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Shining a Light on Child Sexual Abuse

F.C. Council Votes 4-3 to Add 1.5¢ To FY18 Budget for School Reserve Sharp Division in Final Vote Despite Compromise on $

by Nicholas F. Benton

A workshop co-sponsored by Darkness to Light and We Support the Girls was held Tuesday in the City of Falls Church focused on protecting children from sexual abuse.

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David Leonhardt: The Urgency of Ethnic Nationalism

Mason Boys Roll With 2 Shutouts

The George Mason High School’s boys soccer team scored two straight shutouts last week, topping Warren County, 8-0, on Tuesday and Clarke County, 3-0, on Friday. See Sports, page 22

U.S. REP. DON BEYER BEGAN his day-long visit to Falls Church last Friday at the innovative Viget, where he was given a tour by co-owners Brian Williams and Andy Rankin. (Photo: News-Press)

Beyer Spends Day in F.C., Hails F.C Resident’s Release in Egypt

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Our congressman, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer, Jr., who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, spent the last day of a spring congressional recess Friday touring four important entities in and around Falls Church. There was a little extra bounce in his step as the news came shortly before his arrival that Falls Church resident Ali Hijazi had been released

by the Egyptian government after being held without formal charges for three years. Beyer played a big role in bringing pressure to bear from the U.S. concerning her case. The day began last Friday with personalized tours of two local small but innovative businesses right in downtown Falls Church, Viget, a digital agency, and New Editions Consulting. In the afternoon, Beyer’s tour continued to the Columbia Baptist Church’s food pantry at its satellite facility in the Culmore sec-

tion of Greater Falls Church, and then to the robotics team at Falls Church High School. In addition to a half-hour exclusive interview with the News-Press at Panera Bread, Beyer stopped by the headquarters of his family-owned business, run in partnership with his brother, long-time City resident Mike Beyer. For years known as Don Beyer Volvo, named for the brothers’ dad, it has recently

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The Falls Church City Council Monday night, by a 4-3 vote, adopted an $87.4 million budget for the coming 2018 fiscal year with a 1.5-cent increase in the real estate tax rate from $1.315 to $1.33 per $100 of assessed valuation. The entirety of the increase, amounting to $600,000, will go to a reserve fund to help defray future costs for a new high school. Under the terms adopted, the operating budgets of the City and the schools absorb a $137,000 cut below their initial requests. The reserve fund issue was clearly the main bone of contention on the Council, and has been for weeks. In a compromise move, Vice Chair Marybeth Connelly moved the adoption of the budget with the reserve fund component cut in half from City Manager Wyatt Shields’ original recommendation, from $1.2 million to $600,000 (or 3 cents to 1.5). While Connelly and three other Council members — Letty Hardi, Karen Oliver and David Snyder — were willing to go along with the compromise, three other Council members — Mayor David Tarter, Phil Duncan and Dan Sze — stuck to their guns to oppose any added money to the reserve fund and voted no. This sets the table for many more tough decisions by the City Council in the coming months, especially the amount that it will put on a school bond referendum that will be on the November ballot to fund the new high school, assuming they go ahead with the referendum this year.

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Child sexual abuse has no boundaries when it comes to race, religion, age or economic status. Sexual predators can be anyone: older children, cousins, babysitters, neighbors and parents. About one of every ten children is sexually abused before he or she is 18 years old, and of these victims, 35 percent are under age 12. Ninety percent of abusers are not strangers. These startling facts and more were presented to participants at the Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse workshop hosted by the City of Falls Church Tuesday evening. The free workshop was co-sponsored by Darkness to Light, a national non-profit organization “that seeks to empower adults to prevent child sexual abuse,” and We Support the Girls, a support advocacy group for child sex abuse victims. Tracy Leonard, the public education manager for the final co-sponsor, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia, led the discussion among those in attendance. The session focused on a film of interviews with adults who were sexually abused as children. This included a male Olympic swimming medalist, who held his school accountable because crimes were committed by a school athletic trainer as well as Miss America 1958 Marilyn Van Derbur, who was a victim of her father’s abuse for 13 years while growing up. Each workshop participant received a handbook, “Your Personal Prevention Plan,” which outlined five steps to protect children: 1) Avoid isolated circumstances when an adult (or an older child, who can be perpetrators, too) is alone with a child. 2) Have children learn the names of their body parts so they can accurately identify them. Children should be instructed that the parts of the body which are covered by bathing suits are off limits to everyone. 3) Have children report circumstances where they feel “uncomfortable.” 4) Report abuse to the police. Urge those who suspect child sexual abuse to act. 5) Monitor Internet use.

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According to the workshop, child victims feel unworthy and that they’re often responsible. When older, they are more likely to become homeless, suicidal, drop out of school and suffer serious illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and strokes. Leonard encouraged citizens to be on the alert, “check the environment” and “have your radar on.” It’s possible to heal from child sexual abuse,” she said, “and these people [in the film] are testimony to that.” Falls Church’s Amaya Franklin is a mother of an eight-year-old who missed tucking her daughter in bed to attend the program. During a group discussion, Franklin stated that parents need to let their children know everyone has a right to personal boundaries. “You can still say no,” she said. Franklin felt the two hour program at City Hall was worth it and effective. “It would be useful to have more of this kind of information available,” she said. Another Falls Church mother at the workshop was Sheila Heller, a school nurse at Georgetown’s British International School with 500 students. Heller was disturbed to realize that, based on the statistics presented, 50 of her students could be victims of sexual abuse. The presentation alerted her to keep her eyes open and that it could be anyone targeting children. “It might be someone you know. Be vigilant and make sure that your children are in a safe environment,” Heller said. Although, she continued, “convenience” sometimes turns heads the other way. Leonard noted that 18 staff members from Falls Church City Public Schools attended the training last week. Their attendance at the workshop comes as a former teacher at the system’s Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, Jose Daniel Estrada, was charged with sexually abusing two students earlier this year and is currently awaiting trial. As a reminder, Falls Church residents and others may always contact the police if they suspect abuse and there are several resources to seek guidance, including the SCAN website at scanva.org.

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Additionally, this is all in the context of an election year, when the seats currently held by four members of the Falls Church Council will be contested in November. Of those four seats, three are currently held by Council members who voted for the increase (Connelly, Oliver and Snyder) and one against it (Sze). Four School Board slots will also be contested. In addition to the Council members who sought the boost to the reserve fund through the tax hike, City Manager Wyatt Shields was an adamant proponent of the policy that he included as a threecent add-on in his original budget recommendations last month. He noted that with the cost of the high school requiring a six to 18 cent increase in the tax rate (depending on how much economic development can provide an offset), setting aside reserves now will help to “smooth out” the debt curve that City will face. But the matter was sharply con-

THE SEVEN-MEMBER Falls Church City Council paid close attention to City Manager Wyatt Shields (far right) as he explained details of the FY18 budget options Monday. (P��: N��-P��) tested, including from two members of the general public who spoke Monday prior to the vote. Former Councilman and School Board member Kieran Sharpe argued that adding to the City’s reserves (over and above the ongoing fund balance of over 17 percent of annual operating expenses, or about $15 million), will not make

the City’s Wall Street bond rating any more secure. The criteria for bond ratings have more to do with whether or not the City has an “adequate capacity” for incurring new debt, and not the strength of its reserves, he said.

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Another City of Falls Church annual operating and school system budget has been adopted. It involved a Solomonic solution, the term coming from the Biblical story of King Solomon’s threat to cut a baby in two in order to identify its true mother. The proposed tax rate increase, entirely for purposes of swelling the City’s reserve fund in anticipation of having to pay for a new high school, was cut in half, from $1.2 million to $600,000. That cut the tax rate increase from three cents to a penny and a half. So, by a close 4-3 vote, it has risen from $1.315 to $1.33 per $100 of assessed valuation. In surrounding jurisdictions, the tax rate was held even in Fairfax County and raised by a 1.5 cents in Arlington. While their overall rates are lower than Falls Church’s, in Fairfax’s case in particular, a lot of taxes are diverted from the basic real estate tax to make that rate appear disproportionately low. But this budget cycle signals to Falls Church residents that there are going to be more tax hikes coming, namely to handle a lot of longoverdue property fixes in the City, including at City Hall, Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Mt. Daniel and Thomas Jefferson elementary schools, Henderson Middle School and in the case of George Mason High, a completely new school. Frankly, the City’s tax rate has been held artificially low for years, cheating on the need for improvements in all these areas until they can be ignored no longer. There exist two clear options for mitigating the real estate tax impact on citizens of the City, however. More focus needs to be placed on them. First, there is economic development. There was a 2.7-percent organic growth in revenues in the City in the last year, better than for most area jurisdictions, because in recent years, the City government has begun to “get it” about economic development. There’s more in the pipeline assuming the regional economy holds up, but it is up to the citizens to hold the Council’s feet to the fire to make sure it happens in as robust a manner as possible. For the new high school, as an example, the City predicts economic development on the west end campus site could offset up to 12 cents on the real estate tax rate. Yes, we’re going to have to get used to taller buildings at least on the edges of the Little City. Second, there is the matter of the ridiculously high fund balance and reserve fund balances currently tying up taxpayer dollars in banks that yield almost no returns. Documentation by Kieran Sharpe at Monday’s City Council meeting confirmed that maintaining this policy is simply lunacy, the result of a narrow-minded monetarist approach that aims to appease Wall Street’s every whim. Falls Church could easily free up $12 million out of those accounts, equivalent to 30 cents on the tax rate.

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eral grants under the Institute of Museum and Library Services for important services. If the agency is eliminated, our library will lose most of Zinio, the database which provides about a hundred magazine titles that are now available electronically at the library and at home on the library website. We would lose the Find It Virginia databases, including an online literature resource center.

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In the late 1950s, the social critic Paul Goodman tasked himself with figuring out why so many young people were failing to adjust to society and instead turning to lives of, as it was called back then, “juvenile delinquency.” Whereas many had already put forth their own culprits – rock and roll, Soviets, soft fathers, etc. – Goodman’s conclusion would stand out because he would be the first to argue, shockingly, that perhaps society was not worth adjusting to. Goodman titled his “report” Growing Up Absurd and made the case that the white picket fence lifestyle that kids were failing to prepare for was neither meaningful nor enlivening. Later on, Martin Luther King echoed Goodman, telling young people that they should be “proud to be maladjusted” to common evils like bigotry, poverty, and militarism. Because of teachers like Goodman and King, a generation built an alternative to their parents’ suffocating Mad Men culture. But, as happens with the passage of time, when my generation reached high school, new absurdities had cropped up. To be a well-adjusted Millennial teen was to curate your individual identity at the shopping mall, praise the profiteers of the latest digital distractions, and study hard in school so as to “compete in the global economy.” When we resisted this path,

most adults told us: there is no alternative. However, if you were lucky enough to wander into the social studies wing at George Mason High School over the past 18 years, there was always an alternative

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waiting for you. There was someone there who would encourage you to listen to that voice whispering from your social conscience. There was a teacher there who saw education not as the pouring of the previous generation’s knowledge into the next generation’s empty heads, but rather as the sparking of our curiosity and moral imagination. His name is Jamie Scharff and he is retiring this year after 29 years of service. Scharff avoided the pitfalls of the runof-the-mill gadfly teacher. First, he did not hide his beliefs behind a faux neutrality. In fact, everyone at school knew what he thought about things. But he would not let us take his word for it and would

follow up any opinion with ardent recommendations of books to read, documentaries to watch and thinkers to check out if we wanted to learn more. Second, Scharff never let his students get cynical. He always paired criticism of the latest modern absurdity with positive alternatives of communities fighting back. Some days it was documentaries on worker cooperatives. Other days it was articles on indigenous communities fighting climate change. Sometimes it was Scharff’s own choices, like when he would explain why he taught a certain way or how his house’s geothermal system worked. Perhaps my favorite example is how, whenever a quiz bowl tournament got too competitive – Scharff was the coach of Mason’s team (and, yes, there is a funny irony to a teacher who despises fact-based education coaching a sport based on memorizing facts) – Scharff would call the team into a huddle and pretend to draw out basketball plays to run, a reminder that we were all there – in the tournament, and perhaps on this Earth, generally – to have fun, learn, and work together. Just like how Kafka’s distinct style earned him his own adjective, Scharff’s blend of social criticism, humane hope and hearty jokes did, too. Over the years, I have often heard Mason alumni refer to certain challenges to the conventional wisdom as “Scharffish.” And perhaps

Scharff’s greatest legacy is the hundreds of students who are bringing Scharffish perspectives to their work around the world. Ralph Nader (who Scharff turned us on to) once said that “the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” And that’s just what Scharff did. Pete Seeger (who Scharff introduced to us, too, of course) used to share a parable about a big seesaw. The side of the seesaw on the ground had rocks of injustice on it. The end in the air had a basket quarter-filled with sand. Some people, Seeger explained, have teaspoons and are trying to fill up the basket, one teaspoon of sand at a time. Most people are scoffing at them, saying they are putting in all this work and nothing is changing. But one day, Seeger reminds us, that basket is going to be so full that the whole seesaw is going to flip in the other direction. And people are going to ask, “how did it happen so suddenly?” The answer, of course, is: all those teaspoons over the years. One day, some of my generation’s seesaws will flip and we will overcome a few of the unjust absurdities of our day. When people ask how it happened, here’s the answer: the countless teaspoons from people like Jamie Scharff.  Pete Davis is a member of the George Mason High School Class of 2008.

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F.C. Council Walking Tour Monday Night Falls Church Mayor David Tarter announced last Monday that the City Council will precede its work session this coming Monday with a public walking tour of Railroad Avenue in the City to better understand the implications for plans to build a string of 10 age-restricted cottage housing units along the avenue that parallels the W&OD Trail at that point. The Council adopted an ordinance earlier this year permitting the cottage option and a team of developers has submitted a plan for 10 such units that awaits a final OK from the Council.

Expired Pills Disposal Event Saturday This Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the City of Falls Church Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The public is urged to bring pills for disposal to City Hall, 300 Park Ave., near the Police Station Entrance. The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Merrifield Home Fire Called Arson A fire at a house in Merrifield Sunday night has been ruled arson by Fairfax County fire investigators, authorities reported Tuesday. On Sunday, April 23 at 6:55 p.m., the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the Arlington County Fire Department dispatched units to a reported house fire in the 2800 block of Hyson Lane in the Merrifield section of Fairfax County. Units identified a one-story, single family home with fire visible inside the front room immediately upon arrival. All units simultaneously extinguished the fire and found no occupants in the home after searching it. It was determined that no one was inside the home at the time of the fire, but bystanders reported seeing four children playing in the home prior to the fire.

Details of Scott Service Announced Details were provided Saturday concerning a celebration of the life of James M. (Jim) Scott, a 22-year veteran of the Virginia House of Delegates, who after retiring from the state legislature in 2014, died last weekend at age 78. The celebration will be held on Saturday, May 6, at 2 p.m,. at the Inova Center for Personalized Health conference center, 3225 Gallows Road, in Merrifield. The center is located directly across Gallows Road from the Fairfax Inova Hospital.

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morphed into Beyer Automotive, as the dealership now sells a variety of brand names at its growing number of Northern Virginia locations. Beyer, in the midst of his second term as the region’s congressman, has taken a high profile role in the U.S. House of Representatives for his critiques of the new Trump administration’s assaults on the environment, in particular. More recently he’s taken up the cause of demanding the removal of Trump son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner because of glaring omissions on his clearance form for a government job, and, of course, pressing for release of Trump’s tax returns. Beyer told the News-Press that it is unconscionable for Kushner to have failed to make any mention of his meetings with Russian officials on the form. “I’ve had to fill out that form myself,” said Beyer, who served four years as the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland during the Obama years. The standard form, he said, is 99 pages long and asks for details about all contacts with anyone who could conceivably be related in any manner to someone the FBI or other government agencies might want to know about. It is virtually impossible, he said, that

Kushner would not know he was failing to report important information when he omitted all references to meetings with Russian officials. But most on his mind was the Hijazi development. She was resting at the Falls Church home of an inlaw last Friday, returning to the U.S. having been released by Egyptian authorities after being held in an Egyptian prison for three years with no charges or legal proceedings. Beyer said he was “deeply gratified” by the release, having spearheading efforts here to win her release. “This wonderful news was a long time coming,” Beyer said. “I feel a deep sense of joy and relief for Aya, her husband, their colleagues at Belady [the non-profit they created in Egypt to help homeless youth–ed.] who were imprisoned, as well as Aya’s mother Naglaa, sister Alaa and brother Basel. I offer my humble thanks and congratulations today to them and to her many friends who worked so hard to raise the profile of this case and pressure the Egyptian government to gain her freedom.” Hijazi, who is EgyptianAmerican, was raised in Falls Church and attended George Mason University. Upon graduation, she and her husband organized a non-profit in Cairo to help street children with basic services, but with the elevation of the Sisi regime to power in Egypt,

LO CA L there was a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and also on non-Egyptian non-profit organizations. Hijazi was arrested in May 2014 on charges of “child endangerment,” accused to recruiting street children for the Muslim Brotherhood and human trafficking, all “preposterous” claims, Beyer said, but there were no formal charges or court appearances. Beyer brought up the case in letters and meetings with the Obama administration and helped organize pressure for her release with a September 2016 press conference, and won support in the effort from former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and other U.S. legislators including Tim Kaine, Marco Rubio and Gerry Connolly and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation to apply pressure that eventually succeeded. With no announcement or explanation, Hijazi’s jail cell was simply unlocked and she was allowed to leave. According to Beyer, Hijazi and her husband are considering returning to Egypt to resume their work. “Even as we offer thanks for Aya’s release, we remember those who still suffer unjust imprisonment in Egypt and elsewhere. That we have won a battle in the cause of human rights does not lessen the need to speak out and fight for justice around the world,” Beyer said.

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Longtime F.C. Resident Jim Trollinger Dies Longtime Falls Church resident James “Jim” Thomas Trollinger died peacefully in his apartment at Goodwin House on Holy Thursday morning, April 13, 2017 at the age of 90, surrounded by his wife,

daughters and granddaughter. James Thomas Trollinger was born in 1927 in Elizabethton, Tenn. He graduated from high school and joined the Navy. Following that, Jim began his career with the

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After serving in the Navy, he moved to the Washington, D.C. suburbs, one of which was Falls Church. Many of our citizens may remember the prominently placed Democratic campaign signs at the corner of Hillwood Ave. and Cleave Dr., where he lived with his wife, Olga. After her death, he moved for the last time (2006) to Goodwin House, Baileys Crossroads. There he met, fell in love with and married Claire Kuntsman. Respected by everyone, admired by many, and unknown to just a few, Jim was a regular at St. James church, a member of the Falls Church Democratic Committee and he followed the City Council closely, providing many suggestions. This past election cycle, he organized a Goodwin House event for Congressman Don Beyer, as he had done in the past for his friend and Congressman, Jim Moran. This retired Deputy Chief of the United States Capitol Police, and graduate of the FBI National Academy, will be missed by many in our “Little City” and beyond.

Jim is predeceased by his parents, James and Elizabeth Trollinger, and wives, Patricia and Olga. He is survived and very much loved by his four children; Kathleen Smith, of Alexandria, Va.; James B. Trollinger, Margaret Hayes (John) of Stevensville, Md.; and Patricia Harper (Jeffrey) of Sacramento, Calif. His grandchildren are: Christine Bramuchi (Joseph), of Orlando, Fla.; Lauren Smith Ridgway (James) of Gaithersburg, Md.; James Matthew Smith (Misty) of Chesapeake, Va.; Rudy Hayes of Stevensville, Md.; and John Spencer (Sarah) Hayes of Seattle, Was. Jim would beam when talking about his three greatgrandchildren, John and Charles Bramuchi and Ava Elisabeth Smith. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, May 2, at the Chapel at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow. An interment service will take place at a later date at the Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to St. James Catholic Church or the Goodwin House Foundation.

Lifelong Falls Church Resident Jeffrey Todd Allan Dies at 55 Lifelong Falls Church resident Jeffrey Todd Allan, 55, passed away on April 12 at his home in the city. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Evvie Mae (Moore) Allan. Born in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 1961, Jeff was the son of Frank D. Allan, longtime professor of anatomy at The George Washington University School of Medicine, and Peggy Louise (Nelson) Allan, homemaker and loving mother of seven children, of whom Jeff was the youngest. A 1980 graduate of George Mason High School, Jeff attended Snow College in Ephraim, Ut., where he was introduced to fellow student Evvie Mae Moore of Centerville, Ut. The two were married in Salt Lake City on June 17, 1983 and returned to Falls Church shortly after that. Jeff worked in several jobs through the years, including at the Falls Church Medical Center, where he worked for the past 15 years and was highly thought of by physicians and staff. As the youngest child, Jeff had a close relationship with his parents, especially after older siblings left for school and jobs; as a teen he lovingly and jokingly addressed his parents as “Old Timers.” That special bond continued through the years, even after Jeff’s mother passed away in 1991 at only 63 years. In recent years Jeff regularly visited and read to his aging father, until the latter’s passing last year at 91.

A voracious reader, Jeff favored American history and biographies, and was seldom seen without a thick book at hand; he enjoyed incorporating into daily conversation obscure words he’d picked up from reading, usually with a twinkle in his eye. A diehard Redskins fan, he asked with a smile to be interred with his well-worn and much-loved Redskins jacket. Without children of their own, Jeff and Evvie took great joy in their many nephews and nieces, calling faithfully every birthday. Children always brought a smile to Jeff’s face, and he (along with Evvie) volunteered for many years in their church’s children’s nursery. Jeff was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Michael Scott. In addition to his wife Evvie, he is survived by siblings Kathleen (and Rodney) Colvin; Ronald Maughan (and Kathy Suter) Allan; Melanie Sue (and David) Elliott; Kevin Duane (and Lisa Crandall) Allan; and Russell Mark (and Tara Mohtadi) Allan, along with 17 nephews/nieces and 26 grandnephews/nieces. Memorial services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2034 Great Falls St. on Saturday, April 29, 2017. A brief religious service will take place at 3:30 p.m. and be followed by an “open house” celebration of Jeff’s life from 4 – 5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations in Jeff’s name to Autism Speaks or the American Diabetes Association.

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Summer Camps mean wish fulfillment through the awardwinning City of Falls Church’s Recreation & Parks Department! From cooking and sewing, to business development and robots, to coding and movie making, to Jedi training and taking a blast-into-the-past, to amusement parks and historic sites, to ninjaneering and chess, as well as just about any sport you can name – we have it all! For more information on our 100+ camp options, please visit www.fallschurchva.gov/Camps. City of Falls Church 223 Little Falls Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 248-5077 fallschurchva.gov/Camps

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Creative Cauldron’s Arts Adventure Camps use a theme-based approach to explore the performing and visual arts. In our signature three-week performance camps, we use nature, myths and folklore to nurture a fun and engaging learning community. Campers work with an amazing group of professional teaching artists who guide them through activities in drama, music, dance and visual art. They explore the natural world through daily treks to nearby local parks and in the summer enjoy fun afternoon swims at local pools. All of the inspirations and ideas that bubble up throughout the session are gently shaped into an original sharing / performance which is presented for the public on the final days of the session during lunchtime performances at ArtSpace Falls Church. Creative Cauldron 410 S. Maple Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 436-9948 creativecauldron.org

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In the heart of Falls Church, the Finishing School has gained a reputation for providing an outstanding place for learning sewing skills. Many children and adults have been privileged to receive instruction at The Finishing School. Classes are offered all year. During the school year, hour-long children’s classes are available in the afternoons on weekdays and on Saturday mornings. Day camps during holidays and days off are also available. During the summer months, there are weekly camps available for five days a week. Mother/Daughter session are scheduled on Saturday afternoons, while birthday parties are scheduled for Sunday afternoons. Students will thrive in a positive, social and creative environment. Students learn the basics of machine sewing, serging and understanding patterns.

They will make fun and useful projects including: shorts, aprons, oven mitts, dresses, skirts, tops, pajamas, bath robes, bags, holiday decorations, pillows and quilts just to name a few! The class structure allows new students to join at any time! A variety of Adult sewing classes are also offered, from beginning to advanced levels. Choose from our collection or bring your own. Sign up for a series or one class at a time. The Finishing School 609 Park Avenue Falls Church, Virginia learntocookandsew.com

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building confidence while sailing on the Potomac River at Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, VA. Hands-on experience is the best way to learn to sail, so our emphasis is on learning by doing. Weather permitting, kids will be sailing 90% of the time and should wear shorts, shirts, rubber-soled shoes (no flip flops), and bring other clothes appropriate for the forecast. Students may bring their lunch in a cooler or buy lunch at the café. Students may also compete for trophies in a youth regatta held in August. Camp confirmations along with necessary paperwork will be sent out prior to the start of enrolled sessions. Completion of all paperwork is required for participation. All camps are held at Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, VA and run Monday through Friday, 9:30am to 4pm and include five 6.5 hour sessions (32.5 hours total). All camps meet rain or shine. US Sailing curriculum is followed throughout each level and a textbook may be purchased the first day of class for $15 (purchase is optional).

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Community News & Notes Annandale United FC Holds Open Tryouts

Vase Sets Record At Quinn’s Auction Galleries

Annandale United FC is holding tryouts for players who want to compete at the highest level. All players trying out should bring water, shin guards, a ball and wear a white shirt (returning players should wear normal training kit). Exact dates, locations and details can be found at www.annandaleunitedfc.com. New players are advised to email the respective Directors of Coaching to express interest in advance so the coaches can plan for player numbers on tryout dates accordingly. Bo Amato – Technical Director – bo_amato@annadaleunitedfc. org; Trevor Parker – Director of Coaching – trevor_parker@ annandaleunitedfc.org; Scott Norberg – Girls Director of Coaching – aufc_girls@annandaleunitedfc.com

An antique Chinese Cloisonné vase was acquired by a Londonbased bidder for $812,000 on April 22 at Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church. Originally appraised at $30,000, the final selling price set a new record for Cloisonné vases sold at Quinn’s. The 10-inch Ming Dynasty vase is thought to be 500 years old and was brought to Quinn’s by a local collector who inherited the item from his grandfather.

class titled Cycle for Hope will take place on Friday, April 28 at 24 Hour Fitness (1000 E. Broad St. Falls Church). A car wash will take place at Falls Church Presbyterian Church (225 E. Broad St.) on Saturday, May 6 from noon – 3 p.m. The following morning join “Team Jimmy” at the Race for Hope 5K run/ walk in downtown Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 7. “Team Jimmy” was started in honor of Jimmy Alverson, a brain cancer survivor and eighth-grader currently attending Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School.

‘Team Jimmy’ Fundraises For Brain Tumor Cure

Community Meeting With Mason District Police

Falls Church area residents are joining “Team Jimmy” to raise money for the National Brain Tumor Society and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure during a variety of upcoming events. A spin

Fairfax County Police Department’s Mason District Police Station will host a community engagement meeting at their headquarters at 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale. Attendees will

IN AN OUTPOURING of love and support for Tori McKinney’s loving husband and Halley’s devoted father, hundreds of friends, neighbors, community leaders, colleagues and musicians gathered under the rain-fre clouds last Sunday at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack to celebrate the life of Tim McKinney, a longtime Falls Church City resident who passed away earlier this month after a year-long battle with cancer. (Photo: sean kelley)

have an opportunity to meet station commanders, ask questions about law enforcement procedures and practices and learn more about the Mason District staff. The meeting will include a presentation by the Helicopter Division where presenters will discuss the organization and the division’s mission. No RSVP needed. For more information, contact Diane Zierhoffer at zierhofferdm@hotmail.com.

F.C. Resident Receives Fulbright Award Jaime Calderon, a senior at McDaniel College and Falls Church local, has been named a Fulbright finalist for an English Teaching Assistantship Program in Andorra. A Spanish major with minors in English literature and French Culture and literature, Calderon is also a member of multiple honor societies,

serves as a peer mentor and tutor, is a member of the McDaniel College Choir and Madrigal Singers and as well is the arts and culture editor of the McDaniel Free Press and a member of the Contrast Literary Magazine’s editorial board. Growing up in El Salvador before moving to the United States when he was 15, Calderon is one of four students from McDaniel College to receive Fulbright awards to teach abroad during the 2017-18 school year.

Long & Foster Hosts Events For the Community Long & Foster realtors based in McLean are hosting two upcoming events that are geared toward the immediate community. On Thursday, April 27 Long & Foster is partnering with Children’s National for a blood

OVER THREE DOZEN rallied at the Dunn Loring offices of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency Sunday to protest Trump administration’s deportation policy and demand the return of Juan Manuel Montes, the first young “Dreamer” deported under the policy. The rally was organized by People Power. (Photo: News-Press)

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LEARNING THROUGH PLAY is encouraged at the annual Culmore Multicutural Day held at Woodrow Wilson Library in Falls Church. Last Saturday’s festivities marked the 11th year in a row where different ethnic groups came together to celebrate their heritage with food, information, and for some, games and activities. (P��: R�� A��/�� G��.��) drive from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The blood mobile will be located in front of Long & Foster’s McLean office (1355 Beverley Rd). Visit ChildrensNational. org/DonateBlood to register. For more information on donating blood, visit cnmcblooddonor. com. The second event will be a community paper shred event on Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. – noon also held in the parking lot of Long & Foster’s McLean office. Bring unwanted documents for a free and secure destruction for the community. For more information about the free shred event, call 703-7901990.

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday The City of Falls Church Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) are giving the public an opportunity to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired prescription pills on April 29 at the Falls Church City Hall (300 Park Ave.) from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps, only pills or patches. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. The initiative is organized to help control a critical public safety and public health issue. Prescription medicines that remain in home cabinets are susceptible to misuse and abuse. Accidental poisonings and over-

doses due to prescription drug have elevated in recent years throughout the U.S. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines – flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – both pose potential safety and health hazards. Last April, Americans turned in over 893,000 pounds of unwanted medicines through over 4,200 collection sites nationwide, a new record for this springtime event. For more information, about the disposal of prescription drugs or about the Take Back Day event, go to the DEA Diversion website: deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html.

Spring Native Plant Sale at GlenCarlyn Park Saturday A selection of plants that are accustomed to the local climate and wildlife will be on sale at the Long Branch Nature Center in GlenCarlyn Park on April 29 from 1 – 4 p.m. Native plants for sale range from those equipped to handle sunlight or shade and even include deer-resistant plants. New offerings this year include trees and shrubs. Other plant types will also be available for purchase on-site at the sale. Payment can be made by cash,

check or credit card. No registration required. For more information, call 703-228-6535.

American Red Cross Holds Babysitter’s Training Class The American Red Cross hosts a class for pre-teen and teenage children interested in learning the basic skills involved in babysitting youth ages 10 and under. Class is for ages 11 – 15 and costs $85. Located at the Arlington Mill Community and Senior Center (909 S. Dinwiddie St., Arlington) on Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Participants are required to bring bag lunches (microwave and refrigerator available for use). To register, visit registration.arlingtonva.us or call 703-228-4747. Use Activity Code: 720107-D.

Art Swap At Arlington Mill Community Center Create something or bring something to swap at the Street Level Gallery located inside the Arlington Mill Community and Senior Center (909 S. Dinwiddie St., Arlington) on Sunday, April 30 from 1 – 3 p.m. First hour will be used for creating art, second hour will be the swap. Supplies will be on-hand. Finished work will be traded for raffle ticket, then raffle numbers are drawn and ticket holder gets to select which piece of art to keep. Participation in the swap is optional. The event is free.

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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

While Congress debates whether to pass a budget plan that will prevent a federal government shutdown tomorrow, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors marked up the proposed FY 2018 county budget on Tuesday, by a vote of 8 to 2. Supervisors Kathy Smith and Dan Storck voted no. The final budget numbers are constrained, but maintain most county services without an increase in the real estate tax rate. Funding for two programs is restored in the mark-up: an additional $1.9 million will support 18 positions for the second year of Diversion First, which provides alternatives to incarceration for people with mental illness or developmental disabilities who are arrested for low-level offenses, and $373,000 for the Community Readiness and Support Program (CRSP), which serves clients who need additional support for mental health and daily life skills. Funding of $150,000 was extended for one year for Insight Memory Services, a non-profit organization that provides day programs and family support for Alzheimer’s patients. The additional one-year county contribution will give the non-profit extra time to address their private fundraising efforts. The $4.10 Billion General Fund budget will be adopted officially on Tuesday, May 2, and becomes effective on July 1. Mason District volunteers honored at last week’s Volunteer Fairfax Awards Breakfast included Kate Walter, president of the J.E.B. Stuart PTSA and Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club member, who won the competitive award for Adult Volunteer; Gail Coleman, former president of ACCA and a vigorous Pancreatic Cancer Network volunteer, whom I selected as Mason District’s Community Champion; and Marie Monsen, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her work

with ACCA, Rebuilding Together, Shelter House, Faith Communities in Action, and Interfaith Communities for Dialogue. We couldn’t do all we do in Fairfax County without dedicated volunteers. Congratulations to all! The Unified Prevention Coalition (UPC) of Fairfax County, whose mission is to keep youth and young adults safe and drug free, will host a free program tonight, designed to help parents, guardians, and students learn about the dangers of substance abuse and supportive resources in the county. The meeting will be held from 7 until 8:30 p.m. tonight at J.E.B. Stuart High School Cafeteria, 3301 Peace Valley Lane in Falls Church. Child care and refreshments will be provided. The program is sponsored by UPC and Edu-Futuro, a non-profit organization, and will be led by PROTECT (Parents Reaching Out To Educate Communities Together). Got expired prescription drugs or painkillers no longer used? Don’t flush them! Dispose of unused or no longer needed liquids and pills by taking them, in original containers with personal info crossed out, to any Fairfax County police station this Saturday, April 29, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. No needles or pressurized canisters, please. Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is part of a national effort to dispose of prescriptions safely and legally. The Culmore Clean-up will step off from the Woodrow Wilson Library at 9 a.m. this Saturday. Plan to join volunteers and neighbors to help spruce up the area. No skills needed!  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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President Trump’s Broken Promises on Jobs By Donald S. Beyer cuts to environmental protection. Instead of trying to help people in these industries which are losing jobs to outsourcing by funding retraining programs, he’s cutting Labor Department funding for job training. But the President’s broken promise on jobs that hurts 124847most is CLIENTf Northern Virginia his failure to offer a comprehensive infrastructure bill. He promised to launch a massive new infrastructure project in his first 100 days. Where is the infrastructure bill? Maybe he’s too busy watching cable TV, tweeting, visiting his golf courses and enriching himself at taxpayer expense to deliver on his infrastructure promises. Senate Democrats have introduced a broad infrastructure plan which is ready for action, and the people I represent badly need some of these projects funded. They need to repair Memorial Bridge, which is falling down, and they need

funding for Metro, which faces serious budget shortfalls. Instead Trump has proposed huge cuts to the Transportation Department. We would appreciate it if the President would stop breaking his promises and get to work creating jobs for the American people. 2 Beyer 13:55  Rep. can 6/6/01 be reached JC through his website at www. beyer.house.gov, on Twitter @ RepDonBeyer or his office at (202) 225-4376. 2.062"

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If the sight of spring blossoms against lush greenery doesn’t soothe your soul, it’s time you reorder your miserable priorities. The annual explosion of dogwoods, redbuds and lilacs around residential Arlington never fails to uplift me, though my wife chides me for meager knowledge of botanical vocabulary (I can’t tell an azalea from a Saturnalia). During my regular drive-bys to admire floral extravaganzas this month, I appreciated how achieving such beauty requires both effort and, occasionally, some public policy. My personal favorites include vivid front-yard tulip gardens at the expansive homes on North Ohio St. between Little Falls Rd. and Williamsburg Blvd.; a meadow-like lane on N. 23rd St. between Quantico and Powhatan; the pink-and-white-hued splotches on Arlington Ridge Rd., and lovely swaying trees on Washington Blvd. between Westover and N. Glebe Rd. Another spectacular haven is Edison St. between Yorktown Blvd. and Little Falls Rd., around the corner from Rock Spring Park. That pastoral is maintained by Arlington’s dominant affinity group, the Rock Spring Garden Club. Founded in 1953, it has 80 members, I’m told by its president Connie Richards. It networks with fellow clubs in the national capital region, as well as various associations for lovers of dahlias or daf-

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fodils. Richards recommended award-winning floralsplashed homes on 19th St. near Washington Blvd., and N. Fifth St. at Manchester near Bluemont Park. “But it’s gorgeous everywhere,” she said. “There’s a movement now to emphasize native plants, which attract pollinators.” She also mentioned that many fellow enthusiasts shop for bulbs outside Arlington at the Merrifield Garden Center or Green Springs in Fairfax. But increasingly they’re going online for a steadier supply of specialty plants. I recall back in the 1960s there was Johnson’s Greenhouse at 2737 Lexington St. (with its flower shop at 4516 Lee Highway) run by John Negrey. I looked up its ad in the old Yellow Pages: “Wedding decorations, cut flowers, potted plants, funeral design. We grow our own flowers, Kenmore 8-5258.” Other vanished gardening outlets include Hill’s Nursery and Camellia Gardens on N. Glebe Rd. near Lee Highway; Arcadian Gardens at Ballston; Meenahan’s in Falls Church; Snyder’s Hardware at Fairfax Dr. and Lee Highway; Tait Lumber in Crystal City; and Williamsburg Hardware on Sycamore St. Perhaps one of the great losses to “progress” for Arlington’s blossomland was the demolition of the old Webster place on eight acres behind Williamsburg Middle School in the early 1990s. I was given a photo of that white Sears home and long driveway lined

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CRIME REPORT Week of Apr. 17 – 23, 2017 Larceny- Theft from Building, 510 N Washington St, #301, Apr 17, unknown suspect removed items from an open purse on top of a counter. Suspect described as a Middle Eastern- looking male 6 foot tall wearing a grey button up long sleeve shirt and high top white sneakers. Larceny- Theft from Building, 200 blk Gundry Dr, Apr 18, two packages were stolen from the front stoop of a home on Apr 15. Resident located both packages shortly before notifying Police. Packages had been ripped apart. Contents of one could not be located, but contents of other were located nearby. Larceny- Theft from Building, 300 blk Kent St, Apr 19, resident reported a generator, last seen on Apr 17, had

been stolen from a shed. Drunk in Public; Assault on Law Enforcement Officer(3X) and Possession of a Controlled Substance(PCP), 205 Hillwood Ave (Marriott TownePlace Suites), Apr 19, 11:30 PM, officers responded for a report of an unresponsive subject lying in the parking lot. A male, 33, of Arlington, VA, was arrested for Assaulting a Law Enforcement Officer (3 Felony counts) and for being Drunk in Public. Following testing of a substance found in his possession, he was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCP). Additionally, he was wanted on a Probation Violation charge from Arlington. Possession of Marijuana, 2328 N Oak St (Mt. Daniel Elementary), Apr 20 at 11:02PM, while conducting an area check, officer observed a car with its engine running and no headlights.

with oaks and sprays of pink and white petals. Owner Horace Webster was a renowned plant pathologist and a discoverer of Dutch Elm Disease who brought azaleas to Arlington from the National Arboretum. “When you walk onto this property, you are walking back in the 19th century,” wrote David Muchow, an attorney hired by floral enthusiasts in 1992 to petition the county board to buy the estate in order to shield it from developers after Webster’s death. But that era’s pols were unable to override the real estate market, and today a half-dozen luxury homes occupy the Harrison St. lot. One citizen conservationist – my former teacher Linda Christenson – rushed with others to transplant the Webster azaleas. “When the deadline came,” she recently recalled, “I was filled with a sadness that has stayed with me all these years. What a waste of beauty that could never be duplicated.” *** Some Arlington sports recordsetters reassembled at O’Connell High School early this month. On campus were 17 teammates of the famous Knights baseball squad that, from 1963-65, produced an astonishing 42-game winning streak and three Catholic Conference championships. Along with relatives of teammates who couldn’t make it, they attended the Saturday, April 1, game and shook hands with players on this year’s varsity, who went on to beat St. Mary’s Ryken 10-0. After further investigation, a male, 18, of Falls Church, VA and a male, 19, of McLean, VA were issued summonses for Possession of Marijuana. Drunk in Public, 1000 blk Ellison St, Apr 21, a male, 53, of no fixed address, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Drunk in Public; Assault on Law Enforcement Officer and Attempted Strangulation, 210 E. Fairfax St (Merrill House Apartments), Apr 23, 4:20 PM, responding to a call for assistance, officers arrested a female, 40, of the City of Falls Church, for the listed offenses. OTHER ARRESTS On April 18, a female, 26, of Washington DC, turned herself in at Police Headquarters on two outstanding Falls Church felony warrants for Grand Larceny and Forgery. On April 18, a male, 56, of Annandale, VA, was arrested by Fairfax County Police on an outstanding Falls Church warrant for Assault. On April 18, a female, 48, of Burke, VA, turned herself in on an outstanding Falls Church warrant for Felony-Bad Check.

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Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present an Ethnographic Series auction from through Saturday, April 29. The series is a multi-estate tribal art auction featuring the inventory and collection of Merton D. Simpson among others. It includes fine art by Merton Simpson as well as the remainder of the pieces from his tribal arts collection; especially African Tribal Art sculptures, utilitarian objects, Pacific Island artwork, and more. Other estates and collection include African art and sculpture, Pre-Columbian objects, Ethnographic items. Previews are available Thursday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Saturday 9 – 11 a.m. For more information, visit www.quinnsauction.com.

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Local Businesses Sponsoring F.C. Home & Garden Tour A number of local businesses are sponsoring the Falls Church Home & Garden Tour scheduled for Sunday, April 30 from 1 – 5 p.m. DuBro Architects & Builders is the platinum sponsor of the event. Additional sponsors include Coupard Architects & Builders, Alarm.com, Tori McKinney ROCK STAR Real Estate, The Gaskins Team, Great Outdoors Landscape Solutions, Greenbuilt Homes, Mosquito Shield, Dave & Ellen, Mathnasium, Original Pancake House, Moore Architects, Ironstar, Galleria Florist, Sislers Stone, and Design Source. Funds raised will support the Falls Church Education Foundation and the Falls Church City Public Schools PK – 12. For more information about this event, or the FC Education Foundation’s May 5 Derby Days Gala, visit www.fcedf.org.

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F.C. Young Professionals Group Hosting Dinner & Movie Night ’47, Inc., the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce’s young professionals group, is hosting Mosaic Dinner and a Movie on Wednesday, May 3 from 6 – 10 p.m. Young professionals are invited to join the group for dinner at True Food Kitchen followed by a movie at Angelika Film Center. There is no fee but attendees will pay for their own meal and tickets. For more information, visit FallsChurchChamber.org or contact Brian Creswick at BCreswick@ChartisFed.com.

Open House at One U Aesthetics Today One U Aesthetics is hosting a Spring Open House on Thursday, April 27 from 4 – 7 pm in their offices at 500 W. Annandale Rd. in Falls Church. One U Aesthetics, a division of Pulmonary and Medical Associates, specializes in services for injectables, skin rejuvenation, and aesthetic services. Wine, hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, and exclusive discounts on future services will be provided. For more information, visit oneuaesthetics.com.  Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.

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When the Russians Moved Far Right

Congressman Don Beyer told me last week that his friend and fellow Virginian, U.S. Senator Mark Warner, has repeated numerous times in his company that the realities behind the alleged ties and collusion between Trump and the Russians are “far worse” than anyone not privy to classified information realizes. No wonder Warner has felt so frustrated in recent weeks as the congressional investigations into this matter have stalled. There are two stunning aspects to all this – absolutely stunning – that seem to be escaping most public discourse on the matter. First is the fact that Republicans are treating this whole thing like just another partisan standoff. To them, it is like a fight over taxes or some other area of policy making. But no, it is qualitatively FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS different! Do these people realize that they are covering up for an active operation by a hostile foreign power to disrupt and meddle with the sovereign U.S. government? If what they are doing cannot technically be called treason, it is just about as close to it as you can get. They are taking the same type of glib and disdainful attitude toward this matter as they did in trying to blunt Obamacare over the last eight years. But this isn’t about Obamacare! I shake my head when thinking about what the reputations of all these elected Republican sycophants will look like when the truth finally comes out and an entire major U.S. political party is implicated in the most brazen “invasion” of the U.S. and its democratic institutions in the nation’s history. Every day is a step closer to the facts of this coming to light, despite the relentless efforts of the Trump White House and its allies in Congress to stall, delay and torpedo them. This is shaping up to be far bigger than Watergate, the biggest threat to the sovereignty of the United States since the Civil War. Second, the other stunning aspect of all this is the way in which the Russians have deployed into the social fabric, as well as governmental institutions and elections, of the U.S. It surprises me that almost no one is commenting about how the Russian assets in the U.S. are all right wing racists and criminallytinged. Didn’t J. Edgar Hoover and Sen. Joe McCarthy go after the left wing as Soviet-connected Communists, and not the right? When did the Russians change their operational mode of infiltration, espionage and compromise of the U.S. system? It’s pretty amazing that they did shift, and one would think the subject would be a matter of keen interest. Alas, perhaps the Americans have become so distracted by all the false flags, football, and hockey and basketball playoffs and shallow TV sitcoms to even notice, much less care. This student of spy-counterspy covert ops matters, especially the cults that the KGB and the CIA once fought over in the 1960s and early 1970s, saw the sea-change in the Russian/Soviet mode of infiltration of the U.S. first arrive in the wake of the so-called “detente” that Richard Nixon instigated in the early 1970s. The era of “detente” led to an above-board massive influx of Soviet intelligence operatives into the U.S. in the guise of harmless immigrants. They situated in the Coney Island area of New York’s Long Island, which became known as “Little Odessa,” and the set up shop as a ruthless organized crime syndicate. They proceeded to roust out the residues of the old leftist-style proSoviet elements, and replace them with radical right wing cults, working hand-in-glove with Hoover in many cases. (The deluded Hoover saw this as a plus, since it meant weakening civil rights, anti-war and trade union movements that were the main thorns in the side of his corporate elite masters.) Through the 1970s, the KGB’s “paradigm shift,” with Hoover’s complicity, was completely overlooked by the normal watchdogs of our democracy. Some day a more informed look at key 1970s events that turned our culture over to the far right, including the “Reagan revolution,” may take place. An investigation could extend to the Jonestown massacre and the assassination of Harvey Milk.

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The Urgency of Ethnic Nationalism

A virulent nationalism, tinged with bigotry, is on the rise across much of the world. It helped elect Narendra Modi in India and sustains Vladimir Putin in Russia. It has vaulted Marine Le Pen to the final round of the French election. She is the underdog in the runoff, but it’s chilling to see that this weekend she seems to have won voters under age 34. In the United States, Donald Trump won the White House despite – and partly because of – his disdain for Mexicans, Muslims and African-Americans and his flirtation with anti-Semitic tropes. In the face of this NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE ethnic nationalism, citizens often face difficult choices. They have to decide how much of a priority to place on combating it. Should voters eschew their favorite candidate and vote for one with the best chance to defeat the nationalist? Should policy experts be willing to work in an administration that plays footsie with intolerance? Should a museum dedicated to fighting hate, like the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, host a hateful president? These choices often end up being more complicated than they first seem, and I don’t want to suggest otherwise. But a disturbing pattern is still emerging. Too many people – well-meaning people on both the left and right – have grown complacent about nationalist bigotry. They are erring on the side of putting other priorities first, and ethnic nationalism is benefiting. Let’s start on the political left. And, no, I’m not about to lapse into false equivalence. Ethnic nationalism is largely a force of the right. But the left needs to decide how to respond, and it hasn’t been effective enough so far. It has underestimated the threat and put smaller matters ahead of larger ones. After France’s first round of voting, the leftist candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon refused to endorse the last person who can prevent Le Pen from becoming president, Emmanuel Macron. A Le Pen presidency, to be clear, would likely tear Europe asunder, marginalize French citizens who hail from Africa and the Middle East and lead to a big expansion of security forces. It would be the biggest victory for Europe’s far right since World War II, by far. Yet Mélenchon still won’t back Macron — a centrist former banker who was until recently a member of the Socialist Party. It’s a classic case of political purism that may feel good, but can do grave damage.

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Just look at the United States. Updated presidential vote totals show that Trump’s margins in Michigan, in Pennsylvania and in Wisconsin – which together would have swung the result – were smaller than the tally of Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate. It’s impossible to know whether Stein’s campaign cost Hillary Clinton the election, yet it clearly hurt. In a very close race, parts of the American left aided Trump. I understand that this point enrages backers of Stein and Mélenchon. They have real differences of opinion with center-left candidates, and they want to win those debates. But the final round of an election that includes a viable white nationalist isn’t a time to hash out the future of progressive politics. It’s a time to defeat racism. A version of this dilemma also applies to the political center. Apolitical institutions have to decide whether they will treat ethno-centrists like Trump and Le Pen differently from other politicians. These institutions are right to resist becoming part of “the opposition,” because society needs nonpartisan institutions. But they also have to avoid compromising their mission. The Holocaust Museum has put itself in a tricky spot. It invited Trump to give a major speech Tuesday morning, much as previous presidents have done. Of course, previous presidents didn’t retweet neo-Nazi sympathizers, vilify Muslims or try to airbrush Jews out of the Holocaust. Maybe the museum’s leaders are confident Trump will use the speech as a turning point, which would be wonderful. But by conferring the museum’s prestige on Trump, those leaders have a new responsibility to call out future dog whistles from the administration. The Holocaust Museum has effectively invested in Trump. Finally, there is the political right. Most Republicans despise the notion that their ideology makes room for bigotry. Theirs is the party of Lincoln and of individual freedom, they say. Fair enough. But that history brings responsibilities. Today’s Republican Party has plainly made room for white nationalism, via Steve King, Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions and Fox News, not to mention the president. If the Holocaust Museum is now invested in Trump, Republicans are really invested in him and his fellow nationalists. You don’t get to call yourself the party of Lincoln and stay silent when voting rights are abridged, hate crimes are met with silence and dark-skinned citizens are cast as un-American. I never expected to live through a time when bigotry would again be as ascendant. But we are living in that time, and it brings a new set of choices.

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Mason High Boys Blank Warren & Clarke, Get Offense Back On Track BY MATT DELANEY

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Rediscovering their scoring form, George Mason High School’s varsity boys soccer team beat Warren County High School, 8-0, on Tuesday and Clarke County High School, 3-0, on Apr. 21. Mason’s (7-1-1) five-goal victory over Madison County High School on Apr. 7 felt like ages ago after a post-Spring Break stretch that started with 0-0 draw against William Monroe High School. However, those performances are fading from memory after the tean outscored opponents 11-0 the past week. This is in large part due to the efforts of younger Mustangs finding their fit on the field – and usually on the fly. “We’ve just thrown them straight into the fire,” head coach Frank Spinello said. “Giving

them big minutes in big games, and they’ve responded well and matured quickly.” Freshman midfielder Zorhan Boston got Mason into rhythm early when he connected with senior midfielder Olo Sembera Baracco nine minutes into the game against Warren County. Ten minutes later freshman midfielder Cole Hellert located junior forward Peter Scardino, who swiftly separated from the Wildcats back line to put Mason up 2-0. Scardino’s goal was the first of a seven-minute, four-goal explosion that saw the Mustangs demoralize Warren County. Senior defender Wesley Quill booted a free kick from just beyond midfield and right into the Wildcats penalty box where fellow senior Nico Ferrara was waiting to knock it into the net. Ferrara returned the favor when

he aided Sembera Baracco seconds later to increase Mason’s advantage to 4-0. Sembera Baracco finished off the scoring run after junior midfielder Mathieu Viala’s pass set up a one-on-one that Sembera Baracco wouldn’t lose. In the second half, Hellert accrued his second assist by feeding sophomore midfielder Nicholas Wells and allowing him to sink a high-percentage shot. Sembera Baracco ended the game early when he corralled two loose balls in the 67th and 68th minutes and turned them into two goals, making it five total for the senior on the night. “In the beginning of the season we started off slow [offensively],” Sembera Baracco said. “But after the tie against William Monroe we picked it up. Now we’re going in strong with shots and goals.” The Mustangs offensive

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EVADING A DEFENDER is junior forward Peter Scardino. Scardino scored a goal against Warren County (PHOTO: CAROL SLY) ascent continued against Clarke County last Friday. Sembera Baracco added two more goals while Scardino had one. Ferrara and Sembera Baracco recorded two assists and senior goalkeeper

Walker Hegadorn secured four saves. Mason will travel to play Strasburg High School on Thursday before hosting Madison County High School on May 2.

Mustang Girls Handle Eagles & Wildcats Remain Atop Bull Run BY MATT DELANEY

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Another week passes and George Mason High School’s varsity girls soccer team adds two more wins to their record after downing Warren County High School, 8-0, on Tuesday and handing Clarke County High School a 6-1 loss on Apr. 21. Tuesday’s match with Warren County was a preview of what is to become of Mason (8-1) in future seasons. Seniors like offensive machine Rebecca Crouch and heady defender Megan Butler will depart from the program to go seek out bigger and better things,

ideally after bringing a 10th consecutive 2A state championship to Falls Church. That will leave the Mustangs’ current underclassmen in charge of carrying on the winning tradition established a decade ago. “Being more confident has really helped me this year, along with advice from the upperclassmen,” sophomore midfielder Maura Mann said. “Being given the opportunity to play in the midfield, just me and Maddie [LaCroix] since we’re both sophomores, and to have that bond while getting support from the upperclassmen is definitely important.” Eight minutes into the game

a through ball from Crouch sent Mann barreling toward Warren County’s goalkeeper in a one-onone situation. Mann baited the Wildcat keeper to leave her line in an attempt to play the ball, allowing her to coolly veer right and chip in a open-goal shot. Junior forward Izzy Armstrong mimicked Mann’s move seven minutes later when another one-on-one situation forced Warren County’s goalie to cheat and allowed Armstrong to juke right to put Mason up 2-0. Mann finished off the first half with two more goals, the first coming off an assist from junior midfielder Victoria Rund and the second from fellow sophomore

Girls Lacrosse Cruises To Wins Over Loudoun County & Rock Ridge, Overall Record Now 8-1 BY JEFFREY WOJTALA

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George Mason High School’s varsity girls lacrosse team continued their drive towards the playoffs with a 22-5 win against Loudoun County High School in Leesburg last Friday. Mason began by winning the initial draw and 41 seconds later senior midfielder Sarah Lubnow scored off an assist by junior midfielder Amy Roche. Minor

infractions against Mason allowed Loudoun County to get its first goal on a free possession at the 22:57 mark. The Mustangs struck back minutes later when Roche netted her first of the game. Junior attacker Lizzie Dodge scored next after a tight pass from Lubnow and Roche followed with her second goal to make it a Mason three goal lead. The Raiders posted their second and third goals a few minutes apart to bring the score 4-3 Mason. 30 seconds later

Dodge and Lubnow added a goal each, until Roche began a scoring run by powering a shot past the Loudoun County goalie’s feet. In the next three minutes of play, Lubnow netted her third goal and Roche scored her fourth before the Raiders ended the run with a goal of their own to make it a 9-4 game. Senior attacker Hannah Hiscott notched her first goal, then Lubnow placed her fourth moments later. Roche finished scoring for the half with two goals

LaCroix, to complete her hat trick. Up 4-0 at the half, the Mustangs continued their scoring pace once the game continued. Armstrong fed Rund for goal number five, while Crouch assisted freshman forward Emma Rollins for number six. Armstrong launched a free kick at Warren County’s keeper, which was batted up over her head, but not over the crossbar, as the ball fell just behind the Wildcat keeper and slowly rolled past the goal line to put the Mustangs ahead 7-0. The clinching goal was tacked on a minute later, with a majority of the scoring coming off the legs of the younger Mustangs. “We have quite a few younger

players who’re stepping up and making a presence on the field,” head coach Allison Klink said. “As the season goes on they’re more comfortable, too, and it’s really great to see that.” Against Clarke County, Mason avenged the ghosts of its 4-3 loss to the Eagles in Berryville at the end of the 2016 season. Clarke County slipped one goal past the Mustangs, but overall Mason controlled the ball and were the aggressors en route to a 6-1 win. Mason hosts Strasburg High School on Friday before heading to Madison County High School on May 2.

to go into halftime up 13-4. Junior defender Claire Hiscott scored 30 seconds into the second half to increase Mason’s lead to 10. Mason head coach Courtney Gibbons acknowledged the deficit and began to freely substitute her reserves in. The Mustangs scored three more times in the half – twice by Lubnow and once by Hiscott – before the Raiders added their final goal of the game at the 17:05 mark. Hiscott then scored her third goal and sophomore attacker Alex Biggs added her first goal soon after. Hiscott scored her fourth of the half before Sophomore attacker Grace Akins earned her first with 4:35 remain-

ing. Senior attacker Donnelly finished the scoring for the game with an assist from Dodge. with 1:09 left in the game. Mason beat Rock Ridge High School 23-4 on Tuesday. Goals were scored by Claire and Hannah Hiscott, Lubnow, Roche, Biggs, Donnelly, Akins and junior defender Lydia Grund to keep the Mustangs record perfect in Dulles District competition so far throughout the year. Mason hosts Woodgrove High School on Wednesday and Park View High School on Thursday, in Falls Church, but results of those games were not available by press time.

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S�� N�� N�� FCCPS Announces 2017 Business Partnership Awards Falls Church City Public Schools Business in Education Partnership (BIE) honors nine community partners in appreciation of their commitment to working with FCCPS teachers, students and parents. The honorees are broken down into three groups: Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Business Honor Roll, Falls Church Honored Partners and Rookie of the Year. VSBA honorees: Orange Twist; Foxes Music; Local Market. Falls Church Honored Partners: Pizzeria Orso; Jazzercise; U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review; Supercuts; Mary Riley Styles Library. Rookie of the Year: Zoya’s Atelier. The honorees will be recognized at the FCCPS Celebration of Excellence on Thursday, May 11 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School.

Middle School Students Show Out In Richmond Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School students are both coming and going to Richmond to demonstrate their academic prowess in

the coming weeks. MEH students Nicholas and Anna Teply just returned from Richmond this past weekend after participating in the Virginia History Day competition. The two students placed third in the group performance category in the state for their presentation, “Monmouth Rebellion.” Another batch of MEH students will be making their way down to Richmond for the Virginia Junior Academy of Science symposium. All 12 of the MEH students that submitted papers were invited to present them at the symposium, which will be held in May. They are as follows: Katherine Donovan, Sarah Lamber, Emerson Mellon, Nadia O’Hara, Franklyn Schultz, Tobias Senderowitsch, Matthew Sperry, Cole Tarter, James Trombo, Lara Waldron, Shaw Young, and Ava Zwartjes.

Congressional School Hosts MONA Private School Fair Congressional School in Falls Church is hosting the first annual MONA (Mothers of North Arlington) Private School Fair on Wednesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. Over 40 local private schools have registered to participate in the fair, including the Congressional

School, and attendees will have the opportunity to meet admissions representatives from nearby PK – 12 private schools in one location. Free admission; open to public. RSVP to attend at congressionalschool.org/monafair.

GMHS Drops In Rankings Due To IB Program Snafu George Mason High School fell over 300 spots in the annual U.S. News Best High School rankings due to the International Bacclaureate (IB) program’s decision not to share school test scores for the report. IB’s reasoning behind the decision is that participating schools failed to provide the program with metrics regarding students who receive free or reduced-price lunches as well as “a high overall rate of missing information.” U.S. News released a statement saying that the IB Organization informed the report in November 2016 that it would be unable to supply program data as it had in previous years. GMHS fell from 160th to 465th in national rankings, from 4th to 13th in state rankings and the school’s college readiness index (CRI) dropped from 74.5 in 2016 to 57.4 in this year’s report.

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Seniors who live alone often feel lonely. That’s an unfortunate fact. Here are a few more: • More than 40 percent of seniors are frequently lonely – even those who are married or in a relationship. • Lonely seniors have a 60 percent increased risk for physical and mental decline. If nothing else, if you experience a medical problem, there is no social network to back you up. • Nearly half of seniors don’t have adequate transportation. If you know you need more social interaction, it’s likely up to you to take steps to fix it, to make the effort to be with others. It might be difficult to step out, but it is possible to develop a social network. Go for a walk in a safe place. Talk to others you meet along

the way. Find out if your local college offers free or reduced-rate classes. Put together a group meal or local trip made up of the people you meet at a class. Sign up for the monthly newsletter at the senior center. Volunteer to help with setup of events or to drive others who don’t have a car. Go on group outings. Do you have a hobby that could involve being with others? Start with the library, and ask about writer or reading groups, travelogues and speakers who come in to talk on a wide range of topics. A big component of loneliness can be depression, and it’s important to know the signs. If you’ve been down in the dumps or not felt interested in the things that used to give you pleasure – and if this has gone on for over two weeks – it’s time to check

SE NI O R LI V I NG in with your doctor. Sleeping too little or too much, and inability to concentrate also are signs. *** AARP conducted a study to look at financial fraud victims based on psychological mindset, and behavioral and demographic characteristics. One notable result was that victims tend to look at the accumulation of wealth as an important life achievement, more so than average investors who had not become victims. Some results of the study: Most victims are over age 70, male, conservative, very religious, married, with a college degree and with income over $50,000 per year. They keep their eyes open for investments. One-third had not checked out a broker before making an investment, and victims are likely to make investments with people they don’t know, such as in response to an email, phone call or TV ad, with telephone being the most frequent. One-third of victims are not on the Do Not Call list, which can limit sales calls. More than half receive at least one call a month about investment sales. Over 40 percent of victims are considered “active traders,” those who make

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five or more investment decisions in a year. Nearly half have invested two or three times in something that turned out to be worthless. To view the study, go to the AARP website (aarp.org) and put “AARP Investment Fraud Vulnerability Study” in the search box. The best way to protect yourself against any type of fraud is knowing what to look for. For lots of information on all types of fraud, go online to AARP.org/ FraudWatchNetwork. On that webpage you can sign up for

Watchdog Alerts. It’s free, and you’ll get email warnings about the latest scams and tricks. AARP also has a fraud watch hotline: 877-908-3360. If you’ve been a victim of fraud, be sure to call and tell them. The more they know about the types of scams out there, the more information they can pass along.  Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.

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Restaurants Struggle at Intersection of Food, Politics BY JUSTIN PHILLIPS

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At Jardiniere restaurant in San Francisco, customer receipts currently feature a small note below the signature line, subtle enough that some diners might miss it. The fine print reads: “Immigrants make America great! They also cooked and served you dinner this evening.’’ The small political gesture from chef-owner Traci Des Jardins acknowledges the importance of immigrant labor in the restaurant industry. Similar messages have popped up on receipts at restaurants throughout the Bay Area, including Tawla in the Mission and Zuni Cafe in Hayes Valley. Away from the kitchen, Des Jardins sits on the board of La Cocina, a San Francisco nonprofit business incubator. She also works with a number of hunger relief organizations. But in the upscale dining room at Jardiniere, as well as her five other San Francisco restaurants, the chef prefers to keep her political leanings from infiltrating her dining room. “I think the politics and food situation overall is very tricky,’’

she said. “There’s a big part of me that thinks politics shouldn’t come into it.’’ In recent months, chefs and diners alike have been forced to grapple with the intersection of food and politics, and the restaurant industry is venturing into unfamiliar territory, marked both by staunch political stances and apolitical abstention. Earlier this month, a bar named Coup opened in New York City, with plans to give 100 percent of its profits to organizations that may be in need of funding under the current administration, such as the American Civil Liberties Union or Planned Parenthood. While there are no San Francisco food or drink destinations with Coup’s extreme business model, many restaurants and bars have donated portions of their profits or run nightly specials to benefit organizations like the San Francisco Immigrant Legal Education Network and the Human Rights Watch. Others have run themed specials during political events like the Women’s March or Day Without Immigrants. Stephanie Fields, owner of Sugarfoot, a pop-up restaurant and

catering company, is vocal about her political leanings, which in part oppose President Trump’s stances on immigration. Fields regularly shares her thoughts on social media; amid her photos of Sugarfoot’s grits and eggs are posts denouncing racism, misogyny and xenophobia. The chef is currently working to secure funding for a brick-andmortar location, and she is already planning to register Sugarfoot as a sanctuary restaurant once it opens. “I think, in part, that the sanctuary restaurant sign will let people know when they enter those doors, the B.S., hate and ugliness stops there,’’ she said. Fields paused for a few seconds and added: “But I don’t want it to be confrontational.’’ More experienced chefs like Adam Sobel, head chef at Mina Test Kitchen in Cow Hollow and formerly of Washington D.C.’s Bourbon Steak, note that there are financial risks associated with saturating a dining room with political content. Food, in Sobel’s eyes, is a form of escapism, and it is better for business to keep the experience untethered from weighted political issues. “If a Republican sits at a table and sure, we may not share the same

beliefs, but you can’t keep someone from dining at a restaurant. That’s still a paying customer,’’ Sobel said. “This is a hospitality business, and that’s what we focus on.’’ Based on 2017 projections from the San Francisco Travel Association, tourists will spend $9.22 billion in the Bay Area this year, nearly 3 percent more than the $8.98 billion in 2016. The Mina Group not only has fine dining outposts in blue states like California and Illinois, but also in red states like Wyoming and Florida, where residents vote along more conservative lines. Sobel said he has had conversations with his staff about how they would handle potential interactions with the president and his administration. While Sobel chose not to go into specifics, he said their feelings about the country’s political state are shared openly behind the scenes. The goal, he added, is to not let them influence business practices in a way that would offend potential diners. “There’s so much competition in San Francisco, we’re all rooting for each other and fighting for covers,’’ Sobel said. “If you’re

going to be a complete left-winger, you’re going to potentially push away customers.’’ Yet, Sugarfoot’s Fields said she isn’t worried that her outspokenness will hinder the fundraising process for her future space, or even alienate potential customers. Another fledgling restaurateur, Reem Assil, who is opening an eponymous Oakland bakery in May, shared similar sentiments — because, as she put it, “food is inherently political.’’ The mantra will be reflected in her bakery, as she plans to use it as an educational space for people to learn about Middle Eastern food and culture, but also as a place where customers can openly discuss the state of the country, good or bad. “We may not ever be the popular one because we put our politics forward, but we’re going to be an honest place,’’ Assil said. During a recent break between food prep and meal deliveries, Fields noticed writing on the bottom of a nearby stop sign. Underneath the word “Stop,” someone had scribbled “Trump.’’ “See, you can’t avoid politics, no matter where you are,’’ Fields said. “It’s part of the landscape now.’’

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Community Events THURSDAY, APRIL 27 Middle School Book Club. April Book: Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Book discussion group for teens in Grade 6-8. Copies of the book are available at the Youth Services Desk. Registra�on required for the school year, call for more details. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. 703-2485034.

FRIDAY, APRIL 28 Urban League Annual Awards Gala. The Northern Virginia Urban League will host its 27th Annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Gala. The theme is “Celebra�ng Champions in Our Community." Honorees include former Washington Redskin and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green. Hilton McLean Tysons Corner (7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean). 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 Free Community Health Fair. The NCBW NOVA and NCNW NOVA host a free health fair oﬀering vision & hearing tests, diabetes

Send community event submissions to the News-Press by e-mail at calendar@fcnp. com; fax 703-342-0347; or by regular mail to 200 Little Falls St., #508, Falls Church, VA 22046. Please include any photos or artwork with submissions. Deadline is Monday at noon for each week’s edition.

& dental screenings, �ps for women's health and workout demos. James Lee Community Center (2855 Annandale Rd., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Contact NOVASec�on@NOVANCNW.org for more informa�on. VPIS A�c Treasures Sale. Village Preserva�on & Improvement Society holds their annual A�c Treasures Sale. Proceeds assist the Neighborhood Tree Program, the Cherry Hill Summer Concerts and community gardens in the area. Falls Church Community Center (223 Li�le Falls St.). 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call 703-371-2369 or visit vpis.org for more informa�on.

Money." The event will involve group discussions on the night's topic. Virginia House Delgate Marcus Simon will be in a�endance. Ireland's Four Provinces (105 W Broad St, Falls Church). 7 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 1 Play�me with the Early Literary Center. Teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registra�on required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library youth services room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 703-248-5034. Falls Church Garden Club Mee�ng. Lani Furbank, of the Chesapeake Bay Founda�on, will give a presenta�on about problems facing the Bay and programs that support bay-friendly gardening projects for homeowners and organiza�ons. Free, public welcome. American Post Legion 130 (400 N. Oak St., Falls Church) 7:30 p.m. 703-533-1945.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Falls Church Home & Garden Tour. Fi�h edi�on of an event showcasing the scenic homes and gardens of the Li�le City. Proceeds go toward the Falls Church Educa�on Founda�on and FCCPS. Start point is Alarm.com demo home (corner of Park & Pennsylvania Ave.). 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. $35. fcghtour@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 2

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Preschool Story�me. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All story�mes are followed by play�me with Early Literacy

Center toys. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Natural Health With Essential Oils. Learn about what essential oils are, three ways you can use essential oils for physical and emotional well being, and the foundational oils for seasonal threats, skin health, and even green cleaning. Free program led by Megan Koppel. Registration required. To reserve a spot, please stop by the library's Reference Desk or call 703-248-5035. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 p.m. – 8 p.m

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Re�rement Income Planning. Learn strategies to help prepare ﬁnancially for re�rement. Free program led by Albert Wu, a ﬁnancial advisor with Edward Jones. Registra�on required. To reserve a spot, stop by the library's Reference Desk or call 703-248-5035 (TTY 711) Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Theater Fine Arts FRIDAY, APRIL 28

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

“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 “The Tempest” William Shakespeare's play about Prospero, who lives on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda and his servants Ariel and Caliban. When Prospero spots his enemies sailing he shipwrecks them on the island with

him, including the King of Naples, his son, a group of sailors, and two zany mischief-makers all at the mercy of his sorcery. Power struggles ensue, plots are hatched, a marriage is made, and magical forces intervene to ensure a just outcome for all involved. Gunston Arts Center, Theater Two (2700 S. Lang St, Arlington) 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $10. encorestageva.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30 “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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(220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $25. 7 p.m. 703-2370300.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28 A�� O’D��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. E�� S�� Q��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. R�� P��’� B�� D�� B��: F�� P�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E,

Vienna). $20 – $25. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. R��’� �� L��’� L�� P��. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $10. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. T�� S�� C�� B��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504. D�� C��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 40 D�� F��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. 2 F�� H��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. C�� D� M��. Iota Club & Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340. S�� 90’� – A P�� B�� T��. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $17 – $20. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. S�� F�� S�� L�� S�� C�� B. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504.

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D�� E��, K��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.

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S�� S�� T�� F�� C�� H�� G�� F�� + M��’� B�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-2551566. O�� M�� V�� S��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703241-9504. “T�� A�� L�� R��,” S�� S�� K�� M�� F�� B�� C��. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $35. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. O�� M�� N��. Iota Club & Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340

P�� A��... Saturday, May 13 – Sleepy Hollow Manor Community Yard Sale – Sleepy Hollow Manor (Southbound on Route 613 from Seven Corners Shopping Center) is hos�ng its semi-annual community yard sale from 8 a.m. – noon. Contact Georgia Harrison (georgia27@cox.net) to register or for more informa�on. Saturday, May 13 – From Jamestown to The Falls Church: A Walk Through Virginia's Past to Our Historic Church – Walking tour and informal talk about the colonial-era church, its landscape, and the city that took its name. Start point is The Falls Church, 115 E. Fairfax St. at 1 p.m. No RSVP needed. Thursday, May 18 – Family PASS Annual Panel Discussion – Family Preserva�on And Strengthening Services (Family PASS) is hos�ngs is annual discussion on homelessness at the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce's Baker-Tilly Room (7900 Westpark Dr. #A550, Tysons) from 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. This year's topic is "Aﬀordable Housing: It's Good for Business."

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Public Notice IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT CLARKSVILLE NON RESIDENT NOTICE CASE NO: MC-CH-CVDI-16-559 TO: KARI JANE CHILDS, 7137 Oakland Ave, Falls Church, VA 22042 You are ordered to appear and defend a civil action filed against you, entitled ROBERT WILLIAM CHILDS v. KARI JANE CHILDS which has been filed in the Chancery Court for Montgomery County, Tennessee, and your defense must be made within thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this notice, which shall be published for four consecutive weeks in the Falls Church News Press. You are further directed to file your defense with the Clerk of the Court and send a copy to the Plaintiffs’ attorney at the address listed below. In case of your failure to defend this action by the above date, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Attorney for Plaintiffs: Dennis W. Stanford 215 S. 2nd St. Clarksville, TN 37040.

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PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on May 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Dogwood Room, 300 Park Avenue, for consideration of the following items: New Business Variance application V1590-17 by John Benedetto, applicant, for a variance to Section 48-238(3)(a) to allow a front yard setback of 20.03 feet instead of 30 feet for the purpose of constructing a 2-story addition with a front porch extending an additional 5 feet, on premises known as 616 Laura Drive, RPC #52-605-009 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1A, Low Density Residential. Information on the above applications is available for review at: Zoning Oﬃce 300 Park Avenue, Suite 300W Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1) zoning@fallschurchva.gov This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)

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1. Top-left button on most keyboards 4. ____ Ren of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" 8. Highly sought-after things 14. John who plays Harold in the "Harold & Kumar" films 15. Gone flat? 16. Art supply store stock 17. Wine: Prefix 18. 2013 film queen who sings "Let It Go" 19. Question that leaves an opening for doubt 20. What the element #28 expert and paleontologist gabbed about for hours? 23. Margarine 24. BBC rival 25. Letter before omega 27. First of a popular tech product that debuted in 2005? 32. Garlic relative 33. "Still ..." 34. Many August babies 35. "Being John Malkovich" director Spike 36. Where students are taught to agree silently? 39. White-barked tree 42. Fit for the job 43. Dreidel, e.g. 46. Proofreader's "leave it" 47. What an admonishment of the 49th state might sound like? 50. Teacher's ____ 51. Under the weather

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APRIL 27 – MAY 3, 2017 | PAGE 29 35. One of the Coen brothers 36. Circus safety feature 37. "Westworld" network 38. Suffix with schnozz 39. Emblem of a pharaoh 40. Where to begin 41. 1968 Julie Christie movie 43. Like a crucifix 44. Battle site of 1945 45. Released early 47. Div. for the Mets 48. Dated 49. Cribside cries 51. "Things are bound to go my way soon" 54. Scottish caps 55. Cheers at a fútbol match 56. Part of ;-) 57. Shade of blue 58. Funnywomen Poehler and Schumer 59. "What greater gift than the love of a ____?": Dickens

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23. Margarine 24. BBC rival 25. Letter before omega 27. First of a popular tech product that debuted in 2005? 32. Garlic relative

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Council Votes Unanimously to Sell Whittier; Adopts Budget With 3% COLA, No Tax Hike In what transpired as a smooth, noncontentious sequence of steps Monday night, the Falls Church City Council sold the 9.6-acre Whittier site and, for the first time this decade, passed a budget with no tax increase.

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F.C. Council Finds a Way: No Tax Rate Hike & Schools Fully Funded Something happened between Monday and Thursday of last week to convince the Falls Church City Council that it could pass a new fiscal year budget with no tax rate increase while still granting the School Board their full budget request.

City Council Adopts New Budget Continued from Page 5

Former City Council candidate Robert LaJeunesse argued that the City retains the power to raise money, and should not have to do so preemptively. Money raised for a reserve fund gets put in an account where it earns almost nothing, it was pointed out, while that money kept in the hands of taxpayers can generate a far greater yield. With the average single family home in Falls Church worth $660,000, the 1.5-cent rate increase voted Monday will add about $100 to the tax bill for such an average home. This week, Falls Church’s neighbors voted a 1.5-cent increase on one side (Arlington) and no rate increase on the other (Fairfax County). Further details of the Falls Church FY18 adopted budget, which will go into effect July 1, as provided by the City, include the following: The general government operating budget is approved at $44.3 million, which is 1.1 percent growth over the previous year. This includes a 49 percent

increase in the City’s contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The public schools’ transfer is approved at $41.1 million, or 3.3-percent growth over the previous year. The School Board originally requested a 3.7-percent growth, which would have required a one cent real estate tax increase. Under City Council direction to remove that proposed increase, $400,000 was removed from the budget, through a reduction in the subsidy for WMATA, a reduction to general government operations, and a reduction to the School Board’s transfer request. The general government reduction came in the form of freezing the hiring of a new Human Resources Director for about one year. The Assistant City Manager will reduce her duties by half and take on the Director role temporarily. In addition to approving the operating budget for FY2018, the City Council approved the FY2018-FY2022 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) as recommended by the Planning Commission.

The CIP will meet the following needs: Library renovation and expansion ($1.1 million funded in FY2018 and $7.4 million funded in FY2019); Mount Daniel Elementary School project ($1 million of additional funding in FY2018); Larry Graves Park turf project ($1.1 million funded in FY2018); Public safety firearms range project in partnership with the City of Fairfax ($1.2 million funded in FY2018); Voting equipment ($250,000 funded in FY2018); Fire Station 6 improvements ($200,000 funded in FY2018 and $223,000 funded in FY2019); City vehicles and public works equipment ($260,000 funded in FY2018). The City Council will still need to consider CIP funding for the high school campus project. The City currently has $9.9 million set aside for the project from the sale of the water utility system in 2014. The City Council also approved a one percent increase to the transient occupancy tax rate, also known as the hotel tax, to eight percent. The additional $60,000 expected from that increase will be dedicated solely for business district improvements.

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THE ANDERSON’S DOG, Nellie, is a schnoodle with a happy story. When they first adopted Nellie from Lucky Dog in 2014, she was shy and nervous. The family’s daughter, Ivy, named her Nellie because they would call her nervous Nellie. Now, Nellie’s a lot more self confident, especially when there’s food around. 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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