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Fou n d ed 1991 • Vol. XXV No. 47
Falls Church • Tysons Corner • Merrifield • McLean • North Arlington • Bailey’s Crossroads
Inside This Week Castillo Re-Elected Chair of School Board Justin Castillo was the only candidate nominated by his Falls Church School Board colleagues at the board’s organizational meeting Tuesday night, and was elected unanimously to another term as the board’s chair. John Lawrence was elected vice-chair. See News Briefs, page 8
2016 Summer Camp Guide Inside
4.3-Acre ‘Mason Row’ Wins Final Unanimous OK from F.C. Council
To Include Hotel, Movie Complex, 322 Residences
by Nicholas F. Benton
It may be the middle of the winter but it’s already time to start planning for summer. Inside this edition, the News-Press has all the information you need on summer camps in and around the area.
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See pages 15-22
David Brooks: The Brutalism of Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz lays down an atmosphere of apocalyptic fear. America is heading off “the cliff to oblivion.” See page 12
Press Pass with Raul Malo
Raul Malo, a founding member and lead vocalist of The Mavericks, has been playing a few solo shows in between his group’s run of gigs and he’ll be playing one of those solo gigs at The Birchmere later this month. See page 28
Index
Editorial..................6 Letters....................6 News & Notes.10-11 Comment...12-14, 23 Sports..................24 Food & Dining......27
Business News....29 Calendar.........30-31 Classified Ads .....32 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........33 Critter Corner.......34
GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN Bryan Villegas, shown volunteering at Clock Tower Thirft Shop in Falls Church, is facing the threat of deportation to Honduras. Members of the community are rallying to help the 14-year-old Villegas in his fight to stay in the United States. (Photo: courtesy)
Community Rallies Behind F.C. Student Facing Deportation
by Drew Costley
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Bryan Villegas, a 14-year-old freshman at George Mason High School, came to Falls Church in April 2014 from his native La Esperanza, Honduras, to flee the violence in the country and because his aging grandparents could no longer care for him. “I didn’t want to be in my country because no one could care for me,” Bryan said. “And my parents are here.” Upon his arrival he was reunited with his parents and his
9-year-old sister, Ashly. He said that he was “nervous and excited” to see his parents, whom he had not seen in eight years. “It was good to see my parents and go to school,” Bryan said. Going to school might seem like a standard to many residents of Falls Church, but he spent most of his time in Honduras working with cows and horses. Bryan said that his life in Falls Church is more “relaxed,” but he has not taken the opportunities he has discovered since coming to America for granted. He is in the middle of a wrestling
season on Mason’s varsity team, played on the school’s junior varsity soccer team last spring and spoke to the News-Press just before volunteering at the Clock Tower Thrift Shop in Falls Church. He also regularly serves as a caretaker for his sister. “It’s good because I didn’t get to see her all of the time when I was in Honduras,” he said. “So now [that I can] see her I have a good relationship with her and I play with her sometimes.” But all of that is in jeopardy.
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By a set of three unanimous 6-0 votes (Councilman Dave Snyder abstaining), the Falls Church City Council approved the long-debated 4.3-acre Mason Row mixed-use project that will bring a new hotel and movie theater complex to the City of Falls Church. Monday night’s vote came after over three hours of comments both in favor and against, and met the bar of a super-majority vote required because the Planning Commission had failed to recommend it last month. Also approved unanimously (6-0) were measures to establish an amusement tax for all tickets to the movie theaters and a revenuesharing agreement with the site developers – Spectrum and Mill Creek – to allay their cost of construction. The project will include a hotel, expected to be a Home Suites 2 by Hilton, that will have between 122 and 141 rooms (depending on how much conference space it will have, a matter still under consideration) and a multi-screen movie theater by a prominent national chain that features a dining component as its two main commercial anchors, and 322 rental units, as well as an internal private street and a public-use square, retail spaces that with the allure of the anchors, can be expected to draw a minimum of two fine dining restaurants covering 20,000 square feet, 9,400 square feet of service retail with restricted use options, ample parking that will include a provision for 50 spaces for Sunday morning use
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Community Rallies Around Child Facing Threat of Deportation Continued from Page 1
Bryan, an undocumented immigrant, said that he has been facing the threat of deportation since he was reunited with his parents after he arrived in the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor in April 2014. And now the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has begun executing a plan to repatriate Central and Mexican Americans who migrated here to flee violence in their country over the last couple of years. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a press release on Monday, Jan. 4 that 121 individuals were taken into custody over the New Year’s weekend as part of that plan. And according to Emilie Faris, a mother of one of Ashly’s friends, Bryan has already been denied one request to adjust his status as an undocumented immigrant. “Bryan’s fighting to stay in this country with his family,” said Adilene Núñez, an attorney for
Benach Ragland LLP who is representing Bryan. “He’s a good kid. He’s in school [and] he gets good grades, but unfortunately isn’t all that certain here yet and so he’s fighting to stay here….We’re trying gather as much support as we can to show that Bryan really deserves to stay here.” A cross-section of the Falls Church community – teachers, parents of family friends, school administrators and coaches – have written letters of support for Bryan. Faris wrote one of those letters in support of Bryan and spoke to the News-Press about her impressions of him. “He’s very good at watching his sister and picking her up at activities and that kind of thing,” Faris said. “And I know [this situation is] just extremely stressful on him.” “Bryan consistently performed well over the course of the year,” wrote Ty Harris, the Principal at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School where Bryan first attended school in the U.S. “He was an
active participant in school activities as a member of the soccer team and choir. “He was well regarded by his teachers and peers because he is a very positive student with a great demeanor and sense of humor….I do not believe that Bryan would be able to receive anywhere near the same level of academic or social support in a different setting, as Falls Church City Public Schools are widely regarded as some of the best in the nation. Bryan works hard and deserves an opportunity to achieve his goals and dreams.” Bryan said that it was difficult for him to adjust when he first started taking classes at Henderson, but that over time he started to catch on, with the help of some of his teachers. “It was hard for me because I couldn’t speak English so well, so the classes were hard for me,” he said. “But some of the teachers speak Spanish and they spoke to me and now I’m starting to get it.” His teachers did not only help
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VILLEGAS IS A MEMBER of the varsity wrestling team at George Mason High School and played on the school’s junior varsity soccer team last spring. (Photo: Drew Costley/News-Press) him adjust academically, but socially. Like many children his age, Bryan is shy. But even he admitted that it was difficult to do things like perform, which he eventually did in Henderson’s choir and in a drama class. Bryan’s primary teacher, Kevin L. Blair, included a photo of him in a wig that was taken on the school’s Funny Hair Day. In the photo, Bryan, donning a mullet wig, is sitting with a classmate and both are smiling joyously.
When he related the story to the News-Press, he said that his teacher saw that he did not have a wig that day and asked if he wanted to wear one. That same teacher, an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations for 22 years before retiring, inspired Bryan to want to become an agent when he gets older. “I would consider him an excellent candidate for the FBI,”
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F.C. City Council Votes 6-0 to Approve Mason Row Project Continued from Page 1
by a nearby church, compliance with the City’s policy for desired affordable housing units, and a total of 33 percent commercial compared to residential uses. Compared to the $190,000 annually that the City gains in taxes from what’s there now, the project is projected to bring in a “net-net” yield (taking into account the cost of potential school age children to the school system, and so forth) of between $1,108,980 and $1,881,174 per year. Sean Caldwell, a former Falls Church resident and chief spokesman for Mill Creek, said that groundbreaking for the project should begin in about a year, after site plan and other considerations are taken care of, and that it will be about three years after that until it is expected to be fully completed. He told the News-Press that existing tenants on the property will have up to a year to relocate and that such timing decisions will be up to them.
In a process that began three years ago and has been before the City Council and the City’s various boards and commissions for better than two years, what became known as the Mason Row project (subject to a new name in the future if the Council so wishes), had many iterations, ups and downs, and looked doomed at certain points. But the tenacious development team seemed never to tire of meeting with neighbors, listening to their wishes and doing the same innumerable times at City Hall. Key turning points came as the Spectrum team brought on Mill Creek, formerly Trammel Crow, as a heavyweight residential real estate developer for that component of the large project, and the local City Council election last November when outspoken proponents of the project, Councilman Phil Duncan and newcomer Letty Hardi, were elected, and outspoken opponents were defeated. In early December, the F.C. Planning Commission, in a contentious meeting, failed to forward
an endorsement of it to the City Council when it was deadlocked in a 3-3 vote. Among other things, some on the board criticized the chair’s willingness to have the vote despite the fact that one active member had to be absent. That meant the matter would require a the super-majority vote of at least five of the seven Council members. But following the Planning Commission meeting, the developers made some substantial modifications to their plans, including additional voluntary concessions and a decision to move the movie theaters above ground, a total of 23 new changes in all, and the Council voted to delay the vote it originally planned for December 11 into the new year. That enabled a critical shift in the makeup of the Council to bring Hardi on, while project opponent Nader Baroukh (who chose not to seek re-election) departed. The Council gave an extensive review to the new changes to the project at a work session last week,
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A Young Man’s Hand-to-Hand Combat for Life B� S����� W�����
I guess every human being experiences a moment in their life where they feel lost. A time when it feels like there’s no way of going back and that the only option is to move forward, except they can’t find the damn door. A cyclical state-of-being where you dutifully put one foot in front of the other, hoping to encounter an escape route, but find yourself coming back to the same place yet again. I continue to search for that door while sitting in my warm living room here in D.C., burrowed into a few pillows with my faithful poodle nuzzled into my thigh. Over the past 4 months or so, I have exhausted every resource of my being to try to create a way out. Maybe it’s because it’s in the 30s without a hint of sunshine and thick rain clouds keep rolling by the windows, but today feels inevitable. It feels like I am for the first time accepting that death might just be the only door left to me. It’s always been there. Since I was first diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago, that black door has been in my peripheral vision. It was terrifying at first. I felt like I was always glancing over my shoulder, worried it might drag me in when I wasn’t looking. I hid behind statistics. I was young, the cancer had not spread, I had been diagnosed early, the operation had been done by the
top surgeon for the job in the nation. “Just make it through the chemo and radiation and you’ll definitely be part of the 75 percent that survives this disease,” I would tell myself. I envisioned this wheel with a spin-
“In the desperate hope to �ind something that works and stay alive, do I put my body through more months of physical suffering?”
ning arrow and would always be reassured that three-quarters of the time, the arrow would land on “cured.” But as time went on, I learned to live more in the moment without looking back. Even after relapsing countless times, I adapted and trained myself to keep believing that I was going to the beat the odds no matter what. As long as I kept opening doors. As long as I kept taking the steps, I could keep that dreaded black door in my periphery. “I’m not weak. I won’t be beaten down.
I won’t spend my days in tears. Depression is not an option.” Subconsciously, I have repeated these words to myself for years. What I am now coming to realize is that depression isn’t always something that can be chosen. For someone like me, the scariest thing in the world is running out of choices. If you put a challenge in front of me, I will gladly accept it. But now it seems that my worst fear has come and I have no choice, and there is no “challenge” or battle laid before me. Am I being asked to lie down and accept this disease? I used to shove that idea out of my head without a thought and sign whatever consent form a doctor put in front of me. Over five years I have chosen to be treated with 13 different kinds of chemo, received seven separate treatments of radiation and now I am contemplating whether or not to do an experimental immune system trial, which has no data to suggest that it will work for my disease. Do I sign the form again this time? In the desperate hope to find something that works and stay alive, do I put my body through more months of physical suffering? And that brings up another question, does a longer life equal a happier life? I feel like I am in a coma right now and I am being asked whether or not I want to pull
my own plug. Do I trust that good things must still lie ahead for me even if I can’t see them now? Or do I start to listen to the voice that I hear calling me through that black door? And is it actually black? I can’t tell anymore. Now that I look at it, maybe it’s more of a blue. That intense blue that you get in-between the sunset and the night sky for just an instant sometimes. I’ve always liked blue. Maybe what’s on the other side of that door isn’t so bad after all. And now I’m back. Sitting in my living room. The room smells like dinner and my dog has abandoned me to survey the kitchen for whatever scraps he might be able to forage from my parents. The choice still lies before me but for the (rare) moment I feel content with not deciding anything for the time being. I think I’ll watch a RomCom with the parents tonight. Samuel Waters is 22 years old and a member of GMHS Class of 2011. He has lived in Falls Church and the D.C. area his entire life. He is in his final year of undergraduate study at Rice University majoring in Vocal Performance at the Shepherd School of Music Opera Program. Currently, he is taking time off from school to live at home with his parents and receive medical care as he continues his long battle with cancer. He will contribute future columns to the FCNP reflecting on his battle.
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NEWS BRIEFS Castillo Re-Elected F.C. School Board Chair Justin Castillo was the only candidate nominated by his Falls Church School Board colleagues at the board’s organizational meeting Tuesday night, and was elected unanimously to another term as the board’s chair. John Lawrence was elected vice-chair with a 5-2 margin over another nominee, newlyelected Phil Reitinger. Reitinger was subsequently the only “no” vote in the board’s routine adop- The Falls Church School Board reelected Justin Castillo as Chair and tion of its Codes of Conduct provi- John Lawrence as Vice Chair for 2016. Pictured (front, l to r) Dr. Toni Superintendent, Justin Castillo, Chair and John Lawrence, Vice sion on grounds, he said, that he Jones, Chair. (rear) Dorian Charpentier, Student Representative, and Board wishes to make some modifications Members Lawrence Webb, Phil Reitinger, Erin Gill, Michael Ankuma, to include more transparency in the and Margaret Ward. (Photo: Falls Church City Public School) code, but that his colleagues preferred to defer such a discussion until after the annual budget process is concluded in late April. Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones unveiled her budget recommendations to the board with virtually no changes from the version she presented to three PTA organizations last week. The first board work session on that budget will be next Tuesday night, Jan. 19, at the School Board offices.
Parade Grand Marshal Nominees Sought The Recreation and Parks Department announced yesterday that it is seeking nominations for grand marshal of the 35th Annual City of Falls Church Memorial Day Parade and Festival. Past honorees among others include Kathy and Barry Buschow (2015), Sergeant Steve Rau (2014), Janet Haines and Audrey Luthman (2013), Harry Shovlin (2012), Howard Herman (2011), Edna Frady (2010), Jessie Thackrey (2009), Pete Geren (2008), John Gannon (2007), Roger Neighborgall (2006), Ken Burnett (2005) and Nicholas Benton (2001). The 2016 event is scheduled for Monday, May 30. Nominees shall have made a significant contribution to the Falls Church community. Suggestions should be submitted to Chris Madison at the Community Center by March 4. Nominators should send the nominee’s name and describe why that person deserves the honor.
Vehicle Decal Art Contest Announced The Treasurer of the City of Falls Church is announced Wednesday its first annual Vehicle Decal Design Competition, a cash-prize contest for high school students. The first-place design will need to have a City of Falls Church theme and will be displayed on the windshields of more than 13,000 vehicles registered in the City of Falls Church. It will also become part of an exhibit at City Hall. “We saw how successful Arlington County’s design contest was, so we wanted to do the same for the City’s vehicle decals,” said City Treasurer Jody Acosta. “The high school students in this area are amazingly talented. I can’t wait to see what artistic and memorable designs are submitted, showing pride for The Little City. This is a great way for students to learn about local government, and an excellent ‘vehicle’ for displaying their art.” This contest is open to high schools students who either reside in or go to school in the City of Falls Church. Only one entry per student is allowed. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top four entries: First Place $750, Second Place $500, Third Place $250, and Fourth Place $150. All submissions must be received by 5 p.m. on February 5 at the City’s Treasurer’s office at 300 Park Avenue, Suite 103 East, Falls Church, VA 22046.
30 Members Named on F.C. Dem Committee New Falls Church Democratic Committee Chair Tom Devlin published a new list of the full membership of the committee, and it is made up of the following: Jody Acosta, Renee Andrews, Johannah Barry, Nick Benton, Kathleen Bittle, Tom Clinton, Tom Devlin, Phil Duncan, Debbie Green, Sara Hassan, Mary Alice Heretick, Lindy Hockenberry, Liz Hume, Althea Johnston, Bridget Kraft, Alison Kutchma, David Kutchma, Gary LaPorta, Hal Lippman, Sylvia Malm, John Matthewson, Bob McCan, Joyce Migdall, Daniel Rice, Kristina Rice, Joe Romer, Bill Schellstede, Lawrence Webb, Peg Willingham and Kate Zohir.
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Community News & Notes Creative Cauldron Arts Camps Now Enrolling Enrollment has opened for Creative Cauldron’s Arts Adventure Camps, according to an email from the local arts organization. The camps, which run in sessions from late March – early September, use a themebased approach to allow children to explore the performing and visual arts. During the Arts Adventure Camps’ three-week summer sessions, Tales from the Enchanted Forest and Planetary Dreams, instructors use nature, myths and folklore to create an learning community for participants. Creative Cauldron’s first camp will be held during Falls Church City Public Schools’ spring break, March 21 – 25, and involves spying. Agents of Imagination: The Art and Craft of Spying will allow participants to explore the
world of spying using a toolkit from the performing and visual arts. Children will have the opportunity to test out their acting skills, learn to create new identities, play out covers using disguise techniques and make up and learn to communicate through works of art containing secret codes. The camps are for children ages 4 – 14 and last from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., though there is before and after care for a fee. The price of the camps vary. For more information, visit creativecauldron.org.
Fairfax Co. NAACP President To Speak at Local Temple Shirley Ginwright, president of the Fairfax County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will speak at Temple Rodef Shalom at 2100 Westmoreland Street on Friday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m.
The topic of her speech will be about “building communities of trust between law enforcement and residents,” according to an email from Michelle Sandler, the communications coordinator for Temple Rodef Shalom. The temple’s shabbat service on Friday, Jan. 15 will be in memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ahead of the federal holiday honoring him on January 17. Ginwright heads a local commission established by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors called Communities of Trust, which is tasked with building relationships between area residents, especially those in immigrant and disenfranchised communities, and law enforcement. Ginwright has also been vocal on the issue of police brutality and has been an active in social justice issues for most of her life. Temple Rodef Shalom’s senior cantor,
THE FALLS CHURCH ARTS show “Vivid” opened on Saturday, Jan. 9 at ArtSpace Falls Church with an artists’ reception. The abstract expression show will be on display at ArtSpace Falls Church through February 7. More than 30 artists from around the Washington, D.C. region are featured in the show. (Photo: Courtesy of Shaun van Steyn)
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The Harris Teeter located at 6351 Columbia Pike, Falls Church sold a lottery ticket on Thursday, Jan. 7 that could be worth $7 million. Someone who played the Virginia Lottery’s Cash4Life game bought a ticket that matched all six numbers (14-31-37-54-56) of the game’s drawing on January 7. According to a press release from the Virginia Lottery, the person with the winning ticket has not come forward yet. But when they do, they will have the choice of taking home $1,000 per day for the rest of his or her life or a lump sum of $7 million. The odds of winning this prize was 1 in 7.2 million. For more information, visit valottery.com.
The Falls Church Lions Club Charities announced its January Premium Citrus Sale in a recent email to the News-Press. The sale will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16 starting at 8 a.m. and will last until the club’s inventory is sold out. Honeybells (tangelos), pink grapefruit and temples, if available, will be sold by the Lions at the Falls Church Property Yard at 7100 Gordon Road. All proceeds from the sale go to the club’s charity and community projects. For more information, contact Falls Church Lions president Barry Buschow at 703533-8610 or fallschurchlions@
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WELCOMING ANOTHER sell-out crowd to the Fairfax County Democrats’ annual Road to Richmond breakfast Sunday, U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly of the 11th District led off a long list of speakers who spoke to the challenges of the upcoming legislative session in Richmond and the November presidential election. (Photo: News-Press)
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McLean Rotary Club Hosts Chocolate Festival on Jan. 31
The Rotary Club of McLean is hosting its 5th annual McLean Chocolate Festival at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. According to an email at the Rotary Club of McLean, each year the festival has grown in number and quality of vendors and in the number of festival attendees. This year’s festival vendors include C&D Sweets, Dave’s Candy Kitchen, Fair Trade Winds, Fluffy Thoughts, Zinga! Yogurt and many more. The admission fee is $2 and admission for kids six and under is free. The event will feature a children’s game room with chocolate-themed games, performances on the festival stage by Ukulele Phil and the Hula Kids at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and by accordion player Dave Lovins at 3:30 p.m. There will also be demonstrations of colonial America chocolate-making by American Heritage. All proceeds from the event will go to fund local charitable organiztions through the McLean Rotary Club Foundation. For more information, visit mcleanchocolatefestival.org.
6 Northern Virginia Residents Become Newest Troopers Six of the Virginia State Police’s 74 new troopers are residents of Northern Virginia, according to an email from the Virginia State Police. The troopers did the majority of their training at the Virginia State Police Academy
in North Chesterfield County and graduated on Friday, Jan. 8. Upon receiving their diplomas, members of the 123rd Basic Session finish a rigorous 28-week training session. The new troopers have received instruction in more than 100 different subjects spanning hundreds of hours. Academy training includes such areas as crime scene investigation, survival Spanish, judicial procedures, self defense, cultural diversity and firearms. All six graduates from Northern Virginia are returning home for their final phase of training, which begins on Tuesday, Jan. 19 when they report to their respective duty assignments. Each will spend the next six weeks with a field training officer learning his or her new patrol area and day-to-day duties. Charles M. Vancampen, 23, of Manassas, Jonathan E. Dee, 27, of Fairfax, Eric Thomas, 29, of Alexandria, Matthew E. Spalding, 24, of Springfield, Toland Q. Lam, 24, of Loudoun County and Derek B. Stotler, 25, of Arlington all graduated from the academy. Stotler served as class president of the 123rd Basic Session.
Alber Appointed To Fairfax Human Rights Commission George Alber, an at-large member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfax County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was recently appointed by Sharon Bulova to the Fairfax County Human Rights Commission for a three-year term. Alber joined the Fairfax County branch of the National
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The Brutalism of Ted Cruz In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Wal-Mart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years. Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley go for time served, Cruz took the case to the Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full 16 years. Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some rule that you can’t confess error in your state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court system did finally let Haley out of prison, after six years. The case reveals something interesting about Cruz’s character. He is now NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE running strongly among evangelical voters, especially in Iowa. But in his career and public presentation Cruz is a stranger to most of what would generally be considered the Christian virtues: humility, mercy, compassion and grace. Cruz’s behavior in the Haley case is almost the dictionary definition of pharisaism: an overzealous application of the letter of the law in a way that violates the spirit of the law, as well as fairness and mercy. Traditionally, candidates who have attracted strong evangelical support have in part emphasized the need to lend a helping hand to the economically stressed and the least fortunate among us. Such candidates include George W. Bush, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. But Cruz’s speeches are marked by what you might call pagan brutalism. There is not a hint of compassion, gentleness or mercy. Instead, his speeches are marked by a long list of enemies, and vows to crush, shred, destroy, bomb them. When he is speaking in a church the contrast between the setting and the emotional tone he sets is jarring. Cruz lays down an atmosphere of apocalyptic fear. America is heading off “the cliff to oblivion.” After one Democratic debate he said, “We’re seeing our freedoms taken away every day, and last night was an audition for who would wear the jackboot most vigorously.” As Republican strategist Curt Anderson observed in Politico, there’s no variation in Cruz’s rhetorical tone. As is the wont of inauthentic speakers, everything is described as a maximum existential threat. The fact is this apocalyptic diagnosis is ridiculous. The Obama administration has done things people like me strongly disagree with. But America is in better economic shape than any other major nation on earth. Crime is down. Abortion rates are down. Fourteen million new jobs have been created in five years. President Barack Obama has championed a liberal agenda, but he hasn’t made the country unrecognizable. In 2008, federal spending accounted for about 20.3 percent of gross domestic product. In 2015, it accounted for about 20.9 percent. But Cruz manufactures an atmosphere of menace in which there is no room for compassion, for moderation, for anything but dismantling and counterattack. And that is what he offers. Cruz’s programmatic agenda, to the extent that it exists in his speeches, is to destroy things: destroy the IRS, crush the “jackals” of the EPA, end funding for Planned Parenthood, reverse Obama’s executive orders, make the desert glow in Syria, destroy the Iran nuclear accord. Some of these positions I agree with, but the lack of any positive emphasis, any hint of reform conservatism, any aid for the working class, or even any humane gesture toward cooperation is striking. Cruz didn’t come up with this hard, combative and gladiatorial campaign approach in isolation. He’s always demonstrated a tendency to bend his position – whether immigration or trade – to what suits him politically. This approach works because in the wake of the Obergefell v. Hodges court decision on same-sex marriage, many evangelicals feel they are being turned into pariahs in their own nation. Cruz exploits and exaggerates that fear. But he reacts to Obergefell in exactly the alienating and combative manner that is destined to further marginalize evangelicals, that is guaranteed to bring out fear-driven reactions and not the movement’s highest ideals. The best conservatism balances support for free markets with a JudeoChristian spirit of charity, compassion and solidarity. Cruz replaces this spirit with spartan belligerence. He sows bitterness, influences his followers to lose all sense of proportion and teaches them to answer hate with hate. This Trump-Cruz conservatism looks more like tribal, blood and soil European conservatism than the pluralistic American kind. Evangelicals and other conservatives have had their best influence on American politics when they have proceeded in a spirit of personalism – when they have answered hostility with service and emphasized the infinite dignity of each person. They have won elections as happy and hopeful warriors. Cruz’s brutal, fear-driven, apocalypse-based approach is the antithesis of that.
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David Brooks
The Obama Boom Do you remember the “Bush boom”? Probably not. Anyway, the administration of George W. Bush began its tenure with a recession, followed by an extended “jobless recovery.” By the summer of 2003, however, the economy began adding jobs again. The pace of job creation wasn’t anything special by historical standards, but conservatives insisted that the job gains after that trough represented a huge triumph, a vindication of the Bush tax cuts. So what should we say about the Obama job record? Private-sector employment – the relevant number, as I’ll explain in a minute – hit its low point in February 2010. Since then we’ve gained 14 million jobs, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE a figure that startled even me, roughly double the number of jobs added during the supposed Bush boom before it turned into the Great Recession. If that was a boom, this expansion, capped by last month’s really good report, outbooms it by a wide margin. Does President Barack Obama deserve credit for these gains? No. In general, presidents and their policies matter much less for the economy’s performance than most people imagine. Times of crisis are an exception, and the Obama stimulus plan enacted in 2009 made a big positive difference. But that stimulus faded out fast after 2010, and has very little to do with the economy’s current situation. The point, however, is that politicians and pundits, especially on the right, constantly insist that presidential policies matter a lot. And Obama, in particular, has been attacked at every stage of his presidency for policies that his critics allege are “job-killing” – the former House speaker, John Boehner, once used the phrase seven times in less than 14 minutes. So the fact that the Obama job record is as good as it is tells you something about the validity of those attacks. What did Obama do that was supposed to kill jobs? Quite a lot, actually. He signed the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform, which critics claimed would crush employment by starving businesses of capital. He raised taxes on high incomes, especially at the very top, where average tax rates rose about 6.5 percentage points after 2012, a step that critics claimed would destroy incentives. And he enacted a health reform that went into full effect in 2014, amid claims that it would have catastrophic effects on employment.
Paul Krugman
Yet none of the dire predicted consequences of these policies have materialized. It’s not just that overall job creation in the private sector – which was what Obama was supposedly killing – has been strong. More detailed examinations of labor markets also show no evidence of predicted ill effects. For example, there’s no evidence that Obamacare led to a shift from full-time to part-time work, and no evidence that the expansion of Medicaid led to large reductions in labor supply. So what do we learn from this impressive failure to fail? That the conservative economic orthodoxy dominating the Republican Party is very, very wrong. In a way, that should have been obvious. For conservative orthodoxy has a curiously inconsistent view of the abilities and motivations of corporations and wealthy individuals – I mean, job creators. On one side, this elite is presumed to be a bunch of economic superheroes, able to deliver universal prosperity by summoning the magic of the marketplace. On the other side, they’re depicted as incredibly sensitive flowers who wilt in the face of adversity – raise their taxes a bit, subject them to a few regulations, or for that matter hurt their feelings in a speech or two, and they’ll stop creating jobs and go sulk in their tents, or more likely their mansions. It’s a doctrine that doesn’t make much sense, but it conveys a clear message that, whaddya know, turns out to be very convenient for the elite: namely, that injustice is a law of nature, that we’d better not do anything to make our society less unequal or protect ordinary families from financial risks. Because if we do, the usual suspects insist, we’ll be severely punished by the invisible hand, which will collapse the economy. Economists could and did argue that history proves this doctrine wrong. After all, America achieved rapid, indeed unprecedented, income growth in the 1950s and 1960s, despite top tax rates beyond the wildest dreams of modern progressives. For that matter, there are countries like Denmark that combine high taxes and generous social programs with very good employment performance. But for those who don’t know much about either history or the world outside America, the Obama economy offers a powerful lesson in the here and now. From a conservative point of view, Obama did everything wrong, afflicting the comfortable (slightly) and comforting the afflicted (a lot), and nothing bad happened. We can, it turns out, make our society better after all.
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Obama’s Powerful, Reassuring Sermon
I wanted to focus my attention in this column to the great David Jones, a.k.a. Bowie, who died last weekend. Not only a great entertainer, he was a creative genius in his musicology, stylings and lyrics. Veritably transcendent, while he has moved on, apparently, Ziggy Stardust shall reign forever. But Mr. Bowie’s legacy was eclipsed by a very much still living rock star Tuesday night, by the passionate sermon that U.S. President Barack Obama delivered as his final State of the Union message. It was delivered as a sorely-needed national balm in the face of unquestionably the ugliest political demagoguery in presidential campaigns ever seen even in the era of mass live and 24-hour TV news, an ugliness that has escalated continually in its unabashed FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS and slanderous racist and xenophobic content since the GOP began pulling out all the stops to derail the president and especially his health care reform agenda halfway through his first term. America has been living with the sewage these elements have been allowed to spew relentlessness on major network TV for far too long, including as the desperate efforts by the “military industrial complex” to blunt and undermine the president’s powerful foreign policy initiatives grounded in international cooperation and diplomacy. On that score, prior to the televised State of the Union Tuesday, CNN newsman Wolf Blitzer outdid himself in a bald-faced effort to discredit Obama in advance by outrageously over-blowing the brief Iranian detainment of two U.S. Navy boats. Blitzer again brought his favorite right-wing congressman, Rep. Tom Cotton from Arkansas, onto his show and fed him lines about the cataclysmic, apocalyptic nature of the incident, saying that Obama would have a very difficult time defending his historic nuclear accord with Iran in the speech he was about to deliver. Fueled by Blitzer’s dissembling rhetoric, the conversation went all the way to an hypothetical nuclear conflagration. It was preposterous. Don’t forget, by the way, Cotton, an unusually frequent guest on Blitzer’s so-called “Situation Room” show, was the freshman lawmaker last March who crafted the letter to the Iranian parliament signed by 47 lunatic fringe GOP colleagues warning that the U.S. president wasn’t by law permitted to negotiate a deal with the Iranians, an action that was considered virtually treasonous by many observers. Of course, the naval incident had been completely defused even prior to the State of the Union, and by yesterday morning it was entirely over, with all sides content with the outcome. Correctly, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the incident, far from exposing the flaws and errors in the negotiated deal with Iran, showed how it had proved the opposite, how diplomacy had, indeed, led to a swift and amicable resolution. But the alliance of the major media, the “military industrial complex” and Republican anger-mongering presidential candidates can be expected to continue their current approach, with those like the vile but visibly aging Ann Coulter spewing her predictable hate speech, saying that GOP moderate Nikki Haley, the daughter of immigrants and governor of South Carolina who delivered her party’s response to the State of the Union, should be deported by a GOP administration. It was perhaps coincidental that President Obama’s tour de force Tuesday night came in tandem with the publication the very same day of Pope Francis’ new book, which tells it all in its poignant title, The Name of God is Mercy. Even just the title is another of the pope’s mighty blows against the credibility of hateful right-wing religious fundamentalism in all its forms. As Obama pointed out Tuesday, America does not face a serious threat to its global standing in the world now. In that context, there is little among the violent extremist elements around trying to stir up pretexts for wars, including those in the U.S., that cannot be traced back to clandestine operations of the “military industrial complex,” whether it was the documented involvement of those elements in the rise of al-Qaida or in the preconditions (beginning with the U.S. invasion of Iraq) for the creation and arming of ISIS. President Obama’s resolve remained firm in his Tuesday speech not to fall for their despicable, murderous machinations.
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Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
Leo, Hillary & Their Bears WASHINGTON – It’s hard to say which of the three monomaniacal, monumentally grueling quests is the most riveting. There’s the torturous trek portrayed in The Revenant of Hugh Glass, a 19th-century trapper who, inflamed by revenge, dragged his bloody body 200 miles through the Western wilderness after being gnawed by a grizzly and deserted by fellow trappers. Then there’s the hunt by Leonardo DiCaprio for his first Oscar, for portraying Glass. He has been on the press circuit dramatizing the agonizing shoot, bragging about his verisimilitude in eating raw bison liver. Some wags suggested Leo was so eager to inhabit the solitary Glass’ misery that he broke up with Kelly Rohrbach, his latest supermodel girlfriend, because she was bringing a frivolity to the saturnine mood of the promotional effort by taking the bouncy Pamela Anderson role in the new “Baywatch” movie. And finally, of course, there’s the politician most like Glass in her willingness to crawl through glass, flip her positions and persona, and even bear up under a mauling by NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE a merciless, manic bear to reach that goal most yearned for. In Hillary Clinton’s grimly relentless trudge toward the White House, the part of the bear is played by Donald Trump. Trump is like a CGI Rathtar or Indominus Rex, a larger-than-life, fight-to-the-death animated creature who improbably pops up in the ordinarily staid presidential campaign and stomps around, devouring attention and sinking his Twitter teeth into rivals. With his muddle of charm, humor, zest, vulgarity, bigotry, opportunistic flexibility, brutal candor, breathtaking boorishness and outrageous opening bids on volatile issues, he has now leapt into that most sensitive area: the Clintons’ tangled conjugal life. Hillary was asked by The Des Moines Register about Trump’s crude comments that she had been trounced (he used a phallic word) by Barack Obama in 2008 and that her prolonged debate bathroom break was “disgusting.” She replied that Trump had a “penchant for sexism.” That spurred him to declare “open season” on the Clintons’ seraglio imbroglios. On Thursday, he put out an Instagram ad showing The Daily News cover about Bill, after he admitted the affair with Monica Lewinsky, blaring “Liar, Liar.” In 1999, when I interviewed him, Trump said of Bill: “He handled the Monica situation disgracefully.
Maureen Dowd
It’s sad because he would go down as a great president if he had not had this scandal. People would have been more forgiving if he’d had an affair with a really beautiful woman of sophistication. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe were on a different level. Now Clinton can’t get into golf clubs in Westchester. A former president begging to get into a golf club. It’s unthinkable.” Ignoring our more gender-fluid society, the skyscraper-obsessed Trump has hectored male rivals for being girlie men. But he knows Hillary is tough. So he’s wielding his knife on her most sensitive pressure point: her hypocrisy in running as a feminist icon when she was part of political operations that smeared women who told the truth about Bill’s transgressions. Hillary told friends that Monica was a “troubled young person” getting ministered to by Bill and a “narcissistic loony toon.” Trump may be a politically incorrect Frank Sinatra ring-a-ding type with cascading marriages to hot babes, but he knows that a retrospective of the Clintons’ cynical campaigns against “bimbo eruptions” will not play well in a society sensitized by epidemics of rape in colleges and the military and by the Bill Cosby effect. Bill hid behind the skirts of feminists when he got caught playing around. And feminists, eager to protect his progressive agenda on women, allowed the women swirling around Bill to become collateral damage, torched as trailer trash or erotomaniacs. In Iowa last fall, Hillary promised to fight sexual assault on campuses, saying that survivors had “the right to be heard” and “the right to be believed.” But when a woman last month asked whether the women who claimed they were sexually harassed by Bill Clinton should be believed, Hillary faltered, replying lamely: “I would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence.” She’s in a dicey spot on this, as Trump well knows. Hillary reacted to his ad by tweeting, “It’s important to stand up to bullies.” Trump can be a bully. But Hillary was a bully, too, in the way she dealt with her husband’s paramours. Her impulse, as Lewinsky wrote in Vanity Fair, was to blame the woman – even herself. Hillary was not going to be hurt twice by Those Women, letting them damage her marriage and her political future. If someone had to be collateral damage, it was not going to be Hillary. For now, she will have to deal with that old show business saw: Exit, pursued by a bear.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
In 2008, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors endorsed a ten-year plan to end homelessness in the county. The Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) was created to reach goals set forth in the plan, and a governing board was appointed to expand the reach into the non-profit community partners whose programs and services are so valuable. Prior to the creation of the OPEH, homelessness simply was managed. The Ten Year Plan focuses on preventing and ending homelessness. How do we do that? Ending homelessness emphasizes Housing First and requires intensive work in prevention, diversion, and rapid re-housing. In the first seven years of the Plan, homelessness was reduced by 34 percent. The nationwide “point in time” count of homeless persons – those in shelters, time-limited transitional housing programs, unsheltered and living on the street -- will take place later this month, and will tell us more about how the new approach is succeeding. The results in 2014 indicated that 1225 people literally were homeless, a reduction of 125 people from the previous year. In 2015, that number was reduced to 1204. Sadly, the largest number of homeless persons were not single adults, but families with children. About 33 percent of all homeless persons in Fairfax County are children under the age of 18, a statistic that hasn’t budged much in three years. OPEH partners include the county’s Department of Family Services, Health Department, and Community Services Board. The Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, as well as Fairfax County Public Schools, also have representation in the effort. Programs throughout the county’s four human services regions (Mason District is inT:7” Region 2) include emergency shelters, hypothermia
prevention, a homeless health care program, case management for households with, and without, children, and permanent housing placement services. The following organizations were awarded contracts totaling $9.4 million to partner with the county in its efforts: Cornerstones, FACETS, New Hope Housing, Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS), and Shelter House. NVFS operates the Bailey’s Community Shelter, and Shelter House operates the Patrick Henry Family Shelter in Mason District. Until this week, our winter weather was fairly mild, but the hypothermia program is up and ready to go, nonetheless. Many churches partner with OPEH and the emergency shelters to provide overnight accommodations that bring people in from the frigid nights. Depending on the church, the hypothermia program may be as simple as sleeping bags on the floor in a heated room. Church kitchens often provide a hot meal at night, cooked and served by volunteers in the congregation, and send the overnight guests off the next morning with at least a bag lunch. What often is surprising is the number of homeless persons who are working, who go to jobs every day, but whose income may support some daily activities of life, but not the high rents in this region. Their stories are sad, touching, and often move the listener to action – to work with non-profits that provide such needed programs, to advocate for affordable housing and the kinds of micro-units that can help bridge the gap to self-sufficiency, and to raise awareness of homelessness in our community. We can end homelessness, but it will continue to take a lot of effort, and compassion, by all. Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Poised to begin my seventh year in the House of Delegates, I am optimistic for working Virginians. The ObamaMcConnell-Ryan budget deal signed last year ends sequestration and will definitely boost the economy. One fact that we politicians in Richmond often ignore is that Virginia’s prosperity has been more attributable to spending decisions of the Federal Government – on wars and their aftermath, on defense acquisitions, on counter-terrorism, even on bureaucratic consolidation of sites within the Commonwealth-than on judicious governance by state politicians. Both parties cite their respective playbooks for Virginia’s 20-year track record of prosperity, but, as I’ve noted before, we prosper due to many factors outside the General Assembly’s control. At the risk of antagonizing political allies and opponents alike, I think it is vital for Virginia’s political leadership to “get real” about the actual performance of the state government and the actual added value the Commonwealth delivers to its residents. We in Virginia government have been laboring under the belief in Virginia exceptionalism. For example, we tout exceptional fiscal management: We have a triple-A bond rating! Yes, and so do 14 other states. The conservative-oriented, but, non-partisan, Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranks the fiscal condition of the 50 states. This year Virginia ranks 21st. Reviewing the components of this ranking is instructive. Virginia ranks 30th for cash solvency; 29th for budget solvency; 27th for long run solvency; and 15th for trust fund solvency. However, Virginia is fifth on a measure the Center calls “service level solvency.” This measure compares state revenues and spending to the total personal income of state residents. In effect, this measure defines what percentage of private income we spend on government services. Again, Virginia is fifth on this measure, after Nevada, South Dakota, Florida and New Hampshire, none of which even levies a personal income tax! In effect, Virginia’s core fiscal policy is to balance budgets at the expense of Virginians who need government services. This is the prism through which Virginia makes decisions on K-12 educa-
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CAMP RODEF SHALOM Camp Rodef Shalom fosters friendships, relationships, and community by providing fun and engaging experiences in a safe environment. By living Jewish values, we give our families opportunities to strengthen our Jewish connections. Camp Rodef Shalom 2100 Westmoreland Street Falls Church, VA 22043 703-532-2217 templerodefshalom.org/ grow/summer-camp
CAMP PIANKATANK
1586 Stamper’s Bay Road Hayfield, VA 23071 (804) 776-9552 camppiankatank.org
CAMP RIM ROCK
43 Camp Rim Rock Road Yellow Spring, WV 26865 (347) 746-7625 camprimrock.com
CAMP ROANOKE
6498 Dry Hollow Road Salem, VA 24153 (540) 777-6327 roanokecountyva.gov
CAMP SHAKESPEARE 516 8th Street SE Washington, DC 20003 (202) 547-5688
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More than 100 different camp offerings including art, outdoor excursions, sports and more! New for 2016: Singing Kidz, Innovation Lab, Science Magic, Adventures in Podcasting, Ninjaneering & more! Registration begins February 1, 2016 for City Residents and February 8, 2016 for Non-Residents. fallschurchva.gov/camps
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1132 North Ivanhoe Street Arlington, VA 22205 (703) 400-4526 creativedifferencellc.com
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2247 Little Piney Road Lowesville, VA 22967 (434) 277-8465 crossroadsccc.com
CommuniKids Language Immersion Preschool and Children’s Language Center prepares young children for their K-12 education while also teaching them a second language. Our programs include: Preschool, Summer Camps, Language Enrichment Classes, and an Afterschool program. Our teachers are all native speakers. We offer Spanish, French, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese classes. 115 Hillwood Avenue Falls Church, VA 22046 703-534-2221 communikids.com
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CONGRESSIONAL CAMP Congressional Camp is an ACA accredited coed day camp designed for ages 3-14. We’re located on a beautiful, 40-acre campus in Falls Church, Virginia at Congressional Schools of Virginia. Our diverse programs include day camp, travel camps, academic classes and specialty camps which offer summers of new challenges, old traditions, friends and boundless FUN! We are also proud to launch our new site right up the street at Sleepy Hollow Elementary. 3229 Sleepy Hollow Road Falls Church, VA 22042 703-533-0931 congocamp.org
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Fairfax, VA (703) 993-3295 drakesoccer.com
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Arlington, VA (703) 665-6618 engineeringforkids.net
EYE LEVEL
105 N. Virginia Avenue Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 538-0985 eyelevelfallschurch.com
FAIRFAX COLLEGIATE SUMMER 722 Grant Street Herndon, VA 20170 (703) 481-3080 fairfaxcollegiate.com
FONZ NATURE CAMP Front Royal, VA (202) 633-3037 fonznaturecamp.org
CREATIVE CAULDRON Guided by the belief that creativity is a fundamental need of the human spirit, Creative Cauldron is dedicated to providing affordable, enriching, and diverse experiences in the performing and visual arts to Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. community. We create original productions, present a broad array of art and artists, and offer transformative educational programs in an intimate and collaborative atmosphere. 410 S. Maple Avenue Falls Church, VA 22046 703-436-9948 creativecauldron.org
ENCORE STAGE & STUDIO SUMMER CAMPS
9100 Freedom Center Blvd Manassas, VA 20110 (703) 993-8444 freedom-center.com
FUNBOTLAB
7005 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101 202-709-6151 funbotlab.com
GAME CAMP USA
12815 Fair Lakes Parkway Fairfax, VA 22033 (888) 663-9633 gamecamp.com
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Join us this summer for an exciting theatre adventure! Our summer camps provide a fun and safe environment for children to explore theatre arts from June 27 through September 2! • It’s Elementary: A Little Theatre for Big Imaginations - Ages 4-9 • Scenes for Tweens & Teens: An Exciting, High-Impact Drama Program - Ages 8-12 • Stage Door and Tech Camp : A Three-Week Theatre Conservatory - Ages 11-15 • Summer Stories - Ages 8-15 • One-Act Wonders - Ages 11-15 Multiple Locations Throughout Arlington 703-548-1154 encorestageva.org/camps
Our Camps Run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Lasting for three hours each day, from 9:15am-12:15pm
Children ages 3-8 will hear stories, do a craft activity, and have lots of fun in our play studio! Register by May 15th for a 10% discount.
Camp Rodef Shalom is a Jewish summer day camp in Falls Church for children in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Our camp fosters friendships, relationships, and community by providing fun and engaging experiences in a safe environment. By living Jewish values, we give our families opportunities to strengthen their Jewish connections. With unmatched camper-to-counselor ratios (4 to 1), we provide safe, fun, engaging daily activities such as music, drama, art, sports and games. In addition, campers in Kindergarten -3rd grade have pool time twice a week, and campers in grades 4-8 have outdoor adventures and cooking. We are a nut free environment. Registration will begin at 10:00 am on Friday, January 8. Apply soon! Our Early Bird Discount gives you savings of $300 off Main Session for applications received by January 31! For more information and a link to our online application, please visit our webpage:
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8201 Greensboro Drive McLean, VA 22102 (703) 287-0088 goldenbootsoccer.com
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2491 Emery Road South Wales, NY 14139-0085 716-652-3450 gow.org
No matter what your child’s age or interest, Madeira has a summer program they are sure to enjoy. Our widely popular Camp Greenway is a traditional day camp that has been going strong since 1973. Rising K-8th grade children enjoy a variety of daily activities that blend learning and fun. Situated on 376-acres overlooking the Potomac River, campers spend much of their time outdoors engaging in a variety of enriching summer activities.
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1125 N. Patrick Henry Drive Arlington, VA 22205 (202) 686-8000 levineschool.org/camp
LIVING EARTH SCHOOL 101 Rocky Bottom Lane Afton, VA 22920 (540) 456-7339 livingearthva.com
8328 Georgetown Pike McLean, Virginia 22102 703-556-8200
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One of the fastest growing and most transformational community programs in the region today, the Mason Game & Technology Academy integrates all of the STEM core competencies in a challenging, fun, and engaging way. This program combines both the sciences and the arts, with creative & critical thinking and problem solving skills. 4260 Chain Bridge Road Fairfax, VA 22030 703-993-9889 potomacacademy.gmu. edu/Summer/GameDesign/ GameTechAcademy
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MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY SUMMER PROGRAMS Work closely with Marymount faculty who have extensive expertise and professional connections in the field. The daily programs will include classes in the mornings, field trips and other experiential learning in the afternoons, and fun activities in the evenings. Live in a residence hall on Marymount’s Main Campus in suburban Arlington, Virginia. 2807 North Glebe Road Arlington, Virginia 22207 (800) 548-7638 marymount.edu/summer
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MATHNASIUM Mathnasium is your neighborhood math-only learning center. We help kids in grades K-12 understand math by teaching the way that makes sense to them. When math makes sense, kids leap way ahead – whether they started out far behind or already ahead in math. Our formula for teaching kids math, the Mathnasium Method has transformed the way kids learn math for over a decade across 600+ centers in the U.S. and Canada. 7395 Lee Highway Falls Church, VA 22042 703.573.6284 (MATH) mathnasium.com/fallschurch
200 Academy Drive Front Royal, VA 22630 (800) 272-1172 rma.edu/summer-programs
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SPORTROCK CLIMBING
45935 Maries Road Sterling, VA 20166 (703) 212-7625 sportrock.com
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11180 Ridge Heights Road Reston, VA 20191 703.476.7477
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MOBU KIDS MoBu Kids, an indoor playground full of fun experiences in a safe, fun, informative environment where kids can just be kids. There are a variety of classes including: Music & Movement, Art, Dance (for 8 and under), Summer, Winter & Spring camps, Special Events, Parents’ Night Out. Enrollment in any class includes unlimited Open Play during the session. 442A S. Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703-241-PLAY mobukids.com
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3819 Gallows Road Annandale, VA 22003 (703) 256-3620 westminsterschool.com
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11176 Peaceful Valley Road New Castle, VA 24127 (540) 864-6792 wilderness-adventure.com
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School of Rock offers summer, winter and spring break rock music camps, designed for musicians of all skill levels who play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and vocals. Through workshops, clinics and private instruction, our comprehensive camp experience is designed to hone music performance and ensemble skills in a creative and fun environment. 111 Center Street South Vienna, VA 22180 703-242-2184 schoolofrock.com
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If there is one good thing about Donald Trump’s war on “political correctness,” it offers liberals the opportunity to offer their own honest assessments. For example, it’s that time of year, when the GOP, a Paleolithic party of pale faces, trots out a token minority to a give a response to the President’s State of the Union address. In the past we have seen Bobby Jindal lamely undercut his career with an uninspiring response. We have witnessed Marco Rubio’s infamous water grab. The latest minority to whitewash the Republican Party’s whiteness is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. I have nothing against her, but it’s a real character flaw when one allows oneself to be cynically exploited to cover up a year when the GOP has been defined by intolerance and hatred of “the other.” The party has debated banning all Muslim immigrants and wants to build a wall to keep out Mexicans that the current frontrunner, Donald Trump, views as bandits and rapists. If Haley had one ounce of integrity, she’d politely decline the invitation until the Republican Party reversed course. But, hey, it’s 2016 and in this social media world, publicity is the price of shedding dignity. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, echoed my view in a conference call. According to Politico, she told reporters: “It’s pretty clear that Nikki Haley is being chosen because the Republican Party has a diversity problem.” That the GOP has reserved this annual role as “the minority slot” reveals a pandering Party that confuses condescension and platitudes with a genuine platform that elevates racial and ethnic justice. If the Republican Party were honest, it would let William Daniel Johnson respond to Obama’s State of the Union Address. He is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and chairman of the white supremacist American Freedom Party. His goal is the creation of a white ethno-state within his lifetime. “I think Trump’s candidacy is helping move us in that direction,” Johnson said in a Monday phone interview with Talking Points Memo. “Whether he is elected or not, his candidacy is a big factor in helping destroy this middle-of-the-road Republican mindset.” The American Freedom Party plans to blanket early voting states with robocalls encouraging voters to turn out for Donald Trump. Why isn’t Trump or the Republican National Committee denouncing this? Good luck with that happening, when RNC chairman Reince Priebus refused to tell Time magazine whether he thought Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was eligible to be president. “A topic in the news today: Ted Cruz was born in Canada,” Time asked. “Is he constitutionally eligible to be President?” But Priebus, obviously terrified of Trump’s wrath, responded. “Listen, I don’t get involved. I’m not going to get in the middle of all these candidate issues. It’s a bad place for me to be. I’ll let all these folks argue about this stuff, and I’m going to stay out of it.” Of course Priebus won’t get involved. He might piss off William Daniel Johnson and his racist American Freedom Party, which is critical to the GOP’s success in a year when minorities are fleeing the GOP brand. If the GOP were sincere, Kim Davis would replace Nikki Haley and deliver her speech. Davis, the bigoted and thrice married Kentucky clerk, who refused to obey the law and hand out marriage licenses to gay couples, will appear at the State of the Union address, where she will troll successful gay marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell, whom President Obama invited. She is there at the request of the Family Research Council – the same group who just fired sex fiend and sister molester, Josh Duggar. I guess his seat was open and available for Kim Davis, their latest fatally flawed family values crusader. If the Republican Party were truthful, tea bagging Maine Gov. Paul LePage would respond to President Obama’s speech. In discussing the state’s heroin epidemic and dealers who come from out of town, LePage said: “These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty. These type of guys. They come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, then they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue we’ve got to deal with down the road.” In spite of its heinous record, the Republican Party has gone ahead with the transparent folly of elevating their latest minority sellout, so they can pretend to care about diversity. The PR game is simple: The RNC wants us focusing on Nikki Haley, so we’ll forget comments about Shifty and D-Money. She sincerely looked into the camera, so we wouldn’t notice the rabid neo-Nazis, skinheads, Klansmen and white nationalists cheering for Donald Trump in the wings.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
The historically black community of Halls Hill/High View Park kicked off a series of look-backs last week to mark its sesquicentennial (1866-2016). At the Mt. Salvation Baptist Church, I witnessed a stirring program in the company of some 200 congregants, county board members, Arlington history buffs and one veteran of the 1959 integration of Stratford Jr. High (Michael Jones). The program was anything but dry and dusty. The main event, a local history lecture, was bookended with prayers and gospel hymns (“The Lord is Blessing Me”) and a reading of an 1857 court deposition about a slave named Jenny. She was convicted of murdering the wife of namesake plantation owner Bazil Hall by pushing her into the fire. Carmela Hamm performed living history in laborer costume, quoting from the “Crystal Stairs” poem by Langston Hughes and imploring young people to “plant a seed” to preserve their heritage. Halls Hill, as explained in a handout, was created after emancipation when Bazil Hall sold 300 acres to former slaves for $10$15 an acre, which laborers then worked typically for 50 cents a day. But Sunday’s formal talk was broader. Lauranett L. Lee, founding curator of African-
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American history at the Virginia Historical Society, recalled how, as the only black in her fourth grade class, she shied away from history after reading in the Virginia history text that “slaves were happy.” The Richmond-based society that now employs her was founded in 1831 – the year of Nat Turner’s rebellion – to house the records of “elite white families,” Lee said. But thanks to modern technology, her society’s “Unknown No Longer” online database contains thousands of records of Virginia slaves. The original documents are “crumbling and fading, with chicken-scratch writing,” Lee said. “At 5:00 when the society closes, the names stay with me, and I have nightmares about the daily assaults” on enslaved people. She encouraged youth to “interview your elders, be interested in their lives, take the time” to ask about the days when blacks and whites didn’t use the same schools, parks and water fountains. “We’ve come a long way, and our history is worth preserving. If you don’t, it can be twisted.” Only weeks before Sunday’s event, I interviewed another Halls Hill stalwart, who also grew up attending Mt. Salvation. Amelia Edwards, who at 87 continues her late-life career as the school crossing guard for Nottingham Elementary, recalled the decades she spent at 2318 N. Dinwiddie St., a dirt road when Lee Highway
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CRIME REPORT Week of January 4 - 10, 2016 Graffiti, 200 and 800 blocks W. Broad St. On Jan.4, graffiti were found on utility boxes. Narcotics Violation, 312 Hillwood Ave. (Larry Graves Park) On Jan. 4, a male, 19, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested and released on summons for Possession of Marijuana. Larceny from Motor Vehicle, 1200 block W. Broad St. On Jan. 6, a license plate was reported stolen. Larceny from Building, 1102 W. Broad St. (Murphy’s Funeral Home) On Jan. 8, a lock box was reported stolen. Larceny from Motor Vehicle, 1000 block Birch St. On Jan. 9,
various personal items were stolen from the victim’s vehicle. Auto Tampering, 100 block Birch St. On Jan. 9, the victim’s vehicle had been in found in disarray. Larceny from Motor Vehicle, 600 block Greenwich St. On Jan. 9, various personal items were stolen from the victim’s unsecured vehicle. Auto Tampering, 900 block Park Ave. On Jan. 9, multiple vehicles had been in found in disarray. Larceny from Building, 450 W. Broad St. On Jan. 9, a delivery package was reported stolen by the victim. Auto Tampering, 1000 block Lincoln Ave. On Jan. 9, multiple vehicles had been in found in disarray.
was single lane. Her father – longtime janitor at the four-room Langston Elementary School – and her mother raised six children in three bedrooms with no indoor plumbing and an outdoor well. “We raised our own food – hogs, ducks, chickens, squirrels and pigeons,” she told me, recalling growing string beans in the garden and shooting invading rabbits with a shotgun. She and her friends had to take buses downtown to attend black junior high and high schools. She recalls minor violence – drunkenness among neighbors and cross burnings on the Lexington Street lawn of famed physicianto-the-black-community Harold Johnson. Edwards also worked at the segregated unit at the newly established Arlington Hospital after it opened in 1944 before beginning a federal career at the Government Printing Office. Recalling the old Halls Hill now that she lives in an apartment in Westover, Edwards says, “We had a good life.” *** Six months ago, a landlord bowed to public outcry and canceled a lease for the controversial NOVA Firearms, which was in the process of setting up shop in Cherrydale. Last week, I noticed the First Cash pawn shop (formerly National Pawnbrokers) – just blocks up Lee Highway in Lyon Village – displays a window sign that reads: “Now Accepting Guns; Pawn-Buy-Sell.”
Larceny from Motor Vehicle, 600 block Highland Ave. On Jan. 9, various personal items were stolen from the victim’s unsecured vehicle. Stalking, 6763 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On Jan. 9, a male, 39, of Annandale, was arrested for Stalking. Destruction of Property, 200 block Gibson St. On Jan. 9, a male, 65, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested and released on summons for Destruction of Property. Noise Violation, 1100 block S. Washington St. On Jan. 10, a female, 32, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested and released on summons for a Noise Ordinance Violation. Larceny from Building, 300 block N. Washington St. On Jan. 10, an unknown suspect stole various personal items from the victim. Panhandling, 1000 block E. Broad St. On Jan. 10, a male, 52, of Stafford, was arrested and released on summons for Panhandling.
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Mason Girls Hoops Team Tops William Monroe High School by Matt Delaney
Falls Church News-Press
On a night that saw the Bull Run District’s top two teams clash, George Mason High School’s girls varsity basketball team emerged victorious over William Monroe High School 53-47 on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Mason and Monroe held 3-0 records in the conference entering the game. With first place in the district at stake, both sides made it clear how important a win would be with their intense play throughout. However, the Mustangs proved to be just a bit hungrier and were able to take control of the game thanks to their growing camaraderie. “They’re definitely becoming more of a team,” head coach Michael Gilroy said. “I told them before the game that from the start of try-outs until now....It’s become more cohesive. People who didn’t talk to each other have become friends and you can see people clicking who didn’t know each other before the season started, so just those little things outside of basketball you can really see the team coming together.” The sense of unity was evident
as everyone was getting into the mix to make contributions. Nine players recorded a field goal while the defense as a whole employed a little trickery to keep Monroe’s versatile freshman forward Samantha Brunelle uncomfortable. It was a tall order for the Mustangs, but they pulled through when it mattered most. “We were trying to make it look like three girls were guarding her at all times,” Gilroy said. “We didn’t do a good job. She got to the line endlessly, she got open looks. She’s a tough kid. We knew she was gonna get a lot of buckets off offense rebounds and put-backs. And that’s what she did, but I thought we did a pretty good job, especially at the end of the game.” Brunelle, standing around 6’3, got her share of points but was held in check by sophomore guard Isabella Ashton, thanks to her reach and aggressive approach on defense. “Bella’s very active,” Gilroy said. “We don’t have anyone that can guard [Brunelle] straight-up, man-to-man effectively, but I thought she was going to be our best bet because of her length and athleticism.” The game itself was a back
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MASON JUNIOR GUARD SARAH LUBNOW drives toward the basket during the Mustangs’ win over William Monroe High School on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Photo: Carol Sly) and forth affair. Both teams were knotted up at 10 points going into the second quarter and Mason nudged ahead slightly by halftime at 23-22. As has been the case nearly all season, Mason’s showing in the third quarter would come to define the tone and outcome of the game’s second act. This time the Mustangs’ better half made itself known. Monroe scored five points almost as fast as the quarter started – and that was it. Mason shortened the Dragons’ lead with free throws and then captured it for the remainder of the game
after a steal, lay-up and successful and-one free throw from sophomore guard Nicole Bloomgarden put them ahead 29-27 midway through the third quarter. Hindering Brunelle was the team’s top priority, but Mason needed to shine on offense as well. They accomplished that with a slower tempo that found some weak spots in the Dragons’ 3-2 zone. “It depends on the team,” Hirsch said. “But this team it did because we broke the press that way and [took] the time to make better decisions.” Bloomgarden had 19 points, Hirsch grabbed 14 rebounds and
junior guard Sarah Lubnow had six assists. Wins came in pairs as Mason followed up their defeat of Monroe with a 64-39 road win over Rappahannock County High School on Friday, Jan. 8. Hirsch had a big night scoring with 15 points while Bloomgarden followed close behind with 11 and sophomore guard Linnea Skotte had nine of her own. Madison County High School rolled through George Mason on Wednesday, Jan. 13, to take on the Mustangs, but results of the game were not available at press time.
Mustang Boys Basketball Team Sprints to 14-0 Record by Matt Delaney
Falls Church News-Press
George Mason High School’s varsity boys basketball team steamrolls through another Bull Run District opponent, defeating Rappahannock County High School 76-20 on Thursday, Jan. 7. Then they played Madison County High School on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and beat the Mountaineers 71-61, laying claim to a 14-0 overall record. A win is always well-received, but again the Mustangs failed to be challenged. In their past two games they’ve decimated opponents by a combined score of 14764. This isn’t news since the team went undefeated in the district and conference last season and have striven to continue that trend this year, but it didn’t help once the postseason began.
Regardless of that reality, the team has matured and they don’t take winning for granted the way they did last season when they were in an identical position. “That’s what happened last year, but this year’s a lot different,” senior guard Josh Allen said. “It feels like each game we’re not bored of winning by this much and last year we sort of got bored of it.” Head coach Chris Capannola, who conceded that these kind of games present a unique challenge since they don’t require his best as a coach, expounded on the difficulty of keeping his team in a competitive frame of mind as they deal with the same issue. “That’s the main thing [assistant coach] Jason [Millison] and I [emphasize]. You gotta play the next game,” Capannola said. “It’s cliché, but you can’t look at what you did, who you beat
by how much, [because] at some point someone’s gonna be even with you and someone’s gonna fight back.” Still, this is a savvy squad. They know last year’s early exit was a fluke and are intent on proving it. Both Allen and Capannola reflected that sentiment in their postgame comments. “When we know that we’re gonna beat a team we still know to go all out,” Allen said. “So that when we’re playing a tough team that’s going to be a close we still go all out.” “These guys are great at focusing, complete credit to them,” Capannola said. “They know they gotta practice hard, they gotta play hard every game. Once the score gets lopsided…then they’ve done their job….They really maintained focused for the first 13 games like champions.”
People must’ve expected Mason to mop the floor with the visiting Panthers since Mustang Gym’s typically reliable home stands were rather empty for last Thursday’s tip-off. And the game lived up to expectations. Mason jumped out to a 15-2 lead after eight consecutive points from Allen and never looked back. A 21-5 lead entering the second quarter allowed the reserves some brief playing time, but starters were inserted back in soon after and closed out the half up 41-12 after a lengthy scoring run. The Mustangs starters kept their foot on the gas for the third quarter, piling on another 21 points and ramping score up to 62-14. Reserves rounded out the final quarter by adding 14 points of their own and limited Rappahannock County to only six points them-
selves, preventing the Panthers from scoring double-digits in a single quarter all night. Not much can be taken from these blowouts that will help down the road, but Capannola acknowledged that it’s a good opportunity for some role reversal on the sideline. Bench players get some time on the court while the starters root them on, so everybody’s happy. Even with the feel-goodness that ensued after beating Rappahannock County, the team remains steadfast on what is left to be accomplished. “Keep winning, go undefeated,” Allen said. “There’s some better teams this year that’re gonna be better competition, so it’ll definitely feel good if we stay undefeated.” They face Clarke County High School at home tonight, Thursday, Jan. 14.
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F.C. Student Amy Grudier Awarded Scholarship Falls Church resident Amy Grudier, a nursing student at Cedarville University, was awarded the National Italian American Foundation’s Lido Civic Club Matching Scholarship recently. Scholarship awards range from $2,500 – $12,000 and are awarded to undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, medical and legal students. For more information, visit niaf.org/scholarships.
Local Alpha Phi Alphas Announce Scholarship The Zeta Upsilon Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. announced in a recent email to the News-Press that the application period has open for its 36th Annual Jewel Scholarship, which is being funded by the JoyceGillespie-Harrington Educational and Charitable Foundation, Inc. The $1,500 scholarship is awarded to 10 local students aspiring to pursue an undergraduate degree at an accredited college or university. The scholarship assists with tuition and other educational expenses. Students in Northern Virginia are eligible for the award. For over 36 years, the foundation has recognized and awarded certificates of achievement and scholarships to high achieving, socially and/or economically dis-
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Fair Winds, Mad Fox Help Fellow Brewer’s Fight Vs. Cancer Falls Church’s Casey Jones and his Lorton brewery, Fair Winds Brewing Company, have teamed up with 19 other local craft brewers to create a new beer to help a fellow brewer’s fight against cancer. Last Thursday, the brewers got together at Fair Winds to create Kerri’s Cure, a Belgian pale ale, a collaboration brew named for Forge Brewing Works brewerand-owner Matt Rose’s wife Kerri who is currently fighting stomach cancer. Kerri was diagnosed with stage IV adenocarcinoma last August while pregnant with the couple’s first child, Lance, who was born in September. The collaborating breweries will debut the special beer on Friday, January 29, at each of their respective locations throughout the region. City of Falls Church’s Mad
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Fox Brewing Company is one of the collaborators and will be tapping Kerri’s Cure this month along with Adroit Theory, Adventure Brewing, Bad Wolf, Caboose, Capitol City, Corcoran, Fair Winds, Forge Brew Works, Heritage, Lost Rhino, Ocelot, Old Bust Head, Old Ox, Ornery Beer Co., Port City, Pro Re Nata Brewery, Spencer Devon and Tin Cannon. All proceeds from the sale of Kerri’s Cure will go to Rose’s family to help aid in her treatment and recovery. In addition to sales of the beer, a GoFundMe page is also accepting donations for the Roses at gofundme.com/ daywalker.
Astro Debuts Cake Doughnuts at Falls Church Location So much for those resolutions. Falls Church’s Astro Doughnuts and Fried Chicken will debut made-to-order cake
Astro’s new cake doughnuts are now available at its Falls Church location. (Photo: Astro Doughnuts)
doughnuts starting today at its Falls Church location. The new doughnuts, made from scratch and served hot out of the fryer, will be available in four different flavors: cinnamon sugar, vanilla, maple bacon and Nutella with chocolate shavings. Cake doughnut prices will range from $2–2.65 each. In celebration of its new treats, Astro will be giving away free cake doughnuts to the first 100 customers at its Falls Church location Thursday. The doughnuts will be coming to Astro’s D.C. G Street location in the coming weeks. Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken 7511 Leesburg Pike | Falls Church astrodoughnuts.com
Mad Fox Brewing Company executive chef and “epic burger” guru Travis Weiss is leaving the Falls Church brew pub for a new position in Washington, D.C. Weiss, who took over the kitchen at Mad Fox in September of 2014, will be the new executive chef of Rebellion in Dupont Circle and director of culinary development for the restaurant’s parent group, Proof Hospitality. During his tenure at Mad Fox, Weiss cultivated the restaurant’s “Epic Burger Wednesday” promotion, creating more than 75 unique creations over that time, never repeating a burger. For his last epic burger, he brought back a crowd favorite, the Reuburgerchanga, a mashup of a burger, Reuben and chimichanga. In honor of his last burger at Mad Fox, the Reuburgerchanga will be served through the end of the day Thursday, Jan. 14, Weiss’s last day in the kitchen. And while Weiss’s epic burgers at Mad Fox will be no more, owner Bill Madden has assured the News-Press the weekly promotion will continue at the Falls Church brew pub. No replacement for Weiss has been announced at this time. Mad Fox Brewing Company 444 West Broad Street | Falls Church madfoxbrewing.com – Jody Fellows
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Raul Malo, a founding member and lead vocalist of The Mavericks, has been playing a few solo shows in between his group’s run of gigs to support their latest album MONO, which was released with Universal Music in February 2015. And he’ll be playing one of those solo gigs at The Birchmere on Wednesday, Jan. 27. “I’m just doing a couple of solo shows before we really get started….They’re fun for me and I get to try out new material,” Malo said. “And I get to try out new material, so that’s always a really good thing for me to be doing because [the shows] always help out, whether they inspire new songs or just new ways to sing old songs or trying out covers that you’ve never done before. There’s always something to learn from these gigs.” Malo said that the shows also help him determine which songs he writes will work better for his solo repertoire or work better for The Mavericks. He isn’t a stranger to making the distinction between solo and group songs – Malo began a career as a solo musician about 12 years into The Mavericks’ career as a group when he released Today in 2001. Malo’s solo career flourished in the decade following the release of Today, during which he released five albums and worked with the likes of Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and country singer K.T. Oslin. In 2004, Malo went solo full time as The Mavericks split up. He said that The Mavericks’ time apart (they reunited in 2012 and have been together ever since) was crucial to the evolution of the band. “I know we were all burnt out and we were just at a different point in our lives,” Malo said. “I had just had kids and I wanted to see them more in the crucial years of their lives. Now they’re grown and they’re teenagers and they don’t want to hang out with dad.
RAUL MALO (center, with guitar) performing with The Mavericks. (P����: P���� D�����) “But when they were little I wanted to spend as much time with them as I could and the touring schedule at the time was really just brutal and there was no end in sight. And it was a bit of a hamster wheel experience – all these people making money off you and you’re just a mule….It got exhausting and I was bored musically. I felt that we as a band said everything that we had to say.” During the break up, Malo said that he went on a musical journey. “I made all kinds of records and I worked with all kinds of people,” Malo said. “I worked with Peter Asher. I did a symphony record out in England. I went out to L.A. and recorded with a bunch of Cuban guys. And did all kinds of things and learned a lot about music, about studios, producing, arranging; I learned how to listen to music – I just learned a lot.”
So, he said, when the group reunited he was able to bring all of his solo experience back to the group to enhance what they do. And what The Mavericks have done since they got back together has been rewarded. The group’s first record after getting back together, In Time, released in 2013, was critically acclaimed, reached #8 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #38 on the Billboard 200. And now MONO is up for a Grammy in the Best Americana Album category and the single from album, “All Night Long,” is up for a Grammy in the Best American Roots Song category. “It’s obviously a thrill to be nominated,” Malo said. “But it’s also a huge honor. We’ve a got a lot of friends in that category and they’re all great artists. So to be in the thick of that is really amazing.” • For more information about The Mavericks, visit themavericksband.com.
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F.C.’s WebAmp Design Expands Its Services Falls Church-based WebAmp Design has expanded its services to now include big data, analytics, cloud and mobile services in addition to its website development service. WebAmp Design is owned and operated by local resident and artist Manuela Costescu. For more information, visit www.WebAmpDesign.com.
F.C. Chamber Hosting Networking Luncheon Jan. 19 The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting a networking luncheon on Tuesday, January 19 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Italian Café located at 7161 Lee Highway in Falls Church. The Chamber is a nonprofit organization that represents business interests in Falls Church and provides its members with networking and promotional opportunities to build their businesses. Tickets with advanced registration are $27 for members of the Chamber and $32 for nonmembers. An additional $5 is charged for walk-ins, should space be available. For more information about the luncheon or the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce, visit www. FallsChurchChamber.org.
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Community Events
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
Preschool Storytime. Stories, finger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday every week. This program is for ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. & 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. 1-on-1 Computer Tutoring. Receive personalized assistance using computers, Internet and e-books. Registration required. To schedule an appointment, stop by the reference desk or call 703-2485035. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 2 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5035. Author Talk and Cooking Demo. Washington, D.C.-based storyteller and chef Jonathan Bardzik will conduct a cooking demo and discussion about
Seasons to Taste: Farm Fresh Joy for Kitchen and Table. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington) Free. 6:30 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com. Middle School Book Club. Children in grades 6 – 8 will discuss The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. fallschurchva.org/Library.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
Author Talk. Law professor, humor writer and former law clerk Jay Wexler will discuss and sign Tuttle in the Balance, his debut novel about a U.S. Supreme Court justice having a midlife crisis. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington) Free. 7 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors offer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – noon. 703248-5077. Legislative Town Hall Meeting. Representatives Marcus Simon
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and Dick Saslaw will meet with their consituents at a town hall meeting. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. dicksaslaw.com. Writing Workshops with Eye Level Learning Center. Eye Level Learning Center of Falls Church will be hosting two hour-long writing workshops – one for children in grades K – 2 and another for children in grades 3 – 5. Registration is required and each workshop is limited to 20 participants. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 2 – 4 p.m. 703248-5034.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration. Peggy Wallace Kennedy, daughter of segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace, will give a talk called “A Walk to Redemption” as part of the McLean Community Center’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Dr., McLean). $10 – $20. 2 p.m. mcleancenter.org.
MONDAY, JANUARY 18
Library Closed. Mary Riley Styles Public Library will be closed for the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal
holiday. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). All day. 703-248-5034.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19
Senior Book Discussion. The senior book discussion group will be discussing Lila by Marilynne Robinson. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 703-248-5034. Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement, and stories for ages 18-36 months. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703248-5034. Paws to Read. Children in grades kindergarten – 6 can read with a canine companion. Space is limited to 15 participants. Tickets will be given out starting at 4:30 p.m. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 5 p.m. 703-248-5034.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
Bingo at the Library. Children in grades K – 5 can drop in to play bingo. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
“The Critic & The Real Inspector Hound.” Experience a madcap night of life in the theatre with two classic behind-the-scenes comedies, “The Critic” and “The Real Inspector Hound.” First, playwright and adaptor Jeffrey Hatcher (The Government Inspector) returns with a fresh take on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18thcentury romp “The Critic.” Then the laughs continue with Tom Stoppard’s absurdist tourde-farce, “The Real Inspector Hound.” Through Feb. 14. Shakespeare Theatre Company (450 7th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $44 – $92. 8 p.m. shakespearetheatre.org
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15
“Snow White.” Snow White is a beautiful young princess who lives with her jealous stepmother,
the Queen. When the Queen discovers that Snow White is truly “the fairest of them all,” she devises a plan to continue her reign permanently. After being banished to the woods, Snow White happens upon seven new friends who give her a place to call home. This musical adaptation of the classic fairytale is recommended for families and children ages 4 and older. Through Jan. 17. Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Road, Arlington). $10 – $15. 7:30 p.m. encorstageva. org.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16
“Bad Jews.” The night after their grandfather’s funeral, three cousins engage in a verbal battle royale over a family heirloom. In one corner is the unstoppable and self-assured force of “Super Jew” Daphna. In the other, the
immovable and entitled object of her secular cousin Liam. And in the middle is Liam’s brother Jonah, trying to stay out of the fray. Through Jan. 17. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $71. 2 p.m. studiotheatre.org.
“As You Like It.” All the world’s a stage for Synetic Theater’s 12th silent Shakespeare adaptation, “As You Like It.” The witty and resourceful Rosalind, along with her devoted cousin Celia, are forced to �lee their lives of luxury for an unfamiliar world – the bleak streets of a rusted urban wasteland. Their grim exile is transformed once Rosalind encounters the lovelorn Orlando, who fails to recognize the object of his affections in disguise. Through Jan. 17. Synetic Theater (1800 S Bell St., Arlington). $20 – $60. 8 p.m. synetictheater. org.
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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 P������ B� C���� ���� H������� R����� ��� W��� �� M����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 in advance; $20 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. H��� H��� ��������� T��� V������� � W���� W���������. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $39.50. 7:30 p.m. 703549-7500. H���� B�������� ���� T�� E������ ��� P��� P�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. B������ ���� S�� D���� V����. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $17 in advance; $21 day of the show. 7 p.m. 703237-0300. L����� C���� B��� ���� T�� I��� B���. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. 19�� S����� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. T���� S����. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
D�� � C����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. T�� F������� D�������� 20�� A���������� P����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
L������ ���� R��� F������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. F���’� B�������� O��������. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $22 – $27. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. JV P������ C���������� ��������� D��� C�� B�����. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. F������ DC. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance; $12 day of the show (Mainstage). 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. D�� F���. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.
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D������� �� C������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 12:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. JV P������ C���������� ��������� 40 D����� F��� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. P�������� M�� ���� P������� T����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 4:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. A����� O’D��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. B������ E������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $30. 6 p.m. 202265-0930. B���� �� ��� USA. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls
Church). $25. 7 p.m. 703-237-0300. S������� S������� H��������� F��������� S���. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 (Mainstage). 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. D������ S�������� ���� T�� D��������� ��� C���� C����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $15 in advance; $13 – $15 day of the show. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. D��� S������. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. T�� K����� ���� C�������� ��� S��� T�����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $18. 10 p.m. 202265-0930.
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J��� A���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. T�� 32�� A����� M��-A������� S��� C������ A����� G���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 in advance/for members; $14 day of the show. 5:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. N�������� G������� ���� S�������. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $52 in advance; $62 day of the show. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. N��� ���� J��� M������. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646. C����� P��� ���� T�� G��� A. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance; $12 day of the
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show (Backstage). 9:30 p.m. 202667-7960. D��� � T������ ��������� U���� N���. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35 in advance; $45 at the door. 10 p.m. 202-2650930.
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S������� A����� ���� B�����, D��� C���� ��� D����� H���������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. S��������� H�������� ���� N�������� ��� L��� H����. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19
A���� C�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $25. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. J������ ��� G���� ���� G��� H�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 in advance; $25 day of the show (Mainstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. M��� W����� ��� T�� B���� W�������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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A���� ��� W�� ���� T�� S�������, W��� L��� ��� D��� S�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
P������� A����... Saturday, January 23 – Open House: W&OD Master Plan – The City’s Greenest Street. Members of the community are invited to review and provide feedback
on the proposed master plan for the W&OD Trail. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 10 – 11:30 a.m. fallschurchva. gov/WODMasterPlan.
Saturday, February 6 – 9th Annual Chinese New Year Festival. The Asian Community Service Center will hosting an event featuring live performance including
dragon and lion dance, a Han Costume Fashion show, delicious Asian foods, writing Chinese names, language, craft and business booths, children world, and also a lunar new year dragon parade. Luther Jackson Middle School (3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church). Free. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. chinesenewyearfestival.org.
Sunday, January 31 – 5th Annual McLean Chocolate Festival. The Rotary Club of McLean is hosting this event featuring some of the finest chocolate in
Northern Virginia. McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean). Free. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. mcleanchocolatefestival.org.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
The following ordinances were given first reading on November 9, 2015 and December 14, 2015, respectively; second reading and public hearing are scheduled for Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. (TO15-14) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 “ZONING” TO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR CERTAIN USES NOW PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE B-1, B-2, B-3 AND M-1 DISTRICTS, SHIFT REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THOSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, ALLOW SECOND STORY BUSINESS SIGNS IN B DISTRICTS, AND REMOVE OBSOLETE CODE LANGUAGE (TO15-17) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 14, ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE V, OUTDOOR LIGHTING, TO DELETE STRINGS OF LIGHTS FROM PROHIBITED INSTALLATIONS The first amendment would require a special use permit for churches, schools, day care facilities, payday lenders and title loan companies in the B-1, B-2, and B-3 commercial districts, and, by reference, in the M-1industrial district. It would also allow businesses on second stories in B-districts to have signs, allow strings of lights outside
of merchandise sales areas, and update the reference to group homes to make it consistent with state law. The second amendment would amend City Code language to allow strings of lights as outlined in (TO15-14) Second reading and public hearing on the following item was deferred to Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. (TO15-13) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 “ZONING” OFFICE, MIXEDUSE, RETAIL AND BICYCLE PARKING, AND OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s office at (703-248-5014) or cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-2485014 (TTY 711). CELESTE HEATH CITY CLERK
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sion will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:45 PM in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 to consider the following: ORDINANCE TO15-13 ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 “ZONING” OFFICE, MIXED-USE, RETAIL AND BICYCLE PARKING, AND OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS This amendment would allow consideration of a reduced parking ratio for office and mixeduse development with approval of a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan, increase the minimum width of parking spaces from 8.5 feet to 9 feet, prohibit encroachments into required parking, permit conversion of some parking spaces to alternate uses, eliminate variances for parking, require a minimum of 4, or as follows, whichever is greater: Shortterm Office - 1/20,000 sq. ft. or portion thereof, Long-term - Office 1/6,000 sq. ft. or portion thereof; Short-term retail - 2/10,000 sq. ft. or portion thereof for the first 50,000 sq. ft. and 1 additional for every 12,500 sq. ft. or portion thereof, Long-term retail - 1/25,000 sq. ft. or portion thereof; Short-term multi-family - 1/50 units or portion thereof, Long-term multi-family – 1/ 2.5 units or portion thereof; Short-term hotel – 1/50 hotel rooms or portion thereof, Long-term hotel 1/10 hotel rooms or portion thereof, and other related provisions. ORDINANCE TO15-14 ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 “ZONING” TO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR CERTAIN USES NOW PERMITTED BY
RIGHT IN THE B-1, B-2, B-3 AND M-1 DISTRICTS, SHIFT REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THOSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, ALLOW SECOND STORY BUSINESS SIGNS IN B DISTRICTS, AND REMOVE OBSOLETE CODE LANGUAGE This amendment would require a special use permit for churches, schools, day care facilities, payday lenders and title loan companies in the B-1, B-2 and B-3 commercial districts, and, by reference, in the M-1 industrial district. It would also allow businesses on second stories in B districts to have signs, allow strings of lights outside of merchandise sales areas and update the reference to group homes to make it consistent with state law. ORDINANCE TO15-17 ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 14 “ENVIRONMENT,” ARTICLE V, OUTDOOR LIGHTING, TO DELETE STRINGS OF LIGHTS FROM PROHIBITED INSTALLATIONS Materials can also be viewed at the Planning Division, City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, Room 300W, Falls Church, VA. 22046, M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This meeting location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance by calling 703-248-5040 (TTY 711).
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on January 14, 2016 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, for consideration of the following subjects: New Business a. Election of officers; adoption of Rules of Procedure; adoption of 2016 meeting calendar. b. Approval of December meeting minutes. c. Discussion of remote electronic participation policy. Information on the above items is available at: Zoning Office 300 Park Avenue, Suite 300W Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1) zoning@fallschurchva.gov
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City Girds for Follow-On to the Blizzard of ‘96
McKeever Gets OK to Deal for Sale of F.C. City’s downtown Land to Centex
The region is bracing for a possible second massive snow storm in less than a week. Weather reports are calling for eight to 16 additional inches of snow and sleet beginning around midnight tonight and continuing into Friday. The community is still reeling from last Sunday’s and Monday’s near-record-breaking snowfall that dumped over 17 inches on the City, closing schools, government agencies, churches and most businesses.
Hailed as the first major step toward the realization of a new downtown City Center in the City of Falls Church, approval was given Monday to a letter or intent authorizing City Manager Dan McKeever to negotiate with the Texas-based Centex Homes, Inc., for the sale of City-owned land behind retail stores on the north side of the 100 block of West Broad St. The F.C. City Council gave the formal authorization in a unanimous vote.
Anne Crofton Tyson, McLean Resident, Dies at Age 86 Anne “Annie” Crofton Tyson (nee Gilbert) died in her home on Dec. 25, 2015 in McLean after a short illness. She was born April 5, 1929 in New York to her parents Albert and Julia Washington Gilbert. Anne received a B.A. in 1951 and an M.A. in Social Work from Howard University in 1953. She married Dr. James Noel Tyson in 1966, a professor of Pharmacology at Howard University. The Tysons lived in Washington, D.C. before build-
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Blair wrote in a letter of support for Bryan. “His skills in math and science, combined with his rapid acquisition of English, lead me to believe he has a bright future in college. I see nothing in the future other than academic and personal success for Bryan. I look forward to the day when he walks across the stage and receives his FBI credentials from me.” Bryan said that he feels that he’s adjusted well to his transition to living in Falls Church and that he likes that he gets to focus on helping to care for his sister, playing sports, volunteering and getting good grades, which he does. He earned all A’s and B’s during his first full school year in Falls Church. And he said he was inspired to become an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations because “he wants to make sure that there
ing their home in McLean in 1970, where they resided together for 44 years. Tyson began her professional career in the field of sociology as a Social Worker at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and later worked for John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She retired from the City of Washington, D.C. after 30 years of dedicated service. A devoted and loving wife, Tyson and her husband traveled the world, visiting all seven continents. She was an avid reader
who kept up with current events and was a lover of the arts. A favorite pastime throughout her life was playing the piano. She played a recital in Carnegie Hall in the 1950s. With the passing of her beloved husband in 2014, Anne is survived by her brother, Albert C. Gilbert and sisterin-law Iris Gilbert, Twinsburg, Ohio; three nephews Albert C. Gilbert III (Karen Gilbert), Oakland, Calif., Albert C. Gilbert IV, Oakland, Calif. and Richard Gilbert, Harrisburg, Pa.; one niece Brenda Gilbert, Las Vegas; two cousins – Jean Davis Washington, Lawrence, NJ and Jacqueline Robinson Waldstreicher, Wynnewood,
aren’t any bad people in this country and he wants to make sure that people are following the laws.” Which makes his predicament ironic. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency wants to deport him because they say he entered the country illegally, but he has career aspirations of upholding the law. But some arguments are being made by those representing undocumented immigrants that people like Bryan should be given Temporary Protected Status since conditions in the country prevent the immigrants from returning safely. As recently as October 2015, the U.S. Department of State has issued a travel warning for Honduras, saying that “crime and violence are serious problems throughout the country.” According to statistics from the Honduran Observatory on National Violence, the homicide rate in the country in 2014 was 66 homicides per 100,000 people. The same year, there were 4.5
homicides per 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations. This reality was more concrete for Bryan. He said that, when he lived in Honduras, he worried about the violence in the country “many, many times.” When she spoke to the NewsPress, Núñez made a different argument on Bryan’s behalf. She said that Byran should not be a deportation priority because he is an upstanding member of the community and has been reunited with his family. “The President did issue his priorities for removal [Nov. 20, 2014]….The President has previously said that our focus is going to be felons, not families,” Núñez said. “And we think that Bryan is in that families category because he has no criminal record, he’s a really good kid, so personally we don’t think that he falls into their priorities for removal.” Bryan said that he is scared that he might have to return to Honduras. He said that he has told
THIS IS OLIE, a Cockapoo who served as Diann Bullock’s companion for 15 years before passing away on Dec. 3, 2015. Olie lived his entire life in Falls Church City, first on Madison Lane and then in the Lee Square Apartments. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com. Pa. and relatives by marriage Erinn M. Wilkerson, Jermaine and Aaron Wilkerson, NY. Preceding her in death were niece and nephew Walda Ann Gilbert and Charles Arthur
Gilbert. Tyson will be buried on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at the National Memorial Park and King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church.
some of his friends about the situation, but not all of them know. If he was forced to return, he said that he would likely have to care for his grandparents instead of them being able to care for him. Núñez, translating for Bryan at times when he spoke to the NewsPress, said that “He said he would feel bad – and mind you this is a minor trying to explain some very complex emotions. So the way he describes it he said, ‘I would feel bad because I wouldn’t be with my parents anymore and my
grandparents are sick in Honduras and I wouldn’t have anyone to take care of me.’” In Falls Church, Bryan has found community in addition to being reunited with his family. According to Nuñez, Bryan said that “he feels really happy about” all of the support he has received from members of the community. “So many people are supporting him and want him to stay here and have a good future,” Núñez said. “He feels really great about that.”
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