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March 29 – April 4, 2018

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The population of the City of Falls Church grew 5.2 percent between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, the data showed, more than any U.S. county with at least 10,000 residents. SEE STORY, PAGE 5

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Falls Church, ‘You’re the Top!’ Ranked #1 In America in Health, Growth, Liveability

U.S. News Announces City is ‘Healthiest Community’ in U.S.

BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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Falls Church native son Bob Burnett will be premiering his short film, “Edward Hopper and the Marshall House” at the 4th Annual Northern Virginia International Film Festival on Monday at the Angelika Film Center and Café at Mosaic District. SEE STORY, PAGE 25

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In 2015 Don Blankenship was sent to prison for conspiring to violate mine safety standards. In 2018, Blankenship appears to have a real chance at becoming the Republican candidate for senator from West Virginia. SEE PAGE 17

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Flowers are nearing bloom just as George Mason High School athletes are returning to the field, pitch, diamond and track for the 2018 spring sports season. SEE SPORTS, PAGE 18

INDEX Editorial.................6 Letters...............6, 9 News & Notes12–13 Comment ........ 14-17 Business News ...22

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BEING ‘LOCAL GOVERNMENT Education Week,” as proclaimed by the F.C. City Council at its meeting Monday night, all members of the City’s local government in the room posed for a photo in honor of the occasion. (P�� : K�� E��)

F.C. City Council Gives Preliminary OK, 7-0, to Tax Hike of 5.5 Cents

BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

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With surprising apparent concord, the Falls Church City Council approved, with a series of three unanimous 7-0 votes, a “first reading” preliminary approval of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget for the City, the schools and the ambitious schedule for construction of a new high school and renovated City Hall and public library. The preliminary budget abides with the recommendation of City Manager Wyatt Shields with a 5.5 cent (per $100 of assessed valuation) real estate tax increase, but the so-called heavy lifting toward final budget

figures awaits another month of deliberations before the decisive vote is taken April 23. There was no debate at all, in fact, over the size of the School Board’s request for a 2.8 percent budget increase. School Superintendent Peter Noonan sat silently in the audience throughout, prepared to weigh in if necessary, but that occasion never arose. It doesn’t mean that the issue won’t be engaged again soon, however. Almost the entirety of the Council’s deliberations Monday night centered on questions about other aspects of the budget, with the biggest indeterminate factor being what the City may have to chip in to the effort

to bring WMATA’s ailing Metro Rail system back up to speed. What was included in the prospective new budget, amounting to $1.1 million in new City money worth 2.5 cents on the tax rate, was described by Shields as a “worst case scenario,” and the City will likely not know what its obligation will actually be until mid-April at the earliest. But it was noted that funding for affordable housing, rent relief for seniors and traffic calming, plus mindfulness concerning the national inflation rate as Councilman Phil Duncan cautioned, and “looming recession,” as Council member Letty

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The national profile of the modest and petite City of Falls Church, Virginia, has shot up from practically non-existent to the heady leader of the pack in no less than three relevant quality-of-life categories in just the last two months. We’re talking first place in the whole U.S., top of the list, king of the hill, or to wax poetic with the lyrics of Cole Porter: Falls Church, ‘You’re the top, You’re the Colosseum, You’re the top, You’re the Louvre Museum!,” and so on. This all began with the designation by the 24/7 Wall St. website for Best Places to Live in the U.S. that the City of Falls Church was ranked first in the entire U.S., reported in the Feb. 7, 2018 edition of the News-Press. Then, last week came the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual update which showed that the City of Falls Church tops the list of ‘Fastest Growing Jurisdictions in the U.S.” (see story, page 5). Then this Monday, U.S. News and World Report broke the story that it, in conjunction with the Aetna Foundation, found the City of Falls Church to be the No. 1 jurisdiction in the country in its inaugural Healthiest Communities rankings. And, in a let-down, a ranking by SmartAsset placed the City of Falls Church second (second, humph!) among the best places to retire in Virginia based on factors such as doctor offices, recreation centers and retirement centers per 1,000 people. Assuming there wasn’t some sort of mistake, the City of Fairfax edged out the City in the rankings.

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(TO18-04) ORDINANCE SETTING THE RATE OF TAX LEVY ON REAL ESTATE FOR TAX YEAR 2019 AND ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, MACHINERY AND TOOLS AND ALL OTHER PROPERTY SEGREGATED BY LAW FOR LOCAL TAXATION IN THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH VIRGINIA FOR TAX YEAR 2018 The City of Falls Church proposes to increase property tax levies. Assessment Increase. Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 1.25 percent

Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment. The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above would be $1.298 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”

Effective Rate Increase. The City of Falls Church proposes to adopt a tax rate of $1.385 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $0.087 per $100, or 6.70 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.” Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.

Proposed Total Budget Increase. Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total budget of the City of Falls Church will exceed last year’s by 7.55 percent.

Public hearings on the increase will be held on April 9 and April 23, 2018 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as they may be heard, in the Community Center, Senior Center, 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church, Virginia. The hearings shall be open to the public. The City Council will permit persons desiring to be heard an opportunity to present oral testimony within such reasonable time limits as shall be determined by the City Council. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk's office at (703-248-5014) or cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov or visit www.fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711). CELESTE HEATH, CITY CLERK

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Hardi put it, may have in the coming month. Still, the Council was buoyed in its spirits by the U.S. News and World Report announcement earlier in the day that the City of Falls Church is ranked No. 1 in the entire U.S. for being a healthy place to live. Councilman David Snyder attributed it to “a team effort” by the City over a number of years, grounded in “strong schools and strong services,” adding, “We should not change that formula now.” The mood of the Council was more mellow than euphoric if only for the fact that Mayor David Tarter was suffering major jet lag from a quick trip to Lebanon with representatives of the Northern Virginia Relief Center to deliver clothing to refugee camps there where 1.5 million Syrian refugees are taxing the resources of the 4 million residents of Lebanon. Tarter returned to Falls Church just a couple hours before tonight’s meeting, and Snyder joined the meeting late, coming in himself from business travel, albeit from not as great a distance as Tarter. Concerns for funding affordable housing, rental assistance and tax relief for the elderly were also considered at the meeting. Julio Idrobo, for five years the chair of the City’s Housing Commission, cautioned the Council that a subsidy for The Fields, which has

96 affordable units in the block behind the Taco Bell on West Broad, is due to expire soon, and at this point the City has a policy in words only, but with no money allocated to back it up. Residents of the Park Towers Condominiums on N. Maple Street appealed to the Council to be included in the City’s trash pick up policy, calling it “blatantly unfair” that they have to pay for their own trash removal while all other City residents don’t. Resident Matt Adams said the current policy amounts to the Park Tower residents subsidizing trash pickup for all other residents in the City. The matter was included in a Council adopted solid waste plan in 2004, but nothing was done because, as City Manager Wyatt Shields said Monday, the issue “hasn’t risen as a policy concern.” Gina Caceci, chair of the nonprofit Creative Cauldron board presented 93 petition signatures to the Council in support of its approval for the Broad and Washington mixed use plan that is scheduled to come before the Council for a final OK at its April 9 meeting. The plan includes 5,000 square feet for the Cauldron’s new theater arts center. This Monday’s Council work session will begin at 7 p.m., a half hour early, at the new temporary meeting place for the Council, the Senior Center at the Community Center.

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Falls Church Now Fastest Growing in U.S.

BY RYAN PERSAUD

CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

RICHMOND – In the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent one year of data reported today, the City of Falls Church grew in population faster than any jurisdiction in the entire United States. Population is booming in Northern Virginia, overall, and shrinking in many rural localities in the southern and southwestern parts of the state. The population of the City of Falls Church grew 5.2 percent between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, the data showed. That was more than any U.S. county with at least 10,000 residents (The Census Bureau puts Virginia’s cities in the same geographic category as counties). The City of Falls Church’s population was listed at 13,868 as of July 1, 2016 and jumped to 14,583 as of July 1, 2017. Three other Virginia localities grew more than 3 percent over the past year: Loudoun County and Manassas Park, and New Kent County east of Richmond. Since 2010, Loudoun County’s population has increased more

than 27 percent, to more than 380,000. That percentage increase ranks fourth among all U.S. counties with at least 200,000 people. The growth in Northern Virginia is largely due to large employers located there and in Washington, said Hamilton Lombard, research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, which worked with the U.S. Census Bureau on the population estimates. “A lot of that is still commuters to D.C., but you have big job centers now in Northern Virginia by itself,” Lombard said. “Fairfax has more people in it than D.C. does.” Since the census in April 2010, the population of Fairfax County has grown more than 6 percent, to almost 1.15 million, the Census Bureau’s estimates show. The District of Columbia has about 694,000 residents; however, its population has increased more than 15 percent since 2010. Like the nation’s capital, Virginia’s state capital has shown robust growth after decades of population decline. Since 2010, the population of the city of Richmond has

increased more than 11 percent – more than the suburban counties of Chesterfield (less than 9 percent), Henrico (almost 7 percent) and Hanover (6 percent). Lombard said Richmond’s turnaround reflects a national trend of more investment in cities. “It had a higher vacancy rate, a lot of empty homes – it was losing

population for decades,” Lombard said. “You get around to the time of the housing crisis, and a lot of people couldn’t buy; they had to rent. That also made Richmond more attractive, because they had more rentals. It’s quite remarkable how it’s turned around and started growing.” Lombard attributed part of the

growth to the redevelopment of historic properties. “Virginia has a very generous tax credit system that encourages redeveloping historical buildings,” Lombard said. “That’s created a lot of new residential units and really pristine historic areas.”

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We’re No. 1, We’re No. 1!

If folks in the City of Falls Church are feeling a little light-headed this week, the banner headline on Page 1 of this edition could explain why. Where did all this “No. 1 in the Entire U.S.” stuff come from? Pardon us while the fan ourselves and sit down with some lemonade before trying to figure it out. The City has long been used to achieving such accolades for the quality of its public school system, and that trend has only slightly abated due to the rush of rival school systems to step up their own acts. But while formal numbers and rankings disseminated from a distance should never be the criteria for one’s self-worth or true sense of accomplishment, still, a closer examination of the justifications given for the City’s recent spate of honors, so to speak, make a pretty strong case for the fact they are duly warranted. Maybe we’re not No. 1, but darn close in all the relevant categories, including No. 2 for “Best Place to Retire.” Clearly there are lessons to be learned from this, not the least of which is the relationship between the quality of the school system and the other categories, including Most Liveable, Healthiest, Fastest Growing as well as Best Place to Retire. The City is buoyed, of course, by the larger region of which it is a part, especially the wider Northern Virginia family of jurisdictions that include Fairfax County, Arlington County and the cities of Alexandria and Fairfax. We hope that the collective efforts of these will help to solve the Metro Rail crisis, among other things, such that none of us will be bankrupted by the cost to fix it. This is truly an extraordinary region of the nation. Among other things, it has virtually single-handedly delivered a wave of talented Democratic leaders at the local, state and federal levels over the past decade and a half, with its electoral clout in most cases overcoming the widely-Republican majorities in the rest of the state. Neighboring areas like Loudoun and Prince William counties have begun to tilt in its direction, too. In this context, honors go to the City of Falls Church for routinely scoring the highest voter turnout numbers in the state, if not the nation. In addition to voter turnout, the pervasive emphasis on citizen participation in government boosted by the Citizens for a Better City and local chapter of the League of Women Voters, abundant dialogue between the residential and business community aided by the local Chamber of Commerce and the transparency, discourse and reporting provided by the best “independent, locally-owned newspaper of record” in America, the City of Falls Church has a lot going for it to contribute to its high rankings. But the “Little City” remains a “work in progress,” unlikely to stand on its laurels, and with a major unmet need still in area of affordable housing.

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Why Some on Council Are Trying to Restrain Spending Editor, Regarding last week’s editorial on why several on the Falls Church City Council are especially focused this year on restraint in operating spending, let me share an excerpt from Council member Letty Hardi’s latest weekly update: “In a typical year – the budget debates center around organic revenue growth and how to split that revenue between general government and schools and

how much, if any, additional revenue is needed through a tax rate increase. “This year, we have strong revenue growth. However we are embarking on the first of a multi year capital plan with some large risks, a looming recession that many experts believe will happen in the next few years, the federal tax change reducing the SALT deduction, a rising interest rate environment, and WMATA

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needs in flux. “Those continue to weigh on my mind as we review operating budgets. With tax rates already going up, I am sensitive to operating discipline that’s needed to ensure we can pull off this capital plan in an affordable way and find ways to help the at-risk part of our population.” I would comment further: When Letty cites the need to “help the at-risk part of our population,” she is referring to a conviction held by several of us on Council that the FY18-19 budget should if possible include new money for: 1. Expansion of property tax abatement and relief for our most

vulnerable income-eligible senior citizens and disabled; 2. Allocating dollars to an affordable housing fund, an effort that needs to recur annually through at least 2026, when the 96 affordable units at The Fields would revert to market-rate unless we have money and a strategy to preserve them as affordable; 3. A more robust commitment to neighborhood traffic calming, to more speedily implement NTC measures on residential streets, especially those that are “safe routes to schools.” A desire by several of us on Council to find money for those

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The Sleepy Hollow community and the neighborhoods that branch off it are a splendor of mature trees and well-maintained yards in a close-knit neighborhood. Most homeowners here spend their weekends improving their property with flowerbeds, shrubs, trees that blossom in the spring — all meant to improve property values and beautify the community. But much of these efforts and investments are about to be bulldozed by elected and agency officials who insist they know better what is good for our property and the community at large. Soon the orange cones, lane closures, backhoes, chain saws and pavers will descend on over two miles of Sleepy Hollow Road. As the community has gradually come to realize this, they’ve started to break out the proverbial pitchforks and torches. That is likely the reason for the Feb. 1 edition of the Falls Church NewsPress in which Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross reassured us that all will be well. What she fails to mention, however, is that this expensive and intrusive bike path and sidewalk will decimate the front yards of nearly 50 homeowners. Sleepy Hollow homeowners are angry that their front yards will soon be ripped up to pour wide cement walkways used by

few and paid for by all — in the taxes the county has taken, the coming year-long disruption and construction traffic in front of their homes, and from the inevitable decline in their property values. All for a project that they did not request, that will

“This project is like a bad penny that keeps coming back, bringing unacceptable outcomes to a beautiful community.” benefit few, but will be paid for by all. This white elephant project – an expensive and bloated idea with much cost and little value — will install a bike lane, a 15-foot wide sidewalk and buffer zone and, in some places, sterile retaining walls. For many homeowners they will lose as much as half their front yard, and for an unlucky few, most of their yard. For those unlucky ones, wide sidewalks and strolling pedestrians will now be less than 10 feet from their front picture windows. Say goodbye to the

privacy you have come to enjoy and expect with home ownership. Some officials consider the narrow band of land that borders these streets as countyowned “rights of way” subject to eminent domain seizure as their playthings to be “improved,” often over the opposition of every homeowner. I’ve never known any homeowner who willingly offered his front yard to the county. Rather, these owners have been forced to reluctantly accept meager restitution after told that seizure was imminent whether they accept the county’s offer or not. The result is often the same — the county takes the land you have maintained at your expense, and the homeowner is left with a front yard stripped of trees, shrubs and flowers, walls knocked down, fences removed and a dramatic fall in property value. But don’t worry, these officials reassure you – your financial loss is for the greater community good. Ms. Gross remarks that she has received many requests for sidewalks and bike lanes — but I’m fairly certain that not a single person said “please take my front yard and my neighbor’s too.” Most, in fact, were probably unaware of the scope or harm the project would bring to the community. I’m also certain she conveniently neglected to say that even more requests have recently come in adamantly opposing this project. These homeowners are

demanding that county officials limit the project to a less ambitious and expensive scope that leaves the community’s front yards alone. Although she doesn’t mention it, that option is both viable and preferable. What we need are more officials who listen to us, and care more for the homeowners who invest their time and money in the purchase and maintenance of their property for the good of the community, and less about these kinds of centralized government vanity projects. If one truly believes in the value of such projects and their contributions to the greater good, then try listening to the homeowners who reside on these streets. If they insist we accept this project, how about designing it in a way that protects property by downscaling it so that it serves the needs of all county residents – both homeowners and the strollers and cyclists that it claims to serve. The Sleepy Hollow Sidewalk project, as currently envisioned, is a bad idea. The tired idea of grabbing the land of many homeowners to serve the needs of a few is unnecessary and ignores the true desires of the community. This project is like a bad penny that keeps coming back, bringing unacceptable outcomes to a beautiful community. It’s time to retire this bad penny and respect the needs of all Falls Church residents.

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A two-alarm fire early Sunday morning at a house on Great Falls Street in the City of Falls Church left one person in the hospital, City officials reported Monday. According to the City of F.C. Fire Marshal, City police were notified of the fire at 3:50 a.m. Sunday, March 25, and units from Arlington County Fire Department and Fairfax County Fire Department with assistance from the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene at 517 Great Falls Street. A sole occupant of the home made it out of the house before being transported to the hospital. Officials report the structure appears like a total loss. The origin and cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the City of Falls Church Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the origin and cause of the fire.

Meeting April 3 on Rt. 50 Bridge at 7 Corners The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, April 3 on plans to rehabilitate the one-way bridge linking the eastbound Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) service road to eastbound Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners. The bridge was built in 1958. Planned improvements include: A new concrete bridge deck and steel beams, reconstructing the bridge’s existing sidewalk, new sidewalk along the opposite side of the bridge, upgrading the bridge railings, improving curb and gutter on the southwestern approach to the bridge, and new concrete end walls on the southwestern approach. Residents and drivers are invited to stop by the cafeteria at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, 3333 Sleepy Hollow Road, Falls Church, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to view displays and learn more about the project. A presentation will begin at 7 p.m. VDOT staff will be on hand to answer questions.

Solarize F.C. Initiative Returns Next Week After several successful runs and with momentum for solar power growing across Virginia, the Solarize Falls Church program returns next week from April 2 to May 31. Solarize Falls Church is a one-stop-shop for community members to learn more about solar power options for their homes and facilitate the installation and financing of their own project. This grassroots, community-based outreach initiative is sponsored by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) in partnership with the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) and participating municipal governments. Home and business owners will be reminded throughout the campaign that “Our clean energy future starts with your roof.” Solarize Falls Church offers free solar site assessments to help residents figure out if solar is right for their home or business, conducts community workshops on solar, and connects residents with trusted, vetted contractors. Prices offered during past Solarize Falls Church campaigns have come down 25 percent from 2014 to 2017, and this year, Solarize prices are expected to be discounted 10-15 percent off current consumer rates. In addition, LEAP will connect participants with information on the 30 percent federal tax credit. Solarize NOVA launched in the Fall of 2014 in the Town of Leesburg and Loudoun County. To date, 196 contracts have been signed through Solarize NOVA totaling 1.5 megawatts of electrical capacity with $4.7 million in construction value with local, Virginia based contractors.

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F.C. No Longer Embracing Diversity, Only Wealthy Editor, I totally agree with Mr. Scardino’s letter in the March 22-28, 2018 issue of the NewsPress. Falls Church City is now already more expensive to live for homeowners than any other neighborhood jurisdictions. The city is no longer embracing the diversity rather only geared to wealthy professionals. I have lived in the city for more than 20 years, and saw all my neighbors, right and left-hand, cross the street, left and right either moved or retired and moved to other counties around. When the last one moved last year, he told me that I am a fool to live in the city and own my home to see the real estate tax increased every year when the budget increased, regardless the growth in commercial activities. If the city officials/managers use the property assessment and rate increase, one or both, whenever the budget is increased, I will suggest that it is better for the city moving back to or merging with either Arlington or Fairfax county instead, they both have good services, schools and lower real estate tax. Frank Tsai Falls Church

Fixed-Income Citizens Being Driven Out of City of F.C. Editor, Kudos, Mr. Scardino (Letters to the Editor, March 22-28, 2018 issue). You are correct, the taxes in Falls Church City are driving some of its citizens out of the City. The citizens who are on fixed incomes cannot afford to be “taken to the cleaners” by the high taxes.

Come election time, voters need to really think who they cast their ballot. Barb Molino Falls Church

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CONGREGANTS of the Falls Church Episcopal Church gathered outside the historic original church sanctuary in preparation of a procession inside with palm leaves in celebration of Palm Sunday last weekend. (Photo: News-Press)

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When the Rev. John Ohmer stepped to the stage of the annual Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce awards banquet earlier this month on behalf of the Falls Church Episcopal Church to receive the Chamber’s James S. Elkin Memorial Award for Humanitarianism, it was coincidentally on the anniversary of a very special day. Four years to the day earlier, on March 10, 2014, the Falls Church Episcopal was finally and decisively, after an eight year struggle, given back control of its historic property in the center of the City of Falls Church. That was the day when the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not consider an appeal of a Fairfax Superior Court ruling that the property, including its historic 1763 church building, graveyard and 1993 sanctuary, belonged to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Now, this Holy Week, the fastgrowing Falls Church Episcopal is fully engaged, with a Maundy Thursday service today (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m. in its Fellowship Hall

that will include the preparation of hygiene kits for those living at the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter, and at 7:30 p.m, with a celebration of the Lord’s Supper in the form of sharing a full meal. On Good Friday, a 5:30 p.m. service for children to experience the narrative of Jesus’ last week, and a service of liturgy and Taize meditations at 7:30 p.m. Holy Saturday there will be a service for those who mourn at 9 a.m., gathering in the Memorial Chapel in the church yard, and Easter Morning there will be three services, at 8 and 9:30 a.m. in the historic church, and 10 a.m. in the main sanctuary. It was in December 2005 that a majority in the congregation of the Falls Church followed the lead of its rector at the time and voted to leave the Episcopal Church along with congregations of 11 other Episcopal churches in Virginia and soon aligned with a Nigerian Anglican bishop to form the Council of Anglicans in North America (CANA). That congregational majority, motivated by its opposition to the wider Episcopal denomination’s election of an openly gay priest in New England to be a

bishop and opposing the ordination of women to the priesthood, chose to occupy the historic Falls Church property and deny use to anyone aligning with the Episcopal church. That marked the “wilderness” period for those in the congregation who did not go along with the defectors, including a former Falls Church Superintendent of Schools and Mayor of the City. They rallied to worship every week in the fellowship hall of the Falls Church Presbyterian Church across E. Broad St. aligning with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia to keep their identity while the diocese undertook legal action to reclaim the property. Long story short, it was in February 2012 that the Fairfax Circuit Court finally ruled in favor of the diocese, and the CANA defectors were ordered to hand over the keys and vacate the property. While the “Continuing Episcopalians” celebrated Easter Sunday 2012 in the chapel on the property, and took control of it all by April 30 of that year, the defectors continued their court appeals all the way to the U.S Supreme Court, so it wasn’t until March 10, 2014 that the matter was finally

settled in favor of the Diocese. But since Easter 2012, and the reclamation of the land, the mighty Falls Church Episcopal has moved ahead aggressively with its mission in the center of the Little City, while its membership under the leadership of the Rev. Ohmer and others has ballooned. This past Palm Sunday saw the chapel filled to overflowing with the burgeoning congregation composed mostly of families with young children. The focus of the congregation, in the long and storied tradition of the Episcopal Church, which formed in the wake of the American Revolution as a split off from the Church of England, has been on worship, community and service to the wider community. Its role in calling out and demonstrating repentance for the ugly tradition of slavery and racism, even in the construction of the chapel in the mid-1700s, with a February 2017 ceremony to unveil a plaque planted on the pathway to the chapel that reads, “With gratitude and repentance we honor the enslaved people whose skills and labor helped build the Falls Church.” At that ceremony, Ohmer led a

dedication prayer saying, “Accept our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done, remembering especially on this day the evil of slavery; for our past and current blindness to human need and suffering, our indifference to injustice and cruelty, our exploitation of other people, our prejudice and contempt for those who differ from us, for those things done and left undone.” The church has worked with two organizations dedicated to civil rights and addressing homelessness in Falls Church, the Tinner Hill Foundation and Homestretch, Inc., has made its venue available to outstanding concerts open to the entire community, and much more. It has been a true balm to the City of Falls Church to have the persevering members of the Falls Church Episcopal endure and prevail in their six year tribulation, to reclaim the church’s central role in its midst and reaffirm its commitment to openness, the affirmation of diversity and service. The entire community owes them all a great debt of gratitude and so it was entirely appropriate that the Chamber’s humanitarian award was presented to them earlier this month.

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Community News & Notes Lewinsville Presbyterian Hosts Holy Week Sermons Lewinsville Presbyterian Church (1724 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean) plans a full schedule of Holy Week and Easter services for the community starting this Thursday, March 29: March 29 at 7:30 p.m. — Maundy Thursday. The sermon will be “Footsteps of Love,” performed by Rev. Emily Berman D’Andrea. Other activities and sermons for the evening include “Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper,” Foot Washing (Optional) and Stripping of the Church. March 30 at noon and 7:30 p.m. — Good Friday. The sermons will be “Let It Go,” performed by Rev. Scott Ramsey. Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. — Easter Vigil. The sermon

will be “Terror at the Tomb,” performed by Rev. Emily Berman D’Andrea. Service begins outside the church with the Lighting of the New Fire, a Recounting of Salvation History, reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant and Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Sunday, April 1 at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. — Easter Sunday. Sermons will be “Brass and Timpani” and “Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper,” performed by Rev. Scott Ramsey. Nursery is provided for Sunday worship services on the lower level. Sunday, April 1 at 10:15 a.m. — Egg Hunt for families with children. This Easter, children, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles are invited to celebrate the season with activities to teach the young ones about the resurrection and have some Easter fun beginning in Fellowship

Hall, then moving to the Peters’ Green (weather permitting) for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Each child should bring a basket for the trinkets they will find and collect on Easter Sunday. Complete information about the church and these activities can be found at lewinsville.org

Classical Music Ensemble Performs at St. Albans Classical music troupes Carmina and Illuminare, Gabrieli and Monteverdi along with the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble will be performing at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale) on Sunday, April 8 at 4 p.m. The performance is free, but attendees are suggested to pay $15 upon entry.

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH MAYOR David Tarter, among other City officials, recently traveled to Lebanon to distribute coats and blankets to Syrian refugees. The trip was sponsored by NOVA Relief Center, which helped deliver over 44,000 blankets and 33,000 winter coats to the refugees (Photo: City of Falls Church)

MEMBERS OF the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club joined the Falls Church Rotary Club for a Walk for Peace and Peace Expo at Falls Church High School March 24. The event was organized by Falls Church Rotary Club President Erica Brouillette. Bailey’s Rotarians participating include President Steven Wasko, Past Presidents Harry Henderson and Pat Borowski along with Kate Walter, Amy O’Malley, Judy McDermott and Dave Borowski. (Photo: Courtesy David Borowski)

THE WINNING DESIGN for 2018-2019 City Decal is “My Pretty Little City” by student artist Juliana Melton (right) 10th grader at George Mason High School. She is standing alongside her winning work at a reception for Falls Church Arts this past Saturday with City Treasurer Jody Acosta. (Photo: News-Press)

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Networking Mixer Comes to Mad Fox on April 12 The National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) Northern Virginia, a commercial real estate development association, is hosting a series of networking events that highlight Virginia’s craft breweries. The evolution and growth of craft breweries make them a desirable and successful retail and industrial tenant. Craft breweries have become prominent attractions in the region in industrial, mixed-use and event venue projects. During the year, NAIOP Northern Virginia will be visiting craft breweries throughout the region. On Thursday, April 12 from 4:30 – 7 p.m. the organization will kick off the series at Mad Fox Brewing Company (444 W. Broad St., Falls Church). Mad Fox is located in one of the city’s vibrant mixed-use projects. Individual registration is $65 for members and $85 for nonmembers.

Alon Goldstein Piano Recital with Odeon Chamber Music Alon Goldstein, an Israeli classical pianist who has played with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony and the London Philharmonic, among

many others, will be performing at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church (3241 Brush Drive, Falls Church) on Sunday, April 8 at 4 p.m. The program will include renditions of “Four Sonatas” – D. Scarlatti; “Fantasy in C major ‘Wanderer’” – F. Schubert; “Paraphrase on Miserere from Verdi’s Il Trovatore” – F. Liszt Masques and “D’un cahier d’esquisses” and “L’isle joyeuse” – C. Debussy. Admission is free but attendees are encouraged to give a suggested donation of $20. A wine and cheese reception follows the concert. For more information, visit odeonchambermusicseries.org, or e-mail at Mariko Hiller at marikohiller@gmail.com.

University Women’s Book Drive Enters Final Weekend The Falls Church American Association of University Women (AAUW) is collecting books until April 1 at the book collection bin at the Community Center. Books are for the annual book sale to be held on April 13 and 14. The book sale benefits scholarship and grant programs for women, including local Falls Church high school girls. To participate in the drive, interested donators can deposit their good, clean and saleable books in the book collection bin at the Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls Street, Falls Church) in March or contact Mollie Jewell 703-941-5643,

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Amadeus Orchestra Plays Alongside Renowned Cellist The Amadeus Orchestra is joined by National Symphony Orchestra cellist Steven Honigberg in Haydn’s “Cello Concerto No. 2.” Haydn’s onetime pupil Beethoven propels the power of the romantic mind with his “Fourth Symphony” in the Amadeus Orchestra’s rendition at Saint Luke Catholic Church (7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean) on Sunday, April 8 at 4 p.m. The energy of Bartok’s folk dances set the scene for “Papa” Haydn, who used folk music as inspiration for his masterworks. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at the door or online at amadeusconcerts.com. Students 17 and under and active military are admitted free of charge. A pre-concert lecture by Music Director A. Scott Wood will begin at 3:15 p.m., 45 minutes prior to the start of the concert. A reception will follow the concert, at which attendees may meet and chat with the performers and fellow concert goers.

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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

No doubt about it, the young speakers at Saturday’s March for Our Lives were remarkable — passionate, poised, and peacefully political. None disappointed, especially not Emma Gonzalez, the close-cropped senior from Parkland, Florida, who held the crowd, and the news media, in riveted silence for more than five minutes on the stage — the amount of time, she said, that it took Nikolas Cruz to massacre 14 of her fellow students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day. Over and over, the students voiced their devastation at the loss of classmates and family members to gun violence, and their unified commitment to change gun laws in this nation. I had already moved to Washington when Charles Whitman killed 17 people from the University of Texas tower in August 1966, but I clearly remember the horror of that incident, which followed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but pre-dated the assassinations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. What was thought to be an isolated incident actually was a harbinger of things to come. Whitman’s hunting rifle has been supplanted by automatic assault weapons and bump stocks. Whitman’s shooting spree lasted 96 minutes; Cruz’s took six. Are we inured to such violence? The hundreds of thousands of marchers on Saturday, young and older, said NO! Sadly, there probably will be more mass shootings, more devastated parents, more funerals, before Congress acts on any of the proposals put forth on Saturday. Change takes time, as we learned during the civil rights marches of the 1950s and 60s, and

the anti-war marches of the 60s and 70s. Those were not “one and done,” but the beginning of sustained campaigns that resulted in passage of civil rights protections by Congress, and the eventual end to the war in Vietnam. Similarly, Saturday’s March for Our Lives holds significant promise for making changes at the federal level, sometimes led by youth not yet eligible to vote. Theirs is a thunderous message. Is Congress listening? A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter and Supportive Housing will be held on Thursday, April 5, at 2 p.m. The new shelter will be located at 5914 Seminary Road, right at the crossroads, and will offer an innovative approach for housing homeless persons and helping them transition into permanent housing. When the new shelter opens in late 2019, it will have 52 beds for single adults, including four medical respite beds, and approximately 18 personal living quarters to help aid in transition. The new shelter will replace the existing shelter on Moncure Avenue. Funding for the new shelter was approved by the voters as part of the 2016 Bond Referendum. In our diverse community, faith is an important aspect of daily life, and two of the three great Abrahamic religions observe holy days this weekend. The Jewish Passover begins on Friday night, and most Christians celebrate Easter on Sunday. Good Pesach and Happy Easter!

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 Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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We Must Protect Our Blue Planet By Donald S. Beyer

Earlier this month, four other Members of Congress and I held a press conference on the importance of protecting our oceans and waterways. Just as it affects what happens on land, climate change can have serious impacts on the aquatic environments and the life that resides within them. The world’s oceans cover more than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface and absorb more than 90 percent of the heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions. According to a study published earlier this month, oceans are warming at a significant pace, just like the atmosphere. In fact, the rate at which oceans are warming has nearly doubled since 1992 and is reaching deeper waters. The impact climate change is having on our oceans is a major threat to fish species, marine mammals, and ocean ecosystems. A study published earlier this year found that coral bleaching events, caused by warm seawater, have increased to the point that reefs can no longer recover

between severe episodes. Coral reefs may be the most diverse ecosystem on earth and support more species per unit area than any other marine environment. More than 4,000 species of fish, 800 species of hard corals, and hundreds of other species call coral reefs home. Additionally, marine animals have been found far north of their typical range and in areas they don’t typically inhabit. Researches tracking blacktip sharks have found that the number of sharks migrating to South Florida has reduced significantly, posing a threat to the region’s entire ecosystem and record numbers of walruses were recently seen congregating on a single beach, a sign that sea ice is becoming harder to find. Loss of habitat will damage marine ecosystems and continue to cause population declines for iconic marine species such as polar bears, walruses, and many seal species. If the current rate of warming continues, the dire situation

for our oceans and the animals that call it home will only get worse. Last week, scientists published a study finding that if extreme warming continues, fishery yields will decline by 60 percent in the Atlantic Ocean and 20 percent globally by the year 2300. Another study found that climate change will affect 86 percent of the world’s oceans by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t significantly curbed soon. We cannot allow human activity to decimate the earth’s oceans and the hundreds of thousands of species that inhabit them. I will continue using my position in Congress to fight for clean water and the preservation of all parts of our natural environment. Now, more than ever, we must protect our blue planet.  Rep. Donald Beyer can be reached through his website at www.beyer.house.gov, on Twitter @RepDonBeyer or his office at (202) 225-4376.

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Perched on a tree-lined cliff overlooking the Potomac — as seen through the G.W. Parkway — sits the Glass House. It’s a stately, historically designated, century-plus-old Arlington home originally called “Glenmore” (a contraction of the first lady of the house’s maiden name). But its current owners love the Glass House nickname and preserve its history as one of the area’s most celebrated scene of… wild bachelor parties. Glenmore was built in 1906 deep in what today is the subdivision of Bellevue Forrest, at 3440 N. Roberts Lane. A photo of the original log-and-shingle structure appears in Eleanor Lee Templeman’s Arlington Heritage. The county’s historic sign reports that William Florian Roberts, a Washington printer, commissioned it as a summer home designed by Appleton Clark. “The tremendous stone mantel was drawn up the cliff by a donkey engine, and trees were cut from the site for the log walls,” Templeman wrote. The foundation was made from rock quarried from Potomac palisades. Roberts partied hardy (oyster roasts), hosting big-wigs from Washington lodges and exclusive clubs. I suspect that before his death in 1929, he fought to preserve his spectacular view before the 1930 construction of the G.W. Parkway. But Glenmore fell on hard times after Mrs. Robert’s death

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in 1941 and passed to prominent Admiral Chester Ward. He did major remodeling, adding the exterior gray stucco and installing three levels of glass windows plus a glass-and-flagstone garage. Ward also began the tradition of renting to military tenants. Last month, I was treated to a tour by owners Gail Raiman, a public relations counselor who worked in the Ford White House, and Bob Hynes, former lobbyist for NBC. “In summer and spring it’s like a treehouse,” they told me as I marveled at the home’s greenery, thick walls and non-standard windows. When the couple moved in together in 1983, the home was “uninhabitable” with poison ivy, snakes and rats. “We redid the whole thing,” said Raiman, a doit-yourselfer. The modernization uncovered secret compartments, old fireplace cooking tools and long-covered pathways. Roberts’ descendants gave them a photo collection of the construction, picnics with ladies in ankle-length dresses and their black housekeeper. But Raiman and Hynes zeroed in on the fun. From 1958-1971, the Glass House was a bachelor pad, scene of poolside parties given by White House military social aides. “Home of bachelors extraordinaire” read the business card. A tongue-in-cheek history described the place as a “catalyst for Washington romances,” denying that any were “prematurely consummated.” Wine bottles emp-

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tied at “a party where they booze and feed you, put you to bed, get you up, feed you breakfast and send you on your way,” one guest recalled. Future president of George Mason University Alan Merton, then an Air Force officer, proposed to his bride in the house in 1965. The engagement of future Virginia Gov. Chuck Robb and presidential daughter Lynda Byrd Johnson was celebrated there. Tricia Nixon merited a song performance in front of the fireplace by the 5th Dimension. Society-page reporters wrote the place up when Ward sold the house and furniture in 1971. In June 2006, Raiman and Hynes assembled a “black-tie optional” reunion of the 35 bachelors who’d enjoyed the Glass House. They returned from Oklahoma, California, Texas and New York, and paid the price of admission: one written memory. Today’s owners of Glenmore have many more. *** Gravelly Point, nicknamed for decades “the plane-flying place” near Reagan National Airport, will not be renamed after all. The proposal from Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., to change it to honor Nancy “Just Say No” Reagan, was dropped from the big budget bill just signed into law. The move was opposed by Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who blasted Hice for never consulting the local lawmaker. It was the equivalent, Beyer said, of him seeking to rename a campground in Georgia for Hillary Clinton. took a Samsung S8 accidentally left at Customer Service. Investigation continues. Graffiti, 900 blk N. Roosevelt St, Mar 24, 4:30 PM, officer conducting a walking beat observed graffiti on a sidewalk. Public Works was notified. Smoking Violations, 6795 Wilson Blvd (Café Gio), Mar 25, 7:06 PM, a male, 56, of Arlington, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. OTHER ARRESTS Mar 22, 8:42 PM, a male, 44, of Arlington, VA, was arrested by Farmville Police on an outstanding Capias from the City of Falls Church. Underlying charge was Driving Under the Influence. Mar 22, 6:23 PM, a female, 24, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested by Fairfax Police on an outstanding Capias from the City of Falls Church. The Capias was issued for ASAP Non-Compliance, with an underlying charge of Driving Under the Influence.

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In the immediate aftermath of last weekend’s historic March For Our Lives events across the U.S., some of the day’s organizers, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a mass murder of 17 students occured on St. Valentine’s Day, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources show and spurred a national debate on the relationship between journalism and activism. The show’s able host, Brian Stelter, was interviewing a student who came to the D.C. march in order to cover it for her student newspaper. Given that many of their high school classmates were in town having become activists, Stelter asked her, “Do you see a difference right now between journalism and activism in what you are doing?” The student, Rebecca Schneid, FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS replied, “I think that for me, the purpose of journalism is to raise the voices of people that maybe don’t have a voice, and so I think that in its own right, journalism is a form of activism...I think the partnership of the two is the only reason that we are able to make a change.” She later added, “It’s the journalists who present the facts and elevate the voices of the oppressed that allow for actual change to occur.” Stelter wrote up the exchange as a post on his Reliable Sources blog, noting that there were thousands of reactions, replies and retweets on Twitter and “disapproving stories” on conservative websites. Responses included a National Journal politics editor who wrote that “journalism isn’t activism; it’s presenting the facts, honestly and objectively,” claiming that it’s Schneid’s mentality “that’s killing trust in our profession.” On the other hand, as Stelter wrote, a Los Angeles Times national correspondent argued that “journalism is activism in its most basic form...the entire basis for its ethical practice is the idea that a democracy requires an informed citizenry in order to function. Choosing what you want people to know is a form of activism, even if it’s not the march-and-protest kind.” Well, the young Ms. Schneid is right on! Journalistic activism is centered on truth and the public’s right to know. It was Thomas Jefferson, quite the activist in his day, who said that if he had to choose between a nation without a government and a nation without a newspaper, he’d sooner choose a nation without a government.” Alexander Hamilton, of recent hip-hop fame, wrote in founding his own newspaper, “It is the press which has corrupted our political morals, and it is to the press we must look for the means of our political regeneration.” Then there’s the political theorist Hannah Arendt, whose postWorld War II work on totalitarianism is still the gold standard, who identified the demagogue’s “murder of the moral person in man” as a key to his success, and the defeat of the demagogue is “a cultivation of a constitutional conscience in the hearts and minds of citizens.” So it is in the Biblical Pontius Pilate’s nihilistic expletive, “What is truth?” where the ground of tyranny lies, and where tyrants, or would-be tyrants, justify the use of lies and “fake news” for their advancement. They undermine the public’s “use of our most powerful asset – our humanity – to nip demagogues in the bud,” as Arendt put it. The Washington Post’s recently adopted slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” is a powerful affirmation of the role of a free and responsible press in the protection of human freedom and democracy. A purely “objective” view of journalism would claim the journalist cannot care whether or not “democracy dies,” but must simply report what he or she hears without prejudice. Indeed, a lot of U.S. journalism had been corrupted by that view, such as in the era when no serious challenge to the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq was mounted in 2002. The norm had become to sit Hitler and Churchill side-by-side, metaphorically speaking, and just referee. That’s changed with Trump, at least for those news organizations unlike Fox that aren’t just his propaganda arm. To the extent the notion had been compromised before, the fight for the truth and the public’s right to know has enjoyed a revival in the last year or so.

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

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Putting the Ex-Con in Conservative In 2010 an explosion at a coal mine operated by Massey Energy killed 29 men. In 2015 Don Blankenship, the company’s former CEO, was sent to prison for conspiring to violate mine safety standards. In 2018, Blankenship appears to have a real chance at becoming the Republican candidate for senator from West Virginia. Blankenship is one of four Republicans with criminal convictions running for office this year, several of whom may well win their party’s nominations. And there is a much broader list of Republican politicians facing credible accusations of huge ethical lapses who nonetheless emerged victorious in GOP primaries, ranging from Roy Moore to, well, Donald Trump. To be sure, there have been plenty of crooked Democrats. But usually the revelaNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE tion of their crookedness ended their political careers. What’s striking about today’s Republican landscape is that people who are obvious crooks, con men or worse continue to attract strong support from the party’s base. Moore narrowly lost in Alabama’s special election, but he received 91 percent of the votes of self-identified Republicans. And Trump, although unprecedentedly unpopular for a president at this stage of his term, continues to receive overwhelming support from the GOP base. Some Republican politicians have openly admitted that this makes the party’s congressional wing unwilling to hold Trump accountable for even the most spectacular malfeasance, up to and including possible collusion with a hostile foreign power. What’s going on here? I don’t think it’s an accident that the modern GOP contains so many crooks and that these crooks seem to thrive in intraparty politics. On the contrary, the success of people like Blankenship — or Trump — was an inevitable consequence of the political strategy Republicans have followed for decades. For the simple truth is that ever since Reagan, Republicans have basically played a con game on American voters. Their sustained, invariant agenda has been upward redistribution of income: cutting taxes on the rich while weakening the social safety net. This agenda is unpopular: Only a small minority of Americans wants to see tax cuts for the wealthy, and an even smaller minority wants cuts to major social programs. Yet Republicans have won elections partly by denying the reality of their policy agenda, but mainly by posing as defenders of traditional social values — above all, that greatest of American traditions, racism.

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And this sustained reliance on the big con has, over time, exerted a strong selection effect both on the party’s leadership and on its base. GOP politicians tend disproportionately to be con men (and in some cases, con women), because playing the party’s political game requires both a willingness to and a talent for saying one thing while doing another. And the party’s base consists disproportionately of the easily conned — those who are easily fooled by claims that Those People are the problem and don’t notice how much the true Republican agenda hurts them. The point is that Trumpism was more or less fated to happen. Trump’s crude racism and blatant dishonesty are only exaggerated versions of what his party has been selling for decades, while his substantive policy agenda — slashing taxes on corporations and the wealthy, taking health care away from lowerincome families — is utterly orthodox. Even his protectionism is less of a departure from Republican norms than people imagine. George W. Bush put tariffs on steel, while Reagan limited imports of Japanese autos. Cutting taxes on the rich is a fundamental GOP principle; free trade isn’t. Once you realize the extent to which Republican politics has been shaped by the big con, three implications follow. First, there will be no redemption from within. Principled, ethical politicians won’t reclaim the party from the likes of Trump, because they’re not what the base wants: The modern GOP is no country for honest men. Con artists will continue to rule until or unless the party loses big, repeatedly, and spends years in the political wilderness. Second, however, the party is indeed vulnerable, because there’s always the risk that voters will catch on to its con. Republican attacks on health care, not lurid scandals, seem to have been the biggest factor behind Democratic victories in special elections. And in November this backlash could give Democrats not just one or both houses of Congress, but also control of many state governments. But what if it doesn’t? Here’s the third implication, which should scare you: The nature of the modern GOP’s game gives it a bias against democracy. After all, one way to protect yourself against voters who figure out what you’re up to is to stop them from voting. Vote suppression and extreme gerrymandering are already key parts of Republican strategy, but what we’ve seen so far may be just the beginning. And if you think GOP leaders would balk at gross electoral manipulation, you haven’t been paying attention. There used to be Republicans like that, but they’ve been gone for a long time.

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Mustangs Ready for Arrival of Spring Sports Season BY MATT DELANEY

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Flowers are nearing bloom just as George Mason High School athletes are returning to the field, pitch, diamond and track for the 2018 spring sports season. An array of Mustangs fans are eager to get the competition underway, so let’s peek at what’s to come.

Softball New head coach Katherine Marsh is the Mason softball’s third in three years, after the one year stints of Antonio Bravo in 2016 and Dawn Tarter in 2017 were never followed up. Marsh’s absence from the program the previous season caused her to punt on pontificating about the team’s performance this season though the turnover has been a problem for Mason. In Bravo’s first season at the helm, the Mustangs performed admirably going 8-10 However, the bottom fell out in Tarter’s campaign, where Mason finished the season winless at 0-19 and were outscored 340-26 throughout all those competitions. An 0-1 start to the year is not ideal, coming from a 23-13 loss to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. But Marsh has a chance to bounce back against Dominion High School on April 4.

Girls Lacrosse A redemptive season was experienced by Mason’ girls lacrosse program in 2017, as they rose to the top of the Virginia 4A state mountain with the school’s first-ever girls lacrosse title in a 15-14 barnburner against Riverside High School. Still, the team isn’t resting on their laurels. They look to repeat as state champs, and know their notoriety from last year will make them a target in every game throughout 2018. “Biggest obstacle this season will be beating Riverside and Dominion. Those are the toughest teams in our conference and extremely talented,” head coach Courtney Gibbons said. “We need to continue to work hard every practice and improve as an entire team. We have a lot to live up to after winning states, and need to to play our best every game.” The Mustangs downed Class 6A lacrosse power Yorktown during their season opener on March 19. Now the goal becomes keeping that head of steam after Spring Break when they travel to

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Governor’s School, 3-0 on the road, so an April 4 match up against Springfield’s Lee High School should build more momentum. Next is an April 4 match against Lee High School.

Boys Lacrosse Mason’s boys lacrosse team continues to trend in the right direction, but is struggling to get over the hump of putting together winning seasons. After two years of consecutive losing seasons, the program appears to be at a standstill. Part of that is is a product of any contact sport – similar to football – where the smaller student pool creates disparities. Even with that in mind, Mason head coach Marc Mester believes a strong mix of experience and talented youth will offset a challenging schedule. “We have some unknowns with a few new teams to go against on our schedule this year but I am confident in our team’s ability to learn, adapt, and execute,” Mesmer said. So far the Mustangs are 1-1, losing to Sidwell Friends High School (6-3) but beating out Tuscarora High School (8-5). They’ll square off against Washington-Lee High School on April 3 for their next match.

Girls Soccer Ten years running now, Mason’s girls soccer team has been crowned 2A state champions in Virginia. The accomplishment is an all-time one but with it comes a heavy expectation. Luckily, the Mustangs have been able to meet that expectation despite the natural roster changes and periodic coaching

moves as well. This year is no different, as a new batch of players will be tasked with making it an 11th straight title while new head coach George Bitadze will assume command of the team after former head coach Allison Klink stepped down following last season. Bitadze couldn’t be reached for comment, but he’s already facing an uphill climb after the Mustangs fell to Dominion High School 2-1 in the season opener. Mason will play against Lee High School on April 4 with a chance to even their record.

Boys Soccer Last season was forgettable for a storied program such as the Mustangs boys soccer team. Mason fell in the regional opener at home to Staunton’s Robert E. Lee High School. The Mustangs struggled all year with being able to score consistently, and — in hindsight, predictably — suffered a down year after winning four state titles. That’s why head coach Frank Spinello is hoping to re-energize his crew and remind them that success is never guaranteed. “If we stay focused and healthy we expect to compete for the championships that eluded us last year,” Spinello said. “We can not get complacent or overlook anyone on our schedule, every game will be a battle and take a team effort.” Mason’s off on the right foot, taking a first place finish from the Smoky Mountain Cup in Tennessee. They also trounced state champ, Maggie Walker

Tennis Boys tennis is eyeing the top prize on the court this season, as a hungry team is looking to capitalize on the opportunity with a gifted squad that’s determined to make a difference. Head coach Rafael Diokno is tired of seeing strong regular seasons and Bull Run District titles fizzle out in early exits from the 2A Region tournament However, the team has responded to the challenge, preparing throughout the offseason to hone their craft. “I’ve mentioned winning states more times this season than all of the seasons I’ve coached before combined. We’re hungry and I think we are talented enough to go all the way.” Diokno said. So far the new approach to the season has produced mixed results. with the Mustangs 2-2 right now. And while girls tennis head coach Stephen Whitcomb couldn’t be reached for comment, it’s likely he has the same goals for his team. The boys will play Dominion High School on April 4, while the girls will face Wakefield High School on April 5.

Track & Field Another strong season for Mason’s track & field team saw the girls finish sixth in at the 2A state meet while the boys placed

14th, their highest finish since 2014. Although this year will be particularly challenging for head coach Jeff Buck with a host of new faces joining the team. “This season we do have a larger inexperienced group than we had in the past,” Buck said. “It will take awhile this season to hit our stride as the newcomers learn more about the sport and from the upperclassman.” Despite that challenge, Buck and the Mustangs are pushing on with intense focus. The most will be expected from the seniors, who as juniors, benefitted from a large and committed senior class to help guide their aspirations. Now they must take the baton and help bring the new runners up to speed. Mason travels to Strasburg High School for an April 7 meet.

Baseball Mason’s baseball team had an up-and-down year in 2017. After starting the season 2-6, the Mustangs finished 10-11 with wins over powerhouse teams William Monroe High School and Madison County High School. Unfortunately, that hasn’t translated into 2018. Mason has lost all three of their games to opponents Falls Church High School (9-7), Annandale High School (4-3) and Washington-Lee High School (14-4). Head coach Adam Amerine couldn’t be reached for comment, but he’s likely working to turn around the team’s slow start in an April 3 game against Briar Woods High School.

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Mason Music Students Come Back with Bling from Chicago George Mason High School Music performed at the Chicago WorldStrides National Music Festival along with 34 performing ensembles from 12 states and over 900 participants. The Mason Wind Ensemble earned gold and received a 1st place as well as being the only

instrumental ensemble invited to perform at the Festival of Gold in Nashville 2018 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Mason Jazz, Symphonic and Chorus received silver awards with chorus earning a first place and symphonic band winning second place. Maestro Awards for outstanding soloists featured in ensembles went to Miles Jackson, Kit Richards and Michael Torres. The trip began Friday, March 16 returning on Tuesday, March 20. It included seeing the musical “Hamilton” and visiting Medieval Times, the Institute of Art, Field Museum, Navy Pier and a trip to The Bean.

TJ Students Make Their Mark At Academic Competition Over 100 Thomas Jefferson Elementary students spent months preparing for the regional Odyssey of the Mind tournament – a intellectual competition where children are prompted to complete tasks using critical thinking – which took place at West Potomac High School on March 17. TJ had one third-place team, two-second place teams, two firstplace teams and two teams winning OMER awards.

The first place teams advance to the state competition in Newport News on Saturday, April 14. They are the “Mockumentary! Seriously?” team including Corinne Levitt, Louise Meade, Lily Simmons, Roshan Mawji Ragland, Anjali Virmani, Sylvia Witt and Catherine Buchholz. The other team, known as the “Animal House” team, consisted of Ashley Winters, Zoe Kalafat, Evija Plummer, Adeline Ziegler, Evelyn Shamber, Camilla Artiedamarin and Isabella Ramirez.

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But, seriously, these developments are awesome for the City of Falls Church, surely helpful for its upcoming effort to seek top bond rating status from Wall Street as it undertakes to borrow for the construction of three major capital improvement projects — a new high school and renovated City Hall and public library — in the immediate period. U.S. News and World Report accompanied the release of its Healthiest Community rankings Monday with a lengthy profile of the City of Falls Church. The report evaluated nearly 3,000 communities nationwide across 10 categories, from education and population health to infrastructure and economy. In addition to assessing which communities offer their citizens the greatest opportunity to live a productive, healthy life, the rankings offer insight into the best approaches for improving public health that can be shared and implemented across the country. “For nearly 30 years, U.S. News has evaluated hospitals, colleges and other sectors for the benefit of consumers, recognizing the importance of access to trusted, in-depth information,” said Eric Gertler, chairman of U.S. News. “Healthiest communities is an extension of that effort, giving citizens, community leaders and policy-makers the tools to assess health in their communities and develop a blueprint for positive change.” According to Monday’s announcement, in addition to an overall ranking of the top 500 communities, four peer groupings were developed based on counties’ urban-rural status as tied to popula-

tion density and the robustness of their economies. The peer groups assured fair comparisons between communities and are categorized as: urban high performing, urban up-and-coming, rural high-performing and rural up-and-coming. An Honor Roll was also developed to highlight 36 top-performing communities in each peer group from the nine US Census regions. “Research has shown that in the United States, a ZIP code is a greater predictor of your life expectancy than your genetic code. In other words, where you live has a significant impact on your overall health,” said Mark T. Bertolini, chairman of the Aetna Foundation and chairman and CEO of Aetna. “Our work with U.S. News will provide communities with data that can help them better understand opportunities for improvement, as well as inspire ideas for change by showcasing the best practices of communities across the country.” Mayor David Tarter was quoted in the U.S. News report saying about Falls Church “‘It’s a small place that a lot of people don’t know about really, but it’s got a great quality of life, and it’s just a little bit like Mayberry,” he said. ‘It’s a place that still has that feel, maybe from a bygone day, where people walk and they talk to each other, they know each other, they know each other’s kids and families, they look out for each other. Yet they have the nation’s capital just a short train ride away.” Vice Mayor Marybeth Connelly was also interviewed and said “For many years the school system was the primary draw, but as the city has become more walkable, more friendly, a better place to live, there’s other draws, too, now. People come

Census Bureau Reports F.C. Is Country’s Fastest Growing Continued from Page 5

Of Virginia’s 133 counties and cities, 78 gained population over the past year – and 71 have more residents now than in 2010. Fifteen localities have grown by more than 10 percent since 2010 – including Fredericksburg (17 percent), Prince William County (15 percent), James City County (12 percent) and Charlottesville (11 percent). In contrast, 62 of Virginia’s localities – mostly in the south and southwestern regions of the state – have seen a decrease in

residents since 2010. The population has fallen about 9 percent in Bath and Tazewell counties and almost 11 percent in Buchanan County and the city of Emporia. August Wallmeyer, author of “The Extremes of Virginia,” which focuses on the economic development of the state’s rural areas, said there are many reasons for the population decrease, such as a lack of economic opportunity and a decline in “low tech” industries such as coal mining, tobacco farming and textile manufacturing. “The principal reasons are lack of jobs and economic opportu-

here who don’t have kids, who just want to live in a community where they can walk and go out to dinner. We really are actively trying to get people like that to come here.” The article cited city partnerships with local businesses, community groups and the school system to promote wellness initiatives and the schools’ focus on mental health, mindfulness, healthy eating and physical fitness including George Mason High School’s annual “Stress Less Week” with therapy dogs and yoga classes. Falls Church’s affluence was also mentioned with U.S. News stating around a quarter of City households earn $200,000 or more annually, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, and has a poverty rate of around 3 percent. The article also noted, “As new residents are drawn by the city’s schools and sense of community, its growth has tested it in areas of equity and housing affordability.... In Falls Church, nearly a third of households are severely cost-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing or rent costs each month. And there are issues of income inequality and racial gaps in educational attainment in the increasingly diverse city, which is about 70 percent nonHispanic white.” It quoted Nancy Vincent, head of the City’s Housing and Human Services Division, who said, “This is a very high-income area, and the poverty rate is low, but it’s not nonexistent. “There’s a group of low-income folks, and quite a few low-income seniors in the city. These folks are an important part of the community and culture of the city, and it would be a huge loss for them not to live here.”

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In comments to the News-Press, Dr. Gordon Theisz, who runs the Family Medicine in Falls Church practice said, “We are fortunate to live in an area where people have both access to care and good healthcare benefits which can improve wellness. We are nearly equidistant between two major high quality systems in INOVA and the Virginia Hospital Center. We also have a community that values recreational opportunity, a clean environments, and green space which encourages citizens to get out and be active. A healthy community can be contagious with friends encouraging friends to get out and be active.” But it is all not sweetness and light, Theisz added, saying, “But we have people who suffer from the common problems of humanity, including heart disease, diabetes, cancers, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and hunger, and there are people without health insurance and those who can’t afford it. My hope is that we can do even better.”

Among the key findings in the 2018 Healthiest Communities rankings, according to Monday’s U.S. News announcement, are that the top five Healthiest Communities all score above the national average in at least nine of the 10 categories evaluated. Falls Church is No. 1, ranking in the top three communities nationally for education, economy and public safety. To compile the rankings, U.S. News said it worked with the University of Missouri Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES), a research institution skilled in community health assessment, and consulted with members of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. The rankings are based on 80 metrics drawn from sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

nity,” Wallmeyer said. “The jobs part, I think, is related primarily due to the poor public education system that has not prepared people in these areas for modern-day, information-centered, technological-type careers.” Wallmeyer said younger people are fleeing these areas due to what he sees as poor public education systems that lag far behind the schools in the wealthier areas of the state. “I quoted in my book the chancellor of Virginia’s community college system as saying that if you looked at the poorer areas of the state, and considered those areas as a state by themselves, in terms of educational attainment, they would be dead last in the nation,” Wallmeyer said, “while the rest of Virginia – the

urban quarter, the wealthier part of Virginia – would rank No. 2 in the nation.” Wallmeyer said efforts by federal and state governments and regional coalitions to improve the economy in these poorer, rural areas have been largely unsuccessful. “There are some people I have talked to in my research, some public officials, who say, only half-jokingly, ‘In my little county, the last person to leave, please cut off the lights, because there’s nothing left,’” Wallmeyer said. According to the latest data from the Census Bureau, Virginia remains the 12th most populous state with about 8.47 million residents. That is an increase of less than 6 percent since 2010 and less than 1 percent over the past year – about the same as the U.S.

as a whole. Lombard said one big takeaway from the new data is how much slower Virginia has grown this decade. “We’re getting close to eight and a half million, but the growth rate we’re hitting annually is really the lowest it’s been since before the Great Depression,” Lombard said. “The country’s population has been gradually slowing down a little bit just because of the population aging, but Virginia has slowed down a lot more quickly than the rest of the country.” As for predictions, Lombard expects more people will be living in Northern Virginia. “By our projection, by 2040, half of Virginia’s population should live in Fredericksburg, or north of it,” Lombard said.

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F.C Chamber Mixer at Wellness Center Set for April 3 The Falls Church Wellness Center is hosting a networking mixer for the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, April 3 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The event is free and includes refreshments, networking, and a chance to tour and learn about the multi-disciplined wellness center owned and operated by Licensed Professional Counselor, Jessica MacNair. The Falls Church Wellness Center is located at 520 N. Washington Street in Falls Church. For more information about the event, visit the Chamber’s calendar at www. FallsChurchChamber.org. For more information about the Center, visit www.fallschurchwellness.com.

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If there is one word to describe Camille Saint-Saens’ “Third Symphony,” known as the “Organ Symphony,” would be “big.” Some have said that it would ﬁll the Grand Canyon with its sound. Truly, it is a reason why I tell friends that they haven’t experienced that work until they see it performed live. No recording can really do it justice. That being said, that big, big symphony was not too big for the mighty organ and the perfect acoustics of the main, newer sanctuary of the Falls Church Episcopal Church, where the talented Tysons McLean Orchestra took up the challenge of the amazing work last Saturday night. If there was anything lacking in the concert, it was only that more people weren’t there to enjoy it. The performance deserved to have been done to a standing room only audience to match the standing ovation it received. Conductor Miriam Burns handled the hanging together and powerful energies of the work with enthusiastic vigor. Being a huge “Organ Symphony” fan, I delighted in how Burns made it work beautifully because she didn’t hold anything back. It’s loud and boisterous, and it’s sup-

posed to be, but also melodic and beautiful. You’re supposed to get goose bumps from it, in the finest romantic tradition, and they were there in abundance. The magnificent organ in that venue was handled with great skill by Julie Huang Tucker, aided by her role as its master every week as the church’s resident organist. The organ there is so powerful that it makes the whole sanctuary vibrate with even its softest tones, so the audience could clearly hear its subtle contributions to an early movement of the work that are easy to miss in recordings, especially before the big blast opens the breathtaking crash-boomblasts of the final movement. Saint-Saens (1835-1921) said he wrote the symphony at the height of his powers in 1886 to counter the influence of the prevailing musical fad of the time, which was the opera. He said he wanted to create something every bit as breathtaking as the powerful operas of his day, and this work did the trick. It included everything in it but the kitchen sink, and it is often performed with a considerably larger orchestra than what the Tysons McLean people could fit into the Falls Church Episcopal sanctuary Saturday night. I was a bit amazed that they’d even try, but everyone there was surely pleased they did.

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Not only was the audience small, but the concert was limited to a single performance. I suggest that as a tribute to the great organ in that church, that the symphony be done annually. That venue and the work compliment each other so well, under this orchestra’s leadership, that it could become a great new tradition. I know I’d be there every time. And it would qualify

as a religious experience to ﬁt the church’s agenda, too. In her program notes, Burns wrote the “Third Symphony” has the power to “transport us to the heavens.” Saturday’s concert also included performances of Brahms’ “Tragic Overture” and Tchaikovsky’s “Variations on a Rococo Theme,” accompanied deftly and passionately by cellist Sebastian Baverstam.

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Local Filmmaker’s New Documentary Explores Artist’s Connection to Family BY ORRIN KONHEIM

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Falls Church’s native son Bob Burnett will be premiering his short film, “Edward Hopper and the Marshall House” at the 4th Annual Northern Virginia International Film Festival this Monday, April 2 at the Angelika Film Center and Café at Mosaic District. The seven-and-a-half minute documentary tells the story of a house in the Cape Cod town of Truro that gained a slice of fame in the art world for being painted by noted oil painter Edward Hopper in 1932. Burnett initially came into contact with the house in 2015 when he and his wife Susan were invited as house guests by the home’s owner, John Marshall Jr., a longtime friend who resides in Falls Church for most of the year. When Burnett discovered over a dinner conversation the Marshall family’s connection to Hopper, the 30-year veteran of the documentary filmmaking business knew he had his next film. “I’ve always been attracted to artists and the process that they go through to do what they do,” Burnett said. “South Truro and specifically the area around Marshall’s house allowed me to ‘see’ many vistas that Hopper saw over the years that inspired him to struggle to capture light in the way he did so wonderfully.” As the title suggests, the documentary focuses not just on the painter but on the connection between the house and the family that has owned it for four generations and counting (they expect to pass it onto Marshall’s daughter, Madeline). Marshall said that he has always felt a point of pride in his family’s connection to Hopper. Hopper died when Marshall was eight, though his mother, Joan, met him at cocktail parties. “I’ve listened to stories about the Hoppers from other people who interacted with them personally. I’ve read about Edward, and talked about him for many years now. He is like a family member from the past,” said Marshall. Burnett has been working independently as a filmmaker since 2015 after leaving a video production company and relied on the funding of the Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation for his film. As he was working with still art imag-

es, the production costs included acquiring the rights to images and getting high-resolution pictures where the painting currently resides at the Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. Perhaps the biggest cost was the three years of off-and-on work that went into less than eight minutes of footage. Burnett said it allowed him necessary space to work. “I wasn’t on a deadline for this film so I had the good fortune to let the story evolve,” said Burnett. For the talking heads in his documentary, Burnett relied on contributors to the film including Erin Monroe of the Wadsworth, Deputy Director of the National Art Gallery Franklin Kelly and Carol Troyen who curated the painting when it appeared at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Burnett also gave Marshall and his mother, Joan, speaking roles. Lastly, Cape Cod tour guide Lisbeth Wiley Chapman of Hopper House Tours contributed to add local flavor from an art expert. “Working on documentaries usually involves a process where people interested in the subject will lead you to other people to consider including in the project,” said Burnett. One of the biggest expenditures in Burnett’s project was the hiring of Jay Salbert as an editor. Burnett is capable of editing himself but preferred to allow someone else to edit. “I felt it was important to step away and get an outside perspective on this, and sometimes you wonder about what information is really necessary, and when you’ve been loving with something for so long, an outsider editor can come with fresh eyes and fresh ears and get a sense for how the story can be told,” said Burnett. Burnett previously displayed work at the Northern Virginia film festival among other screenings with “The Art of Richard Thompson” about the Washington Post cartoonist with Parkinson’s. Another of his documentary films about Tinner Hill and E.B. Henderson helped raise money for the archway on South Washington Street across from the historic site. Burnett’s father, Kenneth, a longtime City Parks and Recreation Department director, is the namesake of the Community Center. Burnett graduated from George C. Marshall High and lived in the city until 2015 when he moved

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to Washington D.C. for business reasons. He served on the planning commission in the 2000s and co-chaired the bond referendum to build Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. The Northern Virginia Film Festival, having nightly screenings of films in all formats, will run April 1 – 14. In addition to film screenings, the event has added a music festival and has teamed up with Capital Film Market to expand the opportunities to connect talent with distribution agents. Each night’s film screening will have roughly two hours of curated content followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmakers. “When you get a screening at a film festival, you get an audience that wants to be there which is always nice and you get to meet them, and you get to meet other filmmakers, it’s a nice film-intensive experience,” said Burnett. A number of other local filmmakers will be featured in addition to Burnett. The majority of the local filmmakers will be screened at NOVA night on April 2. The film fest’s information including information about Burnett’s work is at novafilmfest.com.

IT WAS well-known painter Edward Hopper’s 1932 re-imagining of a Cape Cod home in the town’s Truro neighborhood (top) that led longtime F.C. resident Bob Burnett (bottom) to embark on his latest �ilm project — a documentary about the connection between Hopper and the Marshall family that’s inhabited the residence for four generations and counting. Though his documentary clocks in at just shy of eight minutes, Burnett gives viewers a depth of knowledge about the bond between the painter and the Marshall family (P��: C�� B�� B��)

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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, MARCH 29 Board Games @ the Library. Interested attendees can come and play the library’s wide variety of board games with other residents their age. For children Grades K-5. Drop-in program — first come, first serve. For more information contact the Youth Services desk by phone or in person. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N.Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Wii Game Day. Interested attendees can come play the Nintendo Wii gaming console at the library. For children Grades K-5. Drop-in program — first come, first serve. For more information contact the Youth Services desk by phone or in person. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N.Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-

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SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Farmer’s Market. The awardwinning market returns every Saturday to the City Hall parking lot, filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, chocolates, gifts, music, and so much more! Note: January – March, the Farmers Market operates on winter hours, 9am – noon. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 9 a.m. – noon. Natural Egg Dyeing Open House. Learn to decorate eggs the oldfashioned way. Visit the historic Cherry Hill Farmhouse and spend the afternoon naturally dying Easter eggs to celebrate the holiday. The Parks and Recreation staff will supply the materials, but attendees must bring their own baskets. Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon. $5 per person upon registration at fallschurchva.gov/ register or by calling 703-248-

Easter Egg Hunt at Cherry Hill. The City of Falls Church will be hosting its annual Easter egg hunt. Children dressed in their spring finest can hunt for candy and special eggs in Cherry Hill Park and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. Attendees are advised to bring a basket; the City will supply the candy. In addition to scrambling for eggs, children ages 11 and younger participate in a make-your-own-candy-bag craft project and have a chance to meet and take pictures with the Easter Bunny. This event is free to all participants. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon Easter Egg at Dulin Methodist. Dulin United Methodist Church will be having an Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday. Meet in the Sanctuary/Wesley room. Crafts and activities will be available for all ages as well as a chance for children and their parents to meet

and take photos with the Easter Bunny. Dulin United Methodist Church (513 E. Broad St., Falls Church). 11 a.m. For more information, call the church’s office at 703-532-8060 (x200) or visit dulinchurch.org.

MONDAY, APRIL 2 Preschool Storytime. Experience stories and fun for ages 0-5 at the library. Drop-in – no registration required. All preschool storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Playtime with the Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play with other children in their age group. Activities geared toward ages birth to 5 years old. Drop-in. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 703-248-5034.

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Vienna). $20 – $22. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. Dave Chappell Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504. Sheen Righter. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 11 a.m. 703-237-8333.

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Dan & Chuck. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Happy Hour: Third Wish. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504. Marshall Crenshaw & The Bottle Rockets. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $29.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Ellis Paul with Eli Lev. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $22. 7:30 p.m. 703-2551566. San Fermin with Gracie and Rachel. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25 – $30. 8 p.m. 703255-1900. Wicked Jezebel. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Slippery When Wet – The Ultimate Bon Jovi Experience. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $12 – $15. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Andrew Burleson. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 11 a.m. 703-237-8333.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31 The Bullets. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Joseph Monasterial. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Mark Erelli “MIXTAPE” Record Release Show with Luke Mitchem. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 6:30

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p.m. 703-255-1566. Cleve Francis. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $35. 7:30 p.m. 703549-7500. The English Beat. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30 – $35. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Zoso – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $17 – $20. 9 p.m. 703237-0300.

Vienna). $15 – $25. 10 p.m. 703255-1566.

SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Andrew Acosta. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504. Jimmy Cole. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. The Colliders. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3 Crazy After Midnight Open Mic. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. Steve Earle & The Dukes ‘30th Anniversary of Copperhead Road’ with The Mastersons – Performing album in its entirety! The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $59.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.

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Anthony Rosano Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504.

Karaoke. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.

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An Evening with David Lindley. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $22 – $30. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566.

The Internal Frontier. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

The Bachelor Boys. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 8 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Ana Moura. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $50 – $60. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Sun Dogs: A Tribute to Rush (feat. Mark Schenker from Multi Platinum Selling band KIX). Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E,

Wolf Blues Jam Weekly Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Thrillbilly’s Show Live and In Concert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340.

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4. Actor Driver of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

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City Council Debate Heats Up As First of 3 Debates is Tuesday

F.C. Referendum Foes Craft Organized Campaign Effort

The campaigns of eight candidates running to fill four seats on the Falls Church City Council next month move into high gear this coming week with the first of the very public debates. The debate will take place at George Mason High School. Already, all eight candidates have responded to a set of of four questions from the Chamber dealing with the economic development issues. The chamber’s debate will be open to the public, which may also submit written questions.

Fearful of the negative fiscal and quality-of-life impacts on the City of the Falls Church that would occur if the charterchange referendum on the City’s May 6 ballot were to pass, leaders of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce moved this week to forge a “Citizens for a Propserous Tomorrow” campaign to the defeat the ballot measure. The referendum would mandate that no new development will occur in the City’s commercially-zoned corridors unless it has 60 percent commerical use.

World Traveler Ric Terman Dies at 94 Ric Terman passed away on March 22, 2018 at his home in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, at the age of 94. He was born on January 25, 1924 in Beijing, China, the son of educational missionaries. He returned to the US as a young teenager, completing his high school years in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, graduating from the Bronxville NY High School. During that time, he was very active in the Boy Scouts, becoming an Eagle Scout and joining his father as he led Scouts on “Westward Ho” adventure travel trips to the west coast. Ric entered Columbia College in 1940, where he studied geology. His studies were interrupted by his service in the Pacific theater during WWII where he spent three years as a photo interpreter for the U.S. Army Air Corps. He saw action in New Guinea, the Philippines, Okinawa, and South Korea. Ric was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions on the beach at Wakde Island in June 1944. Upon returning to Columbia University, Ric completed his Bachelors in Geology in 1946, followed by a Masters in 1948, and his PhD coursework in 1949. He then joined the instructional staff in the Geology Department at the University of Kentucky and served on the staff at the Kentucky Geological Survey, working on engineering geology and karst hydrology. In 1951, Ric joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a Geologist, where he worked for 40 years in the area of military geology in Europe, then later focusing on the geology and tectonics of eastern Asia and the Pacific rim. In 1973,

THE TWIN-FUL pairing of Happy (left) and Bashful are dressed to the nines with their humans, the Hornbuckle family on Randolph street. The two pups are 12 years young and their sense of style has matured with their age, as they’re never caught without their Sunday best on.

Falls Church Resident James E. Faunterloy Dies at Age 66

RIC TERMAN he served as the principal compiler of the Tectonic Map of China and Mongolia. During his final 12 years at the Survey, he served as Chief, Asia and Pacific Geology, in the Office of International Geology. He was proud of his efforts to help the fledgeling geological programs of the nations of the Pacific rim to become better stewards of their natural resources. After retiring in 1991, he served another twenty years as Scientist Emeritus at the Survey, where he was Director of the Circum-Pacific Geospatial Data Project, a project connecting ten Asian nations and six U.S. companies to build a digital database to share the region’s geospatial data. Outside of the Survey, he pursued his passion for local history, actively participating in the Falls Church and Northern Virginia Historical Commissions. He had a particular focus on documenting and preserving the 40 boundary stones of the District of Columbia, combining his interest in rocks and history in a single project! On the home front, Ric met

his future wife Gertrude Cook during his time at Columbia and they were married in 1947. They had two sons, Christopher and Mark, who they raised in Falls Church, VA, except for a 5-year assignment for the Survey in Heidelberg, Germany. Trudy died in 2002, and in 2003 Ric married Sigrid Reddy Watson, who shared Ric’s heritage as a child of China missionaries. For the past eight years, Ric and Sigrid have been living in Goodwin House, a retirement community in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. Ric is survived by his wife Sigrid, his son Christopher and wife Debbie, his son Mark and wife Susan, and his four grandchildren, Gail, Noam, Stacey, and Mikhail. Donations in his memory can be made to Ric Terman’s EAGER Grant Program at the Geological Society of America Foundation (https://gsafweb.org/). A memorial service will be held at 3p on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Goodwin House, 3440 S Jefferson St, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA 22041.

James E. Fauntleroy, 66 passed away peacefully in his home on December 30, 2017. Jim was surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of 37 years, Ailene; his two beloved sons, Andrew and William; two wonderful grandchildren; his loving sister, Katherine. Jim was also blessed with loving in laws; cousins; nieces and nephews and friends. He had recently retired and moved to Florida after working his entire career in the DC area in Computer programming. Jim was a gourmet chef, a lover of fine wine, he loved to sail and investing was an important pasttime. In his younger days he was an accomplished drummer. His favorite trip was 6 years ago, a walking tour of Tuscany. He is remembered for his intelligence, wry humor, his humility and

JAMES E. FAUNTERLOY generosity to all. He is dearly missed! A funeral mass will be held on April 3, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, located at 905 Park Ave. in Falls Church.

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