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Inside This Week Falls Church Hires Kiran Bawa as New CFO The City of Falls Church has named Kiran Bawa its new Chief Financial Officer. Bawa replaces previous CFO Richard La Condre who retired last November. See News Briefs, page 9
F.C.’s New K9 Officer Hits the Streets
Falls Church Police officer Matthew Parker and his trusted partner, Fitz, a 21-month-old German Shepherd, are the force’s newest tandem patrolling the streets of The Little City.
F.C. Council ‘Holds Noses’ to Add $2 Million More to Mt. Daniel Expansion Now Comes News of Expansion Needs at
Jefferson Elementary
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
A 12-page summary of the current condition of Mt. Daniel circulated to the Council drove home the point. Among other things, it noted that the current building is “insufficient” now, and that is putting it mildly. The building capacity without trailers is 275 and current the enrollment is 388. Consider that “all 17 interior classrooms designated for kindergarten and first grade are full, and
Following the forceful recommendation of the Falls Church Public Schools’ Interim Superintendent Dr. Robert Schiller to “hold your nose and vote yes for this,” the Falls Church City Council voted unanimously Monday (David Snyder absent) 6-0 to approve a supplemental allocation of $2,143,000 to cover the increased cost of a renovation and expansion of Mt. Daniel Elementary School to begin when school lets out in June. Schiller cautioned the Council that contracts for subcontractors on the $15 million project are due to expire the end of this week, precluding desires by some on the Council to postpone action further. It was reported that since first the bids for the work were opened in February, revealing that costs had ballooned over $2.5 million above earlier projections, the Schools worked with the contractor, Grunley Construction, to shave $510,000 off that increase, lowering the amount of new money needed to just over $2 million. So, the project will now proceed to provide an additional 58,218 square feet to Mt. Daniel, increasing its student capacity from 275 currently (without temporary trailers) to 660. But the other shoe that dropped at Monday’s Council meeting was the revelation that in order to meet enrollment growth expectations over the next decade, in addition to already identified expansions of the middle and high school, another roughly $10-12 million will be required for a further expansion of Thomas Jefferson Elementary,
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David Brooks: The Age of Wonkery
If you were a certain sort of ideasoriented young person coming of age in the 20th century, it was very likely you would give yourself a label and join some movement. You would call yourself a Marxist, a neoconservative, a Freudian, an existentialist or a New Deal liberal. See page 14
Mason Soccer Teams On Break After Wins
George Mason High School’s girls and boys soccer teams entered spring break with wins as the girls took down Madison County High School 4-2 at home, while the boys knocked off the Mountaineers 5-0 on the road. See Sports, page 18
F.C. SCHOOLS’ INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT Dr. Robert Schiller made a passionate case for a new $2 million allocation by the F.C. City Council to cover the added change-order costs of the Mt. Daniel expansion and renovation to begin in June. The Council voted 6-0 to comply with his submission. (Photo: News-Press)
Current Mt. Daniel Conditions Spelled Out in Grim Details
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
Index Editorial..................6 Letters..............6, 10 News & Notes.12–13 Comment........ 14–17 Calendar........20–21 Food & Dining......23
Business News....25 Classified Ads......27 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword ..........29 Critter Corner.......30
If you knew nothing about the stellar global reputation of the City of Falls Church’s public school system, and looked only at the state of its facilities as presented to the City Council meeting Monday night, you’d think it was a struggling, poverty-stricken backwater operation. Graphic presentations made by F.C.’s Interim School Superintendent Dr. Robert Schiller
veritably shamed the policy makers of the City that has one of the highest average household incomes of any jurisdiction in the U.S. None of the four campuses above the pre-school level were shown to be even marginally adequate in terms of the condition of their plants. The presentations were made in the context of seeking an additional $2 million to cover the cost of a major renovation and expansion of the Mt. Daniel Elementary. (The money was provided. See story, this page).
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Falls Church’s Newest K9 Officer Hits the Streets by Sam Tabachnik
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It’s close to midnight in Falls Church. The Little City is still, quiet. The parking lot under HarrisTeeter on West Broad Street is nearly vacant, save for a few cars. It’s perfect time to train. Officer Matthew Parker opens the back door of his police cruiser to let out his trusted partner, the newest addition to the Falls Church Police Department. Fitz, a 21-month-old German Shepherd, bounds out excitedly, tongue wagging, breathing hard, anticipating some long-awaited action. Tonight, they are practicing tracking and obedience. Parker likes to do some type of training every night to keep Fitz fresh. The K9 unit has only been needed once thus far since Fitz joined the force in January but the team stays prepared. One never knows when the call may come. In the empty parking lot, Parker walks Fitz in a straight line on a leash. “Sit,” Parker commands. Fitz immediately bends his hind legs and obeys. Parker takes the leash off. “Stay,” he says. Fitz doesn’t move an inch. Parker walks 50 feet away, as Fitz remains in his seated position. In a barely audible whisper, Parker murmurs for Fitz to come. Without hesitation, the young K9 sprints to his handler. Parker raises his hand and Fitz screeches to an immediate stop. “Good boy!” Parker commends his dog, rubbing vigorously behind the dog’s ears and on top of his furry head — right in his sweet spot. “Good boy!” Fitz pants heavily, soaking in Parker’s adulation. As the exercise nears its end, the young dog gets even more bubbly, pacing quickly, eyes trained on Parker. He knows what comes after training. Parker grabs
the prize from the front seat of the car — a stretchy orange ball on a string. He tosses it across the parking lot. Before the toy even hits the ground, Fitz is all over it, teeth sinking into the rubbery ball. He presents it to Parker, tongue wagging, waiting for the next throw. This is the best part of his day. *** For over 130 years, dogs have had a place in law enforcement. The English used bloodhounds to hunt Jack the Ripper in 1888, while in Ghent, Belgium, police started formally training dogs for police work in 1899. It wasn’t until the 1970s that police dogs took hold in the United States, but they have now become indispensable members of the force. When Fitz was sworn in at City Hall in January, Falls Church welcomed its first police dog in six years. Due to budget constraints, the department relied on Fairfax or Arlington County to provide assistance in cases that called for a K9. While Falls Church is lucky enough to not need the K9 too often, there are situations where waiting on neighboring departments can mean lost opportunities. “Without a dog, we always had to call for mutual aid, outside agencies to assist us in those instances,” Falls Church Police Chief Mary Gavin said. “Most of the time you call for a dog, it’s going to be an immediate crisis that usually entails some type of danger. So you want to attack those as soon as you can, but when you have to call mutual aid, you have to wait. So waiting puts that suspect out in the community longer.” These four-legged creatures are so valuable because of their heightened senses, particularly
FALLS CHURCH POLICE OFFICER Matthew Parker and his K9, Fitz, during a training refresher on tracking suspects. (Photo: News-Press) their sense of smell. Compare Fitz to the average Joe police officer and it’s not much of a contest. Scientists estimate that dogs’ sense of smell is between 10,000 and 100,000 times as acute as ours. As Gavin put it, we walk into a kitchen and smell a beef stew on the stove. A dog walks into the kitchen and can identify every individual ingredient in the stew. *** Even though dogs are blessed with naturally strong senses, it takes considerable training to turn an excitable puppy into a certified police dog. While Fitz and Parker now enjoy a symbiotic relationship that only committed partners
can attain, the beginning of their 16-week training was anything but smooth. “My first day, I was like, ‘how did I get the worst dog in class?’ Parker remembers. “He’s barking, moving around, and I’m getting pretty frustrated. But my instructor said not to worry, it’s okay. This is to be expected.” Over the course of the four months, the Falls Church tandem, along with seven other dogs and their handlers, slowly cultivated the key skills that every police dog must attain. Say, for instance, a suspect is being tailed by police in a stolen vehicle. The suspect bails out of the car and runs in another direc-
tion, dropping items — a gun, wad of cash or cell phone, perhaps — that could be used as evidence. If a police dog like Fitz is there, he can follow the track of the suspect and sniff out that wallet or phone that the suspect may have flung in a bush or under a car. The dogs are also trained to find people in buildings. Parker and Fitz have responded to a few calls in which an alarm was ringing and the door of the building was open. Parker would send Fitz room by room to check for intruders, thus sparing the police officer from a potentially dangerous situation.
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F.C. Council Votes to Add Addi�onal $2 Million to Mt. Daniel Expansion Continued from Page 1
now serving grades 2 to 5. The current enrollment there is 832, nine above its present capacity even with trailers. Schiller announced the School Board authorized him to proceed to obtain an architectural feasibility report due May 17 to add 18 new classrooms at the current TJ site to meet enrollment growth projections for the next 15 years. The latest iteration of School Board plans involve keeping Mt. Daniel serving kindergarten and first grade, with the addition of preschool from the Thackrey School site, and relocating the School Board’s central office to the Thackrey site, saving $365,000 annually that is expended in the current lease, expiring June 2019, on a public site. Grades 2 to 5 will remain at TJ. None of this touches on the work being done to expand Mary Ellen Henderson and build a new George Mason High School
on the west end school property, although all the pieces of the puzzle are interrelated, as was pointed out Monday night. Progress continues toward firm proposals for those schools this spring, with the economic development group for the campus site scheduled to meet early Friday morning. Of the $2.143 million voted up Monday, $901,818 will be transferred from two School-related CIP projects, $235,000 from the School Board operating budget and $1,006,082 through the appropriation of new funds As for Thomas Jefferson, even with the recent years’ expansion, the current enrollment is already above capacity and that enrollment will remain with the decision to keep the second grade at its present location. In a report presented to the City Council by the School Board Monday, current TJ enrollment is 832, while the school’s capacity is 678 without trailers, and 823 with them.
Projected enrollment will balloon to 1,068 by 2032, rising steadily every year. A total of 18 new classrooms there are needed, including 10 above the seven needed to accommodate the 145 students currently housed in trailers. One new classroom is needed to free up additional space for the library, and an expansion of the cafeteria and additional playground and parking space are needed. All 18 new classrooms would need to be built on the spot where the trailers now are, because that’s the only area on the TJ property that is not in the floodplain for Tripps Run creek that empties into Four Mile Run and eventually goes to the Chesapeake Bay. Occupancy of the TJ expansion could occur in the 20192020 time frame after 15 months of construction, according to the School Board report. More certain numbers will be available when the architectural feasibility report is received on May 17.
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This is a “glass half full versus empty” gut check time for citizens of the City of Falls Church. Yes, a lot of money is going to need to be spent to bring all four of the K-12 schools in the City from the brink of crumbling. The condition of all of them is appalling, as data presented to the F.C. City Council Monday night showed. The pressures come only partly from the fact that the City has the fastest growing school enrollment growth in the commonwealth. The other part is the systematic underinvestment for decades that the system has suffered. A couple of indicators were underscored in the town hall meeting at City Hall earlier this month. School Board vice chair Phil Reitinger told the audience that over $900,000 less is being asked for on a per-student basis in the current budget under consideration than a decade ago. There are also $1.7 million in unmet needs in the current budget, which some on the Council have indicated an intent to cut further by the date of the adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2018 budget in less than two weeks. All this is dwarfed by the needs for upgrading and expanding the plant and equipment throughout the system which will be pricey, and even moreso if the City drags its feet as interest rates and construction costs begin to rise. In fact, the state of the City is not that different than the state of the nation. Decades of fudging on maintenance of the national infrastructure is converging on a national disaster now with $3 trillion of investment being a low estimate of what is needed to keep bridges from starting to fall, outdated water delivery systems from failing and roads from collapsing into sinkholes. In a frenzy of material pursuits and expectations, the American population has come to feel fully entitled to have it all without paying for it, encouraged by our modern institutions of greed and usury on Wall Street. There are other factors in Falls Church, including Wall Street’s downright absurd insistence on maintaining a bloated fund balance (millions in taxpayer dollars sitting in a bank doing nothing), increased funding pressures from WMATA and the long-standing failure of the state to contribute a fair amount to the City’s schools and operations. So now, behind the curtains, so to speak, the quiet desperation of inadequate school facilities is teeming. Fearing angry revolts by taxpayers, albeit constituting the wealthiest jurisdiction in America, our leaders for years have chiseled our children and their educators to the brink. Work on our schools and other civic buildings are going to cost us because we’re having to play catch-up. Economic development lagged far too long before it slowly began to contribute just in the last decade. A lot more of it will be needed, despite pouting by the self-entitled. Taxes will need to rise too, and they should, probably by a lot.
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We Must Think Differently About Elementary Schools Editor, Fairfax County’s approval of the Mount Daniel expansion was secured largely by a promised enrollment cap of 660 students. This cap affects our ability to continue housing whole grades within one school building. Currently, Mt. Daniel has 382 students. After construction, 2nd grade could move to Mt. Daniel as planned. But that move would be temporary; once enrollments exceed 210-215 per
grade, we’re at risk of violating the cap. If 662 children show up the first day of the 2020-2021 school year, we can’t just move a couple of chairs into a classroom. No, we would have to move 2nd grade back to Thomas Jefferson. Mt. Daniel would effectively cap enrollment between 525 and 550 (a cohort is about 200-225). In that case, we’d be significantly underutilizing the renovated campus, continuing to overstress TJ, and basically wasting
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Mt. Daniel’s renovation. We must think differently about our elementary schools. We need to switch to a neighborhood school model, with both Mt. Daniel and TJ becoming kindergarten through 5th grade schools. I recognize this changes the way we function. There is something sweet about keeping kindergartners separate from the 5th graders and the community cohesion whole grade schools bring to our “Little City.” But our “Little City” isn’t so little anymore. Each grade has eight to 10 classes. Children get reshuffled into new configurations each year and 200 kids to a grade can be overwhelming for those less-thanextroverted kids. Additionally, we
have one paramount, pressing and undeniable challenge in front of us: growth and space. It would be foolish to let 200 slots at Mt. Daniel go unused to keep grades together. A neighborhood model, with a Mt. Daniel catchment area of 600 children, would allow us to maximize its use, reduce classrooms per grade and most importantly, it reduces the risk the school system could become so burdensome we are forced to join the Fairfax or Arlington systems. If we are unwilling to change, the expansion must be cancelled. Allison Hyra Falls Church
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We Need Safe Schools, Now More Than Ever B� J��� I�����
Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a bipartisan resolution supporting diversity in the county and affirming its commitment to safe schools. Amid a terrifying national surge of threats and hate crimes against Jews, Muslims, immigrants, people of color, and those who identify as LGBTQ, this was an important symbolic statement that, in our diverse community, we must all stand together. Days later the Democratic majority on the Fairfax County School Board passed its own resolution, endorsing the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ statement (the three Republicans abstained, citing procedural objections). It is about time. The County Board Republicans recognized that something as basic as saying “Fairfax respects everybody” should not be a partisan issue. It was disappointing that Republican School Board Members Elizabeth Schultz, Jeanette Hough, and Thomas Wilson, however, felt it was more important to make a statement about process to their Democratic colleagues than to make a statement about inclusion to the more than 186,000 students served by the Fairfax County Public Schools. Since the November elections, many Americans who have previously felt they must keep their bigotry quiet seem to believe the results have been an invitation to demonize and terrorize anyone who is
different. Apparently, having a president who demonstrates racism, sexism, xenophobia, and an indifference (at best) to homophobia and transphobia has emboldened some to share similar sentiments in increasingly public ways. In recent weeks,
“Since the elections, many Americans who have previously felt they must keep their bigotry quiet seem to believe the results have been an invitation to demonize and terrorize anyone who is different.”
a small but angry minority in our community has used public comment time to demand the Fairfax County School Board roll back protections for LGBTQ students. In addition, one member of the Board of Supervisors has even suggested segregating children from immigrant families in separate educational facilities and programs — a
dangerous overreaction to a tragic incident in Rockville that is as emblematic of the actions of most immigrant kids as Mister Ed was typical of most horses. Indeed study after study has found that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than are those born here in the United States of America. I’ve been thinking a lot about diversity lately. I recently learned that a high school friend of mine, the son of the principal of a Christian academy, converted to Judaism. This surprised me a little. However, upon reflection, I realized that it should not have. At this point in my life, I should be used to the unexpected. In recent years, one Jewish friend of mine became a devout Episcopalian, while another became a Muslim. Though each is a bit grayer, they remain the same amazing people with whom I did some really bad theatrical productions, debated both at tournaments and over pizza, and stayed up late watching cartoons. I also recently learned that a friend and mentor I assumed to be heterosexual married his same-sex partner of more than a decade. I was delighted for him. I was also overjoyed a brilliant colleague of mine whose family brought her to America as a small child and who was able to work for our non-profit thanks to President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). She just married her longtime boyfriend and has now begun the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen. What these people and experiences have
in common is that while an aspect of each of them has changed since we first met, what has not changed is who they fundamentally are – wonderful people. For me, the biggest change in my own life came several months ago when I became a father for the first time. I look at our two-month old and wonder who they will become. This adorable baby’s ultimate sexual orientation, gender identity, possible disabilities, choice of religion, and future will be revealed in good time. I have made it clear that loyalty to the Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals are nonnegotiable, but I recognize that even that is probably beyond my control. It is vital for us to celebrate and protect all of the diverse identities that make up our community, not only because that diversity strengthens and enriches us all, but also because we ultimately never know which of our children and adolescents may need or benefit from those protections. Regardless of who my own child proves to be, it will be a loved kid. Knowing that mine is just one of thousands of other newborns who will be in Kindergarten in the blink of an eye, it is of paramount importance to me that our local elected officials show through their words and deeds that each child will be valued, protected, and included in our community. Josh Israel is LGBTQ chair for the Fairfax County Democratic Committee.
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The Falls Church officer and his fearless companion are back in training, four weeks into a class on explosives detection. Having a dog trained in explosives could help the department avoid a situation like last March when seven schools in Northern Virginia, including George Mason High School, received bomb threats. Since Arlington and Fairfax police had other schools that needed the K9 units, Falls Church could only wait for one of those teams to finish, rather than send their own dog to scan the school. Having a dedicated K9 that keeps officers safer, tracks suspects, finds evidence and can sniff for explosives are unmatched, valuable skills for any police force. But just having a dog on the force, even when they’re not being called into action, can have a lasting impact on a police department. “Everyone loves having a dog on board, Gavin says. “Dogs have this ability to really ground the officers and it’s essentially a morale booster. The dogs, they are fearless, they love to work. And when you’re around somebody who loves to work, and you love working with them, it really helps the morale of the department, particularly those who are
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Kiran Bawa Named New F.C. Financial Chief The City of Falls Church has named Kiran Bawa its new Chief Financial Officer, City Manager Wyatt Shields announced in a press release Wednesday. Bawa replaces previous CFO Richard La Condre who retired in November of last year. Falls Church Deputy Director of Finance, Melissa Ryman, has been currently serving as acting CFO. “We are very pleased to welcome Ms. Bawa to Falls Church,” said Shields. “She brings deep knowledge and experience in municipal finance, accounting, and budget, and I look forward to her joining the City in this key leadership position.” Bawa, who will oversee accounting, financial analysis and reporting, capital financing, debt management, payroll, accounts Kiran Bawa. (Courtesy photo) payable and receivable, purchasing and real estate assessment for the City, previously served as Director of Finance for the City of Piedmont, California. She also served in Oakland, California as budget director and deputy city administrator for the City and was manager of capital planning and grants for AC Transit. “I am very excited to join the executive team at the City of Falls Church,” said Bawa in the press release. “I am ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work in providing efficient and effective services to the residents.” Bawa holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with honors from Mills College and has earned numerous certifications. She is a graduate of Leadership Oakland and the ENO Center for Transportation’s Executive Transit Management Program. She will begin her duties as CFO on Monday, April 17.
Fairfax School Board Adopts Diversity Policy After a lengthy discussion last Thursday night, the Fairfax County School Board voted 9-0 with three abstentions to adopt the inclusion and diversity policy statement that the county’s Board of Supervisors approved unanimously Tuesday. School Board members who voted in favor stressed that the vote represented no change in policy, but merely an endorsement of the Supervisors’ effort over a considerable period to adopt a comprehensive policy resolution, and that it will help make students “feel safer” in the county’s public school buildings. There is a lot of anxiety at the moment, members pointed out numerous times, with the implementation of new federal immigration restrictions and the ongoing efforts to combat bullying and antiLGBT discrimination in the schools. A large contingent of supporters of the new Supervisors’ resolution was on hand, standing with pink signs that promoted inclusion and diversity, as well as to speak to the issue before the board. The county board statement affirmed, among other things, that the county “is and will continue to be a county that exemplifies values of respect and acceptance,” welcoming and celebrating “one another’s differences and cultural backgrounds.”
Beyer: Strike Needed Congressional OK U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the 8th District of Northern Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, issued the following statement earlier this week on the U.S. military strike in Syria: “Assad is a monster and a war criminal. I look forward to the day when he is brought to justice by the Syrian people and the international community. This strike represents an escalation of U.S. involvement in the Syrian Civil War. It should have been subject to congressional debate and authorization, and certainly that must be a precondition for any further engagement. We need a credible and clear plan that will lead to positive outcomes, both for the Syrian people and the security of the United States. Furthermore, if President Trump is, as he claims, motivated by humanitarian impulses and a concern for the suffering of Syrian civilians, then we should see a redoubling of humanitarian efforts, an increase in humanitarian assistance funding, and a lifting of the refugee ban. Cruise missiles alone are not a solution.”
Mobile DMV at City Hall Friday F.C. Commissioner of the Revenue Tom Clinton confirmed this week that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will have a full-service mobile bus parked in the F.C. City Hall lot on Friday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
F.C. Balloonists Measure Atmosphere in New Mexico AirPhotosLIVE.com’s aerostat balloon platform helped physicists from Mesa Photonics (Santa Fe, New Mexico) perform measurements of clouds in the air this week. The Falls Church-based R&D firm helps scientists conduct aerial tests using a tethered aerostat balloon system. The sensors were lofted to 500 feet to get live measurements.
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The Definition Of a Class A Office Building Editor, In the Letters to the Editor, last week, reader JoMarie Acosta asks an excellent question: What is the definition of a “Class A” building? I’m happy to say that the answer can be found in the 2017 edition of the “NAIOP Terms and Definitions” document: “A classification used to describe an office building with rents in the top 30 to 40 percent of the marketplace. Class A buildings are well-located in major employment centers and typically have good transit, vehicular and pedestrian access. Additionally, they are located adjacent to or in proximity to a high number of retail establishments and business-oriented or fast casual restaurants. Building services are
All This Development Talk & No Word of Parking Solutions Editor, Kudos to Ms. Acosta’s letter in the News-Press last week. Did I miss a notice that the planning commission called for a meeting to discuss this mixed-use building in the City at E. Broad and Washington? The City is becoming overwhelmed with multi-level structures and not one whisper of parking spaces. Why is the City so afraid to build parking garages? And why is the parking time limit only two hours on Monday – Saturday? Is parking so bad in the City that we can’t have three hours? Barb Molino Falls Church
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F.C. Schools Should Not Expose Kids to Fast Food Editor, Our City of Falls Church schools’ email newsletter noted that 4th graders at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School “are learning... about writing letters [to businesses and municipalities] with opinions and constructive criticism.” The unit included a visit from the Chick-fil-A cow mascot. I wonder if the teacher used that visit to explain that an ethical fast-food restaurant wouldn’t market directly to impressionable children, especially in a learning environment, even if school administrators seem to be oblivious to the lasting, pernicious public health consequences of these fun lessons. It might have spurred some great letters to Chick-fil-A and the school board. I hope our new superintendent does a better job than his predecessors of establishing curriculum guidelines that will shield students from these insidious activities. Richard Klein Falls Church
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Community News & Notes F.C. Student Participates in National Convention Twelve Virginia Tech recipients of Stamps Scholarships, including one student from Falls Church, traveled to Atlanta to take part in the fourth biennial Stamps Scholars National Convention. The students, who are all in the university’s Honors College, were among the approximately 730 Stamps Scholars nationwide who attended the convention April 7-9 at Georgia Tech. The event was sponsored by the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, which partners with 42 schools around the country to provide scholarships to students with strong leadership potential, academic merit, and exceptional character. Dana Mulligan (agricultural
sciences ’19), of Falls Church was one of the recipients. The Stamps Scholarship was “a really big factor” in Mulligan’s decision to attend Virginia Tech. She gave a speech on sustainable agriculture at the convention. As part of her Stamps Scholarship, Mulligan will be living in the Honors Residential Commons for her four years at Virginia Tech. She says being around Stamps Scholars who have different interests and are at varying stages of their educational journeys has been highly beneficial — and was part of the reason she was excited for the conference. “I was really excited to meet Stamps Scholars from other schools around the country,” Mulligan said. “I learn about a lot of interesting opportuni-
ties from people with a lot of diverse interests who are doing really cool projects. It’s really motivating when you see these new ideas coming from other students.” The Stamps Foundation and its partners provide scholarship support to 930 scholars, with the projected goal to help educate 5,000 scholars in total. There are 455 Stamps Scholar alumni around the world who continue to benefit from various professional and social networking opportunities.
F.C. Celebrates Tree USA Honor, Arbor Day on April 22 The City of Falls Church has been named a Tree City USA community by the Arbor Day Foundation for the 39th year in a row. The City will celebrate the
JOE DOWLING (SECOND FROM RIGHT), a 35-year veteran employee in the City’s Public Works Department, was honored by the Falls Church City Council Monday as the City’s Employee of the Year. Dowling, posing with the Council alongside family members, was recognized and presented with a cash award for his career of dedicated and proficient work. (Photo: News-Press)
honor at the 126th anniversary of Arbor Day on Saturday, April 22, with a morning ceremony at 11:30 a.m. followed by an afternoon neighborhood tree planting from 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The Arbor Day ceremony will be held on the back lawn of The Scout House (128 S. Spring St.). Jim McGlone, from the Virginia Department of Forestry, will be presenting the City with its 39th consecutive Tree City USA award for 2016. The Neighborhood Tree Program’s spring planting will immediately follow the ceremony. The event is open to the community and will be presented by the City and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society (VPIS). Volunteers interested in planting trees are requested to wear sturdy shoes, bring gloves and shovels (if
possible), and RSVP to Seth Heminway at heminway.seth@ gmail.com or (703) 389-7360. This year marks the 125th anniversary of Virginia’s first Arbor Day in 1892, which was held in Falls Church at Frady Park. The 2017 tree of the year, selected by the City of Falls Church Tree Commission, is the flowering dogwood — Virginia’s state flower and state tree.
Songwriting Workshop Comes to McLean On Sunday, May 7, Dan Navarro will lead a workshop on Songwriting and the Creative Muse at The Surge (1988 Kirby Rd, McLean). Couched in the context of a songwriting workshop, Navarro will lead participants through an exploration of the foundations of creativity, the essence
KICKING OFF HIS campaign for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates last Sunday at Clare and Don’s in Falls Church was Del. Marcus Simon, seeking a second term representing the City as part of his 53rd District. He was surrounded by many fellow delegates and local notables and a gathering of three dozen to mark the occasion. (Photo: News-Press)
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OVER THE WEEKEND at the Falls Church Arts new studio, Virginia based artist Seth Havercamp taught a portrait class called “Portrait Painting Workshop.” Havercamp has won a host of award competitions, including the “People’s Choice Award” in the 2013 Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition for a painting of his daughter Essie. Falls Church Arts Outreach Director, Shaun van Steyn (not pictured), posed for 6.5 hours as a host of aspiring artists detailed his every feature. (P����: S���� ��� S����) the essence of verbal and musical expression, the dynamic of connected performance, and the deceptive allure of success and its various disguises. Through collaboration exercises, critiques, monologue and dialogue, attendees will run through creative paces with positivity and support, to ideally take home concepts that will facilitate creativity on whatever level they choose. The workshop covers creativity in general and songwriting in particular, and individual attention is possible. Song critiques will be given upon request. Those attending are asked to bring a guitar, a recording or a song to share. Navarro started his career as a songwriter, most often with Eric Lowen, for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammynominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Keb’ Mo’, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, Dutch superstar Marco Borsato, The Triplets, and Austin outlaw legend Rusty Weir. In 2009, after 22 years and 12 CDs with Lowen & Navarro, Navarro released the spirited Live at McCabe’s, backed by Austin’s now-disbanded Stonehoney. His next album, Shed My Skin, is slated for release this spring. The workshop serves to impart nuggets of wisdom about songwriting, the importance of creativity in that process, and connected perfor-
mance. He may also discuss issues of intellectual property and performer’s rights, if there is interest. For more information and to register, email contact@saw.org or visit saw.org
Forum on Transportation Development April 23 The League of Women Voters of Falls Church will host a forum to explore regional transportation developments and their impact on Falls Church from 4 – 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 23. The forum will be held at the Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls Street). The forum will feature a panel that will include Kate Mattice, executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, and Monica Backmon, executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Falls Church Vice Mayor David Snyder, the city’s longtime representative to regional transportation agencies, will serve as moderator. The program will explore how city tax dollars support regional transportation systems and development, including the subway system and light rail projects. The program is free and open to the public. For more information go to lwvfallschurch.org
F.C. Students Earn Academic Honors Two students from Falls Church have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester at Washington University in St. Louis: Noah Bardash, who is enrolled in the university’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Matt Spidi, who is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. Falls Church resident Chantal Iosso, a member of the class of 2020 at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, was recently inducted into Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.
Preserving Family Heirlooms Class in Vienna The Fairfax Genealogical Society education class brings in Tina Beaird on Saturday, April 29 for a class called “Preserving Family Heirlooms.” Beaird will present a brief history of paper manufacturing and photography while describing how to store and preserve such items, as well as techniques for preserving historic and modern scrapbooks. The class is at the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station Hall in Vienna. For more information, call 703-644-8185 or visit fxgs.org/ events
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This Age of Wonkery
If you were a certain sort of ideas-oriented young person coming of age in the 20th century, it was very likely you would give yourself a label and join some movement. You would call yourself a Marxist, a neoconservative, a Freudian, an existentialist or a New Deal liberal. There would be certain sacred writers who would explain the world to you — from Jung to Camus, Dewey or Chesterton. There would probably be a small magazine where the doctrines of your sect would be hammered out. People today seem less likely to give themselves intellectual labels or join self-conscious philosophical movements. Young people today seem more likely to have their worldviews shaped by trips they have taken, or causes they have been involved in, or the racial or ethnic or NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE gender identity group they identify with. That has changed the nature of the American intellectual scene, the way people approach the world and the lives they live. In his book, The Ideas Industry, Daniel W. Drezner says we have shifted from a landscape dominated by public intellectuals to a world dominated by thought leaders. A public intellectual is someone like Isaiah Berlin, who is trained to comment on a wide array of public concerns from a specific moral stance. A thought leader champions one big idea to improve the world — think Al Gore’s work on global warming. As Drezner puts it, intellectuals are critical, skeptical and tend to be pessimistic. Thought leaders are evangelists for their idea and tend to be optimistic. The world of Davos-like conferences, TED talks and PopTech rewards thought leaders, not intellectuals, Drezner argues. Intellectual life has fallen out of favor for several reasons, he continues. In a low-trust era, people no longer have as much faith in grand intellectuals to serve as cultural arbiters. In a polarized era, ideologically minded funders like George Soros or the Koch bothers will only pay for certain styles of thought work. In an unequal era, rich people like to go to Big Idea conferences, and when they do they want to hear ideas that are going to have some immediate impact — Jeffrey Sachs’ latest plan to end world poverty or Amy Cuddy’s findings on how to adopt the right power stance. Drezner does not call this a decline, just a shift (let us not underestimate how silly and wrong some of the grand, sweeping intellectuals could be). But I am struck by how people’s relationship to ideas has changed. In the first place, public thinkers now conceive of themselves as legislative advisers. Drezner writes a book called The Ideas Industry, but he is really writing about public policy. When George Orwell, Simone de Beauvoir or even Ralph Waldo Emerson were writing, they were hoping to radically change society, but nobody would confuse them with policy wonks. Second, there was a greater sense then than now, I think, that the very nature of society was up for grabs. Call it a vestige from Marxism or maybe Christianity, but there was a sense that the current fallen order was fragile and that a more just mode of living was out there to be imagined. Finally, intellectual life was just seen as more central to progress. Intellectuals establish the criteria by which things are measured and goals are set. Intellectuals create the frameworks within which politicians operate. How can you have a plan unless you are given a theory? Intellectuals create the age. Doing that sort of work meant leading the sort of exceptional life that allowed you to emerge from the cave — to see truth squarely and to be fully committed to the cause. Creating a just society was the same thing as transforming yourself into a moral person. For Orwell, this meant being with the poor and the oppressed — living as a homeless tramp in England, a dishwasher in Paris, getting shot through the neck as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. It meant teaching himself how to turn political writing into an art form. For Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci, it meant committing fully to ideas, even if it meant years in prison, and doing the rigorous mental work required for a life of hard thinking. He was as left as can be, but he believed in traditional school curricula, the tough grinding of learning Latin and Greek grammar. “It will be necessary to resist the tendency to render easy that which cannot become easy without being distorted,” he wrote. It also meant joining a tradition and a team. There were a whole set of moral tests involved with obedience to the movement, breaking ranks when necessary, facing unpleasant truths, pioneering a collective way of living, whether feminist, Marxist or libertarian. The 20th century held up intellectuals like that, and then discredited them — too many were too wrong about communism and fascism. But we have probably over-adjusted and deprived a generation of a vision of the heroic intellectual. It is good to have people who think about North Korean disarmament. But politics is most real at a more essential level.
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Publicity Stunts Aren’t Policy Does anyone still remember the Carrier deal? Back in December, President-elect Donald Trump announced, triumphantly, that he had reached a deal with the air-conditioner manufacturer to keep 1,100 jobs in America rather than moving them to Mexico. And the media spent days celebrating the achievement. Actually, the number of jobs involved was more like 700, but who’s counting? Around 75,000 U.S. workers are laid off or fired every working day, so a few hundred here or there hardly matter for the overall picture. Whatever Trump did or didn’t achieve with Carrier, the real question was whether he would take steps to make a lasting difference. So far, he hasn’t; NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE there isn’t even the vague outline of a real Trumpist jobs policy. And corporations and investors seem to have decided that the Carrier deal was all show, no substance, that for all his protectionist rhetoric Trump is a paper tiger in practice. After pausing briefly, the ongoing move of manufacturing to Mexico has resumed, while the Mexican peso, whose value is a barometer of expected U.S. trade policy, has recovered almost all its post-November losses. In other words, showy actions that win a news cycle or two are no substitute for actual, coherent policies. Indeed, their main lasting effect can be to squander a government’s credibility. Which brings us to last week’s missile strike on Syria. The attack instantly transformed news coverage of the Trump administration. Suddenly stories about infighting and dysfunction were replaced with screaming headlines about the president’s toughness and footage of Tomahawk launches. But outside its effect on the news cycle, how much did the strike actually accomplish? A few hours after the attack, Syrian warplanes were taking off from the same airfield, and airstrikes resumed on the town where use of poison gas provoked Trump into action. No doubt the Assad forces took some real losses, but there’s no reason to believe that a one-time action will have any effect on the course of Syria’s civil war. In fact, if last week’s action was the end of the story, the eventual effect may well be to strengthen the Assad regime — Look, they stood up to a superpower! — and weaken American credibility. To achieve any lasting result, Trump would have to get involved on a sustained basis in Syria.
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Doing what, you ask? Well, that’s the big question — and the lack of good answers to that question is the reason President Barack Obama decided not to start something nobody knew how to finish. So what have we learned from the Syria attack and its aftermath? No, we haven’t learned that Trump is an effective leader. Ordering the U.S. military to fire off some missiles is easy. Doing so in a way that actually serves American interests is the hard part, and we’ve seen no indication whatsoever that Trump and his advisers have figured that part out. Actually, what we know of the decision-making process is anything but reassuring. Just days before the strike, the Trump administration seemed to be signaling lack of interest in Syrian regime change. What changed? The images of poison-gas victims were horrible, but Syria has been an incredible horror story for years. Is Trump making life-and-death national security decisions based on TV coverage? One thing is certain: The media reaction to the Syria strike showed that many pundits and news organizations have learned nothing from past failures. Trump may like to claim that the media are biased against him, but the truth is that they’ve bent over backward in his favor. They want to seem balanced, even when there is no balance; they have been desperate for excuses to ignore the dubious circumstances of his election and his erratic behavior in office, and start treating him as a normal president. You may recall how, a month and a half ago, pundits eagerly declared that Trump “became the president of the United States today” because he managed to read a speech off a teleprompter without going off script. Then he started tweeting again. One might have expected that experience to serve as a lesson. But no: The U.S. fired off some missiles, and once again Trump “became president.” Aside from everything else, think about the incentives this creates. The Trump administration now knows that it can always crowd out reporting about its scandals and failures by bombing someone. Here’s a hint: Real leadership means devising and carrying out sustained policies that make the world a better place. Publicity stunts may generate a few days of favorable media coverage, but they end up making America weaker, not stronger, because they show the world that we have a government that can’t follow through. And has anyone seen a sign, any sign, that Trump is ready to provide real leadership in that sense? I haven’t.
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The ‘Fearless Girl’ Anti-Trump Symbol
Trump’s public unqualified defense of his body double, sleazy sexual predator Bill O’Reilly, perfectly represents the essence of what’s wrong with our politics nowadays. And by contrast, the already-iconic “Fearless Girl” bronze on Wall Street perfectly represents our hope, and our pathway, for resisting and setting it right. The 50-inch “Fearless Girl” bronze that stands in defiance, facing down the angry, much larger “Charging Bull” on Wall Street in lower Manhattan, was installed in March and was initially intended to remain just a week. But as an amazing symbol of the fight for gender equality, and much more, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared it will remain in place at least until March of next year. My vote’s to have it stay there for good. FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS The sculptor of the “Charging Bull” is suing to have the “Fearless Girl” bronze removed on grounds that it “breaches his copyright and distorts his artistic message.” He accuses the girl statue of “attacking the bull.” Awww, poor angry bull! There is a poignant truth represented in the juxtaposition of the bull and the girl, a dynamic physical confrontation of cosmic proportions. It’s a modern David and Goliath. It’s the Chinese student standing down a tank in Tiananmen Square. It’s the young “newsie” defiantly hawking expressions of free speech on a street corner. It’s any woman who has stood down any male predator. What makes it so unsettling to male chauvinist pigs is that the girl is postured to kick the s**t out of that bull if it dares move one step closer. Like male chauvinist pigs, the bull has no empathy or compassion in its eyes or soul. It is driven by one thing: the bestial lust for power. That’s what makes it so appealing as a symbol of Wall Street. Installed there in 1989, at the height of the “greed is good” frenzy that led to the great crash of 2008, it’s all about the avarice, the greed, the right to own, and to transgress at will. It’s worth remembering that the outgunned boy David was the symbolic protector of the world’s first modern republic, Florence, in the Italian Renaissance. Donatello’s earlier version, Verrocchio’s and then Michelangelo’s later one all show David having slain the giant Goliath postured in triumph. But there are many painted masterpieces from that era showing David “in the act” of pounding senseless the giant that he’d downed with his sling shot. David was the symbol of the defense of the people’s republic against tyranny and brutality. So today the “Fearless Girl” is a perfect representation of the same thing. The David of David and Goliath lore, I surmise, would not have a problem with interchanging his role with that of a girl. As he defended against white male chauvinist predators, he would naturally identify and empathize with victims on whose behalf he interceded. That’s why the “Fearless Girl” is not defined by her gender, or by whether or not it is a male or female by birth underneath that skirt. It is the defiance in defense of concord and the potential development of the human soul that is at stake. At the heart of the matter, then, this is the challenge that Trump and his ugly culture represents for the nation and the world. Revivals of Tony Kuchner’s award-winning two-part drama, “Angels in America,” are being staged in both London and New York this year, and the consensus is that this particular work of genius is as timely now as in 1993. The reason given by critics is the central role in it of sociopathic New York mob attorney Roy Cohn (played in the HBO mini-series version by Al Pacino in an Emmy Award-winning performance). Cohn was Trump’s mentor in the 1970s in New York, and he’s characterized in the play just as one might characterize Trump’s behavior now. The connection between chronic sexually predatory behavior and the indifferent rape of the poor and disadvantaged through public policy decisions cannot be overstressed. Meanwhile in America, the middle aged white male death rate will continue to rise under the current arrangement.
Nicholas F. Benton
Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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All the President’s Generals
By the standards of recent American presidencies, two very normal-seeming things happened in the Trump administration last week. On Wednesday, Steve Bannon, the president’s not particularly effective strategist and ideologist, was demoted out of the National Security Council’s principals’ committee. And on Thursday, the president rained cruise missiles onto Syria. The demotion suggested that Trump’s foreign policy might be losing some of its promised “America First” distinctiveness; the bombing seemed to confirm it. Allowing for a few Trumpian flourishes, the strikes NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE could have happened under Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush, and so could the response: Politicians of both parties offered support, liberal hawks and neoconservatives were suddenly happy, TV pundits talked up Trump’s newfound stature ... and critics of American warmaking were back to crying in the wilderness, the taste of betrayal in their mouths. So has the ideological revolution in U.S. foreign policy been canceled? In one sense, yes: If you were expecting Trump to actually govern as a paleoconservative, to eschew the use of force absent some immediate threat to the American homeland, to pull U.S. troops out of all their far-flung bases and leave entangling alliances behind, then the strikes against Bashar Assad are the latest evidence that you got played. But that doesn’t mean that Trump is just going to return to the same grooves as his predecessors. Most recent presidencies have been distinguished by tugs of war between different groups of foreign policy hands — neoconservatives and Kissingerians and Jacksonians under Republicans, liberal interventionists and liberal realists and the anti-war left under Democrats. The Trump administration, though, doesn’t really have many normal foreign policy experts among its civilian officials. Rex Tillerson may have a realist streak and Nikki Haley a moralistic style, but neither one has been part of these debates before. Mike Pence has nothing like the experience of a Dick Cheney or a Joe Biden. If Bannon’s vision is getting sidelined, it’s not like Jared Kushner is ready with a deeply thought-out alternative. What Trump has instead are generals — James Mattis and H.R. McMaster and the other military men in his Cabinet, plus, of course, the actual professional military itself. And it’s this team of generals, not any of the usual foreign policy schools, that seems increasingly likely to steer his statecraft going forward.
Ross Douthat
The professional military always influences U.S. foreign policy, and military minds are hardly monolithic in their views. But for U.S. policy to be effectively military-directed, as opposed to just militaryinfluenced, would be a new thing in recent U.S. history, with strong implications for how the weakening Pax Americana gets defended in the age of Trump. First, in certain ways a military-directed foreign policy promises to be more stability-oriented than other approaches to international affairs. It would be less prone to grand ideological ambitions than either liberal hawkishness or neoconservatism — less inclined to imagine the U.S. as an agent of democratic revolution or a humanitarian avenging angel. But it would also be skeptical of the shifts in our strategic posture and retreats from existing commitments that realists and anti-interventionists sometimes entertain. Thus, had the U.S. military been running George W. Bush’s White House, it’s unlikely that we would have attempted to plant democracy in Iraq. Had it been running the Obama administration, it’s unlikely that we would have abandoned Hosni Mubarak or sought a region-reshaping détente with Tehran. And so far, the Trump White House’s re-emphasis on long-standing military relationships, its quieter line on human rights and its backpedaling from promised big-deal shifts in our posture toward Russia and China all fit with what you might expect from a brass-led presidency. But even as it prizes stability, the military has a strong bias toward, well, military solutions whenever crises or challenges emerge. These solutions are not usually huge invasions or expensive nation-building exercises. But they treat bombs and missiles and drone strikes and boots on the ground as first-resort tools of statecraft. Thus, you would expect a military-guided foreign policy to be leery of massive involvement in Syria’s civil war ... but when something like Assad’s use of chemical weapons happens, its first and strongest impulse would be a punitive strike. A similar logic would apply around the world’s trouble spots. A generals’ foreign policy wouldn’t seek out a land war in Asia, but it would be open to many limited interventions that might take us, by increments, deeper and deeper into conflict. Overall, the armed forces’ worldview is hardly the worst imaginable vision for Trump to adopt. But where the president’s inability to back down from a big fight meets the military’s willingness to start a lot of small ones lies the great peril of his presidency: not deliberate warmongering, but an accidental escalation that his generals encourage, and that the ultimate decider has no idea how to stop.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
Fairfax County has long been recognized as a welcoming and inclusive jurisdiction, a place where our growing and diverse population contributes to the fabric and culture of our community in many ways, seen and unseen. At its regular meeting on April 4, the Board of Supervisors reaffirmed that commitment unanimously, after spirited debate. The resolution proposed by Chairman Sharon Bulova is simple and declarative. It exemplifies values of respect and acceptance, understands that community policing efforts must be based on trust, maintains a safe and inclusive learning environment for all children in our public schools and complies with all federally mandated requirements. The resolution also points out that immigration is a federal matter and, while Fairfax County does partner with the federal government on serious criminal matters when required, our police officers are not immigration officials, and are not expected to assume the federal responsibilities of enforcing immigration laws. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity noted his opinion that the resolution was a statement done for political reasons that omitted costs of educating immigrant children and unaccompanied youth, and did not mention gang violence. Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay, in rebuttal, said many families are concerned and scared, even traumatized, about raids and threats of deportation. The Board of Supervisors has a moral imperative, he said, to address those fears, and the statement sets the record straight. A request by Hunter Mill District Supervisor Cathy Hudgins to clarify the statement by including opposition to any future “registry” was rejected because, as Chairman Bulova reiterated, “we are not getting into what ifs.” Braddock District Supervisor John Cook said the resolution restates
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concepts about how our community comes together, and Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck agreed. At the conclusion of debate, the resolution was adopted unanimously, and reaffirmed “our strong commitment to maintaining a community culture that values and celebrates the similarities as well as the differences among our neighbors.” The 2017 Local Economic Area Report from the Realtors Property Resource® confirms that Mason District is densely populated, split almost exactly in half by gender (49.8 percent female; 50.2 percent male), and the median age is 38.3 years, which is the same for Fairfax County and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Average household income ($114,539) is less than Fairfax County as a whole ($147,644), but much more than Virginia ($86,296). Median estimated home value in Mason District is $471,170, trailing the rest of the county, but much higher than Virginia’s $292,770 median value. Data sources for the report include the U.S. Census American Community Survey and MLS real estate records. As reported in a previous column, the March 29 Mason District Town Hall about gang activity was standing room only. You can access an audio recording of the meeting, including presentations and the question and answer session at http:// www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cable /channel16/podcasts/ asx/masondistrict_th_gangs_3_29_17.asx. Or log on to the Mason District webpage: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/mason and click on the link under Mason District Town Hall. The run time for the recording is two hours and 20 minutes. 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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On April 11, Dr. Ike Koziol wrote in a letter to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “Governor Terry McAuliffe recently pushed our state legislature to expand Medicaid, and the House of Delegates rejected it. This would have allowed about 400,000 Virginians to obtain some form of medical insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The Governor’s efforts have failed before, so why did he try again? The answer is simple: It was the right thing to do.” Dr. Koziol goes on to explain that he works in a free clinic in Wise County, Virginia, bordering West Virginia. In years past West Virginians would regularly cross state lines to take advantage of the offerings of the free clinic. But since West Virginia expanded Medicaid, West Virginians no longer hike across the border to access health care — the only patients seen at the free clinic are Virginians with diabetes, hypertension, malnutrition and other chronic conditions requiring regular, expensive medical care. April 6, the day after the House of Delegates Republicans voted in unanimous party line to block Medicaid expansion and to deny health care benefits to 400,000 of their constituents who are working, but uninsured, the University of Maryland released a poll showing that 69 percent of our Commonwealth’s voters support Medicaid expansion. Expanding Medicaid with 100 percent federal funding would create 30,000 jobs, save our state budget $73 million, and more importantly provide basic health care for vulnerable Virginians. Since the Affordable Healthcare Act was passed, we have left more than $10 billion on the federal table by failing to expand Medicaid. Virginia forfeits $6.6 million every day that Republicans continue to block this expansion. These funds that we do not access
are tax dollars that each of us has already paid to the federal government. That money does not go into a savings account marked “For Virginia — in case the General Assembly changes its mind.” This money, $2.4 billion a year, goes to the other states that have decided to expand Medicaid. Our federal taxes pay for West Virginia’s expanded healthcare services — you are welcome, West Virginia! And we deserve thanks from the 31 other states that have implemented Medicaid expansion since the ACA was enacted in 2010 as well. Most of these states have been the recipients of our generosity since 2014. Louisiana and Montana rejected expansion at first, but after some years, recognized the fiscal and health benefits available and welcomed what our money would bring. Two weeks ago, the Kansas legislature voted to expand Medicaid, but Republican Governor Sam Brownback vetoed the measure. However, the Kansas legislators are gearing up for an override. The Maine Republican Governor has vetoed expansion five times, even though polls show that 60 percent of Maine residents support Medicaid expansion. That 60 percent have gathered 67,000 signatures to take the choice to the people of Maine in a referendum. Governor McAuliffe has offered to call a special session of the General Assembly soon to vote only on Medicaid expansion. Our Republican majority has refused to attend if a session is called. The Washington Post editorial board has termed this stubborn, partisan insistence on opposition to Medicaid expansion ”indefensible.” I agree. Delegate Kory represents the 38th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. She may be emailed at DelKKory@house. virginia.gov.
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YO U DON T H AV E T O BE SO STRONG BUT IF I’M NOT, WHO WILL?
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
Our hometown joined others around the nation April 6 to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into what we now call World War I. As some 60 officials and citizens gathered in the county building (a rain threat canceled plans to assemble at the war memorial in Clarendon), I recalled how long I’ve been emotional about this often-forgotten Great War. Hitchhiking through France in 1971, I was astonished to see that every village had a memorial listing names of locals felled fighting the Germans. The grand-scale event — to which Arlington has a slew of strong connections — caused 38 million deaths, including 116,000 U.S. soldiers. Among them are the 13 Arlingtonians listed — segregated by race — on the American Legion War Memorial erected in 1931. Five from Cherrydale had already been honored on a 1926 Daughters of the American Revolution monument off Lee Highway. One, Lt. John Lyon, became the namesake for Post 3150 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Another 2,100 U.S. dead were brought to Arlington Cemetery in 1921 for a record-size expansion and reburial — a move that inspired the cemetery to build the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and an amphitheater. This March, the cemetery Visitors Center mounted an inspiring exhibit with World War I
photos and artifacts grouped by themes of combat, technology, mobilization, and the role of women and blacks. It notes that Arlington Cemetery’s plots for decades were racially segregated, but not the overseas cemeteries. Co-curating the exhibit was the American Battlefields Monuments Commission, created in 1923 to care for graves overseas and now headquartered at Arlington’s Courthouse Square. At a Pentagon commemoration on April 6, Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley asked his audience, “Are we that much smarter than those who came before us 100 years ago today?” The county’s ceremony kicked off its World War I Commemoration Task Force’s planning of a 19-month series of events aided by schools and nonprofits. At a podium bedecked with a dough-boy helmet and poster with the slogan “Remembering the Spirit of 1917,” County board member John Vihstadt said the war helped convert Arlington “from a sleepy rural community to modern urban county.” Five-decade Arlingtonian Ed Bearss, historian emeritus at the National Park Service and still giving Smithsonian tours at 93, described the horrors of poison gas and machine gun warfare. His father fought the war with the Marines and seldom discussed it — its drama overshadowed by World War II, Bearss said. New task force chair historian Allison Finkelstein laid out goals of engaging diverse groups,
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APRIL 13 – 19, 2017 | PAGE 17 encouraging community service and confronting “the more difficult issues wrapped up in memorializing this war, chiefly, [its] racial legacy.” One of her consultations will be with Karen Nightengale, president of the Arlington NAACP. Nightengale weighed in months ago with a proposal to update the 1931 plaque that listed “colored” veterans Arthur Morgan and Ralph Lowe below the 11 white heroes. In an interview, she told me her goal would be a new marker that “does not distinguish between negro and white.” But she acknowledges the hesitation to remove the plaque that has been there 86 years. “I understand why the original was put up the way it was,” she added, impressed that folks in the 1920s even “had the due diligence” to include the “colored” dead. Finklestein promised to “find consensus without erasing history.” *** At a WWI commemoration at the French Embassy, I learned something about the first aviation death in history, which occurred in Arlington. It was on Sept. 17, 1908, that Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge died in a test flight at Fort Myer piloted by Orville Wright. To recount that incident in his recent biography of the Wright Brothers, famed author David McCullough came to Fort Myer and demanded to see the exact spot, I was told by Tim Grove, chief of learning for the Air and Space Museum. That site is now a parking place.
summonses for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Fail to Display Trade Dress, Washington St/Broad St, Apr 8, a Lyft driver, a male, 34, of Sterling, VA was issued a summons for Failure to Display Trade Dress. Assault and Battery, Obstruct Emergency Communications, Petit Larceny, Strangulation, 1100 blk W Broad St, Apr 8, responding to a call for assistance between two persons known to each other, officers arrested a male, 55, of no fixed address, for Assault and Battery, Obstructing Emergency Communications, Petit Larceny, and Assault by Strangulation. Drunk in Public and Urinating in Public, 220 N Washington St, Apr 9, a male, 50, of Falls Church, was arrested for being Drunk in Public and Urinating in Public.
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Mason Boys, Girls Soccer Enter Break With Wins BY MATT DELANEY
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George Mason High School’s varsity girls and boys soccer teams entered spring break with wins as the girls took down Madison County High School 4-2 at home, while the boys knocked off the Mountaineers 5-0 on the road. The boys (5-1) had a dominant close to the first half of the season against Madison County thanks to major contributions from junior forward Peter Scardino. In the 17th minute Scardino drew pressure from the Mountaineers’ back line, causing him to drop a pass back and set up senior defender Nico Ferrara’s 25-yard opening goal. Ten minutes later a shot from Scardino ricocheted off the crossbar and found junior midfielder Carlos Mercado in position for the putback goal. Right before halftime Scardino was fouled in the box and senior defender Wesley Quill buried the ensuing penalty kick to put Mason up 3-0 by halftime. Early in the second half Scardino’s right-to-left cross was
one-timed by senior midfielder Olo Sembera Baracco for another Mustang goal. Scardino then found the back of the net when a precision pass from Mercado set up another tally for Mason in the 57th minute. Senior goalkeeper Walker Hegadorn also recorded three saves, including one from pointblank range, to keep Mason’s opponents scoreless since a March 29 loss at Mount Vernon. “We have tried to live by a new mantra from assistant coach Nathan Greiner: ‘The other team will have a game plan for us until we punch them in the mouth [by scoring early],’” head coach Frank Spinello said. “Our team has responded, and scored early in our matches to take the pressure off. It has allowed us to play our brand of football.” The Lady Mustangs faced stiff resistance from the Mountaineers during their match. The first half was nearly a stalemate until sophomore midfielder Maura Mann finally broke through and scored a goal for Mason with two minutes until halftime. Senior midfielder Rebecca Crouch booted in anoth-
GEORGE MASON OFFENSIVE WING Victoria Rund �ights for ball control during the Mustang’s 4-2 victory over Madison High School Tuesday. (P�����: C���� S��) er Mustang goal early in the second half to increase Mason’s advantage to 2-0. Mason would score a third unanswered goal before Madison County got on
Mustang Girls Lacrosse Wins Sloppy Battle vs. O’Connell BY JEFFREY WOJTALA
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The George Mason High School girls varsity lacrosse team won in an ugly battle of fortitude against local foe Bishop O’Connell High School, 12-11, last Friday evening. Both varsity and JV teams traveled across I-66 to face the Knights on their home field for an afternoon of games that were bleak, chilling affairs with light rain spattering the field early. As the Mason junior varsity was dropping their contest to the Knights’ JV squad, the varsity team was trying to stay warm until their match. The varsity contest began with a determined Knights team physically pressing Mason with every possession of the ball. Sloppy was the adjective to describe the catching and passing by both teams,
leading to the Knights first goal 54 seconds into play. But Mason’s Meredith Johnson, assisted by Selwyn Heminway at 20:39 of the first half, tied the score. Sarah Lubnow followed less than a minute later with help from Claire Hiscott to briefly put Mason ahead, but the Knights scored at 15:25 to knot the game again. After the Knights’ goal, Mason went scored five straight, with tallies from Lubnow (assisted by Claire Hiscott again), Alex Biggs (2), Lizzie Dodge and Hiscott. After the Knights scored to bring it to 7-3, Mason coach Gibbons called a timeout to settle her squad before time expired in the half. Throughout the half Mason goalkeeper Annette Schlitt showed why she is the anchor to the team’s defense by turning aside, blocking and pushing aside the multiple Knights shots
directed at the goal. Both goaltenders certainly owed a great deal of thanks to their goalposts, as numerous shots found the metal instead of the back of the respected nets. Despite Mason starting the second half strong by winning the draw, the Knights scored first 1:20 into the half. Meredith Johnson, helped by Amy Roche, began the Mason scoring for the half, but then the Knights went on a three-goal scoring streak to close the score to 8-7. Notable during the Knights scoring spree was Mason’s Lydia Grund. She saved a goal when Schlitt found herself out of the crease and the Knights with possession of the ball. A shot driven toward the center of the net was seized midair by Lydia’s outstretched cross and carried harmlessly away from the unattended Mason net. So began a see-saw battle that
the board with a goal of their own. Up 3-1, the Mustangs and Mountaineers both scored by the time the match ended. Both Mason’s teams
return to the field on Apr. 18 against William Monroe High School when the boys travel to Stanardsville and the girls host the Dragons in Falls Church.
Mason fans were acquainted with but did not enjoy. Lubnow scored at the 15:14 mark with an assist by Roche to make it a two-goal game but soon after, Roche would need to retire from the game because of injury. The Knights scored two quickly to tie the game at 9, but Hiscott, with help from Dodge, scored at the 9:30 mark to regain Mason’s lead. Bishop O’Connell scored 30 seconds later to tie up the score and the Knights fans let their voices be heard. Hard fought battles were being waged within the 12-meter arc for both teams with the lacrosse ball scattering about the field due to slashes, whacks, dropped balls and missed catches. The Mason players were visibly fatigued with the quick play and transitions. Hard work inside the 12-meter led to a Hiscott free penalty possession with 5:55 left in the game, which she sequentially buried the ball behind the Knights goalie for an 11-10 Mason lead. The Knights were not going to roll over easily and pushed the play deep into the Mason end once again, leading to a Knights’ goal at
the 4:42 mark to tie the score once again. Lubnow won the ensuing draw and Mason began to slow the tempo of the game, making deliberate passes on the perimeter of the arc looking for the opportunity for the go-ahead goal. The Mustangs’ deliberate play was awarded when Hiscott scored her third goal in a row, and fourth of the game, to put Mason ahead with two and half minutes to play. The Knights kept pressing, and after a strong check against Mason, the O’Connell had control of the ball at midfield with 40 seconds left in the game. This time it was Mason’s Bridgett Rorrer who was a game-saver when she immediately intercepted a forward pass to preserve the Mason win, 12-11. The Mustangs did manage to redeem their draw win differential by winning seven more than the visitors in the second half, finishing with a 13-9 advantage. Both teams are now on spring break until April 21, when the varsity team travels to Loudoun County High School. The JV team returns April 25 when both squads travel to Rock Ridge High School.
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there is no room for additional students unless class sizes are increased (in violation of a core policy of the City schools). Special teachers (art, music, library and outdoor classroom) are currently housed in temporary trailer facilities in the playground. The multi-purpose room for physical education and lunch is not conducive to support the school’s specials schedule, also hindering the ability to have staff meetings after school because the daycare needs the space for its programs. The library was converted to a classroom in 2014. The trailer space is not large enough for the entire collection of books, such that almost half of it is in storage. There is currently no space for the additional special education teacher slated to be added in the fall. One English as a Second Language teacher is now working out of a room the size of a closet (it actually was a closet). One reading paraprofessional is working in the hallways (the report included photos of these). One secretary is in a vestibule in the main entrance that is the only path to two special education rooms and the guidance counselor’s office. There is no occupational therapy room that is up to code for needed materials for students. There is no room for storage of items required per students’ IEPs. The enrichment coordinator is working out of a closet off the multi-purpose room. The current cafeteria tables which pull down from the wall are no longer permissible in a school setting per current safety regulations. The staff does not have a private and comfortable space to meet with students’ families. Any meetings currently happen in the principal’s office which is cramped and often intimidating for families. The current clinic has only one small bed which is not enough space for multiple sick or injured children, and there are no windows. (A council member reported Monday night that when she was touring the school, there were four children having to take turns laying down on the only bed in the clinic). The parking lot is not large enough for a school of Mt. Daniel’s size. There are only three adult restrooms for a staff of over 60 plus visitors. Equipment already outliving its anticipated replacement date
include HVAC split systems and water-sourced heat pumps in classrooms, electrical unit heaters in restrooms and mechanical closets, pumps in the mechanical room, and the school-wide intercom. The electrical systems “are well beyond their useful lives.” The current switch gear won’t automatically reset after a power outage which results in staff having to manually reset the service, a very risky procedure that puts everyone at the risk for an arc flash incident. Additional capacity cannot be provided due to the age of the wiring and breakers. Mt. Daniel is the only school in the division that does not have an emergency generator. When there is an power outage, it takes 15-20 minutes before backup batteries in the phones and emergency lights will stop working. While a generator was recently purchased, due to delays in the construction project, it has not yet been installed. The age of the fire alarm system “has proven to be exceptionally problematic over the last few years,” as “wiring and devices in the older sections have degraded and require almost non-stop maintenance. The system continues to send out false alarm signals to the police and fire departments, wasting their time and resources. The system may not function correctly when there is an actual alarm. In the oldest sections of the building dating to the 1950s, no sprinklers exist. The only section sprinkler compliant is the 2005 kindergarten section, serviced by a fire pump to assist with pressure. The school is not Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant in the 1950s section of the building. None of the restrooms in the 1950s section are ADA compliant and there is only one ADA-
accessible restroom in the entire building. The current ramp in the main hallway between the kindergarten and first grade wings is too steep and dangerous for anyone in a wheelchair. The handrails are too low for adult standards. The bottom of the ramp is also dangerously close to a set of stairs leading to the playground. Many of the doorways of restrooms, closets, hallways and classrooms are not the required 32-to-48 inch ADA guidelines for width. Although Mt. Daniel is a twostory building in one section, it does not have an elevator. Students with disabilities are required to go outside and around the building if they travel between the art classroom and the main section of the building. Students entering and exiting between the playground and trailers are forced to walk around outside to find an entry at grade. The main entry of the building is not ADA accessible. Students, staff and visitors with disabilities must enter through another entrance that’s at a great distance from the main office, entering at Door 2 and going up a steep interior ramp. With existing students in wheelchairs, it takes two staff persons to safety get a single student into the building. The clinic is not currently ADA accessible. The playground and special trailers are only ADA accessible if a person goes out Door 2, down the sidewalk and through the exterior gate, a different route than for all other students. These conditions speak only to Mt. Daniel, and not the other schools in the system that all have similar lists of needs.
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Community Events THURSDAY, APRIL 13 1-on-1 Computer & Internet Tutoring. Learn how to download eBooks and eMagazines, search the internet, customize email, use social media, word process, and much more. Free personalized session. By appointment. Mary Riley Styles Public Library conference room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703-248-5035. Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement and stories for kids 0-5 years old. Drop-in at the youth services room. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. 703-2485034.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14 DMV 2 Go Bus Available. The accessible mobile office provides all DMV transactions including: Applying for and renewing driver's licenses; obtaining ID cards (including photos) and Virginia's veterans ID cards; taking road and knowledge tests; obtaining copies of driving records, vehicle titles, license plates, decals, and
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transcripts; ordering disabled parking placards or plates; and updating an address after a move for DMV and voter registration. City Hall parking lot (300 Park Ave. Falls Church). 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. fallschurchva. gov/1359/DMV-2-Go-DMVConnect
(312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703-248-5027 Natural Egg Dyeing Open House. Learn to decorate eggs the old-fashioned way. Visit historic the Cherry Hill Farmhouse and spend the a�ernoon naturally dyeing Easter eggs. Materials will be supplied and cost is $5 per person. Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703-248-5171
SATURDAY, APRIL 15 Applica�on Deadline for Tax Relief. Tax relief is a program for eligible seniors and disabled residents which provides relief of taxes through exemp�ons and deferrals. Tax relief is available to income-eligible seniors and individuals with disabili�es through the Treasurer's Office. The deadline to submit an applica�on is April 15 of each year. City of Falls Church Treasurer’s Office (300 Park Avenue, Suite 103E, Falls Church). 703-248-5046 Easter Egg Hunt. Children can bring a basket to hunt for candy and prize eggs in Cherry Hill Park and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. In addition to scrambling for eggs, children ages 11 and younger participate in a make-your-own-candy-bag craft project. Cherry Hill Park
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SUNDAY, APRIL 16 Library Closed for Easter. The Mary Riley Styles Public Library will be closed all day for Easter Sunday.
MONDAY, APRIL 17 Playtime with the Early Literary Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library youth services room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703248-5034.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18 Paws to Read. Children can
come and read with a canine companion. Readers grades K-5th. Registra�on Required. Register at the Youth Services Desk by phone 703-248-5034 or in person. Registra�on not accepted via email. Mary Riley Styles Public Library youth services room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 5 – 6 p.m. 703-248-5035. What to Expect When You Need to Be in a Nursing Home. Learn what is involved and how best to prepare for the possibility you might one day need to move into a nursing home. Free program led by local a�orney Yahne Miorini. Registra�on required. To reserve a spot, stop by the Reference Desk. Mary Riley Styles Public Library conference room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703248-5034.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Local Market Runners Club. Every Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. runners meet for 3-plus mile runs. All levels welcome. Complimentary coffee and snack a�er. Run begins at The Local Market (246 W Broad St, Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m.
Theater Fine Arts FRIDAY, APRIL 14
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” A comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1597. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. Directed by Rosemary Hartman. Choreographer: Victoria Bloom. Vinson Hall Theatre (1735 Kirby Rd, McLean). $18 – $20. 8 p.m. mcleanplayers. org
“She Loves Me.” “The story of two 1930s European perfume shop employees who don’t get along but fall in love as they exchange anonymous pen pal le�ers. This light-hearted and charming musical proves that opposites really do a�ract with unexpected romance and marvelous musical numbers. Book by Joe Masteroff; music by Jerry Brock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; based on a play by Miklos Laszlo. Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre (125 S. Old Glebe Rd. Arlington). $15 – $25. 8 p.m. thearlingtonplayers.org “Three Sisters.” Stuck in a backwater town, three sisters and their brother search for meaning amidst missed opportuni�es and misplaced dreams in the everyday clu�er of lackluster birthday presents, pushy in-laws,
and underwhelming suitors. "Three Sisters" pitches the sublime against the ridiculous, the roman�cized past against an idealized future, and the individual against the unknowability of life itself in Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece about life’s heartbreak and absurdity. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC). $57 – $74. 7:30 p.m. studiotheatre.org
SUNDAY, APRIL 16 “Midwestern Gothic.” Not all is well in a li�le town in the middle of con�nental nowhere. With no op�ons of escape, the occupants seek other, stranger, diversions. With a bold, brash and gorgeous score, “Midwestern Gothic” is like nothing else you’ve seen before ― and will leave you breathless. Signature Theatre, The Ark (4200 Campbell Ave, Arlington). 2 p.m. $40 – $89. Sigtheatre.org
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13 C��� B�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. S������� F��� ���� G�� D���� ��� F������� P����. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m.. 703-549-7500 19�� S����� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. T�� M������. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $20 – $23. 9 p.m. 703237-0300 K��� S����. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333
FRIDAY, APRIL 14 B���� Y����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283 L���� N���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $18. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. H������� S���� K�� G����� F�������. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $27 – $32. 8 p.m. 703255-1900. C����� L������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.
D�� F���. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333 M������ ���� T�� L��� R�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 10 p.m. 703255-1566.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15 C��� F��� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. G�� M��’� C����� �� W���������, D.C. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. J����� J����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. K��� � M���� D. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283 T��� K������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. J����� A���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. G��� S�����. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333 T�� P������� P�������. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340
SUNDAY, APRIL 16 B�������� R������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-2419504. J��� A���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. C���� B���� T������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. E���� H���� ���� R����� L������. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 7:30 p.m. 703-522-8340 S���� W���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. T��� R������ ��� P����� B��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.
Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18 R���� ���� C��� C���, E�-N������ ��� B���� R�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. D�� H���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504. I��� J�� ��������� �� G����� S�������. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340
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MONDAY, APRIL 17 E��� W����� ���� T�� M���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566. T�� B������� B���. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340 W��� B���� J��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. A��� P���� ��� S�������. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd.,
T����� N���� ������ �� C������ R����. Cafe Kindred (450 N Washington St, Falls Church). 7 p.m. 571-327-2215 O-T���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $25 – $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. O��� M�� ���� V����� S�������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703241-9504. T��������. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-2551900. O��� M�� N���� ������ �� A��� P����. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340
P������� A����... Saturday, April 22 – Arbor Day Celebra�on – The City of Falls Church celebrates the honor of being named a Tree City USA community for the 39th year in a row at the 126th anniversary of Arbor Day. There will be a morning ceremony at 11:30 a.m at The Scout House in Falls Church, followed by an a�ernoon neighborhood tree plan�ng from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23 – Taste of Islam: Open House – Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center’s annual open house opens the door to people of all faiths to come enjoy Islamic culture and learn more about the faith including hijab fashion, Islamic arts, tradi�onal foods and drinks, mosque tours, and more. Saturday, May 6 – Backyard Compos�ng Workshop – Learn how to compost from 2 – 4 p.m. at Cherry Hill Park in Falls Church. Topics include: leaf mulching in your yard, yard waste compos�ng, hands-on compos�ng demonstra�on, making compost tea, proper food waste compos�ng and vermicompos�ng. All par�cipants will have their names placed in a raffle to win free compost bins.
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Dutch Babies 101: What They Are & How to Cook Them BY ILEANA MORALES VALENTINE TAMPY BAY TIMES
When it comes to pancakes, I usually go Dutch. A Dutch baby — also known as a German pancake, David Eyre’s pancake or a Bismarck — is the preferred pancake of weekend mornings in my house, and I’m convinced it should be in everyone’s home. For the uninitiated, a Dutch baby is a large baked pancake akin to a popover. Its shape varies slightly each time. Mine often looks like a swollen, edible sombrero, with a golden dome in the middle and a puffed-up matching rim, until it deflates. The way the golden brown pancake balloons to twice the height of the pan it’s baked in before collapsing in on itself is hypnotizing. And then you get to dress it up with toppings. But I’m not in this for the drama alone. The batter is easy to make and the recipe is a breeze to memorize. The golden brown edges are crisp and the folds within the pancake contain a custardy yellow center that’s a soft place for syrup and other top-
pings. Also, a Dutch baby pancake lets the oven do most of the work. It beats the flipping and babysitting required of oldfashioned pancakes. At Milktooth, a modern diner in Indianapolis focused on brunch that I discovered on Bon Appétit’s 2015 Hot 10 restaurant list, sous chef Josh Kline said there are always two versions of Dutch baby available: one sweet, one savory. Flavors change seasonally, four to six times a year. “The inspiration for just about everything on the menu is to take something familiar and elevate it a bit,” Kline said. “Everyone expects a pancake on a brunch menu, but you rarely see something like a Dutch baby because of time constraints.” Seconds after leaving the oven, the baked pancake starts to deflate. That hasn’t deterred Kline from baking thousands of them. One of his favorite versions was a summertime Dutch baby inspired by maque choux, a Cajun corn stew similar to succotash. He coated corn and zucchini in Cajun spices and tossed that with smoked andouille sau-
Dutch Baby Pancake • 3 eggs, at room temperature • ½ cup milk or half-andhalf, at room temperature
The rules of this pancake are simple: Move quickly and use room temperature ingredients and a hot pan. 1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place a large ovenproof skillet in the center rack of oven. 2. Mix eggs, milk, flour, salt and 2 tablespoons melted butter in a large bowl, and combine until batter is mostly smooth. Let the mixture rest while oven comes to temperature. 3. Use oven mitts to carefully remove hot skillet from oven. Place 2 tablespoons butter in the hot skillet, using a wooden spoon to quickly swirl it around. It will melt quickly and start to brown and become fragrant. Immediately add batter and return skillet to the oven. Bake until puffed up and golden brown at the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with desired toppings and serve
sage and a drizzle of aioli to brighten it up. For fall, he has made a pumpkin spice version. Another kind was topped with an oatmeal dukkah streusel and pureed parsnip. On the menu now is one with crab apple curd. One
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• ½ cup all-purpose flour • ½ teaspoon kosher salt • 4 tablespoons butter, divided, at room temperature
THE GOLDEN BROWN PANCAKE bakes dramatically, ballooning to twice the height of the pan before collapsing in on itself. (P����: T���� B�� T����)
immediately. The pancake will begin to deflate as soon as it’s out of the oven. Serves 2.
type he hasn’t been able to make work? A pad thai version using spaghetti squash in place of noodles — but he’s working on it. That’s the best thing about a Dutch baby: it’s endlessly adaptable nature. It provides a solid
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base for both savory and sweet additions. Kline said he likes the sound of my Everything Bagel Dutch Baby, which is the best case I’ve made for a savory Dutch baby pancake in my own kitchen.
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F.C. Chamber’s Annual ‘Richmond Report’ Luncheon Next Tuesday Senator Dick Saslaw and Delegate Marcus Simon will present their annual Richmond Report to members of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Merrifield Business Association at a networking luncheon on Tuesday, April 18. Senator Saslaw and Delegate Simon will provide an overview of the 2017 legislative session with a focus on its impact on the small business community. The luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. at the Best Western Falls Church located at 6633 Arlington Boulevard. Tickets for the event, with advanced registration are $27 for members of either organization and $32 for nonmembers. An additional $5 will be charged for walk-ins should space be available. For more information or to register, visit www. FallsChurchChamber.org.
Reservations are required email info@fallschurchchamber.org or register online at www.FallsChurchChamber.org. Tickets are $27 for Chamber members, $32 for non members. An additional $5 will be charged for walk-ins.
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Kensington Senior Living, 700 W. Broad Street, Falls Church Join us to mix and mingle, enjoy refreshments, and get to know fellow chamber members and business owners. Take a tour, too! Partner Plus
Mosaic’s Alex & Ani Hosting Charity Info Session Alex and Ani in the Mosaic is hosting a Charmed by Charity event informational dession on Wednesday, April 19 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. The event is for nonprofit professionals and volunteers interested in learning more about the program that has raised more than $38 million to charities around the world. Light refreshments will be provided at this free event. To RSVP, email Fairfax@alexandani.com. Alex and Ani is located at 2905 District Avenue. For more information about Alex and Ani, visit www.alexandani.com.
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Keam, Sullivan & Foust to Appear at McLean Chamber Luncheon The McLean Chamber of Commerce will host its 2017 board installation luncheon on Thursday, April 20 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at JR’s Stockyard Inn, 8130 Watson Street in McLean. The event will feature a keynote by Jim Wordsworth, owner of JR’s Goodtimes, Inc and a past board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Restaurant Association, and Virginia Tourism Corporation as well as a Founding board member of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. Special guests include Delegate Mark Keam, Delegate Rip Sullivan and Supervisor John Foust. For more information, visit www.mcleanchamber.org.
Eden Center Named ‘Best Shopping Center’ by City Paper Readers The Eden Center received Washington City Paper’s 2017 Readers Choice Award for Best Shopping Center. Founded in 1984, the Eden Center is Northern Virginia’s premier Asian Center containing approximately 120 restaurants, cafes, service providers, and retail businesses. The full results of the more than 137,000 votes cast by almost 51,000 people is available at legacy.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofdc. For more information about the Eden Center, stop by 6751 Wilson Boulevard near Seven Corners in Falls Church visit the mall online at edencenter.com.
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LEGAL NOTICE FAMILY COURT of the State of NY, County of Nassau In the Matter of Proceeding under Article 6, of the Family Court Act. Docket Nos: V- 8196-16, LORENSO DEJESUS ROMERO-MUNGUIA, Petitioner, vs. MARGARITA RIVAS DEARGUETA, Respondent. In the name of the People of the State of New York. To the above-named Respondent: MARGARITA RIVAS DEARGUETA, who is found at Falls Church, VA. A petition having been filed with this Court requesting custody of the following minor: JOSSELIN ESTEFANY ROMERO- RIVAS, DOB 09/05/05. You are hereby summoned to appear before the Nassau County Family Court, Referee Robert LoPresti, located at 1200 Old Country Rd., Westbury, NY 11590 on April 18, 2017, 10:00am to answer the petition and be dealt with in accordance with the Fam.Ct.Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest, or an order may be issued on your default. Dated: 02/23/17, Rosalie Fitzgerald, Clerk of Court. To the Above-Named Respondent: The foregoing summons are served upon you by publication pursuant to CPLR 308, and order of the Nassau County Family Court. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The ordinances referenced below were given first reading on March 27, 2017. Public hearings are scheduled for Monday, April 10 and Monday, April 24, 2017, with second reading and final Council action scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the
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(TO17-05) ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE BUDGET OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018: GENERAL FUND; SCHOOL OPERATING FUND; SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND; AND SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE FUND; CABLE ACCESS FUND; SEWER FUND; AND STORMWATER FUND
All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s office at (703-248-5014) or cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711).
(TO17-06) ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE FY2018-FY2022 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018
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(TO17-07) ORDINANCE SETTING THE RATE OF TAX LEVY ON REAL ESTATE FOR TAX YEAR 2018 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 2017 The proposed real estate tax rate for the tax year beginning July 1, 2017 is: $1.355 upon each $100.00 of assessed value of real estate in the City of Falls Church. The proposed tax rate for tangible personal property, and machinery and tools, and all other property segregated by law for the tax year beginning January 1, 2017 is: $5.00 upon each $100.00 of assessed value on tangible personal property, and machinery and tools, and all other property segregated by law for local taxation within the City, including the property separately classified by Section 58.1-3500 et seq. of the Code of Virginia except such personal property as is exempted; and except that pursuant to Section 58.12606 of the Code of Virginia, a portion of assessed value of tangible personal property of public service corporations shall be taxed at the real estate rate. (TO17-08) ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 40, “TAXATION,” OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH TO INCREASE FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT PERCENT THE TAX ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR ROOM RENTALS IN ANY LODGING FACILITY Under the legal authority granted by VA §58.1-3840, City Code §40-182 is proposed to be amended to increase to the tax on room rental rates from seven to eight per-
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD The Falls Church Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) will hold a public hearing on Thursday, 27 April 2017 to consider the following: 345 Little Falls Street, an Application to remove an existing stoop and to install an in ground swimming pool in the side yard. The new pool will be surrounded by a fence with self-closing hinges and a child proof lock. The meeting will be held in the Oak Room of City Hall; scheduled to begin at 8:00 PM. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and to the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5040 (TYY 711).
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Council Unanimous in Selection of Hector Rivera as New City Manager
F.C. Schools Told to Cut More $ In Council Bid to Avoid Tax Hike
With enthusiastic expressions of their unanimous support, members of the Falls Church City Council introduced their selection for City Manager yesterday at a Community Center press conference. Hector A. Rivera comes to the post with 26 years of experience.
Falls Church School Board chair Craig Cheney, in forceful remarks to the NewsPress yesterday, said the only thing his board will bring to a showdown meeting with the City Council tonight is a defense of its standing budget request for the new fiscal year.
Former Falls Church Resident Sara Marie Lacopo Dies at 41 Sara Marie Lacopo passed away April 3, 2017 at the TRU Community Hospice Care Center in Boulder. She was 41 years old. Sara was born on October 2, 1975 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to James Patrick and Patricia Mary (Sykes) Kelley. She moved to Falls Church, Virginia in 1978 where she attended George Mason Junior/Senior High School. She graduated from the Georgetown Visitation High School in 1993. Sara then attended Cornell University where she graduated in 1997 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theda Sorority and the Whistling Shrimp Improv Comedy Group. Following graduation Sara began working for Collette Tours guiding people all over the world from Nashville to Australia. While leading a tour in New Orleans she met Michael Lacopo. On January 18, 2003 she married Michael in New Orleans, LA. On June 4, 2003 they welcomed their son
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theater group where she shined. She enjoyed comedy and humor. Most of all she loved her family especially her son. She was preceded in death by her loving grandparents Daniel and Artus Kelley and admiring uncle Daniel Thomas Kelley of Beloit. Sara is survived by her husband Michael and son Jack of Longmont; her parents James (Margo Tully) Kelley of Falls Church, VA and Patricia Kelley (Craig Hafner) of Boulder; her brother David (Phoebe) Kelley of Longmont; her sister Wendell (Tim) Pohlman of Carbondale, IL; and her nieces and nephew Alice, Alex, and Isabel. A Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday April 13, 2017 at Ahlberg Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to TRU Community Care at TRUcare. org/donate. Cremation entrusted to Ahlberg Funeral Chapel and Crematory.Visit www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com to share condolences.
LEO, CODY AND NILES take some time to contemplate life as they peer out the window of their N. West St. home in the City of Falls Church. The darker of the kitties are each one-yearold and biological brothers while the one-and-a-half year-old orange tabby is their big, non-biological brother. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.
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2230 George C Marshall #309, Falls Church VA 22043
Price Reduced! Falls Church, Spacious and Gracious! Stunning mouldings throughout this seven bedroom, six bath Gem. Hardwood floors, custom plantation shutters, large kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite counters, maple cabinets and custom tile floor. High ceilings, bay windows, recessed lighting and a fully finished lower lever. Price Reduced to $799,950. 7004 Hickory Hill Road, Falls Church.
2BR/2BA beautiful and open floor plan! Granite, SS, hardwood floors. Close to parking, year round pool & tennis courts. Super convenient to 495, 66 and Metro. Shuttle bus takes riders to WFC Metro from condo building front door! $358,900
UNDER CONTRACT
Beautiful and classic 3 level cape cod. 5BR/2BA on 3 finished levels. Whole house has been remodeled in last 5 years! Including windows, roof and all systems. Fantastic New Price $719,000.
PLEASE JOIN BETHANY FOR HER ANNUAL SHREDDING EVENT! Saturday, April 29 • 9:00am-12:00pm Haycock ES 6616 Haycock Rd. Falls Church VA 22043
Please bring up to four boxes of your sensitive files to be destroyed while you watch. Boxes should contain only files, and file-related material. There is no need to remove staples, paper clips, folders, or binder clips. Coffee/donuts/ juice will be provided.