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In an unprecedented move, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will begin a series of extraordinary meetings later this summer to prepare for draconian cuts in its budget, including the elimination of some essential programs. Providence District Supervisor Linda Smyth reported this development in remarks to the monthly luncheon of the Merrifield Business Association Tuesday, laying out a grim pic-

ture of what the housing foreclosure crisis is causing to happen in Fairfax County. Smyth, who spoke with the News-Press following her remarks to the business group, said that the rate of housing foreclosures is continuing to accelerate in the county, centered in clusters around Springfield and the Route 1 corridor. She presented statistics showing that in 2006 there were a total of 593 foreclosures in the county, Virginia’s largest with over a million people. But in 2007, that number shot up

to 4,527. And in the first four months of 2008 alone, there have been 4,922, representing an annual rate of almost 15,000 if the same trend continues. Smyth said that the best guess at present is that the rate of foreclosures will result in a $350 million shortfall for the county’s next annual operating budget, the one that will commence in July 2009. She said there is no data, so far, to indicate how this will impact revenues for the fiscal

A final vote on a proposed 110-room Hilton Garden Inn in the 700 block of West Broad Street in Falls Church, projected to bring $381,000 annually in new tax revenues to the City, is expected by the Falls Church City Council next week. The vote will take place either at the Council’s regular business meeting Monday or at a followup meeting later in the week, depending on whether Council members are comfortable with casting their votes. But at a work session this week, all Council members who will be present Monday agreed that an “up or down” vote should occur before July 1, when two current members of the Council will depart and newly-elected Council members will come in. “This current Council has been involved in all the deliberations on this subject, and therefore it’s our responsibility to see it through,” Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner said at the work session. Other Council members said they were prepared to vote this Monday. Meanwhile, more meetings seeking accommodations between developer Robert Young of the Jefferson Group LLC and neighbors to the site, including parents of students attending the nearby St. James School, were to go forward this week. Young announced major changes to his project this week, including eliminating his proposed office building on Park Avenue, thus enabling access to all levels of his proposed parking garage from Broad Street.

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The current membership of the Falls Church City Council will hold what may be its final official business meeting as a group this Monday, prior to the swearing in of new Council members and the election of a new mayor and vice-mayor on July 1. Current Council member David Chavern has already said his goodbyes, as he will be out of town on business next Monday, and Vice Mayor Lindy Hockenberry will say hers, completing eight outstanding years on the Council. We are expectant that this Council, which has functioned as effectively as any in the 17-plus years the News-Press has been following Falls Church politics up close and personal, will conclude its term by planting yet another solid foundation for the sustainable future of the City. A vote on a modest height bonus is needed to approve a Hilton Garden Inn Hotel at 706 W. Broad, and it will surprise us if the vote is not unanimous. (It remained unclear at press time whether a zoning change, requiring a super majority, will also be needed, or not). Certainly another rigorous opposition by neighbors to a proposed project was mounted in this case, from both those residing in the area and parents of St. James School students. Some of the concerns have been worthy of consideration and led to major improvements in the project, others proved not to be. But most of the objections have been generic, as seen in dozens of similar situations in Falls Church since the early 1990s. Neighbors have mounted noisy campaigns to deter an array of developments near them for years, beginning in the recent era with the location of a girls’ home in 1989, and the proposed Taco Bell at the W. Broad and S. West St. site in 1993. Councils have sometimes caved to neighborhood pressures, sometimes listened, made changes but gone ahead, and sometimes made regrettable modifications, such as severely downsizing the Community Center renovation in 1998. In the current case, while taking quite seriously fears of perceived dangers to St. James children associated with the hotel, the Council seems persuaded, as is the City staff, that they simply don’t stand up to real scrutiny. If anything, they appear inclined to agree that the hotel will make the area safer for St. James children, and we are happy that it will. The more lights, the more cameras, the more law abiding, watchful people with cell phones around, the safer an area becomes. As for parking, traffic and storm water concerns, and positive fiscal impact factors, the Falls Church City staff of professionals addressed each with favorable conclusions at the Council work session Monday. Providence Supervisor Linda Smyth’s sobering reminder to the Merrifield Business Association this week (see story, elsewhere this edition), that foreclosures in Fairfax County will create a $350 million budget shortfall there, should convince the Falls Church Council not to pass on a good hotel project that will bring in hefty new tax revenues.

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Editor, I enjoyed the article entitled “W&OD Trail Receives $40K from Filmmaker” in last week’s News-Press. I write to expand upon its description of the Friends of the W&OD Trail. Friends is a volunteer organization of citizens dedicated solely to protecting and improving the trail and promoting its use. We are governed by a 10member Board, which includes 3 Falls Church citizens – George Topic, Gordon Wisotzki, and myself. Another Falls Church

citizen, Barry Buschow, a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) Board, is the Friends’ liaison to the NVRPA. We were unaware of Bill Baskin’s interest in the trail until we read the article, and we welcome his interest in the trail as president of the NVRPA Foundation. The Friends’ mission is to enhance the trail as a recreational, environmental and historic resource through fundraising, promotion, and education programs, and by providing guidance for trail maintenance. Our 50-person, uniformed trail patrol promotes safety on the trail by supplementing services provided by local police forces. In 2007, the trail patrol logged 13,298 miles over 1,479 hours and 915 shifts on bicycle patrol. The Friends actively engage More Letters on Page 6

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Mark Warner Calls for Restraining Oil Price Speculators U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner issued a package of proposed energy solutions yesterday that had at the top of his list a “clamp down on market speculators who have artificially driven up the price of oil on foreign based markets, out of reach of U.S. regulators.” Warner, former governor of Virginia, becomes one of the first political leaders to focus on the role of speculation on oil futures as a prime cause of the recent spike in the cost of oil, and its consequences for gas prices at the pump. Warner’s plan includes a total of 10 points, calling for measures to increase supply, reduce demand and develop alternatives. Don Beyer Says He’d Consider U.S. Senate Run Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer, a Falls Church businessman, confirmed to the News-Press Tuesday that if either Democratic Senate candidate Mark Warner or U.S. Senator Jim Webb were selected as Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate, he would be interested in running to fill the vacated U.S. Senate seat. Beyer has not run for public office since 1997, when he failed in a bid for governor of Virginia against Jim Gilmore at the time. F.C. GOP Hosts Eagle Forum Director Tonight The Falls Church Republican Committee will hear the executive director of the Eagle Forum at its meeting tonight, June 19, at the F.C. Community Center. Jessica Echard will speak about “the negative effects of feminism on America,” according to a communiqué from the Falls Church GOP Chair Jonathan Krive. “This topic is especially relevant after the Hillary Clinton candidacy,” Krive wrote.

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‘John (Lee) Carroll Day’ Slated for June 20 As voted on unanimously by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors last month, June 20 will be “John ‘Lee’ Carroll Day” in the county, honoring the 48 years of service that Mr. Carroll provided to Fairfax County prior to his death a year ago. A ceremony will be held by the Supervisors, and Mr. Carroll’s only sister, Jean Carroll Hirst, will fly in for it. Mr. Carroll worked 48 years in the county’s Department of Information and Technology, was a founding member of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station and named a “life member” of the Franconia Fire and Rescue Station. He is credited with helping many county supervisors and was an enduring presence at the Board auditorium. A proclamation will be presented, and a plaque unveiled in his honor that will be displayed at the Radio Service Shop where he worked. Military Academy Send-Offs Hailed by Moran Last weekend, Rep. Jim Moran hailed 17 individuals that he’d nominated who’ve been admitted to the Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Merchant Marine Academy. Those from the Falls Church area included George Mason High School’s Andrew Breen and Michael Costelloe, both attending the Naval Academy, and George Marshall High School’s Katherine Heffelmire, attending the Air Force Academy, and Kevin Kawahara, attending the Military Academy. F.C. Concerts in Park Kick-Off Tonight Tonight, June 19, is the first of this summer’s 16th annual Concerts in the Park series at Falls Church’s Cherry Hill Park, with Mad for the Road (Irish music) providing the music and Laura Hartwick (mosaics) providing the art, on schedule for the opener. Next week, June 26, features the Falls Church Concert Band and underwater photographers Christy Gavitt and Gloria Freund. Free concerts will be held weekly on Thursdays through August 7. The series is co-sponsored by the F.C. Village Preservation and Improvement Society and the City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department.

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Rocco Mediate’s head swiveled about as he walked up the fairway of the sudden-death hole of the U.S. Open on Monday. Somebody would catch his attention, and his eyes would dart over and he’d wave or make a crack. Tiger Woods’ gaze, on the other hand, remained fixed on the ground, a few feet ahead of his steps. He was, as always, locked in, focused and self-contained. The fans greeted Mediate with fraternal affection and Woods with reverence. Most were probably rooting for Rocco, but only because Woods, the inevitable victor, has risen above mere human status and become an embodiment of immortal excellence. That frozen gaze of his looks out from airport billboards, TV commercials and the ad pages. And its ubiquity is proof that every age finds the heroes it needs. In a period that has brought us instant messaging, multitasking, wireless distractions and attention deficit disorder, Woods has become the exemplar of mental discipline. After watching Woods walk stonefaced through a roaring crowd, the science writer Steven Johnson, in a typical comment, wrote: “I have never in my life seen a wider chasm between the look in someone’s eye and the surrounding environment.” The coverage of him often centers upon this question: How did this creature come about? The articles inevitably mention his precocity (at age 3, he shot a 48 on the front nine of a regulation course) and provide examples of his athletic prowess: Once Woods tried out four drivers that Nike was experimenting with and told the lab guys that he preferred the heavier one. The researchers thought the clubs were the same weight, but they measured and Woods was right. The club he’d selected was heavier by the equivalent of two cotton balls. But inevitably, it is his ability to enter the cocoon of concentration that is written about and admired most. Writers describe the way Earl Woods, his lieutenant colonel father, dropped his golf bag while Tiger was swinging to toughen his mind. They describe his mother’s iron discipline at home. “Old man is soft,” Kultida Woods once said of her husband. “He cry. He forgive people. Not me. I don’t forgive anybody.” Tiger was the one dragging them out on the course to practice. At age 6 months, he was put in a baby chair and had the ability, his father claimed, to

watch golf for two hours without losing focus. As an adult, he is famously self-controlled. His press conferences are a string of carefully modulated banalities. His lifestyle is meticulously tidy. His style of play is actuarial. He calculates odds and avoids unnecessary risks like the accounting major he once planned on being. “I am, by nature, a control freak,” he once told John Garrity of Sports Illustrated, as Garrity resisted the temptation to reply, “You think?” And for that, in this day and age, he stands out. As I’ve been trying to write this column, I’ve toggled over to check my e-mail a few times. I’ve looked out the window. I’ve jotted down random thoughts for the paragraphs ahead. But Woods seems able to mute the chatter that normal people have in their heads and build a tunnel of focused attention. Writers get rhapsodic over this facility. “Woods’ concentration often seems to be made of the same stuff as the liquid-metal cyborg in Terminator 2: If you break it, it reforms,” David Owen wrote in Men’s Vogue. Then they get spiritual. In Slate, Robert Wright only semi-facetiously compared Woods to Gandhi, for his ability to live in the present and achieve transcendent awareness. Analysts inevitably bring up his mother’s Buddhism, his experiments in meditation. They describe his match-mentality in the phrases one might use to describe a guru achieving nirvana. He achieves, they say, perfect clarity, tranquility and flow. We’re talking about somebody who is the primary spokesman for Buick, and much of the commentary about him is on the subject of his elevated spiritual capacities. And here we’re getting to the nub of what’s so remarkable about the “Be A Tiger” phenomenon: He’s become the beau ideal for golf-loving corporate America, the personification of mental fortitude. The ancients were familiar with physical courage and the priests with moral courage, but in this overcommunicated age when mortals feel perpetually addled, Woods is the symbol of mental willpower. He is, in addition, competitive, ruthless, unsatisfied by success and honest about his own failings. (Twice, he risked his career to retool his swing.) During the broadcast of Monday’s playoff round, Nike ran an ad that had Earl Woods’ voice running over images of his son: “I’d say, ‘Tiger, I promise you that you’ll never meet another person as mentally tough as you in your entire life.’ And he hasn’t. And he never will.” You can like this model or not. Either way, the legend grows.

WASHINGTON -- Who was the tall young man, the quiet guy with the small wire-rimmed glasses, who was spending the entire day, every day, with the badly wounded soldier in room 5711 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center? The doctors, the nurses, the technicians and assorted attendants all wanted to know. The man was always very quiet and polite and quick to help out however he could. Who was he? J o s h u a Hubbell and Luis RosaValentin were best friends at Meade Senior High School at Fort Meade, Md., just outside of Washington. Josh graduated in 2000 and Luis in 2001. Both of their dads were career soldiers. “We’d go straight from school to his house to play video games,” Josh told me over the weekend. Luis laughed. “Remember ‘Golden Eye,’ from Nintendo? That was one of the best games.”

A few years ago, Josh, who is 26, learned he had testicular cancer. “At that young age, you think you’re invincible,” he said. “The toll that it took mentally was just devastating.” Luis, who had joined the Army (he began basic training on Sept. 11, 2001), was constantly on the phone with Josh, offering encouragement and moral support, helping his friend get through the ordeal. “He still doesn’t realize how much he helped me,” Josh said. Inevitably, Luis was sent to Iraq, which was fine with him. He was as gung-ho as they come. “I didn’t just love being in the Army,” he said. “I loved being in the infantry. It was my life.” His encounter with the improvised explosive device that almost ended his life came in April, during his second tour in the combat zone. Simply stated, while he was leading a patrol on a street in Baghdad at about 3 o’clock in the morning, Sgt. Luis Rosa-Valentin was blown up. Injuries don’t get much more devastating. He Continued on Page 42

A poison pill, in corporate jargon, is a financial arrangement designed to protect current management by crippling the company if someone else takes over. As I read the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s analysis of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals, I realized that the tax cuts enacted by the Bush administration are, in effect, a fiscal poison pill aimed at future administrations. True, the tax cuts won’t prevent a change in management -- the Constitution sees to that. But they will make it hard for the next president to change the country’s direction. Exhibit A of the poison pill in action is the sad case of John McCain, part of whose lingering image as a maverick rests on his early opposition to the Bush tax cuts, which he declared excessive and too tilted toward the rich. Since then the budget surpluses of the Clinton years have given way to persistent deficits, and income inequality has risen to new heights, vindicating his opposition. But instead of pointing this out, McCain now promises to make those tax cuts permanent -- and proposes further cuts that are, if anything, tilted even more toward the wealthy. And how is the loss of revenue to be made up? McCain hasn’t offered a realistic answer. You can explain though not excuse McCain’s behavior by his need to shore up relations with the Republican base, which suspects him of being a closet moderate. But he’s not the only one seemingly trapped by the Bush fiscal legacy. Barack Obama’s tax plan is more responsible than McCain’s: relative to current policy, the Tax Policy Center estimates, the Obama plan would raise revenue by $700 billion over the next decade, compared with a $600 billion loss for McCain. The Obama plan is also far more progressive, sharply reducing after-tax incomes for the richest 1 percent of Americans while raising incomes for the bottom 80 percent. But while $700 billion may sound like a lot of money, it’s probably not enough to pay for universal health care, which was supposed to be the overriding progressive priority in this election. Why doesn’t Obama propose raising more money? Blame the Bush poison pill. First of all, Obama -- like, to be fair, his main rivals for the Democratic nomination -- isn’t willing to challenge the Bush tax cuts as a whole. He only proposes rolling back tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year. Next, Obama proposes giving back a large part of the revenue raised by this partial tax-cut rollback in the form of new tax cuts. These tax cuts would mainly benefit lower- and-middle-income families, although this can’t be said of Obama’s plan to eliminate income taxes on seniors with incomes under $50,000: since most seniors already pay no income taxes, this would do nothing for those most in need. And one wonders why we should create the precedent of exempting particular demographic groups from taxes. But the big question is, are these tax cuts, however appealing, a top priority? The most expensive proposal, under the title Making Work Pay, would give most workers $500 in tax credits, at a 10year cost of more than $700 billion. Isn’t it more important that workers be assured of health care? The problem, I believe, is that even Democrats have bought into the underlying premise of the Bush years -- that the best thing you can do for American families, or at least the only thing that can win their votes, is to give them a tax break. One more thing: on Friday Obama declared that he would “extend the promise” of Social Security by imposing a payroll-tax surcharge on people making more than $250,000 a year. The Tax Policy Center estimates that this would raise an additional $629 billion over the next decade. But if the revenue from this tax hike really would be reserved for the Social Security trust fund, it wouldn’t be available for current initiatives. Again, one wonders about priorities. Whatever would-be privatizers may say, Social Security isn’t in crisis: the Congressional Budget Office says that the trust fund is good until 2046, and a number of analysts think that even this estimate is overly pessimistic. So is adding to the trust fund the best use a progressive can find for scarce additional revenue? Anyway, back to my main theme: looking at the tax proposals of the two presidential candidates, it’s remarkable and disheartening to see how effective President Bush’s fiscal poison pill has been in restricting the terms of debate. Progressives, in particular, have to hope that Obama will be more willing to challenge the Bush legacy in office than he has been in the campaign.

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One has to look no further than Jeffersonville, Indiana to figure out how Republicans blew their recent hegemony in American politics. This Louisville suburb is where the former chairman of both the Clark County Republican Party and Young Republican National Federation pleaded guilty last week to criminal deviant conduct for performing oral sex on a man while he slept, following a house party. This incident is the latest to underscore the rank hypocrisy within republican ranks. The party of Rev. Ted Haggard, Sen. Larry Craig, Rep. Mark Foley, and former Spokane mayor Jim West simply lost its moral authority as guardian of the good. More than prurience, it is the warping of priorities where social conservatives damage the GOP. While the vast majority of Americans are worried about gas prices, the right wing gasbags are pushing the Republican Party to make gay marriage its top issue. A May poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 49% of white evangelical Protestants view gay marriage as very important, up 10 points since last fall…Overwhelming majorities of Republicans (75%) and white evangelical Protestants (81%) oppose allowing gays to marry. To win the general election, John McCain will need to win a sizable majority of Independent voters. He has attempted to reach out to moderates by appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk show and by not rallying to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California. However, you can be sure that the Religious Right will first exhort and then extort the GOP nominee into championing their extreme positions. They are already responsible for tarnishing his once shining brand. I can’t tell you how many gay people I meet who pine for the “straight talking” McCain of 2000, who called the Revs. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson “agents of intolerance.” This time, they vow to vote for Obama. The McCain of 2008 has spent eight years cozying up to theocrats and President Bush. This has severely damaged his image and nearly cost him victory in the primaries. Indeed, the only reason he pulled out his unlikely victory was because Mitt Romney was a Mormon (and a robot) and preacher Mike Huckabee was a little too loony. Even the old, respectable McCain, however, had a stalwart conservative record, rarely missing an opportunity to vote anti-choice and anti-gay. Indeed, the Human Rights Campaign produced a powerful video this week highlighting his votes against ending job discrimination and opposing hate crime legislation. It also showed him in a television ad pushing for the passage a failed constitutional amendment in Arizona that would have outlawed same-sex marriages and domestic partnership benefits. Still, this reliably right wing record isn’t enough to satisfy the Republican Party’s right wing fringe. They will only be assuaged by vulgar, over-the-top displays of religious proselytizing and divisive culture war rhetoric. “There’s a lack of fire and passion for (McCain) right now, and for him to win, that fire has to be kindled,” said the Rev. Jack Graham, a former president of the 16.2 million-member Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). They can’t get excited about a man who has promised Scalia-type judges, drove HRC into the video production booth and has pro-choice advocates on edge? Talk about a bunch of spoiled brats who want all the marbles or they won’t play the game! If McCain panders to these inflexible ideologues, he can kiss this election goodbye. This intolerant fundamentalism isn’t even working so well for the fundamentalists. The SBC reported a membership decrease of about 40,000 people from 2006 to 2007. Increasingly, polls show many young people are turned off by these churches’ socially and sexually stunted positions. The utter emptiness of the evangelical view on homosexuality is highlighted by the gay rights group SoulForce’s national megachurch tour. On one stop, Willow Creek’s Rev. Bill Hybels met with SoulForce Director Jeff Lutes who said Hybels “has no trouble with people being gay…Essentially what he advocates or what Willow Creek advocates, is celibacy. And that’s where we differ.” So, Hybels’ position is that millions of Americans are morally acceptable as long as they remain lonely and miserable? Social scientists recognize that human beings are social animals that seek romantic love. One can only assume that Hybels believes that GLBT people are outside the circle of common humanity and don’t have the same needs as others. To appease the far right, McCain and the GOP will feel intense pressure to adopt such incoherent and intolerant positions. If the peccadilloes of peculiar preachers become McCain’s priority, social conservatives will have twice undermined his political ambitions – causing him defeats in 2000 and 2008.

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The cost of food around the world has been growing rapidly in past year. There are a number of factors responsible, from rising energy costs to market speculation. But one factor which the federal government has the power to control concerns a policy designed to encourage the development of renewable fuel. In 2005, Congress enacted a “Renewable Fuel Standard” that included a requirement mandating a percentage of ethanol derived from corn be produced and used as an additive to gasoline. The result is that today we are diverting nearly one-third of our total corn harvested to the production of ethanol. At the same time, the price of corn, the source of 97 percent of ethanol in the United States and also the main ingredient in animal feed, has tripled over the past two years. While I am not opposed to using ethanol as a part of our energy strategy to off-set milehigh gas prices, I am concerned about the effect this corn-ethanol mandate is having on our economy and world food supply. The unprecedented price of corn is having a ripple effect on food prices directly impacting consumers at the grocery store, not to mention the poor and starving in the third world. This week I lead a bipartisan group of 58 members in sending a letter to the EPA calling for the promotion of advanced biofuels that do not contribute to food price inflation or create new

environmental concerns. These biofuels include switch grass, wood and organic waste material. Our letter calls on the EPA to redouble their efforts to rapidly transition away from biofuels that draw down our food supply towards these newer, more sustainable energy sources. The EPA is currently reevaluating the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard because of the aforementioned concerns regarding the economy and the environment. At present, food price inflation in the U.S. is rising at twice the overall rate of inflation, while global food prices have nearly doubled in the past three years. In our letter, we point out that there are several factors driving food costs up, emphasizing the importance of finding sources for biofuel production that “do

not divert food and feed from domestic and international supplies.” Respected economists, as well as the leaders at USDA, World Bank, UN and International Monetary Fund acknowledge that this policy is a major factor behind higher food prices. Not only is this diversion of food for fuel production raising food prices, it is also having a limited effect on decreasing U.S. gasoline consumption, displacing only 4 percent of America’s gasoline supplies this year. Given these facts, it is my belief and that of the Members who signed the letter to the EPA that we should now aggressively shift to the development of nonfood based, cellulosic biofuels. These advanced fuels could displace one-third or more of domestic gasoline supplies, significantly reduce the price of gasoline and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels by 80 percent or more. Given the impact on consumers from higher food prices, it is clear that any delay in bringing the next generation of biofuels online comes at our serious detriment.

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An artist’s ability to take a simple painted replications of colorful native concept and expand it into multiple costumes; one I recall clearly was by a mediums that can connect with hunlittle Pakistani girl who painted a bright dreds of people never fails to amaze the flowered dress, and a small hand perviewer. At Bailey’s Elementary School, fectly outlined and decorated with traditeacher Allyn Kurin took such common tional and elaborate henna designs. items as fabric pieces, wooden pickThirty-one huge mural panels were ets, and plywood panels, to tell family displayed both inside and outside of the stories of the students who attend the school. Many of these classroom projschool. Other teachers and staff were ects focused on environmental and globMason District joined by volunteers who helped the al themes. Perhaps the most novel mural Supervisor; children turn their stories into art. The was displayed in the outdoor courtFairfax County Community “Art Reach” Celebration Board of Supervisors yard, where a butterfly theme prevailed. was held last week before an appreciaStudents had painted a landscape scene tive audience of parents and families. with native plants and flowers, then attached ceramIn the lower grades, students made “fabric sto- ic butterflies they had made and fired. Additional ries” about family history. Each student interviewed butterflies were attached to the low wooden fence a family member, wrote a little story, and then that surrounded real garden plantings. The overall translated the story into a fabric picture. Many of the effect was three-dimensional, and it was hard to tell stories would break your heart – telling of travails in where nature stopped and art began! coming to America, or an auto accident, or a mean The current Art at the Mason District person at work. One small fabric panel had a road, Governmental Center program features nature phocomplete with centerline markings, stitched in the tography by local artist Patricia Deege. Many of the middle, and fabric figures representing a father and color photos on display were taken in Alaska and mother trying to cross from the bottom to the top. Wyoming, but there is one photograph of a monarch In every case, the fabric story demonstrated very butterfly that rivals those mentioned above by the clearly what the printed page nearby contained. Bailey’s students. This “Endless Journey” by Ms. Visitors during the celebration strolled down Deege is sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax hallways lined with colorful picket fences that County and my office, and may be viewed Monday reflected the varied cultural backgrounds of Bailey’s through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. students. Some of the pickets clearly were meant to represent people, with nose, eyes, and hair at the  Supervisor Penny Gross may be emailed at top, and feet painted at the bottom. Several girls mason@fairfaxcounty.gov

An important loss House Agriculture, N o r t h e r n Chesapeake and Virginia lost what Natural Resources could be a critical Committee among seat on the imporothers. tant House Finance Instead the Committee a few Speaker removed days ago. Delegate Bob Hull In February, from the Finance By Jim Scott there was a speCommittee where cial election in he was a very the rural Northern senior member. Neck of Virginia to In addition, the replace Republican Speaker removed Delegate Rob Delegate Dwight Wittman who replaced Joanne Jones, who is a candidate for Davis in the U.S. House of Mayor of Richmond, from Representatives. Former the Committee on Counties, Delegate Albert Pollard, a Cities and Towns. Democrat who had lost to The Speaker then appointSenator Stuart last fall was ed Delegate Pollard to the elected to replace Wittman in Finance and Counties, Cities the seat Pollard held previ- and Towns committees. ously. From my perspective, the Pollard had decided not most important of the comto run in 2005 for family mittee changes was Bob and business reasons. Two Hull’s removal from the years later he was defeated Finance Committee. Not only in a tight race for the Senate does our area lose his expeseat held by John Chichester. rience, but his replacement Wittman was easily elected to with Pollard, whose district the House seat. is much less inclined than When the House seat held Northern Virginia to be symby Wittman became vacant, pathetic to tax increases for Pollard won the seat back transportation, may cost us fairly easily. dearly in the special transPollard thus became the portation session stating on 45th Democrat in the 100- June 23. member House of Delegates. Since all tax and revenue Because Pollard was sworn raising measures are supposed in fairly late in the ses- to be approved by the Finance sion, he was not given com- Committee to reach the floor mittee assignments by the of the House, that single vote Speaker. could put the Governor’s House rules require all transportation proposals in members to have at least jeopardy. two committee posts. Given his background and exper-  Delegate Jim Scott may be tise, Pollard asked for the emailed at deljscott@aol.com

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landmark project will take place June 19 at 10:00 a.m.at 1310 Calder Rd. in McLean. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald Connolly, Dranesville District supervisor John Faust, Virginia Delegate Margi Vanderhye and other local elected leaders will participate in the ceremony. The project will showcase a new approach to development which combines more efficient building design, innovative technology and a smart location to reduce carbon emissions-the leading source of harmful greenhouse gases. Girls U15 Travel Soccer Team The Premier Athletic Club Strikers, a Girls U15 Travel Soccer Team, is holding try outs on June 23 at 6 p.m. at Shrevewood Elementary School (7525 Shreve Rd., Falls Church) to complete the 2008/2009 team roster. This is an ideal opportunity for players looking to advance their soccer development and level of competitive play through a travel soccer program. The team competes in the Old Dominion Soccer League. To be eligible,

players must be born after Aug. 1, 1993. Resident Promoted to Exec Position In a continuation of its recent expansion, SmithGifford, an award-winning, full-service advertising agency, has named Susan Kearney to the newly created post of executive vice president. Kearney, a Falls Church resident, will be responsible for expanding the company’s business, broadening the products and services it offers to current and future clients and positioning them in the new media world in addition to the traditional advertising world the company currently inhabits. She will work directly with the company’s President Matt Smith and his partner Bruce Gifford. Youths Represent Capitals at ‘Ace’s Got Skills’ Fourteen metropolitan area youth representing the Washington Capitals will attend the National Championships of the fourth annual “Ace’s Got Skills” program at the Walter

A. Brown Arena Memorial Skating Pavilion in Boston June 27-29, 2008. The event, which features 130 boys and girls from across the country, was launched in memory of Garnet “Ace” Bailey, is supported by the National Hockey League and operated by RDW Marketing & Media, LLC.

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John ‘Lee’ Carroll Day Fairfax County will be honoring long-time Falls Church resident John “Lee” Carroll on the first anniversary of his death, for his service of over four decades to Fairfax County. The Board of Supervisors declared June 20, 2008 “John ‘Lee’ Carroll Day. University Honors Local ‘08’ Grads The following Falls Church residents graduated from the University of Mary Washington: Sabrina Askari, Natasha Flint, Nancy Le, Yesica Nunez, Robert Perez, Crystal Schwartzbeck, Francis Solomon and Brian Stenger. Larisa Mount of Arlington also

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The Washington House, a fixture in Falls Church since the 1870â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, will officially change ownership on June 29 when The Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, NSAC, presents the Falls Church Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club with a check for the final mortgage payment at a Gala Ice Cream Social. The event, which includes live music by The MSJ Project and ice cream with all the fixins be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at 222 N. Washington St, adjacent to the State Theatre. For further information, call 703 645-8060 or email thecse@TheCSE.org. Broad Street Pharmacy, which recently moved into 450 W. Broad Street in Falls Church, is open 7 days a week and offering compounding specialties and free delivery. The independently owned new pharmacy is open Monday though Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located in Suite 120-B which is accessed from Pennsylvania Avenue. 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SmithGifford is located at 6 West Jefferson Street in Falls Church. SmithGifford@Richmond is located at 140 Virginia Street, Suite 301 in Richmond. For more information or to see a reel contact Matt Smith at msmith@smithgifford.com and visit the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at smithgifford.com. Falls Church-based Ensco Inc. has been named a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Place to Workâ&#x20AC;? ranking #12 of Large Companies with Local Headquarters in the June 13 Washington Business Journal. Under the direction of Paul Broome, the 232 person company specializes in engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for the defense, security, transportation, environment and aerospace industries. It has an on-site fitness center, wellness and stress management programs, discount or reimbursement for off-site fitness, outside vendor discounts and/or company products or service discounts and a formal telecommuting policy. Two other Falls Church affiliated companies were named as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Places to Workâ&#x20AC;? in the Large Companies with Local Headquarters category. Washington, DC-based Akridge, which owns commercial property in Falls Church, was ranked #1 while Alexandria-based Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust, which has a branch in Falls Church, was ranked #14. ď ľ The Business News & Notes section 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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Last week the Saudis called a meeting of oil producers and consumers at Jiddah on the Red Sea for June 22. The immediate reason for the call was a oneday jump of $11 in the price of oil to a new high of nearly $140 a barrel. This increase was coupled with a spate of forecasters talking about $200 and even $250 oil in the near future. Although demand has remained remarkably strong in recent years as prices moved from $10 to $140, most recognize that a breaking point in the world’s ability to afford oil is not far away. Once this point is reached, alternatives to current levels of oil consumption, ranging from doing without to electricity generated from renewables, would become so attractive that demand and prices for oil would drop, perhaps precipitously. Over 30 chief executives of national and international oil companies around the world were invited to the Jiddah meeting along with energy and economic ministers from 26 countries, including China, India, and Mexico. The announcement of the meeting was followed by press stories citing unnamed Saudi spokesmen that another increase in Saudi oil production would be announced at Jiddah. The New York Times went so far to as to put this increase at an additional 500,000 barrels a day (b/d) on top of the 300,000 announced last month. The combined increase of 800,000 b/d would put Saudi production over 10 million b/ d for the first time in decades. Oil prices fell for a while on the good news until cooler heads began to question whether the Saudis could actually increase production of marketable grades of crude oil by 800,000 b/d in such a short period. The UN Secretary General then emerged from a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah to say that the production increase would be more like 200,000 b/d rather than 500,000. Amidst the confusion as to what the Saudis could actually do, the oil markets entered a series of gyrations with prices flying up and down $5 or $6 a day and even briefly setting a new all time high of $138.89 earlier this week. If the only purpose of the meeting was to celebrate the Saudis opening the taps a bit at a new oil field in response to fears

that their customers will soon be priced out of the market — that would be nice. However, it seems there will be more to the meeting than an increase in oil production. The White House is already suggesting that the proper way to solve the growing world oil shortage is for the OPEC countries to stop going it alone and let the big Western oil companies with all their technology, know-how, and investment capital back into the OPEC oil fields. The implication is that a few years with Exxon in charge of the best remaining oil fields and we will be back to $2 gasoline again.

If Along with the “we might increase production” message were suggestions that the Saudis plan to make their own counterdemands at the meeting. There are indications the Saudis will propose that European governments cut back on the very high fuel taxes which run $4 to $5 a gallon, but which over the years have resulted in per capita oil consumption in Europe of roughly half that of the U.S. Large tax reductions would, in theory, reduce the economic pressure on European oil consumers which could in theory help stave off a pending recession which would be nice for the economies, but would probably increase the demand for oil. This tax-cut proposal clearly would not apply to the U.S. where fuel taxes are trivial in comparison with those in most European countries. A second concern of the Middle Eastern oil producers is the growing cost and scarcity of food. With droughts, floods and the increasing cost of fertilizer cutting world food production, a number of countries are now limiting food exports. This is

a major problem for the arid Middle East which must import food for its growing populations. Then there is the effort in many countries to increase production of food-based biofuels which is seen as driving up the cost of food to unaffordable levels for many. Several wealthy Middle Eastern oil states already have begun investing in agriculture projects abroad in an effort to insure a dedicated supply of food in the years ahead. The overall message is that oil prices, food prices, water shortages, floods and droughts are all part of one big problem that Saudi oil production alone can’t fix. Yet another important aspect to the meeting is the Saudis desire to propound the idea that they too are not happy with what are seen as inappropriately high oil prices. Already there have been bills introduced in the U.S. Congress to punish the Saudis through embargos on U.S. military support unless they make oil cheap again. In Saudi eyes, U.S. military guarantees of their well-being is of paramount importance given the growing strength and assertiveness of their adversaries in the region and pressures to reduce the American role in Iraq. Obviously, the issues that will be raised at the Jiddah meeting are too complex and strike too close to vital national issues to be seriously contemplated by an assemblage of 30 CEOs and 26 Energy Ministers. The Saudis, however, would like the meeting to drive home the point that even if they once had the power to control world oil prices this is no longer the case. They are doing all they can – even scraping up their last few hundred thousand barrels per day of oil production and offering it to an insatiable world demand.  Tom Whipple is a retired government analyst and has been following the peak oil issue for several years.

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After disbanding for one year, the 18U Falls Church Colts have experienced a revival of sorts this summer, as the AAU team under the direction of George Mason High School varsity baseball coach Adam Amerine has gone undefeated in their first five games, compiling a 4-1-1 record. Sporting new uniforms and flashy new hats, the Colts are comprised of players from Falls Church area high schools, and compete in the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League, where they take on other varsity franchise

teams from across the region. The majority of the Colts were members of the Mason varsity team, which finished the season 10-13-1, earning a Region B birth in the spring. According to Amerine, the young Colts players have shown remarkable flashes of brilliance thus far. Using a platoon of pitchers on the mound, the Colts have built up a steady rotation, keeping the opposing hitters off balance. On the offensive end, Brian Lubnow, a rising junior and two-year varsity starter at Mason, has jumpstarted the Colts’ play with his timely hitting, something that he notes was absent from his spring season as a Mustang. In a game last weekend, Lubnow went 6-6 to lead his team. “I just stopped thinking so much about hitting the ball,” said Lubnow about his recent performance. “After that, everything has come easy.” Quinn Casteel, a regular outfielder and designated hitter for Mason, has turned in some quality innings on the mound. While he did not pitch much in the spring, the southpaw has been a “pleasant surprise” for Amerine. Relying on one or two big innings on offense, as well as consistent pitching, the Colts have found themselves able to cruise to victory in the scorching summer heat against teams seemingly more interested in finding shade than mounting

comebacks. On Tuesday, the Colts dropped their first game of the season, 7-6, to the Thomas Jefferson High School varsity team in eight innings. Thirteen walks doomed the Falls Church team, as well as late defensive miscues down the stretch. Lubnow, the number two starter for Mason in the spring, started on the bump for the Colts and promptly gave up three runs in the first inning. His squad battled back against the Nationals, taking a 5-3 lead entering the sixth inning. In the bottom half of the frame, walks doomed Casteel, as the southpaw allowed two runs, squaring the score up at five apiece while in extra innings, the Colts once again lost a lead, as rising junior Tyler Roth allowed the Nationals to score a pair in the eighth, pushing the final to 7-6. Despite the loss, numerous Colts players are seeing positives in playing summer ball with their spring teammates. Casteel noted that “the team is coming together pretty well, and we’re definitely building chemistry for next year.” Saturday morning, the team will take on Langley High in a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m. at George Mason High School. It will be an interesting matchup for Carl Hollinger, a spark for the Colts at the plate and on the mound, as the rising junior plays for the Saxons in the spring.

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Several rain outs and a 1-4 start have provided for a disappointing beginning to the summer for a talented Falls Church Post 130 American Legion team. The team stumbled out of the gates mainly because of players being unable to attend games due to graduation events, college visits and other player vacations. Head coach Frank Solomon has been forced to mix-and-match lineups, making do with the players he has on a given day. In addition to players missing games, ace pitcher Byron Mendenhall had to quit the team prior to the season opener because of conflict with his college workout program. Mendenhall had an outstanding freshman season for Randolph Macon College this spring going 7-1 with a 2.33 ERA. His sizzling cutter, and uncanny feel for the strike zone were expected to dominate opposing hitters this summer in the 17th Legion district. “This hurt us because at this stage in the season, we were unable to replace him because most players are committed to other teams,” Solomon said about the loss of his ace. With the loss of Mendenhall, Solomon will be heavily relying on another college pitcher in David Acosta. Acosta graduated from Falls Church High School in 2007, and pitched for Christopher Newport University this spring. He has stepped in as the anchor of the pitching staff, and has taken the role pretty well.

“David Acosta stands out because he has made all of the games and has pitched very well in his starts,” said Solomon. George Mason High graduate Mike Straub and Marshall graduate Justin Britt will be the other two starters for Falls Church Post 130, with Marshall senior Greg Goldsmith as the primary reliever. Despite the star-studded pitching staff, the team has lost four out of their first five games chiefly because of their offense. The offense has struggled to string hits together, and put up runs in bunches. “Right now [hitting] is our weakness. We are not hitting very well as a team, and I really can’t name a best hitter. We have had some great one game performances by players like David Acosta hitting two home runs in one game, and Daniel Blakely going three for four with a single, double and a triple in another game. However, we just have not had enough of these performances,” said Solomon on the offensive woes. While the rain may never stop this summer, things are expected to clear up for Falls Church Post 130. The offense is on the verge of breaking through, and the pitching seems poised to be dominant. When asked about his expectations, an optimistic Solomon said, “Our future looks great. We will get better. We will soon have everyone back and our pitching rotation will be set. When we start hitting, we will begin to increase the number in the win column.”

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FCPS Modifies Admissions Test Fairfax County Public Schools will modify the admissions test for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology beginning with the December 2008 test session. The test is comprised of standardized mathematics and verbal reasoning questions that assesses the knowledge and skills needed for success in a high school program for high-achieving students. Changes are planned for the test’s mathematics and verbal sections to align it with the new Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) and admission tests given at comparable selective high schools for high-achieving students nationwide. Quantitative comparisons will be eliminated in the mathematics section, which now will be composed solely of 50 word problems and computation questions. Analogies and word meaning questions will be eliminated in the verbal section. The changes to the verbal section will reduce that section from 70 to 45 questions. The total testing time for the mathematics and verbal sections now will be two hours; this time frame will better serve students who also must complete a one-hour essay writing exercise on the day of testing. Student Wins National Essay Contest Kaelan Cuozzo of Little Run Elementary was one of eight students nationwide selected as winners of Dream! Reach! Succeed!, an essay contest sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The contest recognizes students who aspire to achieve greatness at home, in school, and in their communities by modeling eight conditions developed by Russell Quaglia. ‘Green’ School Awarded $1,000 The students at Spring Hill Elementary are all about going “green.” In their latest effort to help Fairfax County residents conserve energy, the students were challenged by the Bright Futures Project to spread the word about energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs and to sell them at a discounted price to their families, neighbors and members of the community. Spring Hill students sold more bulbs than any other school, qualifying them for the $1,000 prize. The award will

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fund a school-wide conservation project. Students learned that the bulbs are more efficient than incandescent bulbs, and require approximately 75 percent less energy to operate. One of the goals of the project was to replace one incandescent bulb with an efficient bulb for each of the approximately 167,000 students in the county’s public school system, which is the equivalent of removing the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 6,000 passenger cars. Poster Promotes Safety in the Sun Caroline Mannon, a sixth-grader at Spring Hill Elementary, creatively illustrated the importance of sun safety in the Limit the Sun, Not the Fun poster contest sponsored by the Shade Foundation. Mannon’s poster won first place in Virginia for depicting five examples of skin protection tips. She was awarded with an iPod nano. The Shade Foundation donated sun safety bookmarks for her classmates and a bag of colorchanging beads students can use to experiment with the effects of the sun and sunblock. Spring Hill Elementary received a UV sun meter that will be placed outside, which students can use to report on the daily UV index during the weather report on the morning news show. Pair Ranks 2nd in Writing Challenge Anisha Apte and Swetha Pasala of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology won second place in the Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge for their story, “Princess Sophie’s Garden.” B’nai B’rith International, a Jewish humanitarian and advocacy organization, sponsors the annual competition to promote tolerance and equality. High school students were asked to write and illustrate a children’s book that discusses tolerance and diversity.

Philosophy Slam promotes critical thinking skills and encourages dialogue between students and adults. Students can express themselves in words, artwork, poetry, or song, and each grade level has its own national winner. The top four high school students debate a philosophical question at the national finals to compete for the title of the Most Philosophical Student in America. Students Donate to Local Program Westlawn Elementary students contributed $100 to the Fairfax County Park Authority’s Invasive Management Area program. Students raised funds by selling bracelets. They are members of Biz World, a club in which they learned how to operate a business. The Invasive Management Area program supports tree preservation and habitat restoration of the natural areas in the county. Volunteers help remove invasive species such as kudzu and English ivy, and replace those plants with native trees, shrubs and flowers. The students’ donation will be used to purchase native trees to help keep local forests healthy. Annandale High Apple FCU Branch Awarded The Annandale High School branch of Apple Federal Credit Union has been named 2007-08 Branch of the Year for branches over two years old. Annandale’s Atom Branch opened more than 100 new accounts during the

FALLS CHURCH’S SEAN MOORE points to Mauritania on a world map. Moore is currently a graduate student at Illinois State University, where he is doing his Peace Corps assignment in the north African country to complete his master’s degree. (Photo: Courtesy Martha Boudeman)

2007-08 school year. Students Nathalie Cladera-Carrera, Erik Etherly, Azra Kundi, Thao Le, Muhammad Riaz, Jimena Rojas, Rabi Syed and Nausheen Yusuf are credited with helping make the branch a success. Nineteen Fairfax County high schools have these branches, which are fully functioning branches of the credit union. Students run the branches, performing all duties from accepting membership applications to processing deposits. 2008 Distinguished School Resource Officer Police Officer First Class Marvin Goodley, school resource officer (SRO) at Sandburg Middle School, has been named the 2008 Distinguished School Resource Officer by Fairfax County Public Schools. He has planned summits for atrisk male students, worked to deter gang involvement and gang behavior in the community, and provided information and speakers on social

networking Internet sites and gang awareness for parents and staff members at Sandburg. 70 Students Graduate From Alternative School Bryant Alternative High School and Landmark Career Academy held a graduation ceremony for its 70 graduating students in the auditorium at Bryant on June 16. Many of Bryant’s graduates overcame language barriers and other difficult obstacles while completing their high school requirements. The students remained determined to reach the goal of obtaining their high school diplomas. F.C. Student Named to Dean’s List Samuel Moser of the class of 2009 at The College of William and Mary was named to the dean’s list for the 2008 spring semester. He maintained a 3.7 G.P.A.

Junior Named Nation’s Most Philosophical Student Meghan Nelson, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, has been named The Most Philosophical Student in America for winning the high school division of the 2008 Kids’ Philosophy Slam. Nelson submitted an essay, “Is global arming the greatest challenge facing humankind?” The Kids

WESTLAWN ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTENERS pose after performing in the play, “The Enormous Turnip.” (Photo: Courtesy Catherine Keefe)

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Artomatic and the Laws of Art Shows First of all, we have to say that Artomatic is an organizational tour de force. Each year’s event seems bigger than the last. Like all things in life, there are good and bad aspects to that. Recently released census data shows that the Washington,

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D.C. metro area has the fourth largest number of people listing ‘artist’ as their primary occupation. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are of course the big three. D.C. by comparison is a distant fourth. Even as a distant fourth, the D.C. area art scene is way behind where it should be considering its population. The

Artomatic phenomenon in general is one of the best things that has happened here. In a fractured environment, it is the one all encompassing event that gives people a unified glimpse of the big picture. Now having closed its sixth show, and with plans to make this an annual event, it’s time we all took a serious look at how things are going. The long term health and well-being of Artomatic is in everybody’s interest. For all practical purposes Artomatic is a member show, mind you the mother of all member shows, but a member show none the less. For the uninitiated, member shows typically require only that you pay your dues and show up with something to show. There is no concern about quality, no curatorial gate keeper. It is, in effect,

the art world’s version of Little League. Everyone plays no matter what their skill level. A good member show can be OK, but they’re never great shows. The bad ones can be unspeakably bad, earning descriptions such as thrift shop show. Worse, journalists find them almost impossible to review as they are in effect the artistic equivalent of a pot luck banquet. Thus press coverage for member shows is almost unheard of. These shows are the easiest, and possibly the only, way to get an art organization off the ground. However, there is an ugly backside to this model. Venues that can’t get past the member show means of operating, get labeled as vanity galleries. Better artists catch on to this fact fairly quickly, and realize that career wise it’s a dead end. So they stop showing there, and the quality at that venue drops in a downward spiral as better artists drop out of the fold. The hobbyist will show a few times. Their friends will come around to look at their work a few times, then stop coming. In short order, these artists stop showing and then before you know it, the art organization is struggling for its life as attendance and participation comes dangerously close to a grinding stop. The serious artists are needed 1) Because it’s good work spectators want to see and will come back for, and 2) The serious artists are the lifers—they’re in the game till their last breath. It is the serious artists that form the core of an arts organization. Having discussed Artomatic with a fair number of art world movers and shakers, I sadly must report trouble in paradise. This year’s Artomatic has seen this group give an almost unanimous thumbs down on the event. You may be thinking, “So what?” but those thousand-plus artists who showed at Artomatic were all trying to get those people’s attention. That’s a serious problem. Gallery owners, who usually host “Best of Artomatic” shows, aren’t doing so this time around. There was virtually no significant press coverage in the Washington Post, except for the collector’s scam thefts. It’s the first harbinger of trouble in paradise. A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post art critic referred to it in conversation as a giant audition without a judge. Gallery directors emerged with a dazed look of exhaustion and dismay. Clearly we have a problem here that must be addressed before it’s too late. The gig is up once Artomatic becomes thought of as a vanity show. My seat of the pants impression is that Artomatic can not survive an annual show of this

sort. Ideas abound, but getting the member show mentality to change course is a notoriously tough and completely thankless task. The basic problem is the people who format things that way see no problem with it. They see success in terms of size and quantity—not quality. As a result, they miss the peek and only wake up once the damage is done, and the viability of the entire project is in jeopardy. For everyone’s sake, we hope the hierarchy at Artomatic will avoid that gut wrenching scenario. We all like the open door policy and we all want better quality. Something has to give. One possibility is an all-comers, free-for-all Artomatic, followed the next year by a juried version. Other notions floated are guest curators assigned an area to show artists of their choice. Options to side step the volunteer hours would help facilitate the participation of time pressured older, and more experienced artists. Whatever the case, more advanced artists who are turning away from Artomatic must be accommodated with an environment they can feel comfortable showing their work in without damaging their reputation. Hanging bad art next to good art does not make the bad art look good. It makes the good art look bad. Think of a pot luck feast where some of the food is spoiled. Suddenly, you find your appetite has waned and you question the edible nature of all the dishes at hand. Art consumption is really no different. Just as there are more fast food joints than five-star restaurants, there is more bad art out there than good art. At a show like Artomatic, and truth be known virtually any member show, the good art can quickly be swamped by the bad art around it. It’s a phenomenon that makes more advanced artists seem snobbish in their refusal to participate. It really isn’t the case. They just want their work to be appreciated to its fullest just like everybody else. The Artomatic model has been a godsend to the Washington area art scene. However its hightime quality is factored into the equation. The 10th floor of this year’s show was a fine example of what could be. We can only hope the Artomatic hierarchy heed the warnings around them, and improve the format for next year’s show. Note: Since Artomatic is now closed, the review for floors 11 and 12 will be posted online later this week.  The Northern Virginia Art Beat is compiled by Kevin Mellema. See www.fcnp.com for photos and more. To e-mail submissions, send them to mulsane@aol.com.

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A “super majority” would require five votes of the sevenmember Council, and with two Council members expected to be absent, that would mean all five who will show up Monday would need to vote in favor. City staff professionals Elizabeth Perry, Rick Goff and Bill Hicks addressed issues of traffic, parking, storm water and fiscal impact at this week’s Council work session. The traffic study suggested the new hotel would not overburden the traffic network in the neighborhood, and the storm water impact will be minimized by the use of “rain water foresting” and “green roof” techniques, in keeping with Young’s contention that the hotel would meet “Silver LEED” environmental standards. Hicks, the City’s new utility division chief, presented an evaluation of storm water runoff issues, and concluded that “there will be no damage to buildings” from any drainage components associated with the project. Councilman Dan Sze said he found Hick’s report “reassuring.” Goff presented an updated fiscal impact review, which indicated that conservativelycalculated net tax revenues to the City from the project are now estimated to be $381,000 annually. This is compared to almost no net tax income from the site, which is a parking lot, currently. It is also significantly higher than the claims of opponents to the project who did not calculate real property taxes into their estimate, Goff said.

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Send community event submissions to the News-Press by e-mail at calendar@fcnp.com; fax 703-532-3396; or by regular mail to 450 West Broad Street #321, Falls Church, VA 22046. Please include any photos or artwork with submissions. Deadline is Monday at noon for each week’s edition.

Community Events THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Story Hour. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church) 10:30 a.m. Falls Church Rotary Club Meeting. Rotarian Michael Kruger, a trainer and facilitator, speaks about classification. Harvest Moon Restaurant (7260 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. $10. 202-268-5089. Concerts in the Park. Mad for the Road plays. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 7 p.m. Free. 703-248-5077.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Musical Adventure Don Bridges. Mr. Don provides an interactive music time for children ages 2-8. Aladdin’s Lamp Children’s Bookstore (2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington). 11 a.m. Free. 703-241-8281. Second Annual Stitch and Pitch. Knit, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch and embroider while rooting for the Nationals. Nationals Park (1500 S. Capitol St. SE, D.C.). 7:10 p.m. $13. www.nationals.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Farmer’s Market. Falls Church City

Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church) 8 a.m.

(1445 Laughlin Ave., McLean). 6 p.m. Free. 703-288-9505.

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United Way Family Fitness Fair. Features ﬁeld activities, health screenings and nutrition lessons. Oronoco Park/United Way of America (701 North Fairfax St., Alexandria). 8 a.m. Free. 703-836-7112. Build Your Own Rain Barrel. Collect rain from your roof to conserve water. Hidden Oaks Nature Center (701 Royce St., Annandale). 9:30 a.m. $50. 703-324-1428. Go Skateboarding Day. Skateboard contests, live music and free giveaways. Powhatan Springs Park (6020 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 11 a.m. Free. 703-533-2832. Story Hour with Author/Illustrator. Susan Stockdale reads her newest book, “Fabulous Fishes.” Aladdin’s Lamp Children’s Bookstore (2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington). 11 a.m. Free. Call to register: 703-241-8281. PGA Play Golf America Day. Golf activities and golf trick shot artist Dennis Walters. East Potomac Golf Course (972 Ohio Dr. SW, D.C.). Noon. Free. 202-554-7660. Dulcie Taylor Performance. Outdoor performance by rock and blues artist. Palladium Civic Green

Sports Cards and Comic Books Fair. Features vintage and new sports cards and a full line of comic books. Crown Plaza at Tysons Corner (1960 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean). 10 a.m. $3. 301-990-4929. ‘All I Intended to Be’ Signing. Emmylou Harris signs her new album. Borders - Tysons (8027 Leesburg Pke., Vienna). 1 p.m. Free. 703-556-7766.

MONDAY, JUNE 23 ‘Just Enough Anxiety: The Hidden Driver of Business’ Signing. Bob Rosen discusses the right amount of anxiety to yield positive results. Central Library Auditorium (1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington). 7 p.m. Free. 703-2283346

TUESDAY, JUNE 24 Story Hour with Author. Bobbie Hinman reads from her new book, “The Sock Fairy.” Aladdin’s Lamp Children’s Bookstore (2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington). 4 p.m. Free. Call to register, 703-2418281.

Sunset Serenades at the National Zoo. Live musical entertainment every Thursday through August 7. The National Zoo (3001 Connecticut Ave. NW, D.C.). 6:30 p.m. Free. 202-633-4800. Mason Festival of the Arts. Featuring opera and theatre performances, ﬁlm screenings and visual art. Runs through June 29. Center for the Arts at George Mason University (4400 University Dr., Fairfax). www.masonfestival.org for a full schedule. Measure for Pleasure. Play in the English Restoration style. Runs through June 29. Woolly Mammoth Theatre (641 D St. NW, D.C.). 8 p.m. $24-57. 202-

393-3939.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Bowen McCauley Dance. Part of the Arts al Fresco summer arts program. Lubber Run Amphitheatre (200 N. Columbus St., Arlington). 8 p.m. Free. 703-228-6966. Origem Band. Brazilian music performance. The Millennium Stage (2700 F St. NW, D.C.). 6 p.m. Free. 202-467-4600.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22 Goodnight Moon. Musical adapation of the classic children’s story. Sprenger Theatre (1333 H St. NE, D.C.). 1 p.m. $15 adults, $12 children.

2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Featuring programs on Bhutan, NASA and Texas. Runs through July 6. National Mall (7th St. NW, D.C.). 11 a.m. Free. www.folklife.si.edu. It’s Time for Vacation Story Hour. Storyteller and guitarist Marlena Thompson tells stories about having a great vacation. Aladdin’s Lamp Children’s Bookstore (2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington). 11 a.m. Free. 703-241-8281. Falls Church Lions Club Meeting. Financial planner Matt Felber speaks. La Côte D’Or Café (6876 Lee Hwy., Arlington). 6:45 p.m. 703-599-1549.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26 Story Hour. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 a.m. Falls Church Rotary Club Meeting. Annual installation of oﬃcers dinner. Harvest Moon Restaurant (7260 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 202-268-5089. Concerts in the Park. Falls Church Concert Band performs. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 7 p.m. Free. 703-248-5077.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24 Mamma Mia! Hit comes to D.C. through July 13. The National Theatre (1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, D.C.). 8 p.m. $46.50151.50. 202-628-6161.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys. Country swing band. The Millennium Stage (2700 F St. NW, D.C.). 6 p.m. Free. 202-467-4600. Jake Johannesen. From Comedy Central, “The Late Show” and “The Tonight Show.” Through June 29. DC Improv (1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, D.C.). 8:30 p.m. $15. 202-296-7008.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JUNE 19 S�� A�� W��. Bangkok Blues (926 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 7:30 p.m. 703-534-0095. A�� T�� M�� 2008 - T�� O�� A�� C�� T��. 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW, D.C.). $40. 7:30 p.m. 202-265-0930. U�� , J��’ J��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave., Vienna). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. L�� A�� D��. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $30 in advance, $35 day of show. 8:30 p.m. 703-237-0300. T�� W�� R�� S��. Hosted by Wicked Jezabel. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). $5. 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

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Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). $5. 9 p.m. 703-2419504. T�� L��. D.C.’s biggest 80’s Retro Dance Party. Also on June 21. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $16. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. S�� R�� F��. Bangkok Blues (926 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-5340095. N�� D�� E��. Bangkok Blues (926 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-534-0095.

Vienna). $15. 8 p.m. 703-2551566. S�� N�� B��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504. B�� B�� V��. 219 Restaurant (219 King St., Alexandria). 9 p.m. 703-549-1141. T�� R��. Bangkok Blues (926 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-534-0095.

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In the illustrious words of Willard Smith, Jr., it’s “summer, summer, summertime, time to sit back and unwind.” I couldn’t agree more and the Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest is just the opportunity to do so. Billed as “A Celebration of American Beer,” the festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday at Morven Park in Leesburg and features over 40 of the U.S.’s best breweries. In addition to a slew of BBQ, wings, hot dogs, burgers and other beer food, there will be plenty of entertainment as well. Bands Road Soda, The Crawdaddies, Politicks, Everyone But Pete, The Monster Band, Old Man Brown and Shag will be pumping out the jams, while moonbounces, climbing walls, face-painters and other activites will distract the kiddies. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 in advance.

What: Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest When:Sat.-Sun., June 21-22, 11 am - 9 pm (7 pm Sun.) Where: Morven Park, 41793 Tutt Lane, Leesburg, VA, 20176 See novabrewfest.com for tickets and more info

Friday, June 27 - Ayr Hill Gallery Grand Opening Celebration. To be included on the guest list, send your name and mailing address to info@ayrhillgallery.com. Ayr Hill Gallery (141 Church St. NW, Vienna). 5 p.m. 703-938-3880. Friday, July 4 - City of Falls Church July 4th Celebration. Annual reading of founding documents at noon, followed by performance by Kajun Kelley at 7 p.m. and ﬁreworks at 9:30 p.m. George Mason HS (7124 Leesburg Pke., Falls Church). Free. 703-248-5178.

C�� S�� Be sure to include time, location, cost of admission, contact person and any other pertinent information. Event listings will be edited for content and space limitations. Please include any photos or artwork with submissions. Deadline is Monday at noon for the current week’s edition.

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The closing credits of “Get Smart” mention Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, creators of the original TV series, as “consultants.” Their advice must have been: “If it works, don’t fix it.” There have been countless comic spoofs of the genre founded by James Bond, but “Get Smart” (both on TV and now in a movie) is one of the best. It’s funny, exciting, preposterous, great to look at, and made with the same level of

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rate cast includes Julia Ormond, Stanley Tucci, Max Thieriot, Chris O’Donnell, Willow Smith, Glenne Headley, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn as the snarly local newspaper editor. Rating: Three and a half stars.

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ing occasionally for passionate romance and more frequently for torture. As a visual spectacle, it is all but overwhelming, putting to shame some of the recent historical epics from Hollywood. If it has a flaw, and it does, it is expressed succinctly by the wife of its hero: “All Mongols do is kill and steal.” At the end of two hours, its hero, not yet known as Genghis Khan, has two more movies to go. Awesome, if you go for nonstop carnage. Rating: Three and a half stars.

angre de Mi Sangre (Drama, not rated, 100 minutes). The grand jury prize winner at Sundance 2007, giving us wonderful actors struggling in a tangled web of writing. Two illegal immigrants, young Mexicans, meet on the truck smuggling them to New York. One steals the other’s identity and poses as the son of an old man who has never seen him, and comes to accept him as his son. Well-acted, especially by Jesus Ochoa as the old man; the two central relationships in the film are as deep as the plot is shallow. Rating: Three stars.

urfwise (Documentary, R, 93 minutes). Documentary of the Paskowitz family, the “first family of surfing,” and how “Doc” Paskowitz and his wife, Juliette, raised eight sons and a daughter in a 24-foot camper while following a dream of healthy surfing and healthy living. Was Doc a messiah or a monster? He’s 85 now, and the verdict is still mixed. Rating: Three stars.

New on Video & DVD automobiles. Maxwell Smart, of course, proves indestructible, often because of the intervention of Agent 99; he spends much of the center portion of the film in free-fall without a parachute, and then later is towed behind an airplane. The plot involves a KAOS scheme to nuke the Walt Disney concert hall in Los Angeles, during a concert being attended by the U.S. president. The nuclear device in question is concealed beneath the concert grand on the stage, which raises the question, since you’re using the Bomb, does its location make much difference, give or take a few miles? It raises another question, too, and here I will be the gloom-monger at the festivities. Remember right after 9/11, when we wondered if Hollywood would ever again be able to depict terrorist attacks as entertainment? How long ago that must have been, since now we are blowing up presidents and cities as a plot device for Maxwell Smart. I’m not objecting, just observing. Maybe humor has a way of helping us face our demons. The props in the movie are neat, especially a Swiss Armystyle knife that Maxwell never quite masters. The locations, many in Montreal, are awesome; I learned with amaze-

ment that Moscow was not one of them, but must have been created on a computer. The action and chase sequences do not grow tedious because they are punctuated with humor. I am not given to quoting filmmakers in praise of their own work in press releases, but director Peter Segal does an excellent job of describing his method: “If we plan a fight sequence as a rhythmic series of punches, we would have a ‘bump, bump, bam’ or a ‘bump, bump, smack.’ We can slot in a punch line instead of a physical hit. The rhythm accentuates the joke and it becomes ‘bump, bump, joke’ with the verbal jab as the knockout or a joke, immediately followed by the last physical beat that essentially ends the conversation.” Yes. And the jokes actually have something to do with a developing story line involving Anne Hathaway’s love life, the reason for her plastic surgery, and a love triangle that is right there staring us in the face. One of the gifts of Steve Carell is to deliver punch lines in the middle of punches, and allow both to seem real enough, at least within the context of the movie. James Bond could do that, too. And in a summer with no new Bond picture, will I be considered a heretic by saying “Get Smart” will do just about as well?

ERSEPOLIS (Animated, PG13, 98 m., 2008). The story of an Iranian girl’s coming of age. Born under the shah, she and her family were not good fits after his fall and the rise of militant Islam. Outspoken, she’s sent to family friends in Vienna to keep her out of trouble, finds unhappiness, returns, is homesick for a nation that no longer exists. Told in beautifully stylized black-and-white animation, based on the autobiogaphy of Marjane Satrapi, who co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud. Voices by Chiara Mastroianni as Marjane and Catherine Deneuve as her mother. Rating: Four stars.

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plenty of poker to be played. Joe Hachem was hardly in dire straits. Face it; your poker decisions will sometimes appear foolish. Perhaps you’ll fold the best hand or will end up calling with the worst hand. What’s really important, though, is that you process all available information and make the best longterm decision possible. Hachem made the wrong decision in this hand, but don’t think his WSOP and WPT titles were fluke wins. It’s the ability to make a solid laydown that gives a true champion like Joe Hachem his edge. Though Hachem didn’t win this tournament, his monster fold was indeed the talk of the tourney.

Wi t h o u t the benefit of a solid read on his opponent so early in the tournament, a safer play for Hachem would have been to simply call the kid’s reraise to 12,000. What would I have done? Well, had I been in Joe’s shoes, I would have made the same monster laydown, too.  Visit www.cardsharkmedia. com/book.html for information about Daniel Negreanu’s new book, Hold’em Wisdom for All Players. © 2008 Card Shark Media. All rights reserved.

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Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following ordinance and resolution were given first reading on March 10, 2008, and referred to the Planning Commission and other boards and commission. The second reading and a public hearing scheduled for April 28, 2008 has been postponed to June 23, 2008. (TO8-06) An Ordinance to Amend the Official Zoning District Map of the City of Falls Church, Virginia, by Rezoning Approximately 0.68 Acres of Land from T-1, Transitional District to B-1, Limited Business District for the properties with the Real Property Code Numbers 51-131-020, 51-131-021, 51-131-022, 51-131-023, and 51-131-029 by Jefferson Park LLC. (TR8-18) A Resolution to Grant a Special Exception for Commercial Height Bonus for Approximately 1.12 Acres of Land With the Real Property Code Numbers 51-131006, 51-131-007, 51-131-020, 51-131-021, 51-131-022, 51-131-023, and 51-131-029 by Jefferson Park LLC. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. Copies of legislation may be obtained from the City Clerk’s office (703248-5014) or at cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov. This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities. Special services or assistance to persons with disabilities may be requested in advance. To speak at a public hearing, fill out a speaker slip and give it to the Clerk at the left front table. Speakers will be called forward by the Mayor at the appropriate time. KATHLEEN CLARKEN BUSCHOW CITY CLERK

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Mayor Robin S. Gardner . . . . . . . . . . Vice Mayor M. R. Lindy Hockenberry . . . . City Council David C. Chavern . . . . . . . . . . Harold Lippman. . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Maller . . . . . . . . . . . . . David F. Snyder. . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel X. Sze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City Manager Wyatt Shields. . . . . . . . . . . . . Home Page <www.fallschurchva.gov>

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june 19 Concerts in the Park, 7 p.m. Human Services Advisory Council, 7 p.m. Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee, 7 p.m. Environmental Services Council, 7:30 p.m. 20 City Meals Tax Due (Commissioner of the Revenue) 21 Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-Noon Lavender Wand Workshop, Cherry Hill Farmhouse, 10 a.m. 23 Yard Waste, Bundled Brush, & Special Collections City Council, 7:30 p.m. Annual Volunteer Fire Department Business Meeting, 8 p.m. 24 Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court in Session School Board, 7:30 p.m. 25 Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court in Session (Special Session, Begins at 2 p.m.) 26 Concerts in the Park, 7 p.m. Historic Architectural Review Board, 7:30 p.m. 27 Armchair Travel Group, 10:30 a.m. Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court in Session (Special Session, Begins at 2 p.m.) 28 Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-Noon 30 Yard Waste, Bundled Brush, & Special Collections City Council Work Session, 7:30 p.m.

Save Gas Money By Taking GEORGE By choosing public transportation, not only do you save gas money, but you’re also helping the environment. The City’s GEORGE clean-diesel buses run between the East and West Falls Church Metro stations and throughout the City of Falls Church. Leave your car at home and take GEORGE when running errands around the City, and to Metro when you’re going to and coming from work. Trips on GEORGE are free on forecasted Code Red Air Quality days through Sept. 30, 2008, as part of the regional RIDE Free program. Code Red air quality days occur when pollution levels are harmful to all sensitive persons. This program is sponsored by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission. For fare and schedule information, visit www.fallschurchva.gov.

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Concerts in the Park Classes and Events Thursdays, June 19-Aug. 7 Special Events

Enjoy the best of summer at the free 16th Annual Concerts in the Park series. Bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy performances by local musicians. The series is sponsored by the City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks Division and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society, with support from the Friends of Cherry Hill Foundation. Each concert also features local artists and their artwork, sponsored by Falls Church Arts. All concerts are free to the public and are held at Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave.). In the event of rain, concerts will be held in the Falls Church Community Center located next to the park at 223 Little Falls St. For more information, call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711).

Concerts in the Park Thursdays, June 19-Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Cherry Hill Park, 312 Park Ave. Enjoy the best of summer with free musical entertainment sponsored by the City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks Division and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society. Each concert also features local artists and their artwork, sponsored by the Falls Church Arts Council. Visit www.fallschurchva.gov for a complete lineup.

July 4th Independence Day Celebration Friday, July 4, 7 p.m. Rain Date: Saturday, July 5, 7 p.m. George Mason High School, 7124 Leesburg Pike Celebrate Independence Day in the City of Falls Church with a spectacular fireworks display.

Spectator seating available at the George Mason High School football stadium and the Northern Virginia Graduate Center parking lot. This is a free event. Call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711) for more information.

Lavender Wand Workshop (Ages 8– adult) Saturday, June 21, 10 a.m. Cherry Hill Farmhouse, 312 Park Ave. Use fresh lavender from our garden and learn how to make a lavender wand by weaving colorful ribbons around the caged flowers.This sachet will stay fragrant for years. $5 fee. Call 703-248-5171 (TTY 711) for reservations. City of Falls Church Farmers Market Every Saturday from 8 a.m. - Noon

2008 LINEUP: June 19 Mad for the Road (Irish Music and Song) Artist: Laura Hartwick (Mosaics)

Growing Green

June 26 Falls Church Concert Band (Big Band) Artists: Christy Gavitt & Gloria Freund (Underwater Photography)

Volunteers Help Turn Pickle Barrels Into Rain Barrels!

July 10

Randy Barrett and the Barretones (Bluegrass) Artist: Hannah Shapero (Pyracantha)

July 17

Skyline (a capella) Artist: Mary Exline (Paintings)

July 24

Andrew Acosta and the New Old Time String Band (Bluegrass) Artists: Dede Haas & Mali Phonpadith (Poetry & Photography)

July 31

Bana Ndule (African) Artists: Kathleen Buschow & Eileen Levy (Paintings)

Aug. 7

Tom Principato Band (Rock and Roll, Blues) Artist: Jill Saxton Smith (Woodblock Cuts)

The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711).

Submit Your Best Recipe for the Falls Church Community Cookbook Calling all cooks – the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department is compiling a community cookbook. Proceeds of the cookbook sale will benefit the volunteers, whose mission is to aid in the preservation of life and property through fire and emergency medical operations, routine training, equipment acquisition and maintenance, and fire prevention education. To submit your best dish, go to www.fallschurchvfd.org and click“Submit Recipe.”

Recreation & Parks Online Registration Coming Soon! The Falls Church Recreation & Parks Division is preparing to launch WebTrac, an online registration system. Any household that has signed up for an activity with Recreation & Parks since Jan. 1, 2006, will have an active account in the database. In order to utilize the online system, all households will need to update current household information to include a valid e-mail address and listed birthdates for family members. Please call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711) or visit the Community Center (223 Little Falls St.) to update your information or create an account.

Falls Church City Police Department Conducts Citizen Survey The Falls Church City Police Department is conducting a citizen survey this June and July to evaluate public attitudes and opinions pertaining to the level of law enforcement services provided. This is part of the Department’s ongoing commitment to provide the highest level of public safety services to the community. The survey is available in City Hall, the Community Center and the Mary Riley Styles Public Library, and can be completed online at www.fallschurchva.gov. The results of the survey will be used to identify specific ways to improve services for residents. Contact the Falls Church City Police Department at 703-2415053 (TTY 711) for more information.

About45dedicatedvolunteers from area Deloitte offices put their desk jobs aside and came to the Falls Church Property Yard on Friday, June 6 to turn pickle barrels into rain barrels. Each year, Deloitte employees participate in “Impact Day,” a day of giving back to their community through volunteer service. In just five hours, the Deloitte volunteers cleaned more than 300 pickle barrels and converted 256 of them into rain barrels by adding spigots and overflow holes. The rain barrels are sold at events throughout the region, such as the June 14 “rain barrel sale” at the Property Yard, in which pre-registered participants came to collect their rain barrels.At that event,Boy Scout Troop 648 volunteered to help load the 152 rain barrels into vehicles.In addition,they converted 30 pickle barrels into rain barrels and helped to direct traffic. A rain barrel collects roof-top runoff from downspouts. The captured water can supplement or even replace municipal water for outdoor watering, filling bird baths, and other outdoor uses.To find out how to sign up for a“build your own workshop” or “pre-made barrel sale” visit the Growing Green section of www.fallschurchva.gov.

Don’t Get Caught Off Guard by Summer Storms – Sign Up for Alert Falls Church Get real-time updates and instructions on what to do and where to go during an emergency in Falls Church City, by registering for Falls Church Alert. You will receive alerts from the City via portable electronic devices and e-mail, only in the event of an emergency. Sign up for this free service at alert.fallschurchva.gov.

Falls Church Recreation & Parks Division 223 Little Falls Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703-248-5077* Phone Numbers Open Gym/Weather Hotline 703-248-5125* Special Events Hotline 703-248-5178* Fax 703-536-5125 Senior Center 703-248-5020*/21* Community Center Hours Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - Midnight Saturday 8:30 a.m. - Midnight Sunday Noon - 6 p.m. Open Gym Hours Open Gym hours are updated on a bi-weekly basis and are also posted on the Open Gym Hotline, 703-248-5125*. All hours are subject to change. * Indicates TTY 711 Accessibility

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Chairman: Craig Cheney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chairman: Ronald Peppe II . . . . . . . . . . School Board Rosaura Aguerrebere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Chandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Kearney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kieran Sharpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Wodiska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Superintendent: Dr. Lois Berlin . . . . . . . . . . .

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Catch the Reading Bug

Wise Water Use

The Mary Riley Styles Public Library encourages children of all ages to “Catch the Reading Bug” this summer. MRS Library is now accepting registration for its free summer reading program, “SummerQuest 2008.”

Water consumption increases dramatically in the summer months – we swim in pools, water our lawns, and wash our cars. The City and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments offer the following outdoor and indoor water conservation ideas that are simple and easy to follow:

All readers who register for SummerQuest 2008 will receive a free book log to record their summertime readings and a small prize for joining the program. Participants may read any book of their choosing, and do not have to select from the MRS Library catalog. Monday, Aug. 25 is the first day participants can pick up their prizes. The last day to enter books is Saturday, Aug. 30.

book genres. Read at least 20 books for an additional prize at the end of the program. Read To Me: for sharing books with pre-readers. For each title shared, get a colored circle sticker “spot” for the “bug” on your reading sheet. Book Zone: for ages 12 and up. Take your book log home and return it to the Library when you have read and listed five books. Read a minimum of five books to receive a new paperback book of your choice at the end of the summer.

Catch the Reading Bug: for beginning readers through age 11. Read books of your choice and then list titles on your personal book log. Read a minimum of five books to receive a new paperback book of your choice at the end of the program.

MRS Library thanks the following sponsors for donating prizes for SummerQuest 2008: Aladdin’s Lamp Children’s Book Store, Clay Café Studios, Doodlehoppers 4 Kids and Doodlehopper 2, Foxes Music Co., Jerry’s Subs and Pizza, Original Pancake House, Stacy’s Coffee Parlor, Elevation Burger, Joy of Beading, Starbucks at Broaddale and Falls Plaza, and Lazy Sundae Home Made Ice Cream.

Kangaroo Crossing: for strong readers, third grade and up, who enjoy the challenge of reading different

For more information call 703-248-5034 (TTY 711) or visit www.falls-church.lib.va.us.

SummerQuest 2008 offers reading programs for all ages:

FCC-TV Spotlight: George Mason High School Commencement Tune in to Falls Church Community Television (FCC-TV) to watch the George Mason High School Class of 2008 Commencement Ceremony at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. This year’s keynote speaker was GMHS Athletic Director Tom Horn. The GMHS graduation airs on FCC-TV at the following times: • Monday, June 23 at 9:30 a.m.

• Tuesday, June 24 at 11:30 a.m.

• Friday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, July 1 at 11:30 a.m.

FCC-TV airs on Cox Channel 12, Verizon Channel 35 and RCN Channel 2. For more information about FCC-TV, or complete schedule of the variety of community programs on FCC-TV, visit www.fcctv.net or call 703-248-5538.

BIE Partner of the Week Matt Smith State Farm Insurance School involvement: Donated bottled water to field day festivities at Mt. Daniel, Thomas Jefferson and Mary Ellen Henderson. Why Matt is a BIE partner: “My insurance business is based in Falls Church because I think this is a wonderful community. It’s a challenge to come up with ways that an insurance company can participate in the schools in a meaningful way, and I’m grateful to be able to provide ‘Matt Smith’ bottled water for the students, parents and teachers who participate in field day.” For more information about sharing your expertise through the BIE Partnership, visit www.fccps.org or contact Marybeth Connelly at connellym@fccps.org. School content published in The Weekly Focus is written and edited by the Falls Church City Public Schools. For more information, contact the Falls Church City Public Schools Communications Office. Phone: (703) 248-5699 Fax: (703) 248-5613.

Outdoor Water Conservation • Prioritize your summertime watering needs. Newly planted trees, shrubs, and lawns should receive the first priority when it comes to determining the need for water. When you do water your outdoor plants, trees, or lawn, it is best to water early in the morning when temperatures and wind speed are at the lowest. This reduces losses from evaporation. • Don’t over-water your lawn. As a general rule, your lawn only needs one inch of water every five to seven days. Place a small empty tuna can near your sprinkler system, this will help you to determine when to turn the sprinkler off. When the can is full, you have watered approximately one inch. • Use a broom the next time the driveway or sidewalks needs cleaning instead of pulling out the hose. This saves up to 80 gallons of water.

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• Capture and recycle rainwater. Place rain barrels or buckets beneath your downspouts. You can use rainwater to water plants and trees or to wash your car. • Set sprinklers for lawn and garden only, don’t water the street or sidewalk. Indoor Water Conservation • Turn off the water when brushing teeth or shaving. Collectively, we could save thousands of gallons of water a day if we turned off the faucet until we need it. • Take showers instead of baths. Take shorter showers, if possible. • Don’t use the toilet as a wastebasket. Many of us throw a piece of paper, tissues, or other small items into the toilet. Use a wastebasket instead. • Run the dishwasher and washing machine only when full. These machines use a tremendous amount of water. Wash clothes only when they are dirty, not just to remove wrinkles. • Defrost food in the refrigerator instead of using running water. A running faucet uses about a gallon of water per minute. Please visit www.fallschurchva.gov or www.wateruseitwisely.com for more Wise Water Use tips.

Businesses, Community Members Help Make Graduation Special The George Mason High School 2008 All Night Graduation Celebration Committee and the BIE thank the following businesses and community members for their contributions to this year’s celebration. A special thank-you goes to the Skyline Sport & Health Club for hosting the event. Dr. Lawrence Banker, DDS; Lois Berlin; Betty Blystone; Cheryl Bush; Susan Coronel; Barbara Cram; Dr. James Dryden, DDS; Dr. Irwin Feldman, DDS; Dr. Harold Fleming, DDS; Edna Frady; Fringe’s; Ralph Gallimore; Dallas and Deborah Hudgens; Barbara Jazzo; L.F. Jennings; Edward Jones; Lori Lafave; Drs. Melanie Love & Mark Miller, DDS; Will McCawley; Beth Pacella; Nancy Peacock; Dr. Michael Silveus, DDS; Tom and Edie Smolinski; 7Eleven; Anthony’s; Applebee’s; Argia’s; Arlington County Bar Association; Art & Frame of Falls Church; Baguette Republic; BB&T; Bland Management (McDonald’s); Bob Morrison – Bonnie Briar Productions; Brigg’s Ice Cream; Brown’s Hardware; CD Cellar; Chef Express; Chevy Chase Bank; Clare & Don’s; Coca-Cola Enterprises(Alexandria); Container Store; Costco(Fairfax); Costco(Pentagon City); Coupard Architects; Design Frames; Direct Jewelry Outlet; Dogwood Tavern; Dominion Jewelers; Elevation Burger; EMW Properties; Falls Church Animal Hospital; Falls Church City Florist; Falls Church City Sunoco; Falls Church Education Association; Falls Church Education Foundation; Falls Church Police Association; Giant(FallsPlaza); Giant Food LLC; Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital; Great American Restaurants; Harris Teeter; Idylwood Grill; Italian Café; Jerry’s Subs and Pizza; JR Stockyards; Kendall’s Cakes; Korte Realty; La Cote D’or Café; Legal Seafood; Lions Club of Falls Church; Magruder’s; Manikeo Meko; McGuire Appliances; Metro 29 Diner; Milan Bakery; Murray, Jonson, White & Associates; Needham, Mitnick & Pollack; Old Hickory Grille; Original Pancake House; O’Rourke Family; Papa John’s; Pepsi Bottling Group(Chantilly); Peterson Companies; PNC Bank; Quizno’s; Randolph Shapiro; Red, Hot, and Blue; Safeway; SmithGifford; Sonic Car Wash; Stacy’s Coffee Parlor; Subway; TGI Friday’s; Total Wine; Trader Joe’s; TRS Sisterhood; Vantage Fitness; Wegman’s; Whole Foods; Wu’s Garden; Victoria’s Station Salon; Yellow Cab of Falls Church; ZPizza.

SCHOOL CALENDAR DATES ARE SubjEcT To chAngE June 24 7:30 p.m. Regular School Board Meeting (City Hall) July 1 School Board Organizational Meeting (MEH) Summer School Begins (MEH) 7 15-16 Summer SOL Testing (GM) (MD) Mt. Daniel Elementary (TJ) Thomas Jefferson Elementary (MEH) Mary Ellen Henderson Middle (GM) George Mason High Check the FCCPS Web site for more calendar information. www.fccps.org

Making a Splash on the Last Day of School

During Mary Ellen Henderson’s field day last Friday, some students lined up to take a fun filled aim at dunking their teachers (above), while others grabbed ‘super-soakers’ to finish the job or competed against one another in a variety of unusual athletic events.

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‘Place Yer Bets!’ “Falls Church City Council member Merni Fitzgerald volunteered an entire night of her time to the successful execution of a alcohol and drug-free All-Night Graduation Party for graduating seniors at George Mason High School Monday night at the Sporting Club in McLean. Merni ran a mock gambling table at the event, which drew over 90 of the 98 graduating seniors at the school...”

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lost both legs above the knee. He lost his left arm. He lost his hearing. Luis’ mother called Josh’s mom to tell her that Luis had been badly wounded and was being flown back to the States. Josh listened as his mother spoke on the phone. “She had that tone,” he said. “You know, where something is so horribly wrong.” Josh immediately began emailing Luis, who was divorced and had a 3-year-old daughter. “I just kept saying, ‘Hey, you have to survive. Just survive. It won’t be easy, but if you just survive you’re the kind of person who can get through this.’” Josh showed up as soon as Luis was admitted to Walter Reed. He gazed at his friend with the dark hair and the dark eyebrows who was now a triple amputee and could hear nothing. He stayed as long as he could, and then came back the next day, and the next, and every day since. “The people at the hospital were always asking, ‘Who are you?’” he said. “And I’d say, ‘I’m just his best friend.’” Luis has made tremendous progress and is fully alert and will be fitted soon for prostheses. He and the man who is constantly at his bedside communicate through a special computer. Each has a keyboard and small screen. Josh types whatever he wants to say. Luis reads it, and then usually responds aloud. When I spent the afternoon with them, Josh typed the

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‘Historic Information Technology Confab Draws 1,700 from 93 Nations to Area - Falls Church is Co-Sponsor of Pivotal Event’ “More than 1,700 participants from 93 countries jammed the George Mason University campus this week for the 11th in a semi-annual series of highlevel technology policy and strategy meetings, the World Congress on Information Technology. The City of Falls Church is a co-sponsor...”

questions I wanted to ask Luis, and Luis would look at me and answer in a normal tone of voice. “I have no memory of the attack,” he said, “which causes problems for me. As you can imagine, it’s a little tough to be walking down the street in Baghdad one moment, and the next you’re waking up in Walter Reed with no legs, one arm and you can’t hear anything. It makes coping difficult. “The hearing loss is especially hard. I can’t call anybody to say hello or tell them what’s happening with me. And when people are having a conversation around me, I’m completely left out of it, unless somebody decides to

write down real quick what’s being said.” There is no use looking for words to explain the value of Josh’s constant presence at Luis’ bedside. The two men talk, play video games, watch movies, speculate about life and go through the good days and bad days together. “I suppose it’s the meaning of love,” Luis said. “I’ve got my best friend here helping me, and I need the help. I’m just extremely grateful to have a friend like Josh.” Josh does not act as though he’s doing anything extraordinary. “This is a fine way to spend my time,” he said. “It’s just nice to be able to hang out with him, after him being so close to being gone forever.”

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