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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice and graduate Lisa Lukshaw, the only female apprentice in the program today, moves long pieces of lumber at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Joe Youcha (left) talks with apprentices at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Joe Youcha (left) talks with apprentices at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Apprentice Melvin Williams listens to instructions from volunteers at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Volunteer Jay Creech (center) keeps an eye on the work as apprentice Lisa Lukshaw (left) and others in the Alexandria Seaport Foundation program work side by side with law student interns building a small boat in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The law students came there to learn about team work skills. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentices Lisa Lukshaw (left) and Darren Walters chat while working on a portion of a small boat in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice Lisa Lukshaw works on a portion of a small boat in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice.The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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MENTORING: Apprentice Darel Bellamy (left) has a heart-to-heart talk with former DEA agent Fred Geiger, whom he considers a second father, at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice Darel Bellamy (left) speaks with volunteer Fred Geiger, a former Drug Enforcement Administration officer. "It's more than donating time," Mr. Geiger said. "It's donating a piece of your experience and a piece of your life to somebody who may be missing that piece." (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The Washington Nationals will begin searching for their 2012 manager immediately after the season concludes Wednesday ... and Davey Johnson may again be that man. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Exiled Tibetan monks hold a candlelight vigil in Dharmsala, India, as they react to news reports of self-immolation by two Tibetan monks at the Kirti Monastery in China's Sichuan province. The two monks, who are in stable condition after being rescued by police, called out "long live the Dalai Lama," according to Free Tibet. (Associated Press)

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An Israel Museum worker points at the word "Jerusalem" written in a part of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, inside the vault of the Shrine of the Book building at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Sept. 26, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama stops to greet people on the tarmac during his arrival at Moffett Airfield, near San Jose, Calif., on Sept., 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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A home-available sign is seen in front of a new home under construction in Apopka, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Sales of new homes fell to a six-month low in August — the fourth straight monthly decline during the peak buying season. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Josh Fattal, left, addresses reporters as Shane Bauer, right, holds hands with Sarah Shourd, his fiance, fellow hiker and captive, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 in New York. The two men were released last week after being held for espionage in an Iranian jail for almost two years. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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A protester in Multan, Pakistan, shout slogans at an anti-American rally on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, to condemn the United States for accusing Pakistan's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American targets in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Medics carry a wounded revolutionary fighter to a field hospital in Sirte, Libya, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Backed by rockets and heavy artillery, hundreds of Libyan revolutionary fighters pushed into the city, Col. Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, from the west in the first significant assault in about a week. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)

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Sarah Shourd (left), Josh Fattal (center) and Shane Bauer are pictured at the airport in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, before leaving for the United States. The two men, who were freed from an Iranian prison Wednesday, told reporters they were "eager to go home." (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)

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Virginia Tech's Josh Oglesby evades a tackle by Marshall's Tyson Gale on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Huntington, W.Va. Virginia Tech won 30-10 and Oglesby rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)