (17-10).

The volleyball team finished 8-10 and lost to West Springfield, 3-0, in the opening round of the Pa-triot District tournament. Thehighlight of the Titans’ seasoncame when they defeated Episco-pal for the city championship onOct. 10. Led by senior MirandaBranch’s 20 kills, the Titans de-feated the Maroon, 3-2. Episcopalhad swiped momentum from T.C.Williams, winning sets three and

four after falling behind 2-0. TheMaroon led 9-5 in set five whenBranch took over and carried theTitans to victory.

Middle blocker Kate Whitmireemerged as a force at the net dur-ing her freshman season andshould be one of T.C. Williams’ topplayers for years to come.

The field hockey team finished9-10, losing in the opening roundof the regional tournament. TheTitans defeated West Potomac inthe opening round of the PatriotDistrict tournament.

What’s next: The boys basketballteam looks to continue its PatriotDistrict winning streak. The Titanshave not lost a district game sincethe 2004-05 season.

The Titans dropped their 2009-10 season opener to Hayfield onDec. 8 but rebounded with a pairof victories. The team is led by thesenior duo of Ryan Yates and BillyRowland, but head coach JulianKing said he wants to establish adeep team with many contribu-tors.

T.C. Williams returns to districtplay at 7:45 p.m. Jan. 8 againstLake Braddock.

The girls basketball team, whichlost four of its first six games, looksto bounce back. The Titans are try-ing to develop consistency duringtheir first season after the gradua-tion of all-American Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, who now plays for the Uni-versity of North Carolina. Juniorforward Jasmine Norman is theteam’s top scorer and rebounder.Rainie Summa is the Titans’ topperimeter threat.

T.C. Williams, which dropped itsfirst two Patriot District games,returns to district play at 7:45 p.m.Jan. 8 at Lake Braddock.

Bishop IretonWhat happened in the fall: The

boys cross country team won theteam title at the Virginia StateCatholic Championship on Oct. 27in Newport News, edging Penin-sula Catholic. It was the boys’ firstteam state championship since1986. Ireton junior MichaelAndersen won the individual title.The Cardinals girls finished sec-ond.

“Oct. 27, 2009, was truly a his-torical day for the Bishop Iretoncross country team,” head coachBrad Byrnes said in an e-mail.“Our performance as a team downin Newport News was a reflectionof how far we’ve come as a pro-gram over the past few years. Ev-erybody ran a great race and I’mproud to coach this talented groupof student-athletes.”

The football team finished 7-3,including a 19-7 win over St.Stephen’s/St. Agnes on Sept. 26.The Cardinals won four of theirfirst five games, three of their fi-nal four and averaged 24.8 pointsper contest for the season.

Quarterback Michael Larrabeeand running back Doug Vines werethe team’s top offensive threats.Larrabee completed 67 of 128 passattempts for 613 yards and onetouchdown. He also rushed 56

Football Creates Excitement To Start 2009-10 SeasonTitans boys basketball looking for teameffort, girls searching for consistency.

Robert Carter, with ball, and the T.C. Williams football team fell one win short of theplayoffs in 2009. The Titans have not been to the playoffs since 1990.

Senior Nicole Burdett, left, and junior Natalie Brown helped T.C. Williams win theAlexandria City Volleyball Tournament in October.

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times for 301 yards and threescores. Vines led the team in rushattempts (120), rushing yards(622), rushing touchdowns (7),receptions (26) and receivingtouchdowns (2). He finished with206 receiving yards.

The volleyball team finished 10-13, losing to Paul VI in the Wash-ington Catholic Athletic Confer-ence quarterfinals. Led by 12 killsfrom Lauren Monroe, the Cardi-nals defeated St. Stephen’s/St.Agnes in the consolation match ofthe Alexandria City VolleyballTournament.

The boys soccer team finished 5-14-2 under first-year coach JonNorem, falling to O’Connell in theWCAC tournament.

What’s next: The boys basketballteam, which started 4-3, looks toimprove under first-year coachNeil Berkman. The Cardinals de-feated Georgetown Prep (54-51),Don Bosco Cristo Rey (68-30), St.Stephen’s/St. Agnes (81-66) andGlenelg Country (75-52).

The Cardinals won three WCACgames in the previous three sea-sons. Berkman is trying to changethe culture surrounding the Iretonprogram, which includes winninggames in its uber-competitive con-ference. The Cardinals lost theirconference opener to nationalpower DeMatha, 84-50, on Dec.15, giving Ireton a glimpse of whatit takes to be one of the best teamsin the country.

The Cardinals travel to take onSt. John’s at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8.

The hockey team looks to con-tinue its winning ways after a 3-0start. Robert Chastain has beensolid in net for the Cardinals, whileDillon Roach is one of the team’stop scoring threats.

St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes

What happened in the fall: Thefield hockey team finished 16-5-2, losing to St. Catherine’s, 1-0, inthe state semifinal on Nov. 13.

The football team started 5-1but lost its last three games to fin-ish 5-4. The volleyball team fin-ished 2-13, beating Stone Ridgeand Holton-Arms. The girls soccerteam was 8-8-1, losing to Bullis inthe ISL semifinal.

What’s next: The boys basketballteam, which started the season 4-3, travels to take on GeorgetownPrep at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Saintscoach Kevin McLinton said he waslooking for consistent effort fromhis team after a Dec. 9 loss toBishop Ireton.

The wrestling team, whichstarted 2-2, is led by Tyler Haley,Doc Jacobsen, Erik Romanin andKyle Swenson.

EpiscopalWhat happened in the fall: The

boys soccer team won the VirginiaIndependent School state champi-onship, finishing with a 19-0-3record. The team finished rankedNo. 3 in the nation, according tothe National Soccer Coaches As-sociation of America. The Maroonhas a 45-game

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