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withdrawn from that ballot.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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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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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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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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[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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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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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
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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