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Brangman, Scully Announce They Won’t Seek Re-Election this May
F.C. Council to Vote on 6 Initial OKs for City Center
At least two incumbents on the Falls Church City Council — Mayor Alan Brangman and Council member Jane Scully — won’t seek re-election this May, the News-Press learned this week. After an initial inquiry by the NewsPress last weekend, both Brangman and Scully were prepared by Tuesday to make definitive statements. The two other council members whose seats are up in the May 5 election — Vice Mayor David Snyder and Kieran Sharpe — remain undecided.
A sweeping package of six ordinances and resolutions encompassing all the necessary components for the launch of the long-awaited new Falls Church City Center will come to the City Council for a round of preliminary votes this Monday. The most critical vote involves the development agreement between the City and the Atlantic Realty Company. Since it involves the transfer of City-owned land into the overall development package, that will require six out of seven votes to pass.
Lila, an 11-pound female black and white cat with an orange collar that says “Lulu” on it, was last seen on James Ct. in the Winter Hill neighborhood on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 17. Lila is very responsive to treats. If you see Lila, please call her owner, Natalie, at 202-384-3784 or e-mail her at pinnoin@ gmail.com
Former F.C. Presbyterian Church Pastor Thomas Schmid Dies Long�me F.C. Resident
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Thomas Henderson Schmid of Santa Barbara, CA, died peacefully, on Dec. 25, 2017, with Elizabeth Wheatcroft Schmid, his loving wife of 51-years by his side. Tom was born on August 6, 1943 in Houston, Texas the third child and second son of Albert “Abe” D. and Nancy Bell Hunter Schmid. He attended Houston Public Schools, Austin College (B.A. – History), Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M. Div.), and McCormick Theological Seminary (D. Min.). Tom served in the United States Coast Guard during the Vietnam era, working aids to navigation on the lower Mississippi river between Memphis, Tennessee and Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was Honorably Discharged from the service at the end of 1971 the same year he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Tom was called to serve churches in Lafayette (LA), New Orleans, San Antonio, Lincoln (NE), Mechanicsburg (PA), and Falls Church (VA) mentoring many of his associates into their own pastorates. During his 38-year ministry Tom was the author of
one book, Dawn in the Afternoon, as well as countless poems, sermons, and book reviews. Upon his retirement the Falls Church Presbyterian Church proclaimed him Pastor Emeritus. Tom enjoyed many jokes with his illustrious sense of humor and memorable, distinctive laugh. He believed in facial hair, sporting at least his signature mustache most of his life. Tom loved trains enjoying many traveling adventures over much of the United States and choosing his burial plot based on its proximity to the Amtrak line in Santa Barbara. Tom was a veracious reader and the custodian of a large personal library that featured many texts from multiple genres. He loved listening to classical and jazz music while sitting in his library reading a book, writing or working a crossword puzzle. Tom loved eating biscuits and gravy, eggs benedict, red beans and rice, ice cream of all varieties (especially strawberry), Krispy Kream Donuts, and the occasional glass of bourbon (W. L. Weller was a favorite) but no food was as important to Tom as the hot dog which he enjoyed with chili
and onions. His favorite hot dog stand was James Coney Island in Houston, Texas. More than anything Tom loved his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Joe Hunter Schmid and mentor, the Rev. George Richard “Dick” Wheatcroft. Tom is survived by his loving wife and their children, Albert Schmid and his wife Kimberly, Gretchen Schmid and her wife Tiffany James, Rachel Van Mullem and her husband Justin, and Bennett Schmid and his wife Ana; his sister Gail Smith and her husband Wayne of Longview, Texas; sister-inlaw Judy Schmid of Katy, Texas; nine adored grandchildren; and many beloved nieces and nephews. A memorial service celebrating Tom’s life will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2. If desired, gifts in memoriam may be directed to the Santa Barbara Family YMCA Campaign for Children and Youth or The Edward Hake Phillips Internship Endowment at Austin College that Tom helped to establish.
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Gareth Howell Dies Gareth Howell, a native Welshman and an active member of the Falls Church community with an extraordinary career in international development, died Jan. 4 after a valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife, Amy Titus, and sons Llewellyn Howell and Rhys Howell, both graduates of George Mason High School. Gareth was born in Rhiwbina, Wales, in 1942, and attended Cowbridge Grammar School in Wales, Mill Hill School near London, and received an Honors Degree in Law from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. In a career that spanned the globe, from Colombia to Pakistan to Thailand to Indonesia to Europe, Mr. Howell managed to never lose sight of his essential identity as a Welshman. He started his career in labor relations at the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom, and later worked for the World Bank Group on improving higher education in Nepal and Pakistan, and helping the governments of Mexico and Colombia on designing labor development strategies. During his time at the International Labor Organization, he worked with the United Nations on reconstructing Kosovo and East Timor. He was fluent in numerous languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, German, Urdu, and Welsh. But Mr. Howell, who lived in the United States from 1999 until his death, was also passion-
ate about the Welsh heritage that shaped his life. He was a Welsh magistrate and drafted early proposals for the Welsh constitution, which was enacted in 1999. The Law School of the University of Aberystwyth awarded him an Honorary Fellowship in July 2017 in recognition of these contributions. He was also President Emeritus of the St. David’s Welsh-American Society of Washington, D.C., a board member of the Welsh North American Association, and North America Secretary for the Welsh Legal History Society. Gareth was generous and gracious, with an encyclopedic memory and an ever-ready smile and served as a valuable mentor and advisor to many, many friends and acquaintances. He was deeply loved and will be deeply missed. A Service of Witness to the Resurrection for Gareth Howell will be held at the Falls Church Presbyterian Church (225 E. Broad St., Falls Church) at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12.