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November 16, 2003

Jack’s Adventures in Wonderland

Dear Adventurers:

Everyone's entitled to be wacky from time to time, but Councilmember Jack Evans is taking it to an extreme this week. He's proposing three bills at the same time that even he knows are foolish. First, he's proposing a bill to force the Democratic Party to make the January 13, 2004, primary a binding election. Of course, the government has no business dictating party rules to political parties, and it can't do so. Second, Jack is proposing a bill that would put the names of all major Democratic Party presidential candidates on the January 13 ballot, even if the candidates have already formally requested that their names be withdrawn from that ballot. Again, of course, the government has no power or authority to force people to become candidates in a political race if they don't want to run. When he is confronted with the obvious illegality of his bills, Evans simply says that the city council should pass both of them and let people sue to prove they're illegal. Let me get this straight. The city council, through its actions, has already disenfranchised DC voters in the 2004 presidential primary, and now it's supposed to pass blatantly unconstitutional laws regarding that primary — because that will convince voters throughout the United States that that DC citizens deserve two senators and a voting house member. Yeah, good strategy. Real good strategy.

That's not the end of Jack's journey down the rabbit hole, or through the looking glass. He's also proposing a third bill that would dedicate residential property taxes to DC public schools, and would give the Board of Education the power to set property tax rates. But he doesn't support his own bill; in fact, he thinks it would be a terrible idea to pass it. What he really wants to do is to abolish the Board of Education because he believes that democratic control of the public schools by the citizens is an old-fashioned, outmoded idea that should be abandoned. His hope is that, when people are confronted with the idea of giving property taxing authority to the Board of Education, they will be so horrified that they will instead advocate abolishing the Board of Education altogether. Wait a minute, though. I'm not too crazy about the city council's control over property taxes, either; they haven't proven themselves to be so great at it, and I'm not sure I trust them with taxing authority any more than I trust the Board of Education. By Jack's logic, doesn't that mean we should rise up and abolish the city council?

Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com

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Vance’s Resignation
Toby Doloboff, toby1414@aol.com

As a DCPS teacher, I am of two minds regarding the resignation of Dr. Vance. He has not been the first nor will he be the last superintendent who has tried to fix DC public schools. I don't have a solution either for the violence, the low test scores, the budget problems, the departure of many to charter schools and to PG County. But I am tired of the poor grammar and knowledge base I hear expressed by some of my fellow teachers, both veteran and newly hired. Just to cite a few examples: advanced, as a SAT 9 performance level, is written as "advance" in many teachers' classrooms, the terminal consonant missing. Another teacher thought that Trinidad was located in Africa. Still another one did not know how to calculate how much money a 9 percent pay raise would net him, even rounding it to a 10 percent raise, moving the decimal point and subtracting a little. Another recent college graduate asked me about a student, “Do he pose to stay?” meaning “Is he supposed to stay?” Maybe grammar and English are not taught in favor of uncorrected journal writing and other topics, but these above-mentioned errors speak a lot. It's embarrassing to bring them up.

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Paving the Way
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aoldotcom

The resignation of School Superintendent Vance should not come as too big a surprise. Mayor Williams has already announced his intent to take over the Public Schools, ostensibly to reform the “train wreck” of a school system (probably understated). By resigning, Vance clears the way for former City Administrator, Koskinen, to take on the role as the person in charge of Public Schools in the District.

Koskinen is a proven administrator and may even have some leadership capability. He will need all his experience and resolve if he is to take on a recalcitrant Teachers' Union and the embedded default (and fully faulted) systems and processes in place in the DC schools. I wish him well in any significant efforts to reform the DC schools.

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Oops, He Did It Again
Dorothy Brizill, dorothy@dcwatch.com

On November 7, I filed a formal complaint with the Office of Campaign Finance against Mayor Anthony Williams and attorney Mark Policy for violating ethical rules and regulations of the District of Columbia (http://www.dcwatch.com/dorothy/dot031107.htm). Here's the background. Thomas Lindenfeld, who served as a political consultant to Mayor Williams for several years, is currently suing the mayor for nonpayment for his services, both before and during the 2002 reelection campaign. Lindenfeld is seeking payment both from the mayor's campaign committee and from the mayor as an individual. The mayor's reelection campaign committee is being represented by Douglas Patton, of the firm of Holland and Knight, and the mayor as an individual is being represented by Mark Policy, of the firm of Greenstein, DeLorme, and Luchs. This is the same legal team that represented the mayor and his campaign in the Board of Elections case last summer over his forged nominating petitions.

Policy's legal fees in the current case, over the past several months since he began representing the mayor in February, should have amounted to several tens of thousands of dollars. However, Policy has written in public documents in the case, both in a letter to the opposing legal counsel and in a filing with the DC Superior Court, that he is not charging the mayor any legal fees in this case, but that he is representing him pro bono. Policy is a registered lobbyist in the District for both the Apartment and Office Building Association and the Washington, DC, Association of Realtors, both of which have succeeded in several of their lobbying efforts with the executive branch over the past year. And the DC Code has an absolute prohibition against a lobbyist's giving anything, including services, to an elected official or legislative or executive staff member — or the official's receiving anything — worth over $100 a year.

Mr. Policy has claimed both to the opposing counsel and to Superior Court Judge Jeanette Clark that he is serving pro bono; thus, unless he lied to opposing counsel and to the Court, he has openly admitted that he and the mayor broke that law. The gift of tens of thousands of dollars of services to the mayor who has recently favored Mr. Policy's lobbying clients so generously again raises a serious question of impropriety, and the Office of Campaign Finance has opened a preliminary inquiry to determine the facts of the case.

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Parking
Bob Levine, rlevine@cpcug.org

I just wrote an E-mail to Leslie Hotaling about a car that's been parked for five days in the same spot in Georgetown and got this response: “Mr. Levine, Let me clarify. The 72 hour rule was repealed with the new abandoned auto legislation. If the vehicle is properly licensed, has valid inspection sticker, and if appropriate, a valid RPP sticker, then there is no time limit, assuming no other restrictions. We'll check this car out.”

This means that people can park in front of your house for as long as they want and Ms. Hotaling won’t do a thing about it. This is a great improvement for our city services. We have to put up with cars parked for five days because now it's the law that DPW does not have to respond. A great improvement in our city services. Way to go, Leslie.

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Number of Employees
Matt Forman, Matthew.Forman2@verizon.net

In response to previous postings: first, according to the Census Bureau web site, DC has 44,030 full-time equivalent employees, or 770 employees per 10,000 residents. That puts us third, after Alaska and Wyoming. Overall, the US figure is 554 per 10,000. We may be improving -- apparently we were first a few years ago, as reported in the book "US by the Numbers" by Raymond Keating and Thomas Edmonds. As the title suggests, the book compares taxes, expenditures, and performance among the various states and DC. They give an interesting analysis in their introduction to the DC chapter: among other things, the percentage of federal land in the District puts us at average among states, despite the constant complaints that all the federal tax-exempt property in DC is causing all of our woes. The data following tells the important story that every DC residents needs to know: we have the highest per capita disposable income, pay the highest taxes per capita, have the highest expenditures per capita, and (had) the highest number of employees per capita. Yet we have among the worst public school reading and math proficiency, the lowest home ownership rate, the highest crime, and one of the highest rates of infant mortality.

So I'm not sure where the data on the number of employees from the one posting came from, or why the numbers are different (I couldn't find the information on the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site referred to). And I'm not quite understanding the distinctions made in the other posting about trash hauling to justify why its misleading to compare jurisdictions in this way. Every state pretty much has to perform the same functions — police, education, transportation, libraries, parks, hospitals, etc. There might be slight differences here and there about trash collection or other minor categories, but don't these balance out on average? The Census web site shows exactly how many employees each state has in each category — apparently we have only 563 solid waste employees. Even excluding them from the 44,030 total, we're still way ahead. But maybe we need more trash collectors. They could help us get rid of all this government waste.

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The Do Not Call List
Katherine Howard, katherinejanhow@aol.com

For your information, Verizon has a service called Call Intercept that blocks all calls that do not show a place of origin. This eliminates 99 percent of telemarketing calls. Before I got it, I got so many telemarketing calls I just stopped answering the phone. After Call Intercept I got zero unwanted calls. Friends and family calling from unaccepted numbers can get around the blocking by putting in a four-digit code.

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Crime in themail
David J. Bardin, ANC 3F04, bardin.david@arentfox.com

[Gary Imhoff wrote] “Even before The District debuted, people complained that the series would exaggerate the amount of violent crime in DC.” Do you believe that there is in fact less violent crime in the District of Columbia than the amount of violent crime portrayed in “The District”?

There is much too much violent crime in the District of Columbia; themail portrays very little of it. The Washington Post portrays only a little bit more of it. And themail seems to attract few ideas for bringing down levels of violent crime. Why? Why? Why?

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Sue Me, I Like It
Star Lawrence, jkellaw@aol.com

Hey — I like “K Street.” You have to stay on your toes to make sense of it. Reminds me of my old lobbying days — always trying to find a way to get and stay in the game. Now, “Carnivale” — that is the worst thing HBO ever did! I heard “K Street” may be canceled anyway — happy?

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The Non-Exception Proves the Rule
Max Bernat, maxbernat@aol.com

James Carville is a lawyer. [Re: “K Street in themail,” themail, November 12]

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Do Idiots Deserve a Vote?
Bryce A. Suderow, streetstories@juno.com

When I took political science in college, one of the maxims of my professors was that “all politics is local politics.” I think that is particularly true now in regards to the phony DC primary. I think it is pretty plain that Jack Evans' idea of holding the first primary in DC is intended to get voters excited over a bogus issue and to turn their attention away from the fact that he and the rest of the city council are wretched and incompetent government officials. It seems to have worked, if letters in themail are any indication. How can people be so gullible?

Suppose the primary did reach people with the message that DC has no voting rights. Does anyone in Washington imagine that anyone in this country would even care? They'd simply say: “They're the idiots that voted for Marion Barry four times. They don't deserve a vote.”

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The Real Cost of the January “Election”
Mark Sibley, markdc@starpower.net

About the $350,000 cost of the January's pseudo election, Jason Juffras writes (themail, November 12): “the net cost of the January primary is zero” when it is compared to the previous presidential primaries held in May. What a bunch of bunk! In the previous May primaries, major party voters actually elected over a hundred candidates including party committee members and the Delegate to the House who would go on to represent their respective party in the November general election. This was an integral part of our limited democracy in the District, which opened up the party apparatus to every voter who was a member of their respective major party. Due to the move of the primary, candidates will now be elected at party caucuses that will be attended exclusively by those who know about them.

The number of candidates who will actually be elected during the January presidential primary election is zero. That’s right, at cost of the $350,000 which used to elect over a hundred candidates, nobody will be elected, nobody! Jason Juffras errs when he says, “the ultimate impact of DC's first-in-the-nation primary in January is still uncertain, but we clearly have nothing to lose by moving our primary to the front of the line.” It is certain that major party voters have lost an integral part of the District's limited democratic process.

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Binding DC Primary Revisited
Timothy Cooper, Democracy First, Worldright@aol.com

Gary Imhoff raises a legitimate concern about the viability of the DC presidential primary, now that five of the nine Democratic candidates have officially withdrawn from the race. Only Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Mosley-Braun, and Al Sharpton remain in the running to vie for the political affections of the DC voting public. He correctly notes that the $350,000 price tag for a non-binding primary is steep, although it can certainly be argued that if Dean wins DC, which is likely, it will have been worth every penny in order to gain national exposure for the continuing denial of fundamental rights to DC citizens. More ink has been spilled on this strategic initiative than any other since the vote on the DC statehood bill in 1993. And, while Mr. Imhoff would scrap the DC primary in favor of the February caucuses, I would propose that DC Democratic State Committee members vote to make the DC primary binding at the earliest possible date.

The DC first-in-the-nation presidential primary was never intended to be non-binding. The DSC originally voted to make the DC presidential primary non-binding under intense pressure by the Democratic National Committee, among others, but the primary was conceived to be binding, and to force a national dialogue on DC’s disenfranchisement. And to an impressive extent, this dialogue has already begun, especially among national media elite, even though the primary was non-binding. But if the primary were indeed made binding, it would accomplish three major objectives: 1) reward those presidential candidates who had the guts to stand with the people of the District with the opportunity to win real delegates; 2) ignite a new wave of national news coverage about the reason for the District’s stunning tactical and political maneuver which would endure up until election day; and 3) propel our issue once again onto the national stage by standing up to Terry McAuliffe of the DNC, who sought to stamp out the DC primary at every possible opportunity, and forcing him to strip the District of a majority of its delegates at the Democratic National Convention, thereby providing us with a golden opportunity to stage a highly visible walkout at the national convention next summer, similar to the one Fannie Lou Hammer made famous in Atlantic City in 1964.

By making the DC presidential primary binding, the Democratic State Committee will be taking a heroic stance in the name of the District’s fundamental rights. It should not allow political pressure from any quarter to stand in its way of doing the right thing. All it takes is the knowledge that certain issues are worth fighting for — no matter what the consequences. It is not too late for the DSC to seize the national spotlight and expose our shameful disenfranchisement to unprecedented levels. It should rise to the occasion and vote “Yea” for a binding DC presidential primary.

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November 2003 InTowner
Peter Wolff, intowner@intowner.com

This is to advise that the November 2003 on-line edition has been uploaded and may be accessed at http://www.intowner.com. Included are the lead stories, community news items and crime reports, editorials (including prior months' archived), restaurant reviews (prior months' also archived), and the text from the ever-popular “Scenes from the Past” feature. Also included are all current classified ads. At this time, recent years restaurant reviews are temporarily not available online, as this section of the site is being rebuilt; we expect it to be fully restored soon.

The complete issue (along with prior issues back to March 2002) also is available in PDF file format by direct access from our home page at no charge simply by clicking the link provided. Here you will be able to view the entire issue as it appears in print, including all photos and advertisements. The next issue will publish on December 12. The complete PDF version will be posted by early that Friday morning, following which the text of the lead stories, community news, and selected features will be uploaded shortly thereafter.

To read this month's lead stories, simply click the link on the home page to the following headlines: 1) “P Street Liquor Store Owner Charges Police Indifference to Hold-Ups”; 2) “How to Tackle Crime Debated at ANC Meeting; No Consensus Reached”; 3) “3 Days Around DC by the Mayor Conclude with Kudos for The Phillips Collection”; 4) “T Street House Collapse Caused by Improper Foundation Work at Adjoining Construction Site.”

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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS

Coming Attractions Trailer Night, November 19
Ky Nguyen, dcfs_prATyahooDOTcom

A veritable “horn of plenty” of movie trailers for the holiday season is being lined up for the Fall 2003 edition of Coming Attractions Trailer Night presented by the Washington, DC, Film Society. Movie fans will catch a glimpse of holiday blockbusters, comedies and dramas, along with some of the smaller, independent films scheduled to open in the fall and winter coming months. This year's program is set for Wednesday, November 19, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and will be held once again at the Loews Cineplex Wisconsin 6 Theaters (4000 Wisconsin Avenue NW).

Coming Attractions provides a rare chance to talk back to the screen as film critics and co-hosts Joe Barber and Bill Henry get the audience involved in analyzing how Hollywood is trying to get you off the couch and into the theater. Check out what Hollywood has in store as we screen preview trailers for this season's upcoming films. Are you ready for visits to Middle Earth, Cold Mountain, The Matrix, or out to sea with “Master and Commander” Russell Crowe? Can you beat Joe and Bill at guessing the Academy's favorite Oscar picks early on? Trailers you can expect to see include: Stuck On You, In America, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Cold Mountain, Barbarian Invasions, and Cheaper by the Dozen.

But that’s not all. Chipotle will be on hand offering complimentary burritos, there will be plenty of free film giveaways and posters plus two hotel weekends raffled off to event attendees. The “horn of plenty” is overflowing! This one-of-a-kind, semiannual event is only $5.00 for DC Film Society members and $8.00 for nonmembers and guests. For more information on the Coming Attractions Trailer Night program, visit our web site at http://www.dcfilmsociety.org or call the hotline at 554-3263, x8. The Washington, DC, Film Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to an appreciation of quality mainstream, international, and independent films. Annual membership runs from June 1 through May 31 and includes free sneak previews and other events throughout the year. All proceeds from activities support the work of the Film Society and its parent organization, Filmfest DC, the Washington International Film Festival.

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Corporation Counsel at DC Bar, November 20
Bell Clement, bellclement@msn.com

The DC Affairs Section of the DC Bar will host a conversation with Corporation Counsel Robert Spagnoletti at its next meeting on Thursday, November 20, 12:30 p.m., at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, 555 13th Street, NW, 13th Floor West. All are welcome. You need not be a Section (or Bar) member to attend.

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Events at Woman’s National Democratic Club, November 25, December 2
Jessica Baden, jbaden@democraticwoman.org

Tuesday, November 25, 12:00 p.m., Shelly Broderick on Liberia and international human rights. UDC Law School Dean Shelley Broderick is a nationally recognized leader who was named Outstanding Law School Dean in 2002 by the National Association of Public Interest Law. Her activities include hosting a Liberian Support Group at UDC. UDC Law School has partnered with the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights to aid Liberian Human Rights Laureate, Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, in peace building, national reconciliation, and sustaining civil society in Liberia. The partnership with the RFK Center will provide opportunities for faculty and students to study and teach in Liberia. The Liberian support group has lobbied State Department and Congressional leaders for financial assistance to enable Archbishop Francis to continue to operate the only independent Liberian radio station, Radio Veritas, and to support the Justice and Peace Commission which he chairs. Come hear Dean Broderick discuss the current situation in Liberia and how individuals such as Archbishop Francis are making a difference.

Tuesday, December 2, 12:30 p.m., Robert Aubry Davis on what's going on around town. The club’s own Around Town returns today and we are delighted to welcome moderator Robert Aubry Davis and panelists Jane Horwitz, Bob Mondello, Peter Fay, Bill Dunlap, Joe Barber, and newcomer Janis Goodman, who teaches painting at the Corcoran Gallery. This is always our favorite pre-holiday event, one not to be missed. (A note to the public: Around Town now airs on WETA Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and repeats Sundays at 1:00 p.m.) We’ll hear what we should look for in our local museums, theaters, concert halls, movie houses and art galleries during the holiday season. Another plus: Sharon Rockefeller, President and CEO of WETA, hopes to be present. Time: bar opens 11:30 a.m., lunch 12:30 p.m. Price: members $19, nonmembers $25. A WNDC Educational Foundation event. Make checks payable to WNDC-EF.

Both events at the Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW. For more information and reservations, call or E-mail Patricia Fitzpatrick, 232-7363, pfitzpatrick@democraticwoman.org.

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Fourteen Million Dreams, December 2
Patrick Pellerin, pellerin@verizon.net

14 Million Dreams, the story of five of the fourteen million African children orphaned by AIDS, is the subject of a one-hour Sundance television special to be shown in the Ballroom of the National Press Club at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2. Following the film there will be a discussion with the film's director, Miles Roston of Babelfish Productions of New York City, and various experts. The National Press Club is located at 529 14th Street, NW.

14 Million Dreams is a documentary that interweaves the portraits of these children and their courageous outlook on life. The story takes viewers through the various stages of their lives, revealing the harsh realities of being an AIDS orphan and contrasting that with their enthusiasm for the future. The film also shows how one person can make the difference in the lives of AIDS orphans in Africa. Reservations for 14 Million Dreams can be made by contacting Keri Douglas, Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB) at keridouglas@fxb.org. There is limited seating, which will be reserved on a first come, first served basis. The Events Committee of the National Press Club is sponsoring the presentation.

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CLASSIFIEDS — FOR SALE

Library Table
Fred Davidson, FSDavidson@aol.com

Chippendale library table, elegant design, substantial quality, $195, 244-8598.

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Living Room Furniture
Linda Clausen, lclaus9@aol.com

I am redoing my living room and changing my style and colors and have the following for sale:

1) an 84" six-cushion traditional, six-pillow Frederick Sofa (Bloomies), which has faded fabric and needs to be recovered. Structurally in excellent condition. (Original cost, covered, $2,800. Price, $400). 2) A 67" sofa in good structural condition, mauve fabric in useable condition, for $150. 3) A wing chair, quite large and "wingy," very comfortable, $275. Numbers 2 and 3 have Chippendale legs (dark), and are in excellent structural condition; fabric faded, etc., and need to be recovered. 4) An interesting hall or behind-a-sofa table, 4'5-1/2" x 1'5" which is currently antiqued colonial blue, but great to do a new faux paint job on, $125. 5) A Spanish wine chest, dark wood, cabinet on bottom and doors with opening on top. 6) A pine cabinet that holds a computer and printer with open back, $70. 7) A few oriental rugs with a rust or rust/blue in them; ranging from $100-$700. 8) A 19" old but working TV, free to someone who is buying one of the above and can use the TV. Please E-mail me at LCLAUS9@aol.com if you are interested, and we can make an appointment so that you may see them.

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CLASSIFIEDS — HELP WANTED

Part-Time Temporary Program Assistant at HIPS
Jon Katz, jon at markskatz dot com

HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive), a local organization providing health education and empowerment programs for the sex work community, seeks a temporary program assistant to provide administrative and program support to its HIV prevention programs. Experience in office administration, filing systems, and at least basic QuickBooks knowledge required. Ability to work Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 20-25 hours a week, through December 31st, and willingness to work in a diverse office environment required. HIPS offers a fun, challenging working environment. Submit resume and cover letter to hips@hips.org by November 19. Start date as soon as possible. $10-13/hour. Please, no calls. LGBT individuals and individuals with industry experience encouraged to apply. This is a grant funded position with possibility of renewal in 2004. For more information, visit http://www.hips.org, or contact me at http://www.markskatz.com (I'm a HIPS officer).

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CLASSIFIEDS — VOLUNTEERS

Washington Literacy Council Gift Wrapping
Brian Pelowski, brianpelowski@starpower.net

Washington, DC, has one of the highest rates of adult illiteracy and low literacy in the nation. Help the Washington Literacy Council raise funds to help adults learn to read and transform their lives. Volunteer to wrap gifts at DC bookstores November 28 through December 24. All contributions benefit the reading programs of the Council. Daytime, evening, and weekend shifts available. Sign up for just one hour or bring friends and wrap all day! Even if you’re all thumbs, we can use you. Volunteers are especially needed November 28-30 and December 22-24. To sign up, contact the bookstore captains at the store where you’d like to wrap:

Borders, 18th and L Streets, NW (near Farragut North and Farragut West Metro), Janet Hodur at wrap18andL@yahoo.com or 301-379-3080. 2) Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW (parking behind store), Kara Kaufman at wrapPandP@yahoo.com or 624-7733. 3) Borders at Friendship Heights (near Friendship Heights Metro), Ellie O’Brien at wrapFH@yahoo.com or 271-2987. 4) Borders 14th and F Streets, NW (near Metro Center), Jeff Frank at wrap14andF@yahoo.com or 270-1926. For general information, contact Amy Hawthorne at 939-2271 or amy123_hawthorne@hotmail.com, or visit the Council's web site at http://www.washingtonliteracycouncil.org.

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CLASSIFIEDS — DONATIONS

Math Games and Puzzles for Capital City Public Charter School
Susan Gushue, smgushue@starpower.net

The math program at Capital City Public Charter School in Columbia Heights is looking for donations of math games and puzzles to make available in the classroom and to send home with students. We are looking for games like Block by Block, Rush Hour, Tangrams, Brick by Brick, Pentominoes, Escher style puzzles, Quarto, Qouridor, Set, Blink, old Soma cubes — that kind of thing. One company that makes a lot of the games and puzzles is Binary Arts-anything by them would be great, Triazzle puzzles... If you have some of these games or puzzles and they have outlived their usefulness at your home please consider donating them to the math program at Capital City. Capital City is located in the office space above the CVS at the Columbia Heights metro center. You could drop the games there between 8-5 weekdays or at my house, 3323 14th Street, NE, or you could give me a call and I'll arrange to pick them up. Call Susan Gushue, 526-1632.

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