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Lobbyists Scramble in Richmond as Beyer Wins Predatory Towing Law Towing Reps Now Anxious to Meet With State Solons

BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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the City to take the lead on redevelopment” by “prioritizing public investments and showing desired development to private investors,” concerned stakeholders mostly, because it suggested to constrain height limits in key areas of the West Broad strip between the 300 block at Little Falls St. and where the W&OD trail crosses W. Broad in the 1100 block. Since the Council gave a 6-1 preliminary approval to the West Broad plan, concerns for building

In his first public town hall meeting since taking office just over a year ago, held at Falls Church’s historic James Lee Community Center this Monday night, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr. highlighted among his major achievements so far legislation that passed and was signed by the President last month to allow state and local jurisdictions to regulate the kind of “predatory towing” that has been a well-documented bane in Falls Church and the region. It suddenly created a hot potato for Richmond legislators, who were confronted by lobbyists for the towing industry for the first time this session as the result of Beyer’s new law. While no bills were passed this time, it was only to allow for the legislators to get to meet these lobbyists for the first time and to hear their side of the story, State Del. Kaye Kory told the News-Press yesterday. Beyer cited his legislation as what his predecessor Jim Moran tried for years to get passed. Beyer said he accomplished it by attaching it as an amendment to the highway re-authorization bill that President Obama signed into law in December. Introduced by Beyer and his Maryland colleague, U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the new law establishes that local jurisdictions, and not the federal government, will have the authority to curb predatory practices. A flurry of bills were quickly crafted to be presented to the Virginia State Legislature last month, with principal ones by Del.

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Property Owners Look for More Flexibility in W. Broad St. Plan BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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An unexpectedly robust outpouring of concern by property owners and other stakeholders on the West Broad Street commercial corridor of the City of Falls Church led to a decision to slow down action on the so-called ‘West Broad Street Small Area Plan” by the F.C. City Council Monday night, even though the plan is only a guiding document with no force of law. The eight-block strip between

the 300 block of W. Broad at Little Falls St. up to the 1100 block where the W&OD Trail crosses W. Broad is considered the most critical for intensive commercial development, having already experienced a considerable amount since 2002 and with more plans approved. The latest conceptual plan, the fourth to cover commerciallyzoned areas of the tiny City’s 2.2. square miles (following previous adoption of the others – S. Washington, N. Washington and City Center), is designed to “allow

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Beyer Goes After ‘Predatory Towing’ With New Law Continued from Page 1

Kory and State Sen. Scott Surovell of Alexandria. All the bills were defeated pending a series of meetings between concerned legisla-

tors and the towing industry lobbyists, two of whom Del. Kory identified as Matthew Benka, president of MDB Strategies and Craig Bieber, a public affairs consultant, both of Richmond.

“Northern Virginians are well aware of the financial pain and frustration a few predatory towing operators can cause,” Rep. Beyer said. “Now that our bill is law, local governments have new tools at their

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Visit Transform66.org to view a live stream of this presentation at 6:30 p.m. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in partnership with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), will host Design Public Hearings for the Transform 66 Inside the Beltway Project. Improvements involve converting I-66 to dynamically-priced toll lanes in the peak direction during morning (eastbound) and afternoon (westbound) rush hours between I-495 (the Capital Beltway) and U.S. Route 29 in Rosslyn, along with implementing a series of multimodal improvements that will benefit toll users of I-66. Information related to proposed locations and design of toll gantries and signage will be available at the hearings, as well as a presentation on how the toll system will operate. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 23 CFR 771, draft Categorical Exclusion (CE) documentation has been prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and is available for review and comment. VDOT staff will be available to discuss the environmental studies underway and the coordination with appropriate regulatory agencies to obtain information about the resources in the project’s vicinity. A public notice for review and comment on the final CE documentation will be posted at a later date. In compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 and 36 CFR Part 800, information concerning the potential effects of the proposed project on properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places is also provided in the environmental documentation.

disposal to curb these practices and protect vulnerable consumers.” Up to now, City of Falls Church officials have been able to do very little to curtail a practice that has continually plagued the City’s downtown areas, including the use of spotters who contact their towing company whenever someone wanders away from businesses where parking is strictly designated. At the Broaddale Shopping Center in the 300 block of W. Broad, citizens who stepped off that property to visit the City library next door reported often finding their cars towed after only a matter of minutes. Large public events like the annual Memorial Day Parade have usually led to dozens of such tows and officials have been unable to prevent it except to encourage adequate warning signs. Sen. Surovell’s predatory towing bill in Richmond not only reaffirmed the state and local authority to regulate towing, but also banned the use of spotters. “Towing companies are increasingly using spotters – employees whose sole job is to call in tows and who initiate tows before unwary consumers even realize they are illegally parked,” he wrote on his online newsletter recently. “The bill also required written authorization from property owners for each tow and confirmed that predatory towing victims can sue towing companies for violations of local ordinances.” “In 1994,” Beyer explained about the issue, “Congress inadvertently preempted the ability of state and local governments to regulate the towing industry. Since then, confusing restrictions and conflicting

court rulings left local governments unable to fully protect consumers from predatory towing practices.” Monday night, Rep. Beyer held forth on a wide array of issues that were presented to him by constituents ranging from funding for Alzheimer’s research to the solvency of Social Security, extending the earned income tax credit to benefit low income seniors, to guns, to guaranteeing living wages (as opposed to minimum wages), to human trafficking, to immigration, to the undue influence of money in politics, to the issue of Syrian refugees, to women’s pay and to the strangling influence of $1.1 trillion in student loans. Beyer said it was his first faceto-face town hall, although he did one by phone that drew 19,000 people. He expressed pleasure holding the historic first town hall in Falls Church because “Falls Church is the formal center of the universe,” he quipped, noting that his family car business started here just 42 years ago and its patriarch, his father Don Sr., just celebrated his 92nd birthday. He cited the three “big picture” goals of his first term in the U.S. Congress are to guide the economic transformation of Northern Virginia at a time when federal government spending has been pulling back, the economic empowerment of women, and to advance the government response to climate change. Three bills he’s passed in his first year include one to extend government science prizes beyond NASA to include other scientifically-based agencies, to expand research into dyslexia, and to deter predatory towing.

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height, massing and parcel consolidation in the 300 block, the 400 block and the 800 block were expressed in letters to City Hall. In a memo to the Council from City Manager Wyatt Shields issued at Monday’s meeting, he suggested that a revised “concept map” be considered. The comments received “are generally consistent with the concept of nodes and higher intensity use connected by lower intensity infill. So while the stated positions seem to be in conflict, the underlying interests seem to be in general agreement,” Shields wrote. “The concept map is intended to be just that, a concept map, and not a set of prescribed building forms.” The alternate concept map he proposed “avoids the use of specific building heights, and instead provides general ranges based on existing zoning allowances and the special exception process.” The Shields memo added, “The alternate concept states that build-

ing heights in the nodes (three dense areas along the strip—ed.) would be considered for height bonuses through the special exception process. In comparison, the building heights for the infill connections (between the three nodes—ed.) should be in keeping with what is allowed through byright allowances.” Responses prompting these revisions came to City Hall in December and January from Judy Wolff representing the Christian Science Reading Room at 123 Little Falls St., Scott Adams of McGuire Woods concerning the Stratford Motor Lodge site at 300 W. Broad St., Bill Baskin of Baskin, Jackson and Lasso at 301 Park Avenue, Mike Novotny (in the form of comments) representing the Economic Development Authority, Andrew Painter of Walsh Colucci Lubley and Walsh PC representing the Falls Church One at 803 W. Broad St., and from Painter representing Lee Square Apartments in the 400 block of W. Broad.

THE F.C. CITY COUNCIL heard a presentation on the proposed West Broad Street Small Area Plan from the City’s Principal Planner Paul Stoddard (far right) Monday night. (Photo: News-Press) The letters all advocated greater flexibility in the areas reflected in the original concept map approved last November, all in the name of prospects for future development at those sites, suggesting that considerable future commercial development along this eight-block stretch is in store. It was noted by City staff Monday that development in that

stretch since 2000 has generated an average $310,000 per acre on 9.95 newly developed acres, compared to $60,000 per acre on 39 acres not so developed. The concept plan addresses issues of step backs, horizontal design of buildings, masonry and natural materials and decorative features. It also addresses issues of plazas and pocket parks, under-

grounding of utility lines, the minimization of storm water impacts, tree canopies, private investment options, pedestrian accessibility, park connectivity and prioritized public investment. The Council will mull the plan at its work session next Monday night, but plans to finally adopt it on Feb. 22 now seems likely to be delayed.

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Baseball, Symphonies & More Swimming Ideas As imaginations run wild concerning proposals for development of the 36 acres ceded to the City of Falls Church by Fairfax County as part of the water sale deal in 2014, one viable opportunity lies in what was a hot-button issue over that property two dozen years ago. It was in the summer of 1991 that a proposal was offered to generate new revenues to the City through the construction of a multi-use athletic facility that could become home to a minor league baseball team. The Falls Church City Council voted to create a volunteer citizen task force to look into the viability of the idea, and it came back after a few months with a unanimous recommendation in favor of moving ahead on the idea. It died when a sharply-divided City Council voted 4-3 against that recommendation. At the time, the land, which then as now was owned by the City of Falls Church and School Board but not technically in the City limits as it is now, was being called “the most valuable real estate on the eastern seaboard” because of its pristine untapped potential located right next to the West Falls Church Metro station. While so much has changed, on this issue so much has stayed the same. The potential still exists, and is not deterred by the agreement that 75 percent of the land must be dedicated to an educational use. There are at least three developments that would fall clearly within the definition of “educational use” that could not only provide worldclass facilities for the school system, but also represent a major potential for revenue generation, and are especially viable because of the land’s walking distance proximity to the Metro station. The first would be an athletic facility, a baseball park or multi-use facility, that could be marketed as an ideal venue to all sorts of regional and national playoff and summer uses. Every year, the Babe Ruth and Little League playoffs select locations that can double as summer vacation sites for the families of the teams that come from all over the U.S. What better vacation destination in the U.S. is there than Washington, D.C.? Tourism is already one of the region’s biggest “industries,” and for much healthier reasons (i.e. historical, educational) than mere amusement park destinations, for example. The second would be a top-shelf performance venue, along the lines of the Strathmore in Montgomery County, that could be rented to symphonies, entertainers and theater companies who would see the value of a new facility located at a Metro station. The third would be a swimming facility that would be designed as Olympic grade that could also be rented to host a myriad of competitions, including college tournaments and competitions leading up to the Olympic Games. All this would be in the “educational use” part of the development, and could be complemented by a first-rate hotel on the commercial 10 acres.

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their heads in the sand on climate change and block all progress. We appreciate Congressman Beyer’s continued leadership and look forward to working with him to address this and other environmental concerns. Michael Town Executive Director, Virginia League of Conservation Voters

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attend shows there in the future.I have been going to the State Theatre for the past 15 years. I mainly go to see classic rock tribute bands and I hope to attend the upcoming Led Zeppelin tribute show on the evening of Friday, March 18. The State Theatre should be careful about the type of acts they book. Do not bring in so-called “go-go” acts. They attract the wrong type of crowd. This shooting was a big embarassment for the City of Falls Church. It hurts the clean image of that neighborhood. I hope it never happens again. Greg Paspatis Alexandria

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Over the last two decades Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation has become synonymous with African American history celebrations. To fulfill our mission of preserving and sharing African American history our organization hosts unique “edutaining” (entertaining and educational) events. This year the foundation will celebrate African American History Month with “Harlem Renaissance Fair” an evening of glitz and glamour featuring live jazz music, dance, poetry, presentations, displays and performances by actors and costumed re-enactors portraying historical figures of the era. Guests are encouraged to wear attire of the 1920-30s. The affair will take place on Friday, February 19th, at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center on the Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The “Harlem Renaissance” was a period from the early to mid 20th century when African Americans experienced a cultural, social and artistic explosion of creativity. This “New Negro Movement” was fueled by the combination of a flourishing African American intellectual and elite class, an increasing black middle class, the influx of thousands of southern blacks migrating to northern industrial cities in search of jobs, opportunities and a better life, as well as the influence of many francophone black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris. Harlem became the Mecca for New York but Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Newark,

Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis, Tulsa, Jacksonville, St. Louis and Baltimore all shared the rising tide of cultural achievements. Great strides were made in literature, music, art, theatre, education, athletics, politi-

“African American musicians created Blues and Jazz music, which are the basis for popular music.” cal thought and leadership. The heavyweight champion of the world was Jack Johnson, an African American. The Negro Baseball League drew crowds equal to their white major league counterparts. African American artists, like Aaron Douglas, Lois Jones, Jacob Lawrence and Augusta Savage established a black arts movement. Black scholars and political leaders, such as W. E. B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson, Marcus Garvey and Alain Locke wrote of a new identity for African Americans known as the “New Negro Movement,” emerging in Northern cities. Whites audiences journeyed “Uptown” to Harlem and enjoyed performers like Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and dancers like Josephine Baker, Bill Bojangles, and the Nicholas Brothers. Some places like the Cotton Club catered to an all white audience

with black performers, others like the Savoy had mixed audiences and performers. Paul Lawrence Dunbar was a prolific poet and writer who inspired a new generation of writers. Langston Hughes, “The Shakespeare of Harlem,” was one of those so inspired. Another was Zora Neal Hurston, whose collection of Southern African American folklore and tales, led to her becoming the leading cultural anthropologist of African American life and culture. Her plays and literary works gave light to a new generation. For example, “The Color Purple” by writer Alice Walker was influenced by Hurston’s work. African American musicians created blues and jazz music, which are the basis for popular music. Blues evolved into ragtime, swing, be-bop, do-wop, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, rock, funk and hip-hop. Bessie Smith, Lead Belly, Alberta Hunter and Robert Johnson, among others, laid the foundation for blues and rock and roll. Scott Joplin, Nobel Sissle, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and others laid the groundwork for the musical revolution of the American art form called jazz. Jazz became the theme music of the “Roaring 20’s.” The Harlem Renaissance evening will include remarks by George Mason professor, Dr. Spencer Crew, a scholar on the “Great Migration” and “Harlem Renaissance.” The Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra and vocalist Sharon Clark will perform music from the early Harlem Renaissance period. The Guardian Dance Company of Baltimore will perform dance moves like the jitterbug, lindy hop and

swing. New York based actor, David Mills brings Harlem Renaissance icon Langston Hughes to life in an inspiring, entertaining one-man show that combines theatre, poetry, and song. The second half of the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra performance will feature pianist Johnny O’Neal performing jazz from the late Harlem Renaissance era through the WWII years. During the reception and intermissions costumed interpreters portraying Paul Robeson, Zora Neal Hurston, Moms Mabley, and Josephine Baker will mix and mingle with attendees in the galleries. Guests will munch on delectable and elegant “Soul Food” hors d’oeuvres, prepared by Margaret’s Soul Food. A cash bar will be available. Tickets can be purchased at www. tinnerhill.org, and range from $50 for front orchestra to $20 for balcony. Period attire from the 1920s is encouraged We’d like to thank our sponsors: Beyer Automotive Group, Diener and Associates, the Falls Church News-Press, Foxes Music, Griffin Owen Insurance Group, AAUW and Northern Virginia Community College Education Foundation, among others. The Harlem Renaissance Fair promises to be both entertaining and educational. I hope that you will come out and enjoy what we know will be an entertaining and educating experience.  Edwin B. Henderson, II is president and founder of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation..

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F.C. Mulls New Downtown Plaza A new small public plaza could be constructed in downtown Falls Church if a grant from the City’s Economic Development Authority is accepted by City officials, the City’s Public Information Office announced in a release last Thursday. Early last month the EDA pledged a conditional grant for up to $550,000 to the City’s Parks and Recreation program for a redesigned, rebuilt and re-purposed public plaza in the 100 block of W. Broad Street on City-owned land located between the Hunan Café and Hot N Juicy Crawfish eateries. The proposal remains subject to the approval of the Falls Church City Council. “The EDA believes a new public plaza at this location will help continue to revitalize the downtown area, provide positive economic impacts to local businesses, and create a great place for everyone to enjoy in the heart of our City,” said EDA Chairman Michael Novotny. Designed by the landscape architect Olin Studio of Philadelphia, the plaza is proposed to have outdoor dining and gathering spaces, a performance venue and seating, public art, garden areas, an interactive water feature, handicap accessibility, and an abundance of trees. Olin Studio previously designed Bryant Park in New York City and the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, DC, among its portfolio of work across the U.S. • • • • • •

Finalists in City of F.C. Vehicle Decal Contest Announced Voting is now open for finalists in the City of Falls Church’s vehicle decal contest to determine the next design for the City’s annual sticker. Voting will close next Friday, February 19 at 11:45 p.m. According to a press release, a citizen panel decided on the final four designs that “best reflected the City community.” The final designs were selected from a group of 12 submitted by area high school students to the City of F.C. treasurer. Cash prizes will be awarded to the finalists with first place winning $750, second place winning $500, third winning $250 and fourth winning $150. Voting is open to all City of F.C. residents, employees including police, firefighters, library staff, government employees, teachers and other school employees. Voting can be made at fallschurchva.gov/decalcontest. The winner of the decal contest will be announced at the City of Falls Church Council meeting on Monday, February 22.

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Community News & Notes Levine Music ‘Celebrate 40!’ Event Rescheduled Levine Music’s “Celebrate 40!” concert to celebrate its 40th anniversary has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 19 from 7 – 9 p.m. because of winter storm Jonas. The concert, which will include two piano trios written by Beethoven and Schumann when they were 40 years old, will still be held at The Falls Church Episcopal at 115 E. Fairfax Street. Tickets for the event cost $15 online and $20 at the door. Levine students can get into the concert for free. For more information, visit levinemusic.org/calendar/ event/1099.

F.C. Library Hosts Elaine Murray for Storytelling Event Mary Riley Styles Public Library at 120 N. Virginia Avenue is hosting Elaine Murray for a

storytelling event on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 11 – 11:45 a.m. No registration is required for the event, which is planned for children for ages five and up. Murray will read selections from A Trip on the 4 Winds, a collection of stories that provide a view into the richness of stories from cultures around the world, including Japan, Spain, Haiti, Russian and the United States. For more information, call 703-228-5034 or email juv@fallschurchva.gov.

Falls Church’s Celtic Music Concert Slated for March 12 The City of Falls Church will host a Celtic Music Concert on Saturday, March 12 from 8 – 10 p.m. at Cherry Hill Farmhouse at 312 Park Avenue. At the evening of Irish music, musicians will perform on fiddle, banjo, guitar, bouzouki and bodhran in the intimate atmo-

sphere of the Farmhouse parlor. Admission to the event costs $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information and reservations, call 703-248-5171 or email cjanicelli@fallschurchva.gov.

Baroukh Fundraiser Scheduled for Feb. 11 A fundraiser for Mia Grace Baroukh, the daughter of Falls Church City Councilmember Nader Baroukh who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in November 2015, is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 11 at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack at 130 N. Washington Street. Mia Grace underwent a 14-hour surgery within days of being diagnosed to have the brain tumor removed. Despite frequent stays at Inova Fairfax Children’s Hospital for ongoing rounds of chemotherapy, she continues to be her sassy, very verbal, almost three-year-old self.

At the fundraiser, Clare and Don’s will donate a percentage of food sales from the entire day to the Baroukh family. There will also be a silent auction from 5 – 8 p.m. with prizes like Washington Capitals tickets, Whitetail Resort ski passes and restaurant gift cards. Team Mia Grace shirts and bracelets will be available for purchase at the event. All proceeds donated to the Baroukh family from the fundraiser will help with the family’s medical bills and expenses not covered by health insurance.

Children Can Hunt for Easter Eggs in F.C. on March 26 The City of Falls Church’s annual Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, March 26 from 11 a.m. – noon at Cherry Hill Park at 312 Park Avenue. At the event, children will can hunt for Easter eggs and candy in the park

and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. The City asks that children who participate bring a basket to stash their bounty. In addition to the Easter egg hunt, children ages 11 and under can participate in a make-your-own-candy-bag craft project. The event is free. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/Easter, email cmadison@fallschurchva.gov or call 703-248-5027.

DMV 2 Go Returns to The Little City on Feb. 12 The Department of Motor Vehicles mobile customer service center, DMV 2 Go, will be at City Hall at 300 Park Avenue on Friday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.The special event is co-hosted by the Commissioner of the Revenue and the Virginia DMV. This event is open to all Virginia residents. No appointments are necessary.

AN UPDATED PUBLIC briefing on the City of Falls Church’s proposed master plan for the upgrading of the stretch of the W&OD Trail that runs through the WHILE AN UNIDENTIFIED person adds their signature to the many already city was held at City Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30. Here’s F.C. Principal Planner Paul written on the beam that subsequently topped off the Kensington building, Stoddard is shown addressing the group. The issue comes before the Planning to the right Kensington’s Harley Cook and partner Ed Novak of Nova-Habitat Commission for its recommendations next week and to the City Council for a formal adoption in early March. (Photo: News-Press) enjoyed the moment. (Photo: News-Press)

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Local Internist Speaks to McLean Woman’s Club

Dr. Lewis Suskiewicz, M. D., a distinguished local internist retired from Inova Fairfax and Fair Oaks Hospitals, spoke about senior nutrition to the Woman’s Club of McLean at its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2. During his speech, he addressed the nutritional adjustments that seniors often must make because of physical changes that occur during aging. Much of the doctor’s talk focused on weight control. Older people, he said, generally need to reduce the number of calories they consume because they are less active than previously and have less muscle mass and lower hormonal levels. Moreover, being overweight can cause increased stress on joints and the back and also can affect medications. Suskiewicz has lived and practiced in Northern Virginia since 1975 and has received numerous professional awards and appointments. He has served on professional committees and hospital staffs, taught in medical schools and practiced privately.

‘My Favorite Teacher Contest’ Open Now Through March 1 Barnes & Noble Tysons is giving middle and high school students the opportunity to tell the community how much they appreciate their favorite teacher during its “My Favorite Teacher Contest,” which runs through March 1. Students can nominate their teacher by writing essays, poems or thank-you letters that share how their teacher has influenced their life and why they appreciate and admire them. According to a press release from the bookstore, schools that want to participate in the contest should collect their students’

entries and submit them to Barnes & Noble Tysons for consideration. Entries will be judged on the compelling nature of the teacher’s qualities, the sincerity of the student’s appreciation and the quality of the entries. The winning teacher will be recognized at an event at Barnes & Noble Tysons this spring, where they will receive an award acknowledging their achievement. The student who wrote the winning essay or poem will receive a certificate of recognition and also be honored at the ceremony. All of the teachers who win the local contest will be eligible to also win a regional contest. Regional winners receive a $500 Barnes & Noble gift card and a NOOK. Each regional winner will move on to a national contest, where they will have the chance to be named “Barnes & Noble National Teacher of the Year.” The winner of the national contest will win $5,000, will be recognized at their local Barnes & Noble store and their school will also win $5,000. Teachers from grades 1 – 12 are eligible for nomination. Only middle and high school students and teachers who are actively employed at elementary, middle and high schools in the United States are eligible. For more information, visit bn.com/myfavoriteteacher or e-mail Marta Seenstra Davis at crm2238@bn.com.

NoVa Teen Book Festival Scheduled for March 5 One More Page Books is partnering with the Arlington County, Fairfax County and Loudon County public libraries and George Mason University’s Fall for the Book Festival to cohost the third annual NoVa Teen Book Festival, which is slated for Saturday, March 5 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School, located at 1301 N. Stafford St., Arlington.

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TARA MALLOY (at podium), deputy executive director of The Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C., was the guest speaker of the Jan. 31 Falls Church League of Women Voters’ forum on “Money in Politics” at the F.C. Community Center. Malloy presented a grim picture on the growing influence of money, including from anonymous sources, in the U.S. political process since the Supreme Court’s infamous “Citizens United” decision, and efforts underway to stem it. (Photo: News-Press) The day-long, free festival will feature more than 20 authors and other area public libraries and school systems, including Falls Church City Public Schools and Mary Riley Styles Public Library, will help support the event. The event will feature a keynote speech from best-selling author Holly Black, whose latest release is The Darkest Part of the Forest. Food trucks from Mac’s Donuts, The Big Cheese and more will be on-site to provide lunch. “We are thrilled to bring NoVa Teen back for a third year,” says One More Page owner Eileen McGervey. “It’s so very rewarding to see YA fans in our community connecting with so many favorite authors – all on a single day and in a single location.” Other authors that will be appearing at the event include Hannah Barnaby (Some of the Parts), Christopher Barzak (Wonders of the Invisible World), Jennifer Donnelly (These Shallow Graves), Kelly Fiore (Thicker Than Water) and Jan Gangsei (Zero Day). For

more information or to register, visit novateenbookfestival.com.

One More Page Books Hosts Cuban Winter Ball Talk

Sustainable Yard Workshop Slated for February 20

One More Page Books, located at 2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington, is hosting two authors to talk about the Cuban baseball league on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 7 – 8 p.m. The Cuban League lasted from 1878 – 1961. Cesar Brioso, author of Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League, and Tim Wendel, author of Castro’s Curveball: A Novel will be the featured authors on the topic. For more information, visit onemorepagebooks.com.

The Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia will present a program on Designing a Sustainable, Manageable Yard on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Fairlington Community Center, located at 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington. The program will focus on the best management practices of sustainable landscapes – using native plants, making the most of available water, building soil health and reducing maintenance. Master Gardeners will also answer questions about individual garden management challenges. The program is free and open to the public, but organizers request that attendees register in advance. For more information or to register, visit mgnv.org or call 703-228-6414.

Correction: In the February 4 edition of the News-Press, we ran a review about Nhà Hàng Chay, a new restaurant in Falls Church’s Eden Center, and said that there are three all vegan/vegetarian restaurants in and around Falls Church. There are four. The other is called Thanh Van Restaurant and is also located in Eden Center.

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I Miss Barack Obama

As this primary season has gone along, a strange sensation has come over me: I miss Barack Obama. Now, obviously I disagree with a lot of Obama’s policy decisions. I’ve been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. I hope the next presidency is a philosophic departure. But over the course of this campaign it feels as if there’s been a decline in behavioral standards across the board. Many of the traits of character and leadership that Obama possesses, and that maybe we have taken too much for granted, have suddenly gone missing or are in short supply. The first and most important of these is basic integrity. The Obama administration has been remarkably scandal-free. Think of the way Iran-Contra or the Lewinsky scandals swallowed years from Reagan and Clinton. We’ve had very little of that from NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE Obama. He and his staff have generally behaved with basic rectitude. Hillary Clinton is constantly having to hold these defensive press conferences when she’s trying to explain away some vaguely shady shortcut she’s taken, or decision she has made, but Obama has not had to do that. He and his wife have not only displayed superior integrity themselves, they have mostly attracted and hired people with high personal standards. There are all sorts of unsightly characters floating around politics, including in the Clinton camp and in Gov. Chris Christie’s administration. This sort has been blocked from team Obama. Second, a sense of basic humanity. Donald Trump has spent much of this campaign vowing to block Muslim immigration. You can only say that if you treat Muslim Americans as an abstraction. Obama, meanwhile, went to a mosque, looked into people’s eyes and gave a wonderful speech reasserting their place as Americans. He’s exuded this basic care and respect for the dignity of others time and time again. Let’s put it this way: Imagine if Barack and Michelle Obama joined the board of a charity you’re involved in. You’d be happy to have such people in your community. Could you say that comfortably about Ted Cruz? The quality of a president’s humanity flows out in the unexpected but important moments. Third, a soundness in his decision-making process. Over the years I have spoken to many members of this administration who were disappointed that the president didn’t take their advice. But those disappointed staffers almost always felt that their views had been considered in depth. Obama’s basic approach is to promote his values as much as he can within the limits of the situation. Bernie Sanders, by contrast, has been so blinded by his values that the reality of the situation does not seem to penetrate his mind. Take health care. Passing Obamacare was a mighty lift that led to two gigantic midterm election defeats. As Megan McArdle pointed out in her Bloomberg View column, Obamacare took coverage away from only a small minority of Americans. Sanderscare would take employer coverage away from tens of millions of satisfied customers, destroy the health insurance business and levy massive new tax hikes. This is epic social disruption. To think you could pass Sanderscare through a polarized Washington and in a country deeply suspicious of government is to live in intellectual fairyland. Obama may have been too cautious, especially in the Middle East, but at least he’s able to grasp the reality of the situation. Fourth, grace under pressure. I happen to find it charming that Marco Rubio gets nervous on the big occasions – that he grabs for the bottle of water, breaks out in a sweat and went robotic in the last debate. It shows Rubio is a normal person. And I happen to think overconfidence is one of Obama’s great flaws. But a president has to maintain equipoise under enormous pressure. Obama has done that, especially amid the financial crisis. After Saturday night, this is now an open question about Rubio. Fifth, a resilient sense of optimism. To hear Sanders or Trump, Cruz and Ben Carson campaign is to wallow in the pornography of pessimism, to conclude that this country is on the verge of complete collapse. That’s simply not true. We have problems, but they are less serious than those faced by just about any other nation on earth. People are motivated to make wise choices more by hope and opportunity than by fear, cynicism, hatred and despair. Unlike many current candidates, Obama has not appealed to those passions. No, Obama has not been temperamentally perfect. Too often he’s been disdainful, aloof, resentful and insular. But there is a tone of ugliness creeping across the world, as democracies retreat, as tribalism mounts, as suspiciousness and authoritarianism take center stage. Obama radiates an ethos of integrity, humanity, good manners and elegance that I’m beginning to miss, and that I suspect we will all miss a bit, regardless of who replaces him.

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The Time-Loop Party By now everyone who follows politics knows about Marco Rubio’s software-glitch performance in Saturday’s Republican debate. Not only did he respond to a challenge from Chris Christie about his lack of achievements by repeating, verbatim, the same line from his stump speech he had used a moment earlier; when Christie mocked his canned delivery, he repeated the same line yet again. In other news, last week – on Groundhog Day, to be precise – Republicans in the House of Representatives cast what everyone knew was a purely symbolic, substance-free vote to repeal Obamacare. It was the 63rd time they’ve done so. NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE These are related stories. Rubio’s inability to do anything besides repeat canned talking points was startling. Worse, it was funny, which means that it has gone viral. And it reinforced the narrative that he is nothing but an empty suit. But really, isn’t everyone in his party doing pretty much the same thing, if not so conspicuously? The truth is that the whole GOP seems stuck in a time loop, saying and doing the same things over and over. And unlike Bill Murray’s character in the movie “Groundhog Day,” Republicans show no sign of learning anything from experience. Think about the doctrines every Republican politician now needs to endorse, on pain of excommunication. First, there’s the ritual denunciation of Obamacare as a terrible, very bad, no good, job-killing law. Did I mention that it kills jobs? Strange to say, this line hasn’t changed at all despite the fact that we’ve gained 5.7 million private-sector jobs since January 2014, which is when the Affordable Care Act went into full effect. Then there’s the assertion that taxing the rich has terrible effects on economic growth, and conversely that tax cuts at the top can be counted on to produce an economic miracle. This doctrine was tested more than two decades ago, when Bill Clinton raised tax rates on high incomes; Republicans predicted disaster, but what we got was the economy’s best run since the 1960s. It was tested again when George W. Bush cut taxes on the wealthy; Republicans predicted a “Bush boom,” but actually got a lackluster expansion followed by the worst slump

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since the Great Depression. And it got tested a third time after President Barack Obama won re-election, and tax rates at the top went up substantially; since then we’ve gained 8 million private-sector jobs. Oh, and there’s also the spectacular failure of the Kansas experiment, where huge tax cuts have created a budget crisis without delivering any hint of the promised economic miracle. But Republican faith in tax cuts as a universal economic elixir has, if anything, grown stronger, with Rubio, in particular, going even further than the other candidates by promising to eliminate all taxes on capital gains. Meanwhile, on foreign policy the required GOP position has become one of utter confidence in the effectiveness of military force. How did that work in Iraq? Never mind: The only reason anybody in the world fails to do exactly what America wants must be because our leadership is lily-livered if not treasonous. And diplomacy, no matter how successful, is denounced as appeasement. Not incidentally, the shared Republican stance on foreign policy is basically the same view Richard Hofstadter famously described in his essay “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”: Whenever America fails to impose its will on the rest of the world, it must be because it has been betrayed. The John Birch Society has won the war for the party’s soul. But don’t all politicians spout canned answers that bear little relationship to reality? No. Like her or not, Hillary Clinton is a genuine policy wonk, who can think on her feet and clearly knows what she is talking about on many issues. Bernie Sanders is much more of a one-note candidate, but at least his signature issue reflects real concerns. When you revisit Democratic debates after what went down Saturday, it doesn’t feel as if you’re watching a different party, it feels as if you’ve entered a different intellectual and moral universe. So how did this happen to the GOP? In a direct sense, I suspect that it has a lot to do with Foxification, the way Republican primary voters live in a media bubble into which awkward facts can’t penetrate. But there must be deeper causes behind the creation of that bubble. Whatever the ultimate reason, however, the point is that while Rubio did indeed make a fool of himself on Saturday, he wasn’t the only person on that stage spouting canned talking points that are divorced from reality. They all were, even if the other candidates managed to avoid repeating themselves word for word.

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The Real Threat Of Donald Trump

The genuinely terrifying specter of a President Donald Trump was about the land after the results of the New Hampshire primary were in Tuesday night, haunting the souls of millions of concerned and responsible Americans, and even more overseas. Trump’s landslide victory in the Republican primary in New Hampshire, the first in the nation, should be causing electric shocks to bristle American citizens up one side and down the other. This is, people, our nation’s worst nightmare. The relentless insistence of the major media that this is just a titillating form of “politics as usual,” an entertaining, and ratings-boosting, form of reality imitating art, is lulling the mainstream of this country into permitting, or encouraging, the descent of the FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS nation into depths it may never have previously encountered. Oh, that future history books and pundits will not observe of this time that the election of our first African-American president led to the unintended consequence of a backlash that sent the country careering into the embrace of a 21st century form of fascist thuggery! Donald Trump is for real, and he is really bad. This is a matter that goes way beyond mere partisan politics. In fact, some of the sharpest critiques of Trump are coming from the right, even the far right. A series of short essays in the current edition of the National Review by known entities on the right all assail the prospect of a Trump presidency. The most thoughtful, in fact, was penned by John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine, who is correct in locating the Trump phenomenon in the context of the national cultural shift that occurred in the 1980s. Trump “is the apotheosis of a tendency that began to manifest itself in American culture in the 1980s,” he wrote, “most notably in the persons of the comic Andrew Dice Clay and the shock jock Howard Stern: the American id.” This “American id,” Podhoretz observed, survived the waning influence of these figures, and other potty-mouthed cases like Morton Downey, Jr. and the daily guests on the Jerry Springer Show. It persisted in the manifestations it presented in the world of Trump, from his steak and casino businesses, his high-profile love life, involvement in professional wrestling and “his reality TV persona as the immensely rich guy who treats people like garbage but has no fancy airs.” This id, he added, “found its truest voice in his repellent assertion that the first black president needed to prove to Trump’s satisfaction that he was actually an American.” “In any integrated personality, the id is supposed to be balanced by an ego and a superego,” he wrote, but “Trump is an unbalanced force. He is the politicized American id...He would be, unquestionably, the worst thing to happen to the American common culture in my lifetime.” These are insightful remarks. But the issue runs deeper, to the ideological and cultural underpinnings that the so-called “Reagan revolution” brought to the forefront of the national psyche. It is rooted the concerted and relentless multi-faceted effort since the blacklisted Hollywood 10 and McCarthy Era days to deploy the official tools of law enforcement (the FBI and CIA) to use the pretext of the “Cold War” to terrorize and re-shape the values and mores of the American population. Trump is the perfect embodiment of the fact these efforts were aimed not solely at cowing the population into narrow, right wing “family values,” but more fundamentally to corral it into a mode of thinking and behavior which is anti-social and sociopathic. This was the antidote that thuggish police enforcers and their overseers provided against the generosity of spirit that followed the “New Deal” social reforms of the Roosevelt administration and the prosecution of the Second World War against fascism and totalitarianism. It was “New Dealers” who were the enemy, because following the war they were pro-labor and pro-civil rights, both identified as threats to the nation’s ruling class. So-called ‘postmodern” and “new age” culture was unleashed to counter these influences, and in the person of Donald Trump they found their ideal model, the perfect threat to everything civil.

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 Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

Hillary Has ‘Half a Dream’ DURHAM, N.H. – One of the most striking statistics to come of the Iowa caucus entry polling was the enormous skew of young voters away from Hillary Clinton and to Bernie Sanders. Only 14 percent of caucusgoers 17 to 29 supported Clinton, while 84 percent supported Sanders. Last Thursday, I traveled to the University of New Hampshire, site of a debate between Clinton and Sanders that night. Before the debate, I mingled on campus with people rallying for both candidates, with the Sanders rally many times larger than the Clinton one. The energy for Sanders at the school was electric. For the actually debate, I went to a debate-watching party for Clinton supporters at the Three Chimneys Inn, just off campus. There were more heads of white hair in that room than a jar of cotton balls. The two scenes so close to each other drove home the point for me: Hillary Clinton has a threatening young voter problem. Young folks are facing a warming planet, exploding student debt, stunted mobility, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE stagnant wages and the increasing corporatization of the country due in part to the increasing consolidation of wealth and the impact of that wealth on American institutions. Young folks are staring down a barrel and they want to put a flower in it, or conversely, smash it to bits. And they’re angry at those who came before them for doing too little, too late. They want a dramatic correction, and they want it now. Sanders’ rhetoric plays well to young folks’ anxiety and offers a ray of hope. He wants to fix the system they see as broken, and he’s not new to those positions. He has held many of the same positions most of his life, but they have never had as much resonance as they do now. Sanders is good at setting the goals, but not so good at getting there. When people question Sanders on the feasibility of pushing his ambitious policies through an obstructionist, Republican-controlled Congress, he often responds with the broad and loose talk of a political revolution, like he put it in his closing remarks Thursday: “I do believe we need a political revolution where millions of people stand up and say loudly and clearly that our government belongs to all of us and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors.”

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What he is saying is that a political revolution, meaning massive numbers of new voters and unprecedented voter turnout by people who support his policies, would result in flipping control of Congress and an easier path to his policies’ passage and implementation. But if Iowa is any measure, that revolution has yet to materialize, and indeed, may never. Iowa did see a record number of caucusgoers – for the Republican candidate. The number of Democratic caucusgoers fell significantly, and half of those went to Clinton. RealClearPolitics reported that “The trend line is positive for Republicans (turnout up 54 percent from 2012) and negative for Democrats (turnout was down 22 percent from 2008).” This doesn’t sound anything like the kind of numbers Sanders would need to push his agenda forward, and he knows that. If anything, it sounds like the budding of another Republican revolution. But these facts are ones that would never pass Sanders’ lips. They would puncture the balloon and end his ascendance. Clinton, on the other hand, represents much of what they distrust or even despise. There is an aura of ethical ambiguity – from the emails to the Wall Street paid speeches to the super PACs. There is the legacy of her military hawkishness, including her Iraq war vote. There is the articulation of her positions that are at odds with young folks’ aspirations and sensibilities, like saying Thursday, “I don’t believe in free college,” and saying that she continues to support capital punishment. But possibly the most damaging of Clinton’s attributes is, ironically, her practicality. As one person commented to me on social media: Clinton is running an I-Have-Half-A-Dream campaign. That simply doesn’t inspire young people brimming with the biggest of dreams. Clinton’s message says: Aim lower, think smaller, move slower. It says, I have more modest ambitions, but they are more realistic. As Clinton put it Thursday in a swipe at Sanders, “I’m not making promises that I cannot keep.” But the pragmatic progressive line is not going to help her chip away at Sanders’ support among the young. That support is hardening into hipness. Supporting Sanders is quickly becoming the thing to do if you are young and want to appeal to those who are. Clinton’s time to reverse that is quickly running out, and a strategy of simply holding out long enough so that the heavy black and brown support for her counters it may not be sufficient.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

A few remnants of the “Snowzilla” blizzard one night, evoking memories of childhood camp remain in parking lots and at intersections, but the overnights, but without mosquitos and s’mores! Almost lost in the flurry of information during discussion about the storm and its aftermath still dominates conversations. At last week’s Board of the snow emergency was the very good news that Supervisors meeting, Chairman Sharon Bulova Fairfax County’s triple-A bond rating was reafannounced plans for a “snow summit,” to be held firmed by all three national bond rating agencies on Tuesday, March 1, during the regular board – Moody’s Investor Service, Standard & Poor, meeting. Invited participants will include the and Fitch Ratings. Only 40 counties in the nation Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), enjoy a triple-A rating, which Fairfax County has the state agency responsible for road maintenance, held for more than 30 years. In addition, Moody’s including plowing, in Fairfax County, county Investor Service revised the county’s economic agencies, schools, and the United States Postal outlook from “negative” to “stable,” a reflection Service. Board members fielded many complaints of the Board’s strengthened comprehensive fiscal and requests for service during the blizzard, and policies, a large and diverse tax base, and a reawill look at trends and problems in their districts sonable debt burden. The triple-A rating has saved for discussion at the summit. County residents taxpayers an estimated $700 million in interest on may submit their comments to their magisterial bond and refunding sales over time. The county’s most recent bond sale, on January district supervisor, or to chairman@fairfaxcounty. 26, generated $155 million for schools, $43 milgov, for inclusion in the summit. During the blizzard and its aftermath, Fairfax lion for transportation improvements, and $20 milCounty’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) lion for parks. County voters approved these bond and related agencies (especially 911 call-takers) projects in elections from 2006 to 2012. Favorable worked around the clock, fielding emergency calls interest rates resulted in savings of $12 million. for service, dispatching police and fire and rescue Voter-approved General Obligation bonds provide personnel, and clearing snow at county facilities. the funding that enables local governments to While others were snowed in, 250 county employ- acquire, build, and renovate public facilities, such ees worked 12 hour shifts, accounting for 13,500 as schools, libraries, parks, police and fire stations, hours, during the six-day EOC activation. Every which are needed and demanded by taxpayers. police station and firehouse had to be plowed and Akin to a mortgage, bonds are backed by the full shoveled, often several times, so that first respond- faith and credit of the county, which is a major ers could reach emergencies. Transit facilities, facet of the triple-A rating. county health centers and 24-hour shelters, wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations had  Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the to be fully operational and accessible, despite the T: 5.6875 in Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be weather. Many workers slept at the EOC more than emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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Richmond Report Throughout this session to date, the House of Delegates continues to attempt to erode local control of public education – not only local control of the establishment of charter schools, but to usurp local control of both state and local money dedicated to local public education as well. As you know, last year the General Assembly passed a Constitutional Amendment mandating that the State Board of Education have sole authority to establish charter schools in any school division in Virginia. Constitutional Amendments must be passed by two sessions of the General Assembly, and those sessions must be separated by an election. The same Constitutional Amendment is now before the full House of Delegates for a second passage. The bill (HB3) adds to Section 5 of Article VIII, under the heading ‘Powers and Duties of the Board of Education’, this language, “Subject to such criteria and conditions as the General Assembly may prescribe”, the Board of Education has “the authority to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth.” This is in direct contradiction to Section 7 of Article VIII, which states, “...the supervision of schools in each school division shall be vested in a school board.” If HB3 passes, the State School Board will be able to force a locality to accept snd fund a charter school in spite of the decisions of the local School Board and the voters who elect them. Overriding local School Board decisions regarding charter schools has been tried in years past, mostly under the McDonnell administration. Now this power grab has returned in a different and more threatening form. You know that I support establishing public charter schools when a local School Board has made that decision. I do not support transferring the local School Board’s authority to do

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so to an appointed body, i.e. the State School Board, which is not accountable to taxpaying voters. The falsehood that Virginia needs more charter schools still drives many legislative decisions in the General Assembly. It is clear that a number of the members of the House and Senate do not trust the voters who elected them to elect responsible and representative School Boards. That lack of trust extends to changing the Constitution to ensure that the voters’ opinions make no difference when it comes to establishing charter schools. And just in case the amendment fails to pass the General Assembly or to pass at the polls this November, HB565 has been introduced. HB535 declares that “If a local School Board denies a public charter application, The [State] Board may review and may grant such application..” This bill also gives the State Board of Education the power to establish a public charter school within a school division. Although not spelled out in HB565, the discussion at the subcommittee meeting when considering the bill mentioned that the money should follow the child and that money should be both state and local education monies. If passed, this bill seems to accomplish the same end that the Constitutional Amendment is designed to accomplish. Talk about outrageous government overreach! Teachers, principals, and superintendents from all over the state objected to this bill, but were brushed aside. If the voters do not pass HB3, HB565 will force state control of charter schools upon localities anyway. The power of the governing body closest to the people has always been upheld as the Virginia Way and should remain that way. Please lobby your Delegates and Senators to oppose these bills.

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No More Foxes

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are a public uprising against conflict of interest. For a meager campaign donation or the promise of a private sector job, lawmakers are rented to rewrite the rules to benefit the few at the expense of the many. America worships the rich and famous – so Trump and Sanders don’t represent “class warfare” as defenders of the status quo cynically intone. There is no axe to grind with the wealthy – simply the greedy who voraciously fleece working families. The attraction of these two political upstarts is that they aren’t going to Washington to get rich. Republicans believe that Trump is so wealthy that he need not pander to special interests, and Sanders’ longstanding ideology is so consistent that people don’t believe he can be manipulated or purchased. It is my view that Washington should not be a profit center. There should be a lifetime ban on lobbying, or lobby-like consulting, for former members of the House and Senate. The revolving door between Washington and K Street is a national disgrace that epitomizes the problem of how conflict of interest is damaging this nation. And let’s not forget how rulings like Citizens United essentially legalized corporate bribes to politicians, ensuring the issues of the rich and well connected superseded the concerns of the vast majority of Americans. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, spending on presidential and congressional races doubled from $3.1 billion in 2000, to $6.3 billion in 2012. No doubt, the price tag has skyrocketed since this time – with a mere 158 families responsible for giving more than half of the cash for 2016 races. Do we really think these families are simply altruistic and won’t be asking for special favors? The influence of money extends beyond Washington. For example, USA Today reports “drug companies provide so much of the funding for major patient groups that many critics say they’ve stifled a key voice in the policy debate over soaring drug prices, especially over those for cancer.” In every case where tainted money is involved, those on the receiving end of the cash sanctimoniously swear that the legal bribe has no impact on their decisions. This is beyond insulting to our intelligence. Everyone with an ounce of common sense understands that we are more likely to attend to the needs of those paying our bills. People are rebelling against the twisted idea that everyone is a carefully crafted image or manufactured brand that can be bought or rented. That is why Marco Rubio’s robotic debate performance rubbed so many people the wrong way. It is why people are legitimately concerned about Hillary Clinton’s $600,000 in speeches to Goldman Sachs. It is the reason that Ted Cruz supporters are disturbed about his penchant to rail against same-sex marriage in Iowa, while sycophantically pandering to billionaire supporters of gay marriage, such as Paul Singer, in Manhattan. The rest of us see glaring injustice in our everyday lives – such as when we fly. Thanks to deregulation, the airlines have consolidated with little benefit to consumers. Last year, the four biggest carriers earned $22 billion – while taking away our peanuts, limiting the number of flights to keep prices high, and shrinking our legroom. This has led to air rage among consumers who feel squeezed – both financially and in their seats. While a few airlines are belatedly returning the snacks, they haven’t budged on baggage fees which were allegedly increased to cover rising fuel costs. Now that gas prices have plummeted – why won’t the airlines eliminate or lower the baggage fees? Congress should pass a law that automatically reduces the price of flights and baggage in accordance with the fluctuation of daily gas prices. No doubt, software could easily be created to make this idea a reality. Unfortunately, the airline industry has more lobbyists than we do – so the price gouging will likely continue. Americans don’t mind if people earn their money. But it is difficult to comprehend why the average CEO is paid 216 times more than the median employees at their companies, while they were paid just 20 times more on average in the 1950s. Have the CEO’s really gotten that much better at their jobs to justify their obscene earnings? In the course of 35 years, college tuition at public universities has nearly quadrupled. Are the graduates four times smarter as a result? Bernie Sanders and The Donald did not rise in a vacuum. The story of this election is that there is great anxiety in America because there is a deficit of trust. There is conflict of interest, which has severely damaged our common purpose and polarized us into factions. The people have finally figured out that the fox is guarding the henhouse – and they are embracing politicians who promise to outfox the fox.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

Arlington Public Schools staged a reunion of sorts on Feb. 2, assembling citizens who’d once viewed one another only across the racial divide. The panelists’ talk at the Stratford building marking the 57th anniversary of our state’s school integration was historic, educational and touching. Three of four “local heroes,” as they were called by School Board Chair Emma Violand Sanchez, returned to their junior high, one for the first time since that high drama nearly six decades ago. Gravitas for the evening commemoration (following daytime discussions for students in the H-B Woodlawn program) came from Sen. Tim Kaine via video. The broader picture – fascinating political tactics used by black and white Arlington activists to overcome Virginia’s “massive resistance” to integration in the 1950s – was driven home by the 2001 Arlington Educational Television documentary “It’s Just Me.” It showcased how white liberals risked professional reputations to link arms with African-Americans with whom many had had virtually no social contact. It wasn’t that blacks coveted having their kids learn alongside whites, one black parent said – they wanted the best-paid teachers and learning tools. Blacks resented being bussed past WashingtonLee High School to the South Arlington, and for being excluded

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from Bernie’s Pony Ring at Lyon Village. Before the courts and governor ordered the integration in 1958, Arlington prepared. Four black seventh-graders were selected out of 30 based on achievements and psychological makeup. “I never asked why my parents wanted me to do it,” recalled Michael Jones. On that tense Feb. 2, 1959, Lance Newman remembered, Jones’ “father dropped us off on Old Dominion Drive where there was a ton of cops.” After a stop at the principal’s office, the four were split into pairs. When Newman arrived in math class, “the door opened and there was tension and silence as they introduced us.” When the period changed, he recalled “a mass of humanity, all white, and curious stares.” Ron Deskins was flummoxed that a reporter camped in his house that morning. “I didn’t expect violence like Little Rock,” he said, acknowledging the white student volunteer guides who ate lunch with the newcomers. “There were no public displays of affection or animus,” but a few later “made it their business to try to make our lives miserable but didn’t succeed.” None of the four 12-year-olds then realized the national significance of their action. They viewed it like a day job, after which they returned to real friends on the neighborhood playground. What they couldn’t know was that the Stratford staff had also prepared. An advance assembly was called to ask which teachers

would host the pioneer students. “I’m proud I said yes, but to me was just another day,” recalled former teacher Martha Ann Miller, age 104. At a neighboring house, nervous parents gathered to monitor the action. All four children went on to graduate from Washington-Lee. Newman got a degree in electronic engineering in California and worked for Aerospace Corp. Deskins dabbled in college and spent 34 years as a Fairfax County fireman. Jones attended Howard and Fordham universities, did an Army stint in Vietnam, sold insurance and worked for the CIA. Newman confided that he prepared for English class by writing in his best “Alfred Lord Tennyson” style. But after seeing the quality of his classmates’ work, he realized “they were just as dumb as I was.” *** Straight outta “Mad Men” department: a cool local roadside attraction. Next time you drive south on Wilson Blvd., just before crossing the Arlington line to Seven Corners, you can be transported to the 1950s via the sign for the “Wilson Plaza Shopping Center.” Labeling a strip that houses mostly Vietnamese restaurants, beauty shops and groceries, the sign deploys a typeface and playful design you’d expect from an old Jack Lemmon technicolor movie poster. I asked a couple of shop owners whether the landlord might consider updating the poignant vestige of the Eisenhower era. No, they said, he’s not a big spender.

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Mason Boys Hoops Goes Undefeated In Regular Season Play by Matt Delaney

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George Mason’s boys basketball team finished their goal of a perfect regular season by defeating Rappahannock County High School 71-39 on Wednesday, Feb. 3, Clarke County High School 51-36 on Friday, Feb. 5 and Madison County High School 70-51 on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Madison County proved to be a stiff test for Mason back on Tuesday, Jan. 12 when the Mustangs pulled out a 71-61 win. The rematch started with a bang as both teams traded baskets at will. Entering the second quarter Mason was ahead 16-14, but cooled their jets and took Madison County out of sync in the process. This resulted in a 31-21 halftime lead, followed by a third quarter that saw Mason score 22 points and put them safely ahead

53-37 going into the fourth. Senior forward Robert Tartt was the scoring and rebound leader with 19 and 8, respectively, while senior guard Elliot Mercado served up six assists. Tuesday’s win was preceded by a two solid victories on the road the previous week. Against Clarke County, the Mustangs started slow, but took care of business when needed. At the end of the first quarter Mason clung to a 13-12 lead. However, the Mustangs only allowed 12 points combined the next two quarters and added 23 of their own during that same span, putting them up 36-24 going into the final frame. Tartt again led scoring and rebounds with 23 points and eight boards. Mercado earned four assists. The Rappahannock County road rematch played out similarly to Mason’s 76-20 whooping on Jan. 7 in Falls Church.

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MASON SENIOR ROBERT TARTT, the team’s leading scorer, hands the ball off to senior Elliot Mercado during the Mustangs’ recent win over William Monroe High School. (Photo: Carol Sly) The Mustangs tallied 21 points while holding Rappahannock County scoreless throughout the first quarter. The Panthers had an offense in the second quarter, but Mason added 23 more points, entering halftime up 44-13. Mason eased off the gas in the second half, but still put up double-figures in each quarter.

Now, it’s on to the postseason and the team’s ultimate goal of a 2A State title. They faced one final test to end the season against Madison County, but Mason thinks a third meeting is in store. “We’re probably gonna see them again Saturday in a real meaningful game,” head coach Chris Capannola said. “It was

important to us not only to go undefeated, something no one’s ever done, but to…let them know come Saturday you’re gonna have to play a lot better than that to beat us here.” The Mustangs start the Conference 35 tournament at home against Clarke County on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Mustang Girls Lose to M usta n g S ports R ou nd u p Clarke County, 36-33

by Matt Delaney

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Closing in on the regular season’s finale, George Mason’s varsity girls basketball team stumbled against a visiting Clarke County High School, losing 36-33 on Thursday, Feb. 4. Mason trailed 28-26 going into the fourth quarter. Clarke County was teeming with momentum after taking the lead late in the third quarter and continued to stymie the Mustangs on both ends of the court. On offense they were able to collect rebounds and score on second and third chances. On defense the Eagles kept Mason out of the lane, forcing them into uncomfortable shots. The combination gave Clarke County a 32-27 lead, and eventually a 35-29 advantage that felt gaping given Mason’s decline in offense throughout the second half. With two minutes left, the Mustangs gathered themselves and mounted a comeback. Senior forward Shelby Fields made one free throw while junior guard Sarah Lubnow rolled in a layup and converted the and-one to pull Mason within two at 35-33.

However, foul trouble granted Clarke County a trip to the line in the final seconds to ice the game. The Mustangs started promisingly. Leading just 4-3 early, Mason’s passing attack caught fire when it helped them get ahead 10-3. Going into halftime Mason led 20-15 and didn’t lose the lead until a 6-0 run by Clarke County to close the third foreshadowed the game’s end. Clarke County played respectably, but this game was more about Mason’s falter than anything else. The Mustangs were controlling the flow of action for the first two and a half quarters until they substituted field goals for turnovers. Clarke County made the most of their extra possessions by finding their rhythm while Mason’s turnovers and trouble from the charity strike left their offense ineffective. Weather caused Monday’s game against Strasburg High School to be canceled, but the Mustangs defeated Madison County High School 51-19 in their final game of the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Mason plays Clarke County in the first round of the Conference 35 tournament at home on Saturday, Feb. 13.

SCHOLASTIC BOWL The 2A East Region Scholastic Bowl tournament was held Saturday, Feb. 6 at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton. The team first defeated Buffalo Gap, breaking open a close game with a great final round to win 280-110. They then played Robert E. Lee and maintained a small lead resulting in a 235-190 win. National quiz bowl powerhouse Maggie Walker prevailed in the next round, by a 285-150 score. Mason then awaited the winner of the remaining one-loss teams to determine who they would have to play to reach the finals, and earn a spot to the state tournament. Robert E. Lee High School prevailed over Goochlandand advance to face the Mustangs. In the rematch, the Mustangs racked up a much bigger margin in winning 255-140 to clinch a return trip to the state tournament. The final match pitted the Mustangs once again against Maggie Walker for the tournament title. After a great Mason start, surprisingly jumping out to a 60-25 lead, Maggie Walker dominated the rest of the way for a big win, 370-90. The Mustangs finished as region runners-up to Maggie Walker Governor’s School, therefore qualifying the team for the state tournament that will be held at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg on Saturday, Feb.27. HOCKEY Last Friday, George Mason Hockey faced off against West Springfield High School, coming out with a 6-4 win. After the fast paced game Junior

Center Mackenzie Steeves commented “Big plays, big hits, and recent games gave us the motivation to come out with the win.” Mason Hockey’s played Potomac High School on Wednesday, Feb. 10 but results of the match were not available at press time. BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL The Mustangs finished their final week of the season with three wins, completing a near perfect record on the season with only one loss back in mid-December to Central High School. On Wednesday, Feb. 3 the Mustangs trampled Rappahannock County High School 68-35. Two days later, they handled Clarke County High School in a 59-41 defeat of the Eagles. Madison County High School traveled to Falls Church for the Mustangs’ final game of the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The Mustangs won that match 65-50. Because they only lost once to Central, who finished the season with six district losses, Mason is this year’s Bull Run District champion for boys junior varsity basketball. GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL The Mustangs lost their final game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 9 to Madison County High School by a score of 23-20. On Thursday, Feb. 4 the Mustangs defeated Bull Run District rival Clarke County High School 43-40. That win was the fourth in a win streak Mason enjoyed towards the end of the season. After a rough start to the season, the Mustangs finished the season with a 9-8 record.

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SENIORS AT GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL (l to r) Carolyn Worley, Vicky Marie Addo-Ashong, Annie Ferguson and Laila Zoghi are making sure that the senior class prepares and sends a fresh hot meal from Mason kitchens to the Falls Church Homeless Shelter every week. The seniors cook great meals and are generating excitement among their classmates to participate as well. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS)

ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON Elementary School gather for a photo after receiving the Renaissance Schools of Excellence Award last week. Mount Daniel Elementary School also received a Renaissance Schools of Excellence Award. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS)

2 Local Students Chosen for Journalism Conference Two students from the area have been chosen to attend the 2016 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University as National Youth Correspondents. Matthew Ng, of Falls Church, and Alexis Grbac, of Arlington, will attend the conference will be held July 10 – July 15, 2016. These students join a select group from all over the country for an intensive study of journal-

ism and media. They were chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in journalism and media studies. National Youth Correspondents participate in hands-on, experiential learning through decisionmaking simulations that challenge them to solve problems and explore the creative, practical and ethical tensions inherent in journalism and media. The experiential portion of the program is complemented by speakers who are well-known leaders in

A GROUP OF MARY ELLEN HENDERSON Middle School students read to first grade students at Mt. Daniel School on Wednesday, Feb. 3. They are part of students from Henderson participating in a service learning program, working with seniors at Falls Church Community Center and in Cherry Hill Park. (Photo: Courtesy FCCPS Photo/Casey L’Etoile)

the media community. For more information, visit wjmc.gmu.edu.

Falls Church HS Students Recognized for Writing Three students at Falls Church High School, Calathea Pacifica, Christopher Boose, and Abigail Page, were recently recognized by the D.C. Metro Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. All three students are members of Jagazine, a writing and poetry club at Falls Church High School. Calathea, a sophomore, entered her work titled “When the Sun Rises,” a short story for which she received the Silver Key Award. Christopher, also a sophomore, received the Silver Key award for his short story titled “Wildfire.” In the Flash Fiction category, sophomore Abigail received Honorable Mention for her story “Three Minutes.” The students competed with over 1,500 submissions with only a third of submissions receiving any sort of recognition. The students had their work reviewed by a panel of novelists, editors, teachers, poets, librarians, journalists and other professional writers.

Henderson MS Presents ‘The Lion King, Jr.’ Feb. 18 – 21 Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School is presenting “The Lion King, Jr.” from Thursday,

Feb. 18 – Sunday, Feb. 21 at the school, located at 7134 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a 3 p.m. matinee scheduled for Sunday. Tickets cost $8 and are available on the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School Parent-Teacher Association website under the “Store” tab. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit mehms.my-pta.org.

Local Teacher Receives Marine Education Fellowship Sarah Hollingsworth, a teacher at Potomac School in McLean, has been selected by the non-profit organization Ecology Project International to participate in an eight-day Research & Education Fellowship in Baja Mexico. During the fellowship, Hollingsworth will participate in a modified version of Ecology Project International’s Island Ecology Program. She will be immersed in the diverse ecology of the area, home to 39 percent of the world’s marine mammal species. The Ecology Project International Research & Education Fellowship will occur March 12 – 19, 2016.

The Langley School Hosts First-Ever STEAM Fair The Langley School hosted its inaugural STEAM Fair on Saturday, Feb. 6 to celebrate the school’s interdisciplinary, inquirybased approach to learning and discovery through science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. More than 300 students and parents came to campus to take part in fun, interactive STEAM-

based challenges such as building the tallest spaghetti tower that supported a single marshmallow, creating a lunar lander that prevented a marshmallow from bouncing out when it landed or building foil boats that held the most plastic bears afloat. “STEAM initiatives are becoming an increasingly important part of our curriculum at Langley because they help students develop the collaborative design-thinking and problem-solving skills they will need to succeed in today’s ever-changing world,” said assistant head of school Kathleen Smith.

F.C. Residents Earn Academic Honors at William & Mary Several Falls Church residents recently earned academic honors from the College of William & Mary for the fall 2015 semester. Sofia Andreoli, Anna Elizabeth Ayre, Christian Alexander Ledwin Bean, Jacquelyn Colette Borman, Amelia Lauren CarolusHager, Matteo Koji D’Agostino, Natalie Grace Frye, Thomas Grant Gittins, Sofia GoyonagaCalatayud, Sylvia Akiyo Greer, Alexander Earl Hedrick, Jason William Hemmendinger, Daniel Antonio Hughes, Peter Kress, William Taylor Kilgallin, Tenzin Lhanze, Mary Katherine Matecki, Mary Rebecca Nichols, Adam William Nubbe, Ivie Sophia Dorothy Orobaton, QuynhNhu Phan, Robert Hugh Rank, Erica Marien Schneider, Hannah B Shenouda, Amanda Lynn Sikirica and Luren Wang made the dean’s list at the school, where students must earn at least a 3.6 quality point average to make the list.

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Two weeks ago I wrote a column online about the progress that Randell Mills up in Cranbury N.J. has been making on his 25-year quest to develop a new source of energy to replace fossil fuels. Such a replacement would not only give the world a fighting chance to stop global warming, but it could be highly disruptive for much of the world’s commerce and geopolitics. The concept of replacing fossil fuels in the next few decades sounds too good to be true which is why the mainstream media is having so much trouble accepting such claims. Last week Mills posted a two-hour video of the presentation he gave on the progress he and his associates have made in developing a device that can cheaply produce pollution-free electricity. He apparently has made good progress. When last heard from in the summer of 2014, Mills had mastered the technology needed to produce bright flashes of light using the hydrogen contained in water as the fuel, but could only produce one flash at a time, while a continuous string of at least 1000 flashes per second was needed to produce a steady flow of electricity. A major problem at the time was how to recover the powdered catalyst used in the reaction so that the only new “fuel” required was water. In the initial demonstrations, the powdered catalyst was blown about by the reactions, leaving the developers with the problem of how to recycle it for continuous operations. An additional problem was the characteristics of the “light” produced by zapping the hydrogen into hydrinos. Most of the light energy release came at wave lengths too short to be converted into electricity by the existing generation of photoelectric cells. The solution to these problems took 14 months to find. First the catalyst which held the water/ hydrogen and accepted the energy release was changed from a metallic powder to molten silver.

The design was changed to squirt the hydrated liquid silver by using an electromagnetic pump between the electrodes which initiated the reaction, thereby eliminating the need for any mechanical transport of the fuel catalyst mix and greatly improving the long-term reliability of the system. In this manner reactions at the rate of circa 2000 per second are now being achieved. As the post-reaction catalyst was in the form of silver vapor or molten metal, it can easily be returned to the heated silver reservoir for reuse. The problem of the frequency of light to drive the photoelectric converter was solved by placing a cap of either tungsten or carbon over the reaction chamber. This cap will be heated by the intense reaction in the chamber below so that it will glow white hot at the proper wave lengths much like the tungsten filament in a light bulb. This cap then emits black body radiation of a frequency that photoelectric cells can convert into electricity. The photoelectric converter part of the system has not yet been completed so that the entire device is not yet ready for testing. However, as far as can be determined the critical and innovative section that continuously converts water into flashes of extremely bright light akin to what comes from the sun its close now to functional. The next step in bringing this system to market will be to marry the two parts, optimize the cooling, and build a number of “engineering design units” that can be used for field tests. At this point, if all goes well, any remaining room for skepticism should melt away as it did with the Wright brothers’ first flying airplane. A retort to the skepticism that many have expressed is the number of outside contractors that now are involved with Mills’ company, Brilliant Light Power. It is difficult to imagine that a major photoelectric cell producer who has contracted to design and build a new and highly specialized photoelectric converter for Mills’ device is doing this without having access to the necessary

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data and to a working reactor producing the light to be converted into electricity. Likewise, for the company/companies working to produce the engineering design units that will be used to field test the device. To do this without detailed data as to how the device functions would be impossible. The charge that Mills is a fraud is looking more far-fetched all the time. We seem to be about a year away from field tests by outside firms that will settle the argument. Mills’ business plan for replacing the fossil fuels is ambitious to say the least. After completing development of a laboratory prototype, he plans to turn the project over to outside contractors who will engineer the device into models that can commercially be produced. They will then build, lease, install, and maintain the devices which remain the property of Mills’ company. The first iteration of the power generator is to be about the size of a car engine, weigh less than 250 pounds, and produce about 200,000 watts of electricity that should be sufficient to power a car. Mills’ notes that there are currently some 60 million cars built in the world each year. He believes that his generator, which requires no fuel, has an unlimited range, a long life, and the outstanding performance of an electric car will sell readily. The economics alone should make such a car a winner provided the reliability is satisfactory. Brilliant Light Power is to become a firm that will own and bill for the power produced by the generators installed in buildings and various forms of transportation equipment – from cars to airplanes all over the world. Whether the plan to replace the multi-trillion-dollar global fossil fuel industry and electricity generation industries by a single company actually comes to fruition remains to be seen. The basis for the plan would be the ability to sell distributed non-polluting electricity produced at a fraction of current rates. Needless to say a lot of disruption would take place if people started using the device to power their cars, homes, offices, and businesses.

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Studios for Lease at Art & Frame Falls Church Art and Frame of Falls Church has several art studios available for lease at 205 W. Jefferson Street in Falls Church. The Jefferson Street Artists’ studios range from 75 to 120 square feet with a 15-foot ceiling. Each studio has a window, a locking door, and access to a breakroom with a refrigerator and microwave, utility sink and bathrooms. To find out more about Jefferson Street Artists and the available space, contact Tom Gittins at 703-534-4202.

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F.C. Police Chief to Present at F.C. Chamber Luncheon The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting a luncheon on Tuesday, February 16 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Italian Café, 7161 Lee Highway. Falls Church Police Chief Mary Gavin will present on emergency preparedness for the business community. Tickets with advanced registration are $27 for members, $32 for nonmembers. An additional $5 will be charged for walk-ins should space be available. For more information, visit www.FallsChurchChamber.org.

F.C. Project Management Firm Names New VP Markon Solutions, a Falls Church-based project management consulting firm, named Matt Slingwine a vice president. He is responsible for overall customer satisfaction, employee and contract health, and portfolio growth with a focus on the intelligence community. Since joining Markon in 2009, Slingwine led multiple contract engagements for the firm including financial, facilities, strategy/governance, and program management efforts. His 16-year career includes leading teams on projects totaling over $100M annually with two of the nation’s largest building firms. Markon Solutions was ranked Third in Virginia Business’ Best Places to Work in Virginia. For more information, visit www.markonsolutions.com.  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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Community Events

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Preschool Storytime. Stories, ﬁnger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday every week. This program is for ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. & 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Author Talk. Jenny Sullivan will discuss her book From My Father’s House. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 3 – 4 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com. Middle School Book Club. Children in grades 6 – 8 will discuss The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. fallschurchva.org/Library. My Bloody Valentine: Mystery

Writers of America Romantic Suspense Panel. Mystery Writers of America members Kathryn Johnson, Mary Burton and Rebecca York will speak about the genre of Romantic Suspense. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

DMV 2 Go. The Department of Motor Vehicles’ mobile customer service center, DMV 2 Go, allows Virginia residents to taken advantage of all DMV transactions. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Prices vary. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 703248-5450. Valentine Dance. Shake, rattle and roll away the winter blues with a roaring good time. Live music by the Rocking Chairs. For adults ages 55 and up. This event is sponsored by the Lee/ Madison Advisory Committee. Lee Community & Senior Center and Park (5722 Lee Hwy., Arlington). Free. 1 – 3 p.m. 703-228-0555.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13

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

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Church). Free. 9 a.m. – noon. 703248-5077. Invasive Plant Removal. Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from invasive plant species. This is a ongoing project that to reclaim the natural area at Gulf Branch Nature Center. Gulf Branch Nature Center (3608 N. Military Road, Arlington). Free. 2 – 4:30 p.m. 703-228-3403.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Valentine Tea. Bring someone special to tea at the historic Cherry Hill farmhouse. A costumed docent will host this holiday themed tea. Guests will enjoy sandwiches, assorted sweets, warm scones, and a bottomless cup of tea in the lovely dining room. A tour of the historic home is included. Reservations required. Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). $30. 2 – 4 p.m. 703-2485171.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

Holiday Closure: President’s Day. Most City of Falls Church oﬃces and services will be closed.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement, and stories for ages 18-36 months. Mary Riley Styles

Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703248-5034. Paws to Read. Children in grades kindergarten – 5 can read with a canine companion. Space is limited to 15 participants. Tickets will be given out starting at 4:30 p.m. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 5 – 6 p.m. 703-248-5034.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

1-on-1 Computer Tutoring. Receive personalized assistance using computers, Internet and e-books. Registration required. To schedule an appointment, stop by the reference desk or call 703-248-5035. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 2 – 4 p.m. 703248-5035. Author Talks. Cesar Brioso, author of Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League, and Tim Wendel, author of Castro’s Curveball: A Novel, will talk about Cuban winterball. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11

“Between the Riverside and Crazy.” Irrepressible ex-cop Walter Washington is facing eviction, City Hall, and the recent death of his wife. Clinging to both his grievances and the palatial rent-controlled apartment he shares with his ex-con son and a ragtag surrogate family, Walter needs to shake the past – but isn’t ready to move on. Through Feb. 28. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $86. 2 p.m. studiotheatre.org.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

“1776.” With music by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, 1776 became an improbable hit and won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The founding fathers who participated in the creation and signing of

one of the most important documents in our nation’s history are presented in a humorous way, with their human foibles and failings. Annie O’Neill Galvin is directing and Jerry Gideon and Jean Matich are producing the play. Through Feb. 21. The Alden Theatre (1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean). $23 – $25. 8 p.m. mcleanplayers.com.

“Monsters of the Villa Diodati.” This new Creative Cauldron musical written by Stephen Gregory Smith and Matt Conner draws its inspiration from events surrounding a famous gathering of 19th century writers on Lake Geneva during the stormy summer of 1816. While entertaining one another with ghost stories, Lord Byron, their host, offered his guests a challenge: who among them could write the perfect tale of terror? Through Feb. 22. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple St., Falls Church). $24 – $26. 8 p.m.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 “Guards at the Taj.” India, 1648: two imperial guards watch as the sun rises over the newlycompleted Taj Mahal, an awe-inspiring monument to the emperor’s dead queen. But awe gives way to terror when the guards are given a new assignment: to perform a bloody task whose grisly aftermath will force them to question the very ideas of beauty, responsibility, and friendship. Guards at the Taj – from playwright Rajiv Joseph and director John Vreeke, the team that brought us “Gruesome Playground Injuries” – is a tragicomic fable as hilarious as it is horrifying. Beauty has a price. Are we willing to pay it? Through Feb. 28. Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company (641 D St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $63 – $73. 8 p.m. woolymammoth.net.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 E�� T�� C�� N�� Y�� V�� V��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $15. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. B�� H�� T�� M�� M�� D��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 6:30 p.m. 202-265-0930. T�� F�� B��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance; $12 day of the show (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-6677960. E�� B�� T�� A��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $75 – $85. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. D�� TFC. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. J�� L��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.

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A�� O’D��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. G�� S��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 6 p.m. 202-265-0930. V��8. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-2551900. T�� D�� D�� I�� L�� P�� P��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. CMPVTR_CLVB. Black Cat (1811

14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $7 (Backstage). 9:30 p.m. 202-6677960. M�� L��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. S�� M�� D��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $22. 11 p.m. 202-265-0930.

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P�� K�� G�� W��: “S�� I L�� D�� G��”. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $40. 3:30 p.m. 703255-1566. T�� R��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. B�� Y��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. T�� K��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. B�� F��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $35 – $40. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. V�� V�� E�� B��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 (Mainstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. D�� S�� T�� S�� T�� S��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340. S�� L��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

M� R�� R�� V�� V�� S�� T�� U�� DJ M��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12 in advance; $15 day of the show (Backstage). 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. A�� U�� M�� 2R��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20 in advance; $15 – $18 day of the show. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

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D�� H�� S��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. A�� Y�� N�� I� L�� 4 – J��’ J�� S��’ C��: A T�� T�� B�� L�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $16. 5:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. P�� P�� P��-U. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 (Mainstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-6677960. M�� B��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $35 – $40. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. T�� D�� M�� T�� L�� S��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $22.50. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. A�� S�� L�� C�� B�� M��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. B�� G�� D�� Z��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 C�� C�� B�� A�� H��, Y�� H�� T�� B�� C��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $15 in advance; $13 – $15 day of the show. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. H�� V�� C�� C��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. B�� B��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340. C�� S�� B��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

F�� F�� S�� B��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. B�� C�� W�� C�� G��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $30. 7 p.m. 202265-0930. C�� R�� T�� C�� C�� B��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 (Mainstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. G�� N��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $80 – $90. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

A�� R�� S�� S�� A�� A� I�. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

P�� A��... Saturday, February 20 – McLean Puppetry Festival. The festival consists of two, 45-minute shows along with puppet making stations. McLean Community

Center (1234 ingleside Ave., McLean). $10 – $15. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. mcleancenter.org.

Saturday, February 20 – Storytelling with Elaine Muray at the Library. Elaine Muray will tell stories from A Trip on the Winds, a collection of stories that

provides a view into the richness of stories from cultures around the world. For childen ages ﬁve and over. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 – 11:45 a.m. 703-248-5034.

Saturday, March 19 – RESCHEDULED: Concert. In celebration of its 40th anniversary Levine is presenting the “Monuments & Miniatures” concert series. The

program will include piano trios written when the composers were age 40, including Beethoven’s “Archduke” trio and Schumann’s “Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110.” The Falls Church Episcopal (115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church). $15 – $20. 7 – 9 p.m. levinemusic.org.

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Dates for the 2016 edition of Falls Church Restaurant Week have been announced with the celebration of The Little City’s dining scene set to take place March 14 - 20. The fourth annual event from the Falls Church News-Press will feature a wide variety of restaurants from in and around Falls Church offering up seven days worth of special dining deals. Restaurant Week offerings will include three-course prix fixe meals, special dishes, meal deals and more. To coincide with Restaurant Week, the News-Press will publish a special food and dining edition of the paper with a complete rundown of all the deals, Little City dining stories and features and more. The first group of participating restauarnts include Argia’s, Cafe Kindred, Dogfish

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Head Alehouse, Dogwood Tavern, Famous Dave’s, FDB Eatery, Idylwood Grill, Mad Fox Brewing Company, Plaka Grill, Public House No. 7, Trio Grill and zpizza. More restaurants will be added weekly. For a continually updated list of 2016 Falls Church Restaurant Week participants, see fcrestaurantweek.com.

Argia’s Announces New Executive Chef Falls Church’s Argia’s has announced the hiring of Steve Benincasa as the restaurant’s new executive chef. Benincasa has worked for more than two decades at several Capital Restaurant Concepts restaurants in Washington, D.C. including leading operations at Neyla, J. Paul’s and Paolo’s Ristorante. More recently, he’s spent time as executive sous chef and acting executive chef of Georgetown’s Filomena Ristorante. “I’m very excited to bring my own interpretation of Italian cuisine to the forefront of Argia’s and move this restaurant back into the spotlight,” Benincasa told the

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The Local Market Secures ABC License for Beer, Wine Sales The Local Market, the locally-sourced Falls Church grocery store, has secured an ABC license to begin selling beer and wine. Market owners Patrick Fleming and Tamara Powell intend to carry a small selection of Virginia products and are currently curating potential offerings. Fleming and Powell welcome suggestions for locally-made wines and beers which can be submitted at the store or via their Facebook page at facebook.com/thelocalmarket. The Local Market 246 West Broad Street | Falls Church

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Dwayne “Danglin” Anglin, frontman of The Wailers Band, is all about continuing the legacy of Bob Marley, the founder of Bob Marley and the Wailers, from which The Wailers Band formed in 1981 following the death of Marley. Last year was the 50th anniversary of the The Wailing Wailers, the first album of The Wailers, the forerunner to Bob Marley and the Wailers that Marley started with Neville “Bunny” Livingston and Peter Tosh in 1963. And this year is the 40th anniversary of Rastaman Vibration, an album that contained “Roots, Rock, Reggae,” Bob Marley and the Wailers’ biggest hit in the United States. These facts aren’t lost on Anglin and The Wailers Band. Perhaps it’s because Aston Barrett, leader of Marley’s backing band in Bob Marley and the Wailers, is leading The Wailers Band, providing the group with a direct link to Marley. THE WAILERS BAND. (P��: C�� A��) Anglin has been playing with the Barrett since 2006, so he’s had plenty of time to learn from Anglin said. “So we are commemorating these albums through the tours.” Marley’s old bandmate. The Wailers Band is currently on a tour of “It’s truly an honor and privilege to share the stage with such a legendary musician,” Anglin the East Coast and are playing at The State said. “It’s a great learning experience. Everyday Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Anglin said that you learn something new. The things I learned he and The Wailers Band are currently includfrom him I couldn’t have learned anywhere else, ing more of Marley’s songs with “revolutionso I’m grateful for the opportunity to work with ary themes” in their live shows. “We are doing more of the revolutionary him….It’s a humbling experience.” Anglin, who is in his mid-30s, grew up on songs because that is the current theme of the Bob Marley and the Wailers growing up in the political, social and economical state of affairs countryside in Jamaica and said that he doesn’t in the world right now,” Anglin said. “There have a favorite album or song by the group. are a lot of negative things going on right now, That must make it easier for him to learn songs so it’s time to counter that with some inspirafrom the group’s catalog to play as The Wailers tional, yet revolutionary songs.” Anglin said that the purpose of The Wailers Band shines a spotlight on a different album Band’s tours is to inspire and counteract the periodically. “From year to year we feature certain albums negativity in the world – racism, economic and sometimes we feature certain concepts, like inequality and sexism – by continuing to in 2014 we did the Legend album...in years past spread Marley’s revolutionary message. Anglin we featured the Uprising and Survivor albums,” took race for an example.

“He was trying to get people to stop separating through race,” Anglin said. “But that can only happen when people are being held accountable. Like police brutality obviously affects Africans in America more than any race or any other group, especially poor Africans in America. “So when you try to bring awareness like with the Black Lives Matter movement people try to degrade or devalue its purpose by saying, ‘All lives matter.’ But it’s not all lives being affected by this, so when we try to bring attention to this – that we’re being murdered – don’t try to degrade our efforts by trying to generalize it by saying it doesn’t affect one ethnic group more than the others.” He said that trying to be colorblind, as some might propose as a solution to racism, is not that answer. “We don’t need to be colorblind,” Anglin said. “We need to fix the problems.” • For more information about The Wailers Band, visit wailers.com.

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Panty Raider Bust A City of Falls Church resident and CIA employee is in custody today following his arrest last week on charges he burglarized 17 homes in the McLean area between last October and January 24, when his car license was identified by a witness following the robbery. George Charles Dalmas III of Fulton Avenue in Falls Church is being held at the Fairfax Detention Center on a bond of $1.65 million. Fairfax Police announced the arrest Tuesday.

40-Year F.C. Resident Nancy Perry Dies

Nancy Maurer Perry, 87, died suddenly in Falls Church on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Loving mother of Ann Perry of Bridgewater, NJ, Kimberly Perry of St. Louis, and Joan Perry of Arlington; mother-in-law of Mark Allison, Charles Manley and Steve Fustero; grandmother of Kelly Allison Dziak, David Allison, and Perry, Charles, and Robert Fustero; brother of Warren Maurer (wife Carole); friend to many. Nancy Maurer Perry was born in Pittsburgh, on August 10, 1928. She obtained her B.A. from Pennsylvania State University, where she met Robert Perry, to whom she was married for 60 years until his death in 2011. In addition to helping to raise their daughters, Nancy was the go-to substitute teacher before becoming the administrative

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DENTISTS

Family Dentistry, Nimisha V Patel . . . 533-1733 Dr. William Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . 532-3300

EQUIPMENT RENTAL/SALE

VA Outdoor Power Equipment . . . . . 207-2000

EYEWEAR

FLORISTS

FRAMES

GIFTS

HANDYMAN

Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-6500 Falls Church Florist, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 533-1333

Art & Frame of Falls Church . . . . . . . 534-4202 Stifel & Capra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407-0770 Doug’s Handyman Service . . . . . . . . 556-4276 Your Handyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571-243-6726

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Vantage Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-0565 Jazzercise Falls Church . . . . . . . . . . 622-2152 FC Heating & Air Service . . . . . . . . . 534-0630 Your Handyman LLC . . . . . . . . . . 571-243-6728 Joseph Home Improvement . . . . . . . 507-5005 Picture Perfect Home Improvements 590-3187 One Time Home Improvement . . . . . 577-9825

INSURANCE

Allstate Home Auto Life Ins. . . . . . . . 241-8100 State Farm Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-5105

MASSAGE

www.healthybyintention.com. . . . . . . 534-1321

MEDICAL

PET SERVICES

Apex Pet Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532-8012 Feline Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920-8665 Broad Street Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . 533-9013 Gary Mester, Event, Portraits . . . . . . 481-0128 Mary Sandoval Photography . . . . 334-803-1742 Merelyn Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .790-9090x218 www.helpfulmortgage.us . . . . . . . . . . 237-0222 Casey O’Neal - ReMax . . . . . . . . . . . 824-4196 Rosemary Hayes Jones . . . . . . . . . . .790-1990 The Young Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356-8800 Tori McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-8674 Shaun Murphy, Realtor . . . . . . . . . . 868-5999

Dr Gordon Theisz, Family Medicine . 533-7555

TAILOR

Academy of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938-8054 Foxes Music Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-7393

TAXES

MUSIC

OPTOMETRIST

Tailor Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-8886 Beatson Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798-3590

Dr. Alison Sinyai, Family Eye Care . 533-3937

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