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Inside This Week F.C. Winter Farmers Market Starts Saturday The Falls Church Farmers Market kicks off its shorter, winter hours this Saturday and the City announced that 38 vendors have signed on through March, including two new purveyors. See News Briefs, page 8
Mason Boys Basketball Takes 3rd in Tourney George Mason High School’s varsity boys basketball team pulled off a thrilling third place finish in the seventh annual Joe Cascio Holiday Classic at Falls Church High School over the holiday break.
F.C. Council, School Board Tilt To Phased Plan for New High School Bring on the New Year!
Spreading Costs May Ease Worries About Tax Impact
by Nicholas F. Benton
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another five years after that. But officials at City Hall told the News-Press Tuesday that the paving effort was simply part of the negotiating process, and that Mill Creek Residential, which is handling the negotiations for the control of the property, is “on top of it.” Yesterday, Amirali Nasserian of Mill Creek told the News-Press
Tuesday’s latest joint meeting of the Falls Church City Council and School Board saw a demonstrable tilt in sentiments toward a phased renovation and construction of the City’s George Mason High School. This approach would enable immediate needs to be met quicker and provide enough new renovation and development activity to carry the school through the next 10 years, plus an upfront cost to taxpayers of less than half what a full new project would cost. With more data now being sought for this option, the two bodies are expected to meet together again before the end of this month to begin making key decisions that will allow the lead times necessary for a referendum to be prepared for the November ballot. While most members of the two bodies wanted to keep the option for construction of a completely new high school on the table for the time being, at a rising cost now at $117 million, there was a lot of attention paid to the phased approach. School Board member Phil Reitinger stated that he doubted there is enough of an appetite for the tax impact of an all-new high school this year, but that a phased approach that would see to the school’s expected rising enrollment up to 1,200 students (with stretching, its capacity is 876 now) carry it through 2025 at a cost of $53 million. This would optimize flexibility and enable the City to retire two major debt obligations in 2022 and 2026, meaning that
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See Sports, page 18
David Brooks: Snapchat Presidency
Normal leaders come up with policy proposals in a certain conventional way. They gather their advisers around them and they debate alternatives. President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t do that. See page 14
Press Pass with The Michael Clem Band Michael Clem moved away from Northern Virginia nearly a decade ago, but he hasn’t been a stranger since relocating to Charlottesville in 2008. And he’ll be coming back to his old hometown this Saturday for a special birthday show at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. See page 25
RINGING IN 2017 IN THE CITY of Falls Church, hundreds of revelers gathered for the Little City’s annual Watch Night celebration last Saturday night filled with live bands, karaoke, rides and more. See more Watch Night photos, page 13. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen)
What’s Up With the Paving Of 7-Eleven Lot on N. West? by Nicholas F. Benton
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Food & Dining......23 Business News....27 Classified Ads......28 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword ..........29 Critter Corner.......30
Rumors and online noise and excitement was generated last week when an asphalt paving company was observed working on the parking lot of the busy 7-Eleven store by the intersection of W. Broad and N. West Streets. As the location is one of those that is slated to be vacated to make way for the 4.3-acre Mason
Row project, the paving effort caused some buzz in town speculating about whether or not the parent company of 7-Eleven, the Seven and I Holdings Company of Irving, Texas, would fight to hold onto its current site, sending the Mason Row plans into disarray. Unconfirmed reports are that the company has an option to extend its lease on the location, owned by John Shreve, another five years, with an option to stay
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THE 7-ELEVEN near West and Broad streets in Falls Church had its lot freshly repaved last week. (P����: N���-P����)
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in an exclusive interview that “if we had any doubts about moving ahead with this project, I would not be driving to Falls Church tonight.” The Mason Row team was scheduled to appear before the Falls Church Architectural Advisory Board with its site plan. He suggested the paving of the 7-Eleven lot was simply required as a condition of the existing lease with Shreve. Indeed, according to NewsPress reports, a condition of the extension of the lease was the maintenance of the property, and the lot, which also serves Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae next door, was clearly in significant disrepair. Shaping up the lot to qualify for the option to extend the lease may have been required simply to prevent an immediate void of the lease. The paving effort, which made for quite a scene at the location last week, underscored the many moving parts there have been, and will continue to be, in the effort to press ahead with the large-scale Mason Row project that promises a hotel, a multiplex movie theater, residential rental units, an open town plaza and substantial retail, including at least two restaurants. So far, none of the small businesses that are on the land that is being assembled for the project have been forced to close, and their relocation efforts have been impressive, with Bikenetic, Mike’s Deli and most recently, the Panjshir restaurant in the process of all landing on their feet in other nearby locations in Falls Church. What’s not clear is what the 7-Eleven at that location will do, however. Unconfirmed reports are
that its parent company has been in talks with the owners of the vacated custom cabinetry store diagonally across the Broad and West intersection from its current location. With over 53,000 locations worldwide already, and plans to add at least another 1,000 in the U.S. in the next year, according to its website, the U.S. 7-Eleven’s parent company, which grew out of the bankruptcy of the Southland Corporation in the early 1990s, may or may not be seeking anything more than the holding onto its current location for as long as it can before making way for Mason Row. The 7-Eleven location in question is one of three in the 2.2 square miles of the City of Falls Church, the other two being on S. Washington St. (Route 29). All three have been in operation as “24/7” businesses for over 30 years at their current locations here. According to sources at City Hall, the Mason Row developers have been pursuing this project since 2011 and have moved forward, winning unanimous approval from the City Council for its special exceptions a year ago and subsequent expenditures of very substantial sums for the submission of its site plan, which happened in November, with confidence that all the elements required for it have or are about to be secured. That includes options for the movie theater company and the hotelier. That suggests that the paving was simply to avert an immediate termination of the existing lease. But whatever the case may be, patrons are now finding it a lot smoother to drive up to the 7-Eleven and Mike’s Deli.
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taking on the new debt for the school might be done with far less of a tax rate increase, if any. Among the issues still seeking resolution is the impact that allowing high density economic development on a portion of the site will have in terms of revenues offsetting the cost of the school construction. “There is a lot of value associated with economic development on this site,” said Mayor David Tarter, which if done right, he said, could also contribute to the City’s “sense of place.” The City’s Chief Planner Jim Snyder, who will be launching a visionary “small area plan” for the economic development on the site next month, said that a mixed use approach with a dense 2.5 or higher floor-to-area ratio (FAR) would be possible being as the location is “transit oriented,” located by the West Falls Church Metro station. Councilman Phil Duncan suggested developing a minimum of seven acres at a 3.0 FAR. Getting the economic development planning process going will be key to the potential
involvement of adjacent properties controlled by the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech Graduate Center and the acreage controlled by WMATA, said City Manager Wyatt Shields. Consultant Bob Jones of Arcata, who has been involved in other school projects in the City, said a phased approach would probably involve construction of a new high school wing on the opposite side of the Henderson Middle School from the current GMHS building first, then the renovation of half the existing building. He suggested that architectural consultants be brought in to draw up what that might look like, noting that a phased approach would be very complicated. Extensive and lengthy meetings of the Campus Process Working Group, a subgroup of both the Council and School Board, led by Michael Akin and Tim Wisniewski of the Link Strategic Partners, produced a complicated set of options that the two bodies were urged to pare down in their joint meeting Tuesday. The 10 options included only fixing critical issues now (such as the leaking roof and HVAC system)
and adding more temporary trailers, a total of 36 through 2029 at a cost of $19.8 million. It was an option quickly dismissed by everyone. Another option, the one most board members gravitated toward, called for phased additions at an initial cost of $43 million in 2021, $10 million in 2025 and $58 million in 2029, for a total of $111 million over 12 years. It would deliver an 80,000 square foot addition by 2021, an expansion of the Henderson Middle School by 2025 and a final 125,000 square foot addition by 2029. Three more options, at estimated costs of $65 million to $103 million, involved minimal renovations and additions to the current high school footprint, but leaving no space for commercial development to help deter the cost. These options were dismissed Tuesday night. Two final options involved partial demolition of the existing building and renovation of the other half at costs of $105 million to $114 million, respectively, and there were three options for an all new school in one swoop with costs ranging from $107 million to $117 million. These options remained on the table Tuesday night.
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As the new year breaks upon us, with the daunting challenges and opportunities it brings, there are some important things that folks in the City of Falls Church ought to keep in mind. Namely, that we have a lot more in common with one another, in terms of core values, than not. While across the Potomac, the deep and divisive divisions in the nation are beginning to play out anew, in Falls Church, this little but vibrant inside-the-D.C.-beltway burg, there are some shared moral and political convictions that an overwhelming majority of us share. The bottom line is that in the November 2016 election, only 17 percent of voters in the City, which once again accomplished the highest turnout of any jurisdiction in Virginia, cast their ballots for Donald Trump. That’s the lowest percentage, by far, for any major party presidential candidate in the almost 70 year history of the City. (It is also worth noting that, in this area, that result was not unique. Trump got an almost identical percentage in Arlington County, the City of Alexandria and the eastern parts of Fairfax County within Rep. Don Beyer’s 8th Congressional District. So maybe this area qualifies as a mini-California, especially when joined by the District of Columbia, which gave Trump significantly less than 10 percent.) There will be those who howl that recalling this is only sour grapes. But owning this result is very important for Falls Church, and its environs. It should help us treat each other more kindly and with greater respect because, in fact, we do share an affirmation of core democratic values that Trump seemed to so rudely dismiss in his campaign. In fact, this is another big election year in Falls Church. In November four out of the seven seats on the City Council and the School Board will be contested. Little is yet known of who will or won’t seek re-election. But on the Council, the seats currently held by David Snyder, currently serving a sixth four-year term, Dan Sze, currently serving a second term, Karen Oliver and Marybeth Connelly will be on the ballot. None of the four incumbents have yet said if they’ll seek re-election. On the School Board, the seats currently held by Michael Ankuma, John Lawrence, Margaret Ward and Lawrence Webb will be on the ballot, and none of them have yet indicated if they’ll seek another term. As the Council and School Board together are moving toward major decisions about the renovation and/or construction of a new George Mason High School and face the daunting task of seeking voter approval in a November referendum for whatever path they decide to take, the prospects of their own elections challenges loom large even now. They will likewise figure in the annual City and school operating budget deliberations between now and May. It will be vital with all this coming that every citizen examine the values that so many of us in this community share.
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Editor, Your admittedly unscientific poll says that city leaders are out of touch with city taxpayers, the latter of whom, at a rate of 52 percent so far, say the tax rate is the most important issue. These issues are inseparable, of course. However, a fair interpretation, if that percentage is truly representative city-wide, is that taxpayers are telling the Council to look first at what we can afford with a tax rate
that is not unfairly burdensome (as 15 cents-plus over three years would be) and only then make informed decisions from that vantage point. This will be a radical departure from their usual let’s-build-aschool-now-how-can-we-pay-forit approach, but common sense, fair tax policy and responsible government demand it. Linda Neighborgall Via the Internet
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Methodical preparations are certainly key to the success of pending Capital Improvement Program projects (library, city hall and schools). However, proposals for higher taxes and higher reserves are too narrowly focused on borrowing capacity. What other steps should we take? Here are several aimed to help our projects succeed in a more timely and tax-neutral way. They focus on bringing Fairfax County, UVA, Virginia Tech and Metro into the effort, using longer-term bonds on all upcoming projects, an early start on commercial use, a program-oriented and phased approach to schools, and a more predictable annual operating budget. 1. Identify the area most desirable for commercial use and take steps to free it for such use ASAP. 2. Identify portions of George Mason that are most ripe for demolition, taking account of structural factors but also potential future use for schools, commercial use or parking. 3. Engage right away with neighborhood associations adjacent to the Campus Project site; don’t wait until a later phase as we did with Mount Daniel. 4. Seek agreements with the universities for use of classrooms and parking space. Also, assess availability of office space that could accommodate classes, and compare costs for shifting classes to such offices
with costs for space at the grad center. 5. Avoid temporary fixes to George Mason’s roof and HVAC. Order off-site construction of roughly $8 million in modular classrooms and deliver ASAP to a part of the
“Identify the area most desirable for commercial use and take steps to free it for such use ASAP.” GM/MEH site now vacant or set for demolition and not identified for commercial use. 6. Move parking to accommodate commercial use and school demolition. Seek agreement with Metro for such parking. Assess availability of space at other locations, and then compare costs of shifting parking to such spaces with costs for space at Metro and the grad center. 7. Task a diverse committee with creating a positive vision for future school programs, eyeing more technology, dual enrollment, sharing of spaces among educators, learning outside the traditional school calendar, career-oriented classes at businesses, and emphasis on STEAM disciplines. Set delivery of the committee’s report so revised
building specs can get to bidders several weeks before their bid submission deadline. 9. Shift policy to use 30-year level payment bonds for all projects – city hall, library, and schools. 10. Shift policy to let reserves pay for all projects’ debt service. 11. Adopt policy to encourage private owners to donate or sell their land for public use, so we gain land elsewhere to offset land put to commercial use at the campus site. 12. Adopt policy for a transportation surtax on commercial properties, similar to surtaxes already imposed by our neighbor counties. We may choose not to impose it, but without a policy we obtain no bargaining leverage. Our neighbors relieve tax burden on residents and do not discourage business. 13. Wherever feasible, use modular buildings, constructed mostly off-site, to reduce disruption to schools and commercial development. Alexandria has had success with this at Polk Elementary. 14. Assess to what extent user fees could cover costs of an aquatics component. 15. Adopt a joint schools/city agreement for five years that targets a two-percent annual operating increase, adjusted up or down for such factors as school enrollment, benefit costs, competitive pay, business cycle shifts, and Metro costs. In several cases, these are initial steps that can lead to lower costs or higher commercial value. Requests for alternative parking, for example, could lead to earlier
commercial use on our property as well as development beyond parking at the universities and Metro. While these leave uncertainty about the magnitude of the lower costs or commercial gains, they also show it is now too soon to push taxes higher to bolster borrowing capacity. Moreover, delays inherent in our process make higher taxes now premature and perhaps counterproductive. The delay due to holding a referendum, for example, would push major construction into FY19 or later, and so delay the need to add bond issues as well. Likewise, the delay in starting commercial use (even if shortened by success on the phasing and parking steps I’ve outlined) could mean that the value of such use won’t be known for several years. What is certain is that higher taxes would deter commercial growth throughout the city and tend to depress the value of any commercial use at the campus site. Consequently, while it has been useful to draft changes in financial policy that would boost borrowing capacity, no action should be taken to implement such changes for FY18 (and perhaps several more years) until the scale of the public costs and private offsets comes more clearly into view. With more than 20 percent of budget already in reserves, no hike in taxes or reserves is needed at least until we see how these other steps work out. Kieran Sharpe is a former member of the Falls Church City School Board.
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In a release from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), drivers in northern Virginia are urged to prepare for rush hour commutes to be impacted by snow Thursday evening and Friday morning. VDOT reports that road crews are conducting anti-icing activities today and tomorrow. Crews will stage along roads prior to the storm and will treat roads with salt and sand as needed once the storm begins Thursday afternoon. They will plow in areas where and if snow totals reach two inches, and will remain on duty throughout the course of the storm. Other tips include: Adjust commutes to avoid driving during the storm and factor in additional travel time, continue to check weather forecasts, as storm timing and intensity can change (pavement temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight and remain low through the weekend), do not overdrive conditions; reduce speeds and use headlights, be patient, remember that many fellow drivers are not comfortable driving in adverse weather conditions, take it slow on bridges, ramps, and overpasses, and other known trouble spots, ensure gas tanks and windshield wiper fluid tanks are full.
‘DMV 2 Go’ at F.C. City Hall This Friday Falls Church Commissioner of the Revenue Tom Clinton has announced that the fullservice “DMV 2 Go” bus will be in front of City Hall (330 Park Ave.) on Friday, January 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The accessible office provides all DMV transactions including applying for and renewing driver’s licenses; obtaining ID cards (including photos) and Virginia’s veterans ID cards; taking road and knowledge tests; obtaining copies of driving records; obtaining vehicle titles, license plates, decals, and transcripts; ordering disabled parking placards or plates; updating an address after a move for DMV and voter registration; and more. Customers should be prepared with the required documents to complete transactions.
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Claire Guthrie Gastañana, executive director of the Virginia American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a statement today concerning her organization’s “strong opposition” to House Bill 1612, proposed by Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas). She stated, “HB1612 is about invading privacy, not protecting it. Among other things, this bill would require anyone who wants to avoid harassment or an interaction with a government official to carry a copy of their birth certificate on their person anywhere they may need to use a restroom on state property. Transgender people need and deserve privacy, too. Their privacy includes being able to use restrooms that conform with their gender identity without confrontation or hassle. We already have criminal laws on the books that protect everyone from violations of their persons and privacy while in public restrooms. This bill does nothing to protect anyone and only serves to invite public attacks on people using restrooms who do not conform to someone’s expectations of what a person of a particular sex or gender looks like. We already have laws on the books that protect parental interests, including the federal law that assures that every parent has access to the school records of their minor children. We would have hoped that Virginia legislators would have learned valuable economic and civil rights lessons from their colleagues in North Carolina, but certain lawmakers seem committed to taking the Commonwealth down the wrong path.”
New Hours for F.C. Winter Farmers Market Running Through March The City of Falls Church Farmers Market kicks off its shorter, winter season hours this Saturday. Through March, the market now opens an hour later at 9 a.m. and runs until noon. The City announced that 38 vendors have signed on for the new winter season market including two new purveyors: Little Wicomico Oyster Company from Heathsville, Va. will offer up fresh Chesapeake Bay oysters and Rita’s Crepes out of Bethesda will have both sweet and savory crepes. Returning vendors this winter include Atwater’s, Bees ‘n Blossoms, Black Rock Orchard, Blue Ridge Dairy, Bonaparte Breads, BorekG, Bread House, Cavanna Pasta, Inc., Chase Your Tail Bakery, Chris’ Marketplace, Cibola Farms, Clear Spring Creamery, Cold Country Salmon, Cold Pantry Foods, Country Gardens, Endless Summer Harvest, Fields of Grace Farm, Flower of the Forest Farm, Fresh Crunch Pickles, Gina’s Pacific Jam & Jellies, Grace’s Pastries, Greek SuperFoods, Greenheart Juice Shop, Homestead Farm, Honey Brook Farms, The Mushroom Stand / Mother Earth Organic Mushroom, North Gate Vineyard, Number 1 Sons, Oak Lane Soapworks, Penn Farm, Rita’s Crepes, Sexy Vegie, Spring Valley Farm & Orchard, Stachowski Brand Charcuterie, Sunnyside Farm and Orchards, Toigo Orchards and Valentine’s Country Bakery & Meats. The Falls Church Farmers Market is located at 300 Park Ave. in Falls Church.
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Community News & Notes Temple Rodef Shalom Hosts Empowerment Forum Women of Temple Rodef Shalom are presenting an empowerment forum called Jewish Women: Moving Forward in 2017 and Beyond on Sunday, Jan. 22 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the temple at 2100 Westmoreland Street. The forum will feature opportunities for women to reflect and embrace Jewish values and learn what action they can take on issues such as health care, pay equity, climate change, racial justice and more. “Through direct service, social activism, and philanthropy, we can find ways to use our strength, compassion, and resources for positive social change,” said the invitation to the forum. Admission to the forum is free, but those who plan to attend can register for the event at trswomensempowerment17.
eventbrite.com. For more information, email Karen Menichelli at karenm@menidavis.com or Malinda Zimmerman at malindaz85@gmail.com.
F.C. Recreation & Parks Class Registration Opens Registration for the City of Falls Church’s Recreation and Parks Department’s classes opened on Tuesday, Jan. 3 for City residents and opens on Tuesday, Jan. 10 for non-City residents, according to a press release from the City of Falls Church. New programs include a physical education program for preschoolers, a Victorian tea party and calligraphy. Classic classes, like those focused on art, dance, fitness and technology, will also be offered. Phone registration for these classes began on Wednesday, Jan. 4 for City residents and
begins on Wednesday, Jan. 11 for non-City residents. Registering for classes and programs early helps prevent them from being cancelled. The Recreation and Parks Department’s Winter/Spring Brochure can be found at the Falls Church Community Center or at fallschurchva.gov/ Recreation. For more information, email recreation@fallschurchva. gov or call 703-248-5027.
City of F.C. Offers Free Christmas Tree Collection The City of Falls Church is offering free Christmas tree collection on Wednesdays in January and February, except for on Cityobserved holidays. City residents can place their tree at the curb in front of their house. Doing so during the first two weeks in January will ensure speedy collection, according to a
RESIDENTS OF THE Mount Daniel-Ellison Heights neighborhood gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony and “stock the box” for their community’s new “Little Free Library” on Sunday, Dec. 18. The library is now filled with donated books, which neighbors and passersby are welcome to browse and borrow at no cost. The newest Little Free Library, located in the 600 block of N. Oak Street, is the sixth chartered Little Free Library in the 22046 zip code. (Photo: Courtesy of Peter Oppenheimer)
press release from the City of Falls Church. Those who want their tree collected should remove plastic bags, rope and all decorations, including tinsel, before placing their tree on the curb. Residents who live in apartments and condominiums that receive private trash and recycling service may recycle trees by taking them to the brush collection area at the Fairfax County Citizens’ Disposal and Recycling Facility, located at 4618 W. Ox Road, Fairfax. For more information, call 703-2485160.
F.C. Teens Volunteer at Mary Riley Styles Public Library The Mary Riley Styles Public Library is hosting two events where local teenagers can gain volunteer experience and community service hours on Thursday, Jan.
5. The first event is a Volunteer Orientation, which will be held from 6 – 6:30 p.m. Children ages 12 – 18 can learn about volunteer opportunities at the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to earn community service hours. Registration and a completed volunteer application are required of all of those who attend. From 7 – 7:30 p.m., the library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet. The board consists of children in grades 7 – 12 and meets bimonthly during the school year to give teens a voice in the library. This month, the board will be planning a spring teen program. Teens who serve on the board earn volunteer hours. Registration is required. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/672/ Teen-Volunteers or fallschurchva. gov/Library. To register, call 703248-5030.
THE KENSINGTON FALLS CHURCH held its first event in the new building at 700 W. Broad Street on Friday, Dec. 23. The event was attended by Falls Church City Mayor David Tarter, City Councilmembers Phil Duncan and Letty Hardi and several other City notables including sponsors of the Watch Night New Year’s Eve celebration. The event was catered by Boulevard Cafe Catering. The assisted living residence company is opening its doors in 2017 and recently held an event to welcome some of its new residents. (Photo: Gary Mester)
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Local Children Can Learn to Care for Wild Animals
Gulf Branch Nature Center & Park, located at 3608 N. Military Road, Arlington, is giving local children between the ages 10 – 13 a chance to care for wild animals with its Keeping Mini-Beasts! program. The threemonth program starts on Friday, Jan. 6 from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Children will gather at the nature center to learn about how to care for a new animal each month and then take home that animal to care for it for a month. After a month, they return to the nature center to learn about a new animal and continue the cycle. The first animal that children will learn about and care for are leeches. The program will conclude in the spring with tadpoles. The registration fee for the program is $30, which will cover all three sessions and everything the children need to care for their animals throughout the sessions. For more information, call 703228-3403.
‘A Little Princess’ Continues Encore Stage & Studio Season Encore Stage & Studio’s 2016-17 season will pick back up with “A Little Princess,” which opens on Friday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, located at 125 S. Old Glebe Road, Arlington. In the play, Sara Crewe, a young heiress to a diamond mine fortune, leaves her home and father in India to go to school at Miss Michin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London. When adversity strikes, Sara’s imaginative powers come to the rescue, transforming a drab institution into a place of magic and mystery. The show is recommended for children ages four and up. The play is based on the classic novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The
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novel was adapted for stage by Vera Morris with music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur. Tickets for the play, which runs through Sunday, Jan. 15, are $10 for children, students, military and seniors and $15 for adults. The shows will run on Fridays at 7:30 p.m., on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and on Sundays at 3 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit encorestageva.org.
Info Sessions for Local Seniors Starts on Jan. 25 Mary Riley Styles Pubic Library is hosting a series of information sessions for local seniors to learn financial strategies to move forward with in life. The series starts on Wednesday, Jan. 25 with an event called Social Security: Your Questions Answered, which will be held in the library’s conference room from 7 – 8:30 p.m. At the event, seniors can learn social security claiming strategies and ask questions in general about how social security effects finances. Albert Wu, a financial advisor with Edward Jones, will lead the free discussion. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the library will host an event called Retirement: What Happens After the Paychecks Stop? from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in the library’s conference room. Wu will also lead this discussion, which will be about learning strategies to prepare financially for retirement. Registration is required for all events in this series. To reserve a spot, stop by the library’s reference desk or call 703-2485035. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov.
Thomas Jefferson Library Creates New Book Club Thomas Jefferson Library, located at 7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, has created a new book club called Flashlight
2 NEW MEMBERS of the Falls Church Planning Commission – Tim Stevens (left) and Brent Krasner (right) – joined the soon-to-be voted new chair of the board, Russ Wodiska (second from right) and board member Lindy Hockenberry prior to their meeting Tuesday night. In addition to the election of Wodiska, Andy Rankin was elected vice chair. (P����: N���-P����) Readers Too for children ages 8 – 12. The first meeting of the book club is Monday, Jan. 9 from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. The book that will be discussed at the book club is Jeremy Thacher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville. Organizers of the book club ask that those who participate read the book before the club’s meeting. Copies of the book are available at the information desk at the library. Registration is required. For more information, call 703-573-1060.
10th Annual Chinese New Year Festival Slated for Jan. 14 Falls Church’s Asian Community Service Center is hosting its 10th Annual Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, located at 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church. At the festival, there will be cultural live performances including dragon and lion dances, a Han Costume Fashion Show, Asian
foods, Chinese name writing, language, craft and business booths, a children’s world and a lunar new year dragon parade. Admission to the event is free. If schools have to close because of inclement weather, the event will be held on Saturday, Jan. 28. 2017 is the year of the rooster and the Asian Community Service Center will promote truth as the main topic. For more information, call Tiny at 703-868-1509, email contact@AsianServiceCenter.org or visit ChineseNewYearFestival.org.
McLean Community Players Prepare to Open ‘Company’ The McLean Community Players are presenting George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s ground-breaking musical “Company” as the next production in its 2016-17 season. “Company” opens on Friday, Feb. 3 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 19 at The Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.
After its Broadway debut in 1970, “Company” was nominated for fourteen Tony Awards and won six. Sharon Veselic, the director of the McLean Community Players’ production, leads an award-winning cast and crew in bringing this production to the Alden stage. “This is a new ‘Company’ that will take the ‘60s mannequin characterizations, and bring them into the present time. Every show evolves, changes, adapts and recreates itself within the original script,” Veselic said. “The time period will remain, but the characters are now more thoughtful, sensitive and searching within. In this production, the goal is to give the audience a ‘thinking’ cast of New Yorkers – not the version of the hard, unlikable, bitter characters of the past.” Tickets for the show are $23 – $25. The show will run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit mcleanplayers.org.
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Little City Rings in 2017 at F.C.’s Watch Night
IT WAS UNSEASONABLY WARM on New Year’s Eve in the City of Falls Church, which made the warmth of the Watch Night festivities veritably glow, all the way through the countdown to midnight and the lowering of the historic Falls Church star that once adorned the top of the now long gone water tower in the City. (Photos: J. Michael Whalen, Star Photo: Carol Sly)
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Snapchat Presidency
Normal leaders come up with policy proposals in a certain conventional way. They gather their advisers around them and they debate alternatives — with briefing papers, intelligence briefings and implementation strategies. President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t do that. He’s tweeted out policy gestures in recent weeks, say about the future of the United States’ nuclear arsenal. But these gestures aren’t attached to anything. They emerged from no analytic process and point to no implemental effects. Trump’s statements seem to spring spontaneously from his middle-of night-feelings. They are astoundingly ambiguous and defy interpretation. Normal leaders serve an office. They understand that the president isn’t a lone monarch. He is the temporary occupant of a powerful public post. He’s the top piece of a big system, and his ability to create NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE change depends on his ability to leverage and mobilize the system. His statements are carefully parsed around the world because presidential shifts in verbal emphasis are not personal shifts; they are national shifts that signal changes in a superpower’s actual behavior. Donald Trump doesn’t think in that way, either. He is anti-system. As my “PBS NewsHour” colleague Mark Shields points out, he has no experience being accountable to anybody, to a board of directors or an owner. As president-elect, he has not begun attaching himself to the system of governance he’ll soon oversee. If anything, Trump is detaching himself. In a very public way, he’s detached himself from the intelligence community that normally serves as the president’s eyes and ears. He’s talked about not really moving to the White House, the nerve center of the executive branch. He’s sided with a foreign leader, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, against his own governmental structures. Finally, normal leaders promulgate policies. They measure their days by how they propose and champion actions and legislation. Trump doesn’t think in this way, either. He is a creature of the parts of TV and media where display is an end in itself. He is not really interested in power; his entire life has been about winning attention and status to build the Trump image for low-class prestige. The posture is the product. When Trump issues a statement, it may look superficially like a policy statement, but it’s usually just a symbolic assault in some dominancesubmission male rivalry game. It’s trash-talking against a rival, President Barack Obama, or a media critic like CNN. Trump may be bashing Obama on Russia or the Mideast, but it’s not because he has implementable policies in those realms. The primary thing is bashing enemies. Over the past weeks, we’ve treated the president-elect’s comments as normal policy statements uttered by a normal president-elect. Each time he says or tweets something, squads of experts leap into action, trying to interpret what he could have meant, or how his intention could lead to changes in U.S. policy. But this is probably the wrong way to read Trump. He is more postmodern. He does not operate by an if-then logic. His mode is not decision, implementation, consequence. His statements should probably be treated less like policy declarations and more like Snapchat. They exist to win attention at the moment, but then they disappear. To read Trump correctly, it’s probably best to dig up old French deconstructionists like Jean Baudrillard, who treated words not as things that have meanings in themselves but as displays in an oppositional power struggle. Trump is not a national leader; he is a national show. If this is all true, it could be that the governing Trump will be a White House holograph. When it comes to the substance of actual governance, it could be that President Trump is the man who isn’t there. The crucial question of the Trump administration could be: Who will fill the void left by a leader who is all facade? It could be the senior staff. Trump will spew out a stream of ambiguous tweets, then the hypermacho tough guys Trump has selected will battle viciously with one another to determine which way the administration will really go. It could be congressional Republicans. They have an off-the-shelf agenda they are hoping that figurehead Trump will sign, though it has nothing to do with the issues that drove the presidential campaign. It could be the permanent bureaucracy, which has an impressive passive-aggressive ability to let the politicians have their news conference fun and then ignore everything that’s “decided.” I’ll be curious to see if Trump’s public rhetoric becomes operationalized in any way. For example, I bet his bromance with Putin will end badly. The two men are both such blustery, insecure, aggressive public posturers; sooner or later, they will get in a schoolyard fight. It will be interesting to see if that brawl is just an escalating but ultimately harmless volley of verbiage, or whether it affects the substance of government policy and leads to nuclear war.
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America Becomes a Stan In 2015 the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, was graced with a new public monument: a giant gold-plated sculpture portraying the country’s president on horseback. This may strike you as a bit excessive. But cults of personality are actually the norm in the “stans,” the Central Asian countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union, all of which are ruled by strongmen who surround themselves with tiny cliques of wealthy crony capitalists. Americans used to find the antics of these regimes, with their tinpot dictators, funny. But who’s laughing now? We are, after all, about to hand over power to a man who has spent his whole NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE adult life trying to build a cult of personality around himself; remember, his “charitable” foundation spent a lot of money buying a 6-foot portrait of its founder. Meanwhile, one look at his Twitter account is enough to show that victory has done nothing to slake his thirst for ego gratification. So we can expect lots of self-aggrandizement once he’s in office. I don’t think it will go as far as gold-plated statues, but really, who knows? Meanwhile, with only a couple of weeks until Inauguration Day, Donald Trump has done nothing substantive to reduce the unprecedented — or, as he famously wrote on Twitter, “unpresidented” — conflicts of interest created by his business empire. Pretty clearly, he never will — in fact, he’s already in effect using political office to enrich himself, with some of the most blatant examples involving foreign governments steering business to Trump hotels. This means that Trump will be in violation of the spirit, and arguably the letter, of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which bars gifts or profits from foreign leaders, the instant he recites the oath of office. But who’s going to hold him accountable? Some prominent Republicans are suggesting that, rather than enforcing the ethics laws, Congress should simply change them to accommodate the great man. And the corruption won’t be limited to the very top: The new administration seems set to bring blatant selfdealing into the center of our political system. Abraham Lincoln may have led a team of rivals; Donald Trump seems to be assembling a team of cronies, choosing billionaires with obvious, deep conflicts of interest for many key positions in his administration.
Paul Krugman
In short, America is rapidly turning into a stan. I know that many people are still trying to convince themselves that the incoming administration will govern normally, despite the obviously undemocratic instincts of the new commander in chief and the questionable legitimacy of the process that brought him to power. Some Trump apologists have even taken to declaring that we needn’t worry about corruption from the incoming clique, because rich men don’t need more money. Seriously. But let’s get real. Everything we know suggests that we’re entering an era of epic corruption and contempt for the rule of law, with no restraint whatsoever. How could this happen in a nation that has long prided itself as a role model for democracies everywhere? In a direct sense, Trump’s elevation was made possible by the FBI’s blatant intervention in the election, Russian subversion, and the supine news media that obligingly played up fake scandals while burying real ones on the back pages. But this debacle didn’t come out of nowhere. We’ve been on the road to stan-ism for a long time: an increasingly radical GOP, willing to do anything to gain and hold power, has been undermining our political culture for decades. People tend to forget how much of the 2016 playbook had been used in earlier years. Remember, the Clinton administration was besieged by constant accusations of corruption, dutifully hyped as major stories by the news media; not one of these alleged scandals turned out to involve any actual wrongdoing. Not incidentally, James Comey, the FBI director whose intervention almost surely swung the election, had previously worked for the Whitewater committee, which spent seven years obsessively investigating a failed land deal. People also tend to forget just how bad the administration of George W. Bush really was, and not just because it led America to war on false pretenses. There was also an upsurge in cronyism, with many key posts going to people with dubious qualifications but close political and/or business ties to top officials. Indeed, America botched the occupation of Iraq in part thanks to profiteering by politically connected businesses. The only question now is whether the rot has gone so deep that nothing can stop America’s transformation into Trumpistan. One thing is for sure: It’s destructive as well as foolish to ignore the uncomfortable risk, and simply assume that it will all be OK. It won’t.
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A Light Shining In the Darkness
In the opening of the Biblical Gospel of John, the contrast of light to darkness (“the Light” which God both was and made, “shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not” – King James translation) set the theme for the whole Gospel account. Of this Light, also identified as the “Word,” “were all things made,” being “the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” The Gospel story had the Light, or the Word, “made flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth.” Two articles appeared in different parts of the regional daily newspaper on Christmas Day last week that may be enlightening by their unintentional juxtaposition. In the first, the Washington Post’s Sarah Kaplan sought to render a highly FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS technical article in the journal Nature accessible to the lay reader. Entitled, “In a Breakthrough Experiment, Scientists Shine Light on Antimatter,” the article described efforts by scientists to “trap” particles of antimatter by a series of high-energy collisions in a lab, if even for only a few seconds before they’re obliterated by their opposite, matter. Heady stuff, and I won’t even try to do as good a job as Kaplan in explaining it. But her concluding words were very intriguing. “The goal of all this particle zapping is to understand one of the fundamental mysteries of existence. If the Big Bang created matter and antimatter in equal amounts, the two types of particles should have canceled each other out. The universe should have become void before it even got started... Yet here we are.” She then quoted a physicist involved in the experiments positing, “Something happened, some small asymmetry that led some of the matter to survive.” He added, “We simply have no good idea that explains that right now,” adding that “adventures in antimatter are just getting started.” The other article, 14 pages away, was an opinion column by former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson with a holiday season title, “Where is God?” Gerson, a Republican highly troubled by the rise of Trump, provided a Book of Job-esque litany evidencing the absence of God in all sorts of tragic human circumstances (which in Job triggers an anthropomorphic God to thunder out of a whirlwind, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?” In other words, “How dare you question me?”) Gerson’s theology is light years ahead of those fraudulent sycophants of the evangelical right whose hypocrisy and preference for filthy lucre was exposed so dramatically in their endorsements of Trump. Gerson countered “Where is God?” doubts with the Nativity story, which he called “an odd scenario for the entrance of divinity – to an occupied country, of disputed parentage, forced to flee as a refugee, living and working 30 years in silence, eventually betrayed by a friend, judicially tortured and dying in utter abandonment. On a small planet, near an average star.” He said this “form of arrival...reorients our sense of low and high, weak and powerful...poverty given preference...the possibility of transcendence breaking in on any common day” providing millions down through the ages with “courage and comfort in the midst of the ordinary, the unjust and unthinkable,” and concludes that it is about “an unlikely hope – that love is somehow at the heart of all things.” Back to the first article, let me suggest that the reality of love, to which all human beings have access in many ways and experience in their own chests, may be the substance of the “asymmetry” in the universe that has allowed matter to prevail over antimatter. Could this love not properly be equated, then, with light, the prevalence of light over darkness, over anti-light? In other words, common love, which draws us out to one another, is the core substance that causes the very universe to exist. By this measure, a scientific one at that, anti-love also exists, a form of antimatter. They co-habit every single fiber of the universe. But love wins because of its binding and mutually supporting nature, something anti-love does not have.
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Nicholas F. Benton
Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
Trump’s Disastrous Example Donald Trump rightly reprimanded House Republicans on Tuesday for their move to disembowel the Office of Congressional Ethics, but let’s not be duped or dumb. This was like a crackhead dad fuming at his kids for smoking a little weed. Their conduct hardly measured up to his, which obviously encouraged it. When they look at him, here’s what they see: a presidential candidate who broke with decades of precedent by refusing to release his tax returns and thus shine a light on his conflicts of interest. A presidentelect who has yet to NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE spell out how he would eliminate those conflicts — and who has, instead, repeatedly reminded reporters and voters that he’s under no explicit legal obligation to eliminate them at all. A plutocrat whose children have toggled back and forth between his government activities and his corporate interests, raising questions about the separation of the two. Is it any wonder that House Republicans felt OK about trying to slip free of some of their own ethical shackles, no matter how ugly the optics? The story here isn’t what, specifically, they attempted to do. Nor is it their abandonment of the plan once the media gasped and their dear leader wagged his finger at them. It’s the tone that Trump has set and the culture that he’s creating. He operates with an in-your-face defiance, so these House Republicans did, too. He puts his own desires and comfort first, so they reserved the right to do the same. With more than a few of his Cabinet picks, he demonstrated little sense of fidelity to what he promised voters and even less concern about appearances. House Republicans decided to treat themselves to a taste of that freedom. In this instance, they were slapped down, though I sincerely doubt that they came away from the confrontation with the feeling that Trump had higher standards than they imagined. No, they just realized that he’s even more hypocritical and inconstant than they expected. The Office of Congressional Ethics is no model operation. Democrats as well as Republicans have chafed at what some of them see as its occasional overzealousness and disregard for due process. Had House Republicans called for a bipartisan and transparent review of its role and tactics, they might not
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have encountered all that much resistance. But that’s not what happened. In a secretive closeddoor meeting late Monday, before the first official day of the new Congress, the House Republican Conference voted to diminish the office’s power and independence. This was dark-of-night, no-prying-eyes stuff, done over the objections of Paul Ryan, the House speaker, who could sense how disastrously it would play in the media. After it played precisely that disastrously, Trump sent out two tweets Tuesday morning asking why House Republicans would take aim at the ethics office when there was so much other important work to do. House Republicans then dropped the plan. The whole mess said a whole lot about the chaotic days to come. Although Ryan on Tuesday was re-elected to his leadership post, his grip on his caucus isn’t exactly a firm one. And the wires between Trump and House Republicans are evidently crossed. For that matter, the wires between Trump and Kellyanne Conway are as well: Mere hours before he tweeted his disapproval of what the Republicans were doing, she appeared on “Good Morning America” and defended their actions as part of the “mandate” — her word, or rather hallucination — that they and Trump had received from voters to shake things up. I suppose that gutting the ethics office would indeed qualify as a shake-up. But so would declaring Thursdays in the Senate to be clothing-optional or having the Rockettes perform during the State of the Union. Not all shake-ups are created equal. And turning “mandate” into a mantra, which is a favorite Republican tactic right now, doesn’t turn it into a truth. There’s no mandate here, not when Hillary Clinton received roughly 3 million more votes than Trump did. Not when there are lingering questions about meddling that may have worked in Trump’s favor. Not when the Republicans’ majorities in the Senate and House just shrank. Not when their edge in the House owes more to gerrymandering than to any tidal wave of demonstrable enthusiasm for their agenda. I’m not disputing the election results or Republicans’ right — heck, their obligation — to seize the reins of leadership. I’m arguing against the shamelessness of what they just tried to do with the ethics office. And I’m pleading that Trump stop behaving in a way that sets the stage for it. The new Congress — the new Washington — will be no more or less swampy than its new top gator. Best that he wash away his own muck.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
Senator Dick Saslaw’s
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
It’s been almost 60 days since the world was stunned by the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Yet, just two weeks before Inauguration Day, Trump and his allies still are in campaign mode, continuing to attack Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and their supporters, via tweets and television. Enough already! It’s time to be a gracious winner. Campaigning is fun; it’s governance that’s hard. In any election, one candidate wins; other candidates do not. There’s no doubt that losing is painful (I’ve been fortunate to win seven elections myself, but I lost two jobs on Capitol Hill when the senators I worked for were defeated), but you suck it up, thank your supporters, congratulate your opponent, and gracefully withdraw. In the words of Michelle Obama, “go high.” Winning an election should elicit a similar approach – thank your supporters, congratulate your opponent for a spirited race, and then, gracefully move forward to assume the new office. The campaign is over, and governance begins. Campaigns, by their very nature, are shallow. Keep it simple, get your vote out, and win! Governance, on the other hand, must be deep. Just learning the job can be enormous, and overwhelming, at any level of government. The complexities, and complications, of policy are daunting, and require an understanding of the downsides as well as the upsides, for the entire community, not simply a chosen few. It’s a difficult balancing act when it’s done right; an unmitigated disaster when done wrong. Politics can be distilled to a sound bite; policy cannot. We elected a president, not an emperor or czar. The Constitution of the United States clearly outlines
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the duties, and limitations, of the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial branches that make up the governance structure for the federal government. Those limitations may prove to be a challenge for the incoming Administration which, based on public tweets and comments, seems to view governance as unilateral. It’s not, and never has been. Says so, right there in the Constitution. In his remarks following the election results, Mr. Trump sounded a brief call for uniting the country after a divisive and exhausting campaign season (for voters as well as candidates). Sadly, that’s exactly what is was – brief. Hillary Clinton urged that he be given a chance, editors and columnists were willing to give him a chance, but Mr. Trump quickly trashed the olive branch that was extended. Donald Trump’s fortune is based on real estate holdings, but the United States of America is not another piece of real estate to be owned by the Trump Corporation. We are a diverse nation of more than 300 million people, from many races, religions, and backgrounds, with many hopes and aspirations for themselves, their families, and their native, or adopted, country. My late boss, Senator Wayne Morse (D-OR), who opposed the Vietnam War, often quoted former Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, who said “Our country, right or wrong; when right, to be kept right, when wrong, to be put right.” As the new Administration takes the reins of governance, Secretary Schurz’ admonition may take on renewed importance. 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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Happy New Year to all of the constituents of Virginia’s 35th Senate district. 2016 is now in the books but there is much on the docket for the Commonwealth in 2017. The General Assembly will convene January 11 for the “short session.” That means we will have about 45 days to balance the budget and get through thousands of new legislative proposals. This year is also an election year for Virginia – with primaries on June 13 and a general election for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and the entire House of Delegates set for November 7. The 2016 presidential election did not turn out as hoped for by millions of Virginians. In a couple of weeks, our nation will have a new president. It is time to accept that this is how democracy works and move forward for the betterment of the country. While I respect the election results, I think it is important to refute Mr. Trump’s claims of voter fraud. In spite of tweets to the contrary, there were zero reports of voter fraud filed in the Commonwealth. Governor McAuliffe also recently recommended $1 million to help modernize the VERIS system, which supports functions such as voter registration and election results reporting. Democrats will continue to be the leading voice for education, the workforce, economic development, and plain old common sense in the Commonwealth. We expect to see a social agenda from the Republicans during this election year that is out of touch with mainstream Virginia voters. While Republicans would rather legislate what Virginians do in their personal lives, Governor Terry McAuliffe’s leadership has driven the Commonwealth’s unemployment rate from 5.4 percent to 4.1 percent over the past three years. The state has also created 182,100 net new jobs and attracted more than $14 billion in capital investment. All eyes will be toward Washington to see what the new administration will do with the federal budget. Sequestration continues to loom over Virginia’s economy like a dark storm cloud despite our steady climb back from the recession. Thousands of high-paying jobs are waiting to be filled – an excellent opportunity for Virginia’s future workforce. The Governor points out that in the cyber security sector alone, Virginia has 36,000
open jobs with an average pay of $88,000. We must foster policies and strategies that are conducive to growing the workforce that will fill these high-paying jobs and others. Incentives for earning industry credentials and restructuring student debt will be prominent in developing a capable workforce and attracting new companies to the Commonwealth. I will lead the fight in Richmond for educational opportunities that put people to work in jobs that are a pathway to economic success. No doubt we will also see efforts to raise the minimum wage that will enable Virginians to support themselves with less government assistance. This should be a no brainer, but I expect the same old arguments against financial independence that we hear every year, particularly in an election year for the statehouse. I support Governor McAuliffe’s proposals to revamp the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to provide for more accountability and give the organization better tools to help create jobs and opportunities. The changes will come in tandem with further developments at GO Virginia, a program that will help align local government with local businesses. The initiative is still organizing in some regions and should be prepared for the Commonwealth’s financial backing when the new fiscal year begins on July 1. Closer to home, I am incredibly proud of Inova Health System’s groundbreaking new partnership with the University of Virginia. The partnership will boost important genomics and cancer research and bring a regional campus of UVA’s medical school to Northern Virginia. This partnership comes on the heels of last year’s partnership between Inova and George Mason University for new programs and facilities for the cutting-edge field of personalized medicine. Promoting research and development partnerships between higher education and private sector institutions will continue to be a priority of mine in 2017. The legislative agenda promises to be full. As the Democratic Leader in the Senate my priority will continue to ensure Virginians have the skillset and educational tools they need to be productive and prosperous in 2017. Senator Saslaw represents the 35th District in the Virginia State Senate. He may be emailed at district35@senate.virginia.gov.
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So the board waited two days to leap into action By Charlie Clark on an agenda that will include tackMonumental changes afoot for ling such major questions as finalthe Arlington County Board. Now that I’ve got your atten- izing the land swap with Virginia tion, note only that this New Hospital Center and helping the Year’s Day marked one of very school board site a new high few in the past six decades on school. I asked all five county board which the board did not hold its annual bleary-eyed organizational members to report transparently on how they spent their first free meeting. Back in November, the board New Year’s morn in many moons. voted 3-2 to abandon — at least as I promised not to be judgmental. Katie Cristol gave me detailed an experiment — the morning tradition (which technically this year plans she called “slightly less than would have called for a Monday, glamorous. I’ll be spending the Jan. 2 gathering given that Jan. 1 morning of Jan. 1 having a leisurely breakfast with my husband. fell on a Sunday). “Holding the meeting on New These days, we don’t get as many Year’s Day… requires several family dinners as we used to, so 7:00 ΑΜ staff members to work on a rare I’m especially glad to enjoy the holiday, instead of being with their first meal of 2017 together.” Christian Dorsey told me families and friends,” Lastoutgoing PM Modified 9-28-2010 3:57 Sunday board Colors In-Use Chair User Libby Garvey Printer said Output DateJan. 1 “was a terrific day. 9s-exp260 titan PM Cyan After3:57not watching the clock last before the ma-jsforza2 vote.(3) “By holding the 9-28-2010 Magenta Mechd By: TBD RTVd By: None Yellow night and seeing the new year meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, we Black still will start our year off with the arrive in the Central and Mountain community, but without forcing time zones, I woke up after 8 a.m. employees to give up personal and and treated my family to waffles family time on a holiday.” She with fresh whipped cream. Truth suggested community members be told, I did some work on the remarks I’ll deliver on the 3rd, would agree. Incoming board chair Jay but I must say it truly felt like a Fisette and board member John holiday.” Fisette said there was “both Vihstadt voted nay, and the move drew a thumbs-down from the symbolic and practical value in Sun-Gazette. But a letter-writer keeping the tradition, but the decidefended the experiment, say- sion was made and it’s time to ing past practice existed merely focus on the work ahead.” He to “enable a limited number of spent Jan. 1 “reading the paper and community activists to preserve working on my speech for meeting a quaint tradition” of holding a on Jan. 3.” Garvey took advantage of a working meeting when many citizens are traveling or attending chance to attend the annual New Year’s Quaker meeting. She then Catholic mass.
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Driving Under the Influence, 200 block W. Broad St. On Dec. 27, a male, 61, of Fairfax, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Larceny from Vehicle, 1000 E.
Broad St. (24 hour Fitness) On Dec. 30, a wallet was stolen from the victim’s vehicle. Larceny from Building, 450 W. Broad St. (Panera Bread) On Dec. 30, a wallet was reported stolen. Domestic Assault, 200 block E. Broad St. On Dec. 31, a male, 42, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested for Assaulting a Family Member. Public Drunkenness, 220 N. Washington St. (State Theater) On Jan. 1, a female, 27, of Reston, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.
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Mason Boys Take 3rd in Jose Cascio Holiday Classic Mustangs Fall to William Monroe Tuesday; Back in Action vs. Rappahannock Tonight by Matt Delaney
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George Mason High’s varsity boys basketball team pulled off a thrilling third place finish after going 2-1 in the seventh annual Joe Cascio Holiday Classic at Falls Church High School over the holiday break. The de-facto bronze medal game between Mason and Colgan High School came down to frenzied final quarter. The Mustangs let an 11-point third quarter lead evaporate and a Colgan threepointer put the Sharks up 42-41 with 4:15 remaining but then Mustang sophomore Max Ashton sunk a three-ball following an offensive rebound. Ashton netted another threepointer and a free throw to give Mason a 48-44 advantage with 1:25 left in regulation, but a quick two and Colgan steal on consecutive possessions knotted up the score at 48 apiece. The Mustangs beat the Sharks’ press as junior guard Anish Chatterjee found sophomore forward Hollman Smith alone for easy lay-in. Colgan then split a trip at the free throw line to come within one at 50-49, but with game’s final possession and only two seconds
remaining Mason just needed to disrupt the inbound to hold on for the win. “They came out in a box set, which I assumed was going to be a backside pick and we all read it,” head coach Chris Capannola said of the game’s harried final play. “All four guys made a nice play on the ball and we put [junior forward Thomas] Creed on the ball to make them throw it really high, and it worked out.” Friday’s savory victory dispelled the bad taste left by last Thursday’s 57-39 loss against Cypress Bay High School. Mason looked in control early on with a 18-8 lead midway through the second quarter, but once the Lightning applied their full court press the Mustangs came apart at the seams and sacrificed 15 points while only managing one to go into halftime down 23-19. The press continued to cause problems for Mason in the third and fourth quarters as careless turnovers became easy lay-ins that steadily increased Cypress Bay’s lead. “We must’ve had, I’m guessing, close to 30 turnovers,” Capannola added. “We were up 18-9 and in pretty much in control,
Mustang Girls Win Streak Snapped at Tournament by Matt Delaney
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George Mason High School’s varsity girls basketball team’s five-game win streak came to an end with back-to-back double-digit losses to Loudoun County High School, 64-47, and South Lakes High School, 45-32, in the Cougar Holiday Classic at Oakton High School last week. Finishing the three-day, threegame tournament against two out of conference opponents who possess a combined record of 16-5, Mason couldn’t flinch if they wanted to come away with victories. Slow starts in both contests kept the Mustangs out of the win column, but the tournament still served as a favorable benchmark for the 2A state tournament aspirants. “We played hard – I can’t fault that – we just got a lot of things
we need to work on,” Mason head coach Michael Gilroy said. “We got to play against three really good teams…so to get that competition and to be in both games [was good], we were just a step slow defensively.” Against South Lakes, Mason was staring down the barrel of 12-point deficit late in the first quarter thanks to a barrage of three-pointers from the Seahawks. The Mustangs held South Lakes to a mere five points in the second quarter, but only managed five points themselves and kept Mason trailing by 10 points at the half. A 16-point showing from the Mustangs in the third quarter, carried by sophomore forward Raquel Dodd’s nine points, brought Mason to their closest margin at 29-23. However, timely buckets from the Seahawks allowed them to stave off the Mustangs and head into fourth up 35-27. Another five-
GEORGE MASON HIGH’S Briuk Teshome drives for a lay up during Mason’s 64-41 loss against William Monroe Tuesday. (Photo: Carol Sly) and they cranked it up and we just didn’t respond. I was disappointed with that, but again, it’s the next day, and we really showed our true colors [against Colgan].” On Tuesday, the Mustangs were back on the court for a district game against Bull Run leader William Monroe. After falling point quarter in the fourth ensured Mason would end the tournament without a second victory. “It’s always hard when we’re not having a good shooting day,” said Dodd, who finished the game with a team-high 12 points. “But then we need to focus more on driving to the basket and if we can’t get the lay-up there, then get the foul and take your shots.” Just as it was versus the South Lakes, a nine-point deficit by the end of the first quarter against Loudoun County proved to be too much for the Mustangs overcome. Even with strong performances in the remaining quarters where Mason scored capably against the perennial 4A power, it still wasn’t enough to hurdle the early gap and led to the team’s 17-point defeat. Junior guard Nicole Bloomgarden led Mason with 14 points, while fellow junior Kaylee Hirsch added eight as did senior guard Sarah Lubnow. Mason was back on the hardwood with a road game against William Monroe High School yesterday, Jan. 4, but results were unavailable at press time.
behind early, 2-10, Mason fought back to take a one-point lead after the first quarter. The Dragons and Mustangs would trade leads throughout the night and entered the final quarter tied. With less than eight seconds on the clock and the score knotted at 61 each, William
Monroe came out of a time out and sunk a three at the buzzer to win the game. The Dragons improve to 10-1 on the year while Mason falls to 6-5. The Mustangs’ next game is on the road tonight (Jan. 5) against Rappahannock County High School.
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Community Events
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5
Teen Volunteer Orienta�on. Children ages 12 – 18 can learn about volunteering at the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to earn community service hours. Registra�on and volunteer applica�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church) Free. 6 – 6:30 p.m. fallschurchva. gov/672/Teen-Volunteers. Teen Advisory Board. The Teen Advisory Board, which consists of volunteers in grades 7 – 12, meets bimonthly during the school year to give teens a voice in the library. This month the board will be planning a spring teen program. Teens who serve on the board earn volunteer hours. Registra�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 7:30 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Library. Thursday Evening Book Group. The Thursday Evening Book Discussion Group will discuss The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. mrsplbookgroup.blogspot.com.
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can (temporarily) own leeches and learn to care for them. Par�cipants can take leeches home for a month and care for them, then bring them back in February to trade them in for new creatures. Fee covers all three sessions and includes everything you’ll need for the season. Gulf Branch Nature Center & Park (3608 N. Military Road, Arlington). $30. 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. 703-228-3403.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7
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. Barrel Aged Batch 700 Bomber Bo�le Release. Mad Fox Brewing Company will be releasing its limited release bomber bo�les, featuring its Barrel-Aged Batch 700. Heaven Hill bourbon barrels add layers of vanilla, toffee, caramel and oak to the black ale. Mad Fox Brewing Company (444 W. Broad St., Falls Church). $15 a bo�le. 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. madfoxbrewing.com.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8
Tree ID Without Leaves. Those ages 14 and up will learn how to iden�fy trees by searching for
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clues other than the trees’ leaves. Dress for weather. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Road, Arlington). $5. 11 a.m. – noon.
MONDAY, JANUARY 9
Preschool Story�me. Stories and fun for ages 2 – 5. Drop-in. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 a.m. 703-248-5034. ESL Conversa�on Group. An ESL conversa�on group for adults focusing on “English Language and American Culture.” No registra�on required, meets in the Conference Group. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10
Preschool Story�me. Songs, movement, and stories for ages 18-36 months. Drop-in at the Youth Services Room. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. 703-2485034. Play�me with the Early Literary Center. Explore educa�onal and manipula�ve items to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years, no registra�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public
Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Great Books Discussion. A discussion that takes place on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month focusing on modern and tradi�onal literary classics. The groups is currently discussing Henry IV Part II by William Shakespeare. Open to all and no registra�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 9 p.m. 703-2485034.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11
Early Release Wednesdays @ The Library: Paper Mosaics. Children in grades K – 5 can create a paper mosaic using cra� supplies. Registra�on is required and space is limited to 15 par�cipants. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/ Library. Bingo at the Library. Play Bingo at the Library. Rising grades K-5th. Registra�on opens two weeks before each date. Register with the Youth Services desk by phone or in person. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JANUARY 5
“Charm.” The colorful inner workings of an etiquette class taught by Mama Darleena Andrews, an African-American transgender woman, in an LGBTQ organization known as The Center. Mama attempts to share her rules of proper behavior with a youth group ranging in sexuality, race and gender identity from a Latina transwoman to a cisgendered straight black couple to a gay suburban teen. Though her students initially struggle to see how etiquette relates to their struggles, Mama’s powerful love and unapologetic attitude eventually win them over. Through Feb. 5. The Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $60. atlasarts.org.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
“A Little Princess.” This is the opening night of
this production. Sara Crewe, a young heiress to a diamond mine fortune, leaves her home and father in India to go to school at Miss Michin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London. When adversity strikes, Sara’s imaginative powers come to the rescue, transforming a drab institution into a place of magic and mystery. Using the grace and virtue of ‘a little princess,’ Sara proves that kindness always wins. This musical is recommended for children ages four and older. Through Jan. 15. Thomas Jefferson Community Center (125 S. Old Glebe Road, Arlington). $10 – $15. 7:30 p.m. encorestageva. org.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7
“Titanic.” Come aboard the ship of dreams in this Tony Award-winning Best Musical – a heart-stopping and riveting ride through the
�inal moments of Titanic’s fateful journey. In this stunning, 360-degree production, Artistic director Eric Schaeffer plunges you into the middle of the glamour, chaos, heroism and, ultimately, in the spirit of the most infamous ship of all time. Through Jan. 29. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $40 – $114. 2 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
“Passport to the World Concert Series: Veronneau.” This is the �irst night of the Creative Cauldron’s Passport to the World Concert Series, which runs through Saturday, Jan. 29. International acoustic quartet Veronneau have been captivating crowds with a delicious blend of bossa nova, jazz, samba and swing performed in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. One night only. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). $15 – $100. 7:30 p.m. creativecauldron.org.
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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 J�����’ J���’� M��-A������� B��� B����� #16 – P������ N���� 4. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703255-1566. C���� T����� K���. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $22.50 – $27.50. 8 p.m. 202337-4141. E��� S�����. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $8. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. D����� W����. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
T�� T��� R������ ���� V�� P��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $16 in advance; $20 day of the show. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. G��������� I� A C���: A T������ �� M�������� ��� T�� S�����. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $10 in advance; $13 day of the show. 7 p.m. 703237-0300. R��� W��������� 2017. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $20. 7 p.m. 703-5497500. C���� T����� K���. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $22.50 – $27.50. 8 p.m. 202337-4141. L���, N��� N�� Y���� B�������� S���. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW,
Washington, D.C.). $15 in advance; $18 day of the show (Mainstage). 8 p.m. 202-667-7960. L������ ���� T���. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. P��������! 60� G�����, B���, E���� R��� �’ R��� ��� ���� ���� DJ� M�� S������� � M��� G�-G� ���� ������� ����� DJ D�� M�N���. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $5 (Backstage). 9:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. A���� ��� ��� U�������. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 9 p.m. 703-522-8340. P���������� E�������. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
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T�� M������ C��� B��� ���� N� F��� ��� F�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $18. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. T�� B������ I������� Y����. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $30 in advance; $35 day of the show. 7 p.m. 703-237-0300. R��� W��������� 2017. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $20. 7 p.m. 703-549-7500. C���� T����� K���. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $22.50 – $27.50. 8 p.m. 202337-4141. L������ ���� T���. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930.
K������ ���� D���� E��� ��� T�� R����� S������ ��� T���. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703-5228340. LIGHTS � MUSIC P������� D���� �. K����: A T������/D���� P����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 (Mainstage). 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. T��������� P������� H���� R�������: S������� V���� F���, D���� ��� S��� J��� ���� D��� P��� ��������� J�������, S����� S���� ��� M����� M�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). Free before 11 p.m.; $5 a�er 11 p.m. (Backstage). 9:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. I����������. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8
A������ B�� ��� L������ C����. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $38. 3 p.m. 703-255-1900. I��� P����� S�����. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 6 – 8 p.m. 703-522-8340. B���� F����� ���� S���� M��9����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. J����� T����� E���� ���� D��� L�����. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $29.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.’ L���� B���� ���� W��� S��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 9 L��� A��� ���� M��� �� ��� D�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. M������� J�����. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $22. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. A� E������ ���� M���������. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10
T�� S��� P������ ���� D��� C����, B���� ��� E��� ��� C����� �� � G����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. P��-U� T������ S�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). Free admission (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. I��� J�� P�������� �� G����� S�������. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.
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T�� T������� ���� T�� C����������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $14 – $22. 6 p.m. 703-2551566. S������ L����. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. O��� M�� H����� �� A��� P����. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. 703-5228340.
P������� A����... Saturday, January 14 – Town Hall Hosted by Senator Saslaw and Delegate Simon. Virginia State Senator Dick Saslaw and State Delegate Marcus Simon will host
a discussion of the 2017 General Assembly and legisla�ve agendas and Q&A. Falls Church Community Center (223 Li�le Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 10 a.m. – noon. delmsimon@house.virginia.gov.
Monday, January 16 – Holiday Closure: Mar�n Luther King, Jr. Day. Most City of Falls Church offices and services will be closed in observance of Mar�n Luther
King, Jr. Day. fallschurchva.gov.
Wednesday, January 25 – Social Security: Your Ques�ons Answered. Learn social security claiming strategies and ask ques�ons in general about how social
security effects your finances with Albert Wu, a financial advisor with Edward Jones. Registra�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 8:30 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Library.
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4 New Year’s Cooking Resolutions for 2017 BY MICHELLE STARK TAMPA BAY TIMES
There comes a point every December when I am up to my eyeballs in wrapping paper, cookies and the (stressful) excitement the holidays bring. That’s when I, without fail, turn to food options I don’t have to think about: frozen meals, pizza, more cookies. And by the end of the month, I am actually craving a healthful plate of food. Well, overindulgence has struck again. This week’s recipe attempts to be an antidote to that, a creamy soup that is lush and satisfying but still pretty wholesome. I’m also partaking in another annual tradition this week: making New Year’s cooking resolutions. Here are four that are at the top of my list as we head into a new year. Make better use of fresh fruits and vegetables: Raise your hand if you’ve ever thrown away a cringe-worthy amount of fresh produce that has been sitting in your fridge so long it’s no lon-
ger usable. It’s a problem in my house, and one I want to work on by trying to use these foods daily. Or, at the very least, cooking a larger quantity at one time and parceling them out through the week, in casseroles and soups. Speaking of ... Make more soups: They’re easy! They’re filling! They are a good way to use up said rotting vegetables! One of the things I
did this Thanksgiving that really helped on the day of was prechopping onions, carrots and celery. Doing this on a weekend in January can also help, making it easier to throw together a weeknight stew. Cook with more butter: The other day, I stopped and thought about what it is about most restaurant preparation that makes the food taste so much better
Broccoli Cheddar Soup • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 medium onion, diced • 1 large head broccoli, florets and tender part of stems, chopped (about 6 cups) • 3 cups no-salt-added chicken or vegetable broth • 1 cup canned, no-salt-added Great Northern or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained • ½ cup low-fat (1 percent) milk • 1 cup shredded extra-sharp cheddar cheese (3 ounces) • 1 teaspoon powdered mustard • ½ teaspoon salt, plus more as needed 1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once the oil is shimmering, stir in the onion and cook for about 4 minutes, until tender but not browned. 2. Add the broccoli, broth and beans; increase the heat to high and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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sounds weird to make a cooking resolution like this. But some nights, you just don’t have the time or patience to stand in the kitchen for an hour. And that’s okay. I’m going to try to focus on making one part of the meal great. If I spend time cooking pork chops in a cast iron skillet, maybe I’ll pair that with a bagged salad, or a boxed rice mix. It’ll get the job done.
than what I cook at home. The answer is always butter, isn’t it? (And salt.) I’m going to be less precious with the fat, and work a pat in to jazz up couscous or make a pan sauce for chicken. Even a little bit truly goes a long way toward making home cooking as inviting as a $20 dinner out. Stop putting so much pressure on myself to cook: I know, it
3. Let the soup cool for 15 minutes, then puree it in a blender in three batches, until smooth. Wipe out the saucepan as needed. 4. Return the blended soup to the saucepan over medium heat. Once the soup is bubbling at the edges, reduce the heat to low. Stir in the milk, ¾ cup of the cheese, the powdered mustard and ½ teaspoon of salt. Cook until just warmed through.
SOUPS ARE EASY and �illing. Just look at the recipe for Broccoli Cheddar Soup. (P����:W��������� P���)
5. Taste and add more salt as needed. Divide among individual bowls or deep mugs, and garnish with the remaining ¼ cup of cheese. Serve hot.
Serves 4 Source: Ellie Krieger, Washington Post
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Michael Clem of The Michael Clem Band moved away from Northern Virginia nearly a decade ago, but he hasn’t been a stranger to the region since relocating to Charlottesville in 2008. And he will be coming back to his old hometown on Saturday, Jan. 7 for a special birthday show at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. He has been playing shows to celebrate his birthday for six straight years, but played his first eleven years ago, to celebrate his 40th birthday. “Those guys have been kind to have me back every year for the last six years for the same weekend,” Clem told the News-Press from the middle of the University of Virginia’s campus in Charlottesville. “So the birthday show started there and I branched out down here last year with a full band….Last year [my birthday show] was very centered around my album release and I had a lot of guests, particularly in [Charlottesville]. “This year, we’re branching out a bit to some newer material, some thoughtful covers. I’ll be showcasing some guys in my band to let them do their thing. So it’ll be a wide range, a smorgasboard.” As Clem mentioned, last January he released his sophomore album, Fifty Clementines, which was released on his 50th birthday. The album came ten years after his debut album, 1st & 40. He also released an EP in 2010 with The Michael Clem Trio, which features Rusty Speidel and Thomas Gunn. Clem said that he’s been pleased with the reception Fifty Clementines has received in the year since it was released. “I’m pleased with my own cottage industry response,” he said. Many of the fans of the band Eddie from Ohio that he was in have stuck around for his solo work. “I’m ever so grateful for that. I just count it as an absolute blessing and miracle that even
MICHAEL CLEM. (P����: J��� L�����) without new product that faithful Eddie from Ohio fans still go back into The Birchmere to go see us,” Clem said. He said that Eddie from Ohio, which has slowed down in terms of creating and releasing new material over the past decade, will be playing a trio of shows at The Birchmere the weekend after his birthday show at Jammin’ Java. Clem isn’t a stranger to collaboration, and the number of featured guests on Fifty Clementines is a testament to that collaborative ethos. There was a practical reason for him featuring 30 other musicians on his latest album. “There are some instruments that I simply
can’t play,” Clem said. He maintains a light and humble attitude toward collaborating with so many people on the album. When asked what the other collaborators brought to the table on Fifty Clementines, he said “immense talent and aptitude.” But, moments later, he offered an apt metaphor for how he viewed the creative process on Fifty Clementines. “I am an architect with a blueprint for a song,” he said. “And they’re my outside contractors – electricians, carpenters and plumbers – who beautify the place.” • For more information about The Michael Clem Band, visit michaelclem.com.
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City of F.C. Business License Renewal Due March 1 Reminder for all businesses in the City of Falls Church: 2016 business licenses are valid until March 1, 2017. Renewal forms will be mailed in mid-January and are due to the Commissioner of the Revenue’s office by March 1. Businesses will also receive a Tangible Personal Property Summary Return for all business equipment located in Falls Church City as of January 1, 2017. This Report is due back by May 1, 2017 with an itemized list of all equipment. For further information contact the Commissioner of the Revenue’s office at 703-248-5450 or email commissioner@fallschurchva.gov.
F.C. Chamber Networking Breakfast Set for Jan. 12 The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting an informal networking breakfast on Thursday, January 12 from 8 – 9 a.m. at Bentley’s Restaurant. There is no agenda and no entrance fee other than the cost of attendee’s orders. Bentley’s is located at 6654 Arlington Boulevard in Falls Church. For more information, visit www. FallsChurchChamber.org. Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.
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Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS who live in the City of Falls Church are needed to serve on the boards and commissions listed below. Contact the City Clerk’s Office (703-248-5014, cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov, or www.fallschurchva.gov/BC) for an application form or more information. Requests for reappointment must be made through the City Clerk. Applications are accepted until the end of the month . Vacancies advertised for more than one month may be filled during each subsequent month before month’s end. Board of Equalization Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Transportation Environmental Sustainability Council Historic Architectural Review Board Historical Commission Housing Commission Human Services Advisory Council Tree Commission Regional Boards/Commissions: Fairfax Area Disability Services Board
Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia Long Term Care Coordinating Council Members are especially needed on the Board of Equalization: The Board of Equalization (BOE) is an independent body appointed by the Circuit Court and charged with determining whether the Office of Real Estate Assessment has equalized the assessments among property owners. Upon its review, the BOE has the power to increase, decrease, or keep the same assessment. BOE members undergo state mandated training prior to voting in meetings. Members can expect to attend an organizational meeting each year to elect a Chair and Secretary and select meeting dates for hearings. The number of meetings is dependent on the number of appeals received. Meetings are Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm and can run up to 3 hours. Professional members of the accounting, legal, and real estate community are encouraged to apply – the board requires three members from these fields.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The ordinance referenced below was given first reading on November 28, 2016; and second reading and public hearing are scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard. (TO16-19) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 “ZONING” TO PROVIDE PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO ALLOW COTTAGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE R-1A, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT The ordinance would allow cottage housing developments within those areas of the R-1A, Low Density Residential zoning district that are within 1,000 feet or less of a revitalization district shown on the comprehensive plan. Cottage housing developments could be placed on sites at least 45,000 square feet in size and would be subject to unified control through homeowner, condominium, or similar documents. They could have up to two primarily-detached dwelling units per 10,000 square feet of site area, with each dwelling unit limited to 1,000 square feet of area on the first floor and being no more than the lesser of one and one half stories, or 25 feet in height. Cottage housing would be age-restricted and provide a sense of
community through site and building design, common area requirements, common parking areas, building orientation, and shared common facilities and amenities, among other requirements. Some modifications to other zoning requirements could be made in order to achieve the purposes of the Cottage Housing developments. 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 703-248-5014 (TTY 711). CELESTE HEATH CITY CLERK
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING The City of Falls Church Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, to consider the following ordinance: (TO16-19) Ordinance to amend Chapter 48 “Zoning” to provide provisions for special exceptions to allow cottage housing developments in the R-1A, Low Density Residential zoning district. Specifically, the ordinance would allow cottage housing developments within those areas of the R-1A, Low Density Residential zoning district that are within 1,000 feet or less of a revitalization district shown on the comprehensive plan. Cottage housing developments could be placed on sites at least 45,000 square feet in size, and would be subject to unified control, through homeowner, condominium, or similar documents. They could have up to two, primarily-detached dwelling units per 10,000 square feet of site area, with each dwelling unit limited to 1,000 square feet of area on the first floor and being no more than the lesser of one and one half stories, or 25 feet in height. Cottage housing would be age-restricted and provide a sense of community through site and building design, common area requirements, common parking areas, building orientation and shared
common facilities and amenities, among other requirements. Some modifications to other zoning requirements could be made in order to achieve the purposes of the Cottage Housing developments. Information on or copies of the proposed ordinance can be viewed at the Development Services Counter or City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA, Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). You may contact the Planning Division at 703-248-5040 with any questions or concerns. This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on January 12, 2017 at
7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, for consideration of the following items: New Business Variance application V1588-17 by Oleta and Constatine Vassilopoulos, applicants and owners, for a variance to Section 48-238(3) (a) to allow a side yard setback of 12.5 feet instead of 15 feet along the south west (left) property line for the purpose of constructing a second story addition on premises known as 217 Tyson Drive, RPC #53-204-041 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1A, Low Density Residential. Information on the above applications is available for review at: Zoning Office 300 Park Avenue, Suite 300W Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1) zoning@fallschurchva.gov This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)
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Council Will Take First Step To Sell Whittier at Monday Meeting
F.C.’s 1st ‘07 Budget Look Shows Revenue Growth Dip, 17% to 3%
At its first regular meeting of the new year this Monday, the Falls Church City Council will take up for approval a “first reading” of an ordinance that will authorize sale of 7.6 acres of the City-owned Whittier site for $4.479 million to the Holladay Group.
Reflecting trends throughout the region, the recent years’ explosive growth in real estate values in the City of Falls Church cooled dramatically during 2006, and a meager three percent growth will present major challenges as the annual budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Updated 1 BR, 1 BA ground-level condo. Ideally located by West Falls Church Metro w easy access to UVA/VA 4 BR/3BA cape cod home. Excellent Falls Church FOR RENT Tech campus, Grocery store/Restaurants/Shopping Location. 3 finished levels, updated kitchen, Hdw fls, within walking distance. Upgraded Kitchen w New Cabinets, SS Appliances fenced yard &1car garage. SOLD price $670,500. and Tile floors. WW carpet in LR & BR, Washer/Dryer in unit, Beautiful outdoor patio space. No Pets. RENTAL PRICE $1,550
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