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Inside This Week Hitt Sentenced to 6.5 Years In Prison

Former Falls Church-based developer Todd Hitt was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison last Friday on charges related to securities fraud. His sentence includes being on supervised release for three years after he is released.

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New F.C. City Hall Cornerstone, Council Chambers Get Dedicated & Broken In

Improved Court Security Among Many New Benefits

by Nicholas F. Benton

4 Suspects Sought in F.C. Armed Robbery

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to testify about the harmful effects on their local communities of the SALT deductibility cap, joined by the mayor of Bayville, New York, an executive from Birch County, Pennsylvania, a school superintendent from Upper Arlington, Ohio and a firefighter union executive from Wisconsin.

Tarter was invited to testify

by Falls Church’s congressman, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer, Jr., who sits on the committee. During the hearing, Beyer heaped praise on Falls Church while welcoming

The ceremonial unveiling of the new pink granite cornerstone marking the historic virtuallycompleted renovation and expansion of Falls Church’s Harry Wells Municipal Building, that is, City Hall, Monday was made the more meaningful by the participation of former Falls Church Mayor Carol DeLong, mother in law of current City Council member Phil Duncan.

DeLong continues to hold the record for the longest tenure of any Falls Church mayor, serving four two-year terms in the 1980s, and she has maintained a diligent unofficial oversight role ever since, frequently writing or testifying before the City Council and encouraging her husband, Chet DeLong, who continues his official service as a leading member of the Mary Riley Styles Library Board of Trustees, overseeing its imminent expansion and renovation effort coming soon.

Duncan was seen on the fresh, new dais at the head of the Council chambers aiming his smart phone in the direction of his mother-inlaw at the public comment podium below to record her comments in the dedication portion of the night’s proceedings.

Duncan himself told the NewsPress he was taken aback a bit by the new digs, saying the chambers, overall, exude a more portentous and business-like ambiance than the old chambers, which held forth at much of the same

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Police are on the lookout for four men after they say a victim was robbed at gunpoint at Green Health Massage on W. Broad Street early last Thursday morning.

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Hedgehogs, Chinchillas Can Now Be City Pets The Falls Church City Council voted to modify its code to expand the list of animals that can be kept at pets in the City.

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F.C. Event Recognizes ‘Stonewall 50’

Falls Church’s “Stonewall 50” Sunday panel included prominent LGBTQ state politicians and political allies along with members of the faith community.

FROM BEHIND THE DAIS at the new F.C. City Hall Council chambers on the “opening night” dedication with Council members (l. to r.) Dan Sze, Phil Duncan, Marybeth Connelly, Mayor David Tarter, David Snyder and Letty Hardi (not shown, Ross Litkenhous). (Photo: Gary Mester)

Mayor Tarter Testifies on Capitol Hill Against New State & Local Tax Cap

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by Nicholas F. Benton

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City of Falls Church Mayor P. David Tarter testified Tuesday before the U.S. House of Representatives’ House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures about the impact of the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) on federal returns. The $10,000 limit was a part of the 2017 tax legislation and restricts the ability of citizens to claim this long-standing deduction.

“It only hurts hardworking

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families and municipalities like mine,” Mayor Tarter said in his testimony. “When stacked up against the imposing costs of living (in the D.C. Metro area), many of our residents struggle to make house payments, pay taxes and make ends meet.”

He said, “The SALT deduction cap means that tax dollars that could have gone to the city are now going to the federal government, and there is less money available for essential local services like schools, police, and fire protection.”

Tarter was one of five panelists

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Wash your vehicle where the runoff water can soak into the grass or landscaping. When you're done, pour the bucket full of soapy water down the kitchen drain instead of into the street.

Use soaps labeled nontoxic, phosphate-free, or biodegradable. The most environmentally-friendly soaps are water-based, citrus-based, or vegetable-based.

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Tip #3: Use Conservation Landscaping & Rain Barrels Incorporating Conservation Landscaping and Rain Barrels in your lawn and garden doesn't just help the environment. They could also earn you a 10 percent discount on your Stormwater Utility Fee. Conservation Landscaping -- like using non-invasive native plants -- can reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff from roofs, sidewalks, driveways, and patios, which allows the water to soak into the ground naturally, protecting our streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Native plants are resistant to insects and drought, create natural homes and food for wildlife, and leave you with less lawn to mow. They're also pretty!

Rain barrels are designed to catch stormwater runoff from roofs for reuse. Rain water is better for plants and soil because it is highly oxygenated, free from salts, inorganic ions, and fluoride compared to tap water. Rain barrels can also keep moisture away from the foundation of your home. Collecting water in the rain barrel will also help eliminate pollutants from entering the storm drain, which helps keep pollutants out of our local streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Remember, only rain down the storm drain! Please help us keep our local streams and the Chesapeake Bay clean.

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F.C. Event Marks 50th Anniversary of Stonewall

by Matt Delaney

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Those who were alive to experience the monumental shift in LGBTQ people’s representation after the Stonewall riots in 1969 joined younger members of that community who’ve helped further its ripple effect in a commemorative panel to reflect on 50 years of progress.

Titled “Stonewall 50” and hosted by Falls Church News-Press owner and editor-in-chief Nicholas F. Benton in conjunction with the Social Justice Committee of Falls Church and Vicinity, the panel included prominent LGBTQ state politicians and political allies along with members of the faith community. The panel predominantly gave testimonials about either their direct experience with the Stonewall riots in New York City or how their personal journeys were influenced by the bravery demonstrated that weekend in late June.

Don Davenport, a member of LGBT Democrats of Virginia, was there the night the riots broke out.

After running away from home at 17, he landed a job at a gay restaurant in NYC and became a regular at the Stonewall Inn. Back then, as Davenport explained, the Inn and other establishments that catered toward gay patrons were controlled by the mafia. The mafia paid protection money to the police to keep them from interfering with business, however, new elections brought new priorities to clean up the gay community. Plain clothes police

officers executed a sting operation at Stonewall soon after and began to arrest drag queens and others.

Davenport narrowly escaped being detained and witnessed the “shot heard around the world” when one drag queen took issue with police conduct toward a friend and threw a shoe at the officer. What followed was a raucous scene where drag queens broke parking meters and threw a flaming trash can through the Inn’s window in protest. The rioters harassed the police until reinforcements arrived and they dispersed, and unwittingly started the gay liberation movement.

“There were outbreaks over the next couple of days. Most were spontaneous — all were effective,” Davenport said. “Even though we had no idea what would happen next, the LGBT movement had been born.”

The director of children, youth and ministry at the Falls Church Presbyterian, Diane Maloney, discussed how she came to grips with her queer identity as well as her conviction to live a life in the faith.

At 15, Maloney began to lead her youth ministry and knew she had “to be true to what God was calling me to do,” but at the same time, was beginning to accept her queer identity and saw the challenges that lay ahead. She had never met a queer pastor — let alone a female pastor — and also came to learn about “Side B Christians:” those who accept that people may not be hetersexual, but don’t want those same people to act

THE PANEL THAT SPOKE at the Falls Church event in the fellowship hall of the Falls Church Episcopal addressed many issues surrounding the Stonewall Uprising 50 years ago that launched the modern LGBTQ movement was composed of (l. to r.) Nick Benton, Danica Roem, Don Davenport, Mark Levine and Diane Maloney. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen)

VIRGINIA STATE DELEGATE Danica Roem (left), the first-ever transgender state elected official, spoke passionately about her experiences, as did Don Davenport (center), who was at the Stonewall Inn when the uprising broke out 50 years ago, and openly-gay State Del. Mark Levine (right). (Photo: J. Michael Whalen) on their non-hetero feelings in their personal or public lives.

“The church is often behind the ball on these types of movements.

The church has moved terribly slowly, to include all people in life, worship and leadership,” Maloney said. “While Stonewall took place 50 years ago, the church hasn’t had its ‘Stonewall’ movement yet.”

Virginia State Delegate Mark Levine (D – 45th) related to Maloney’s dual identity of being queer but also faith-driven with his tri-part identity of being gay, Jewish and southern.

“When I was coming out as gay, I knew I was gay and I knew the whole world was wrong,” Levine said. “If they weren’t going to accept me I was going to change the world until they did.”

Levine’s first protest LGBTQ representation was in an unexpected spot for a liberal such as himself — Hollywood. He felt that the gay stereotypes the entertainment industry propped up were holding back homosexual acceptance in society. One Hollywood executive told Levine that “America just wasn’t ready for that,” which he countered by saying the influx of African-Americans on TV in the 1980s was a big boost to their assimilation into mainstream culture. A few years later, “Will & Grace” premiered and Levine

counted it as a victory.

He was also a fierce advocate for gay marriage. After helping get Paul Koretz elected to the California state legislature, primarily due to Koretz’s support for legalizing gay marriage, Koretz’s backers slowed their support on the issue. Levine didn’t accept the severely pared down version that was offered in exchange. Years later, he was there to see marriage equality cross the finish line.

Fellow state delegate Danica Roem (D – 13th) spoke extensively about her own transformation and coming into her own as a transwoman.

Roem was open book with the crowd. She shared her comical learning curve of going to gay bars in Washington, D.C. trying to pick up homosexual men while dressed as a woman. And she also elaborated on the scarier aspects of living publicly as a transwoman, including having to be on alert of being “clocked,” or jumped, by aggressive strangers.

In her testimonial, Roem stressed how important it is for those in the LGBTQ community to courageously embrace the daunting unknowns in their lives.

“You have to confront fear, and when you do confront fear, you don’t necessarily know what’s gonna be on the other side of it,”

Roem said. “But you know that you would rather confront it than live another day on the path that is not good for you in the first place.”

A short Q&A portion was preceded by Benton recounting his own experience in the movement.

He resided in the Bay Area when the Stonewall riots took place and provided historical context about the atmosphere that made the riots possible — the fervent, antiVietnam War movement fueled by the draft. Benton also cited how Walt Whitman’s work in the aftermath of the Civil War motivated the anti-war sentiments in the 1960s, and E. M. Forster’s long-unpublished novel about a same-sex couple titled “Maurice,” which he passed onto fellow novelist Christopher Isherwood.

The riots at Stonewall, according to Benton, allowed for Isherwood to publish Forster’s work and inspired his own work “Cabaret.” Among other noted authors, Tennessee Williams, revealed his own homosexuality in his memoirs soon after and furthered the affirmation the LGBTQ movement was seeking.

“Our battle is not over for anybody who represents a point of view or a race or a religion that does not conform with the straight, white, male supremacist worldview,” Benton said.

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New City Hall Dedicated at Ceremony

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spot since the early 1980s, but, for one thing, had the dais at the opposite end from now.

Council member Letty Hardi also remarked that she felt a little surprised by the seemingly high elevation of the Council seats over the public below in the new room, something that had been eliminated entirely for the year and a half that the Council was forced to meet during the renovation in the Senior Center room of the Community Center, which was completely flat and made memorable mostly by its mesmerizing checkerboard square linoleum floor.

The new City Hall cornerstone, located toward the rear entrance to the new covered parking area, was the subject of a brief unveiling to begin the night’s dedication process.

The stone is made of pink granite, trondhjemite, which is found in only three known places in the world, including in Falls Church where the Tinner family mined it as stonemasons for generations. The cornerstone was dug out of the Lincoln at Tinner Hill

project, and Sisler’s Stone carved, engraved and donated the stone.

Its artwork was designed by City employee Meaghan DeCelle and honors the City’s tree heritage, with oak roots and trunk representing the City’s past, leaves to represents its present, and acorns to represent its future.

A reception ensued in the new City Hall along its wide, open corridor space, before the Council meeting was convened and former Mayor DeLong headed a list of dignitaries, including representatives of the Arlington General District Court that also holds forth in the chambers.

City Manager Wyatt Shields, led his remarks with a David Letterman-style Top 10 things about the new City Hall, including its open floor plan, time savings from having to assist lost visitors, roof terrace with its meadow and view of Cherry Hill Park, bragging rights coming with its LEED Silver energy conservation rating, relief from victims trapped in an elevator, elimination of stumbling upon attorney-client meetings being held in stairwells, seat cushions in the pews of the Council chambers, windows that can open,

full Americans With Disabilities Act compliance and a real main front door entrance.

He noted that with the activity of the police department, the 911 emergency dispatch, the courts and the City government, the building “always has its lights on,” operating 24-7 for 365 days of the year. To the public, the building opens at 8 a.m. every day, and the court activities will resume there over the summer.

Council member Hardi noted the renovation is added to renovations at the Mt. Daniel School and now underway with the construction of the new George Mason High School, hailing the complicated, cooperative effort required exemplified by her edicts to her three boys, “Sharing is caring and put your toys away when you are done.”

Council member Ross Litkenhous said that aside from being a husband and parent, being on the City Council has been “the most purposeful job I’ve ever had.”

Duncan called for a moment of silence to remember the momentous contributions of the late City Manager Dan McKeever and citi-

THE PINK GRANITE cornerstone of the newly renovated and expanded Falls Church Municipal Building was unveiled at a ceremony Monday night. (Photo: Gary Mester) zen activist Gary LaPorta.

Councilman David Snyder said the renovation was driven by public safety concerns and represents a commitment to that end.

Councilman Dan Sze hailed the environmental sustainability and embedded sensors that automatically modify the internal environment.

Vice Mayor Marybeth Connelly cited the artifacts carried over from the old City Hall, including the Bill of Rights quilt presented in 1992, framed 1948

charter of the city, the portraits of founding fathers Jefferson, Washington, Madison and Monroe donated in 1985 by the Village Preservation and Improvement Society, and pointed to blank wall spaces that she said will be filled in the near future by women and persons of color who’ve also contributed greatly to our democracy and the City.

Mayor Tarter commented on the renovation in the context of the “greatest period of capital investment in the history of the city.”

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Stepping Up to the Housing Crisis

The housing crisis in this region, as with the nation as a whole, in fact, is getting far worse and faster than expected as investors rush to lock up residential properties all over the place in anticipation of a boom of real estate values related to the arrival of Amazon, even if Amazon doesn’t get here for another decade. Reports from everywhere are the same: The availability of rental residentials is drying up before our very eyes, and it’s happening right now.

For all the platitudes about diversity, including income diversity and a welcoming atmosphere in the City of Falls Church, it’s going on a decade now since the last serious effort at improving the stock of affordable housing. In that case it was a modest effort at low-income senior housing that was culminated, as in killed, after almost a decade of arduous struggle by a one-vote Council margin.

Since then, things have actually gone in reverse. The Council in its wisdom took $2 million that had been amassed in an affordable housing fund and decided to drop it back into the general operating fund. There has not been a penny for affordable housing since.

This editorial space has neither the ink nor desire to rehash all the arguments for why or why not things have or haven’t happened in the last decade. The only relevant reality now is that we have a crisis, a housing crisis, and Falls Church can choose if it wants to be in the forefront of addressing it in a proactive manner, or lag behind and even abdicate entirely. This falls solidly in the lap of our government, of City Hall. Joe Average Citizen may support government solutions, but is neither inclined nor able to do anything about it alone.

Not that there haven’t been private citizens willing to help: in particular, real estate developers right here in Falls Church. We have stories, few rising to the public discourse because they involve the almighty dollar and no one wants to mess with that for the sake of democracy and the tackling of a huge need. But specifically, it has been confided to the News-Press that a recent offer to put a large affordable housing project on a downtown parcel was met with a phalanx of blank stares at City Hall. Not even a “no,” just silence.

We believe the current leadership configuration at City Hall should remain in place for a good time going forward, and if that is taken as commentary on this fall’s City Council elections in Falls Church, then so be it. It’s because, as far as we can see, the current configuration is the best the City has had in decades, if ever, to exhibit the moral spine to act on the housing crisis. This is a government, confident in its ability to win over the citizenry to the viability of its arguments, to spur a brave housing offensive.

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F.C. High Alum Glad to See GMHS Groundbreaking Editor, As a Falls Church High School Jaguar alum, I gladly attended the wonderful groundbreaking ceremony last Friday for the all-new George Mason High School!

The histories of George Mason and Falls Church High are actually united as both existed together first as Jefferson High Jaguars

(Fall 1926-June 1945) and then as Falls Church High (Fall 1945-) at Cherry St. and Hillwood Ave. until the Town became an independent City and eventually opened George Mason High School in the fall of 1952.

A fun fact is that during the four years until the original George Mason High School opened, all students from both

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the County and the City still went to school at Falls Church High School — happily and productively together!

Another interesting fact is that both schools are celebrating big events this year with Falls Church High School having its 75th anniversary this fall with the Class of 2020! In fact, Falls Church High will also undergo major new construction and renovations come 2022!

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Capping SALT Deductions Hurts Falls Church B� P. D���� T�����

The following is the testimony given

by P. David Tarter, Mayor of the City of Falls Church, before the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures on June 25, 2019: Falls Church is a small, independent city of about 14,000 citizens, located on the outskirts of Washington. Our local elections are non-partisan and I was elected as an independent. So, I come here today without a political axe to grind.

That being said, let me be clear about the issue at hand: I believe it is a poor idea to cap the SALT [Federal “State and Local Tax” — ed.] deduction. It only hurts hardworking families and municipalities like mine.

In Falls Church, we ask a lot of our tax payers. We have to. As a city in Virginia, we are independent of a county, and yet must provide the same full range of municipal services — excellent schools, a trustworthy police force, well-maintained parks, and clean streets. Lacking the economies of scale of our larger neighbors, our property taxes are formidable. People choose to live in Falls Church anyway, because I’m proud to say that our town values the right things, like our award-winning school system.

In recent years, we’ve built a new middle school, expanded two elementary schools, and, earlier this month, broke ground on a

brand-new high school. All that, plus we are renovating our city hall and library.

These capital investments are expensive, but our citizens view them as a necessary part of maintaining the Falls Church way of

“There are no yachts in Falls Church, just lots of hard-working families trying to get by in the high rent district.” life, and as investments in our community’s future.

The median cost of a single-family home in our town is $825,000. That doesn’t buy you a mansion — more likely a modest brick rambler, built in the 1950s. For that, our median City mortgage payer lays out more than $36,000 a year.

So, while our household income may appear to be high, when stacked up against the imposing cost of living, many of our residents struggle to make house payments, pay taxes, and make ends meet.

There are no yachts in Falls Church, just lots of hard-working families trying to get by in the high rent district. Most of the

folks that I know are two income families who serve their country though work in government or the military and want the best education possible for their children.

I am not a wealthy man. I have discovered that being a locally elected official is not a financially lucrative career. But like many of my fellow citizens, I now face the prospect of paying thousands of dollars in added taxes because of limitations in the SALT deduction.

Like you, I care about the tax burden on my constituents. Even before this cap, I felt our community was at the top end of its taxing capacity.

The number one issue I hear about when campaigning is taxes — our property taxes.

And indeed, they are burdensome. The owners of that $825,000 house I mentioned will pay over $11,000 in property taxes this year alone.

When you add in Virginia income and car taxes, that same citizen’s SALT payments far exceed the new $10,000 cap.

What does that mean? It means that tax dollars that could have gone to the city are now going to the federal government, and there is less money available for essential local services, like schools, police, and fire protection.

The new cap on the SALT deduction double taxes citizens on these payments, and penalizes workers in high cost areas like my City, where wages and income are high, but are fully matched by the cost of

living.

To us in local government, the recent SALT limitation also has the look and feel of another unfunded mandate, whereby higher levels of government can claim they reduced taxes, but in reality, they are merely shifting the burden downstream.

That high school I mentioned earlier was built in the 1950’s, with grants and zero percent loans from the federal and state governments.

Today, we are on our own. Our local tax payers are getting no assistance from the federal government, and worse, with the limitation of the SALT deduction, taxes have been effectively raised.

Back home, we agree with that most famous Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, who said, “The government closest to the people serves the people best.”

In Falls Church, we balance our budgets. And we provide necessary services in the most cost-effective manner. Local government is where the rubber meets the road.

We should not be at odds with the Federal government, but instead working in close partnership to create better outcomes for citizens. From where I sit, repealing the SALT deduction cap would be a step in the right direction. Thank you.

David Tarter is the mayor of the City of Falls Church.

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FALLS CHURCH MAYOR David Tarter (left) appeared before the U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee to explain the importance of modifying the state and local tax deduction cap in the new federal tax law. (Courtesy photo)

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Tarter. Beyer said he’s run a business with his brother in Falls Church for 46 years, and “It’s not a ritzy, fancy place. Most families are made up of two-parent workers who struggle to meet expenses.”

Using charts, Beyer compared average home prices to show that those in Falls Church, as an example, are almost three times those in, for example, Florence, South Carolina (Rep. Tom Rice, an outspoken Republican on the committee who assailed the panel for presenting a “false narrative,” representing the congressional district that includes Florence), thus making the cap on local real estate tax deductions more prohibitive for residents in places like

Falls Church.

Tarter, whose full testimony is reprinted on page 7 of this edition, got an amused rise among Twitter responses to his testimony from those viewing his testimony on live TV from his comment, “There are no yachts in Falls Church.”

He said, “While our household income may appear to be high, when stacked up against the imposing cost of living, many of our residents struggle to make house payments, pay taxes and make ends meet. There are no yachts in Falls Church, just lots of hard-working families trying to get by in the high rent district.

Most of the folks that I know are two income families who serve their country through work in government or the military and want

the best education possible for their children.”

In addition to property taxes on an average home being over $11,000 a year, he said, “When you add in Virginia income and car taxes, SALT payments far exceed the new $10,000 cap,” meaning, he said, “that tax dollars that could have gone to the city are now going to the federal government, and there is less money available for essential local services like schools, police and fire protection.”

The new SALT deduction cap “double taxes citizens on these payments, and penalizes workers in high cost areas like my City,” he said, and he concluded by quoting Thomas Jefferson, who said, “The government closest to the people serves the people best.”

The cap as a double taxation issue was raised by other panelists, who cited Alexander Hamilton writing in the Federalist Papers and other taxation precedents in 1862 and 1913 that forbade the concept of double taxation.

Others cited the disproportionate benefit the 2017 tax overhaul has provided to the rich, to the top one and top 10 percent. Beyer noted that while 85 percent of the benefits of the tax reform accrue to the top one percent, 100 percent of the extra profits enjoyed by corporate moguls came from buybacks and dividends and not from investment in new research and development.

Congressmen from California, New York and Illinois, in particular, cited the heavy net federal tax burden on their states from the

current system, where far more is extracted from the states than comes back in services. It was noted that 45 percent of the cost of maintaining the nation’s roads and 40 percent of the cost of maintaining the nation’s bridges fall to local governments.

Asked by the News-Press following the hearing whether he felt that Congress may be inclined to reconsider the cap on SALT, Tarter said, “If Congress is unable to restore the full SALT deduction, then increasing the cap or doing away with the marriage penalty for this deduction would be a good start.”

Meanwhile, local pundits couldn’t recall a time when a Falls Church City official had been called to testify before a U.S. Congressional committee before.

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F.C. Residents Can Now Keep Hedgehogs, Turtles & More as Pets The Falls Church City Council voted 5-2 (with Mayor Tarter and Dan Sze dissenting) to modify its code to expand the list of animals that can be kept as pets in the City, in a compromise from earlier proposals adding turtles, tortoises, hedgehogs, hermit crabs and chinchillas to the list. In particular, according to the staff report presented to the Council, a prohibition on lizards was maintained, and the language regarding snakes was modified to refer to “nonvenomous” as opposed to “nonpoisonous” snakes “less than eight feet in length.” The new animals on the list are added to dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, ferrets, birds normally purchased through a pet store, goldfish and aquarium fish, and rabbits, mice and rats “which have been bred in captivity and which never have known the wild.” Council member Letty Hardi noted in levity that “lions and tigers and bears” were not on the list. Councilman Sze said he felt the added species, with restraints on their natural habitats and patterns of behavior, “Are not for human entertainment.” Councilman Duncan noted that “pets of any kind are a tremendous responsibility” and that owners “need to treat all critters with respect.”

Hitt Sentenced to 6.5 Years In Prison by District Court Judge Former Falls Church-based developer Todd Hitt, having pled guilty earlier this year to securities fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Court for the Eastern Districts of Virginia Judge Leonie Brinkema to 6.5 years in prison last Friday. His sentence includes being on supervised release for three years after he is released. According to a report in the Washington Business Journal, “Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Lytle noted in his sentencing guidelines that an extraordinary restitution payment of $20 million already made by the defendant’s family was an important factor in the sentencing.” Hitt’s family runs Hitt Contracting, one of the region’s largest construction companies, although Todd Hitt did not go into the family business. Lytle said in court, “Hitt’s offense is unforgiveable, a colossal Ponzi scheme.” Hitt ran his Kiddar Capital firm out of the four-story building he’d purchased at the corner of Broad and Washington Streets in downtown Falls Church until his arrest last year. According to the report, Bruce Matson, the court-appointed receiver liquidating Hitt’s Kiddar Capital assets, said in a letter he received “exceptional cooperation” from Hitt and his family that helped him recover “better than typical” amounts for restitution for the victims and creditors.

Police Looking for Suspects in F.C. Armed Robbery

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Police are on the lookout for four men after they say a victim was robbed at gunpoint at a City of Falls Church business early last Thursday morning. City of Falls Church Police report that around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, a man entered the Green Health Massage at 1057 W. Broad St., located in the West End Plaza strip mall, and pointed at handgun at the victim and demanded cash. The suspect then went to the parking lot where he was joined by three males and all four fled on foot, westbound on the W&OD Trail toward Fairfax Co. The victim was unarmed, police report. Police have updated the details of the suspect now describing him as a tall, black male with a beard, bald head and wearing a black shirt, shorts and black bracelet. The three suspects seen fleeing with the armed suspect are described as black males. City of Falls Church Police ask anyone with information on the incident to call 703-248-5053 (TTY 711).

Preliminary OK Given to Expanding Tax Relief The F.C. Council voted 7-0 to expand tax relief programs for elderly, disabled and low income citizens Monday, bringing the City’s program more closely in line though still not on a par with neighboring jurisdictions. The final vote on the changes will come at the July 8 Council meeting. Councilman Phil Duncan said he felt it important to give a “full throated affirmation” to the added benefits, and that there “should not be too many guardrails or too much paperwork.”

F.C. Council Adds July 5 Holiday for City Employees By a unanimous vote Monday night, the Falls Church City Council established Friday, July 5, as a holiday for all City employees, effectively extending the July 4 weekend to four days.

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Community News & Notes Blood Donors From The Area Requested INOVA Blood Donor Services is looking for donors in Falls Church and the surrounding communities throughout the summer at the nearest donor center, Woodburn Donor Center (3829 Woodburn Rd., #010, Annandale).

This campaign will last from June 1 – Sept. 30. Photo ID is required to donate blood.

Interested donors are asked to alot one hour for their blood donation.

The hours are as follows: Tuesday — 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Wednesday — 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Thursday — Noon – 8 p.m.; Friday

— 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday — 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday — 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

There are multiple, day-specific prize giveaways for donating blood as well.

Tuesday — a clear stadium tote bag and entered into a raffle for a pair of Washington Nationals tickets; Wednesday — USB portable charger; Thursday — beverage tumbler; Friday — lunchbox; Saturday and Sunday — t-shirt.

James Madison Students Land Spot on President’s List The following Falls Church residents were recognized for mak-

MOMINA KARKI (right) of Falls Church was the recipient of the Higginbotham Scholarship from the School of Nursing during East Central University’s College of Health and Science Awards Banquet this past spring. (Photo: Courtesy Brian Johnson)

ing James Madison University’s President’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. Students who earn President’s List honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a grade point average of 3.9 or above Shiri Melisa Abramovitch, majoring in Psychology; Katherine Anne Bloom, majoring in Psychology; John Basil Farmakides, majoring in Finance; Samantha Lee Fitzgerald, majoring in Health Sciences; Christopher James Ho, majoring in Biology; Kristopher Steven Krueger, majoring in Engineering; Erin Elizabeth Paulson, majoring in English; Jhosselin Marcia Rocha, majoring in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies; Ryan Thomas Strand, majoring in Media Arts and Design; Rain YuJie Zhou,

majoring in Computer Science and Helen Mary Dina van Wijngaarden, majoring in Public Policy & Administration.

Local Teacher Wins Classroom Makeover Ahead of back-to-school season, Lakeshore Learning, a leading developer and retailer of educational materials, awarded first grade teacher Katherine Bryant of Westlawn Elementary School (3200 Westley Rd., Falls Church), a brand new classroom décor makeover. The makeover reveal is on Friday, June 28 at 8 a.m. at Westlawn.

After Lakeshore Learning launched the “Schoolgirl Style Make Over My Classroom” contest, it received entries from teachers across the country, but ulti-

mately chose Bryant as its grandprize winner. Bryant’s classroom is made up of students from refugee families or from families facing extreme poverty, as well as students with special needs. She tries to use her classroom environment to highlight the importance of diversity and celebrating the students’ differences, as well as to help inspire excitement about learning. She knows that a classroom makeover will mean the world to her students, which is why she is thrilled to be giving them one that they deserve.

Bryant is being awarded with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have her classroom personally styled by Schoolgirl Style founder Melanie Ralbusky. The prize package, valued at $5,000, includes unique and fashionable décor from the latest Schoolgirl

THE FALLS CHURCH KIWANIS Little League All-Star schedule is underway. The 8-10 age group wrapped up their All-Star run with a game versus Alexandria last night, the 9-11 age group will face Mason District tonight in their season finale and the Majors team beginning play on July 3 against Vienna American. Pictured (in no particular order) is the 9-11 age group — Henry Ackerman, Christopher Capannola, James Fatzinger, Luke Greiner, Topher Higginson, Kemper Morrison, Elijah Petty, Matteo Pipia, Gordon Teach, Jack Toman, Luke Torres, Nicholas Valudes, Jason Wattles and Griffin Wishrad. (Photo: Courtesy Kirsten Fatzinger)

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Style collections, select teaching supplies and furniture pieces, decorative accents and a newly painted classroom interior

Free Tai Chi Class At Sun & Moon Sun & Moon Taiji One will host a tai chi open house with a free trial tai chi class on Monday, July 1 from 8 – 9 p.m. The event is open to those who want to experience the wide range of physical-mental health benefits of tai chi. The event will take place at the Falls Church location (Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do, Falls Plaza Shopping Center, 1136 W. Broad St., Falls Church). RSVP is required.

Call 301-512-5071 or e-mail SunAndMoonTaijiOne@gmail. com to reserve a spot.

Falls Church Residents Graduate, Make Dean’s List The following area residents were recognized for either graduating or earning a spot on their respective university’s Dean’s List The graduates are: Becker College — Stuart Griswold from Falls Church graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interactive Media Design, Game Arts Concentration.

Dickinson College — Stephen Christopher Bonacci from McLean graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Business & Management.

Georgia Institute of Technology — Emily Moschella from Falls Church graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Iowa State University — Elizabeth Axtell from McLean graduated with Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science.

University of San Diego — Katherine Liverman from Falls Church graduated with a Bachelor

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of Arts degree in International Relations.

The Dean’s List receipients are: Georgia Institute of Technology — Dylan Kemelor from Falls Church.

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford — Victoria Gianopoulos, sophomore, psychology from Falls Church.

Michigan Technological University — Ben J. Updike, Chemical Engineering from Falls Church.

University of Dayton — Mary Catherine Donovan from Falls Church.

Simmons University — Rachel Matz from Falls Church.

McDaniel College — Sheila Evans and Nicholas Cummings, both from Falls Church, were awarded High Honors and Highest Honors, respectively, as well as making the Dean’s List.

The University of Scranton — Ana C. Luta from Falls Church.

Tom Dolan Selected to D.C. Sports Hall of Fame This past weekend, two-time Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan was inducted into the 2019 class of the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame at Nationals Park.

Dolan launched his first swim school (Tom Dolan Swim School) in 2012, but the story began in 1980 when Dolan started swimming in Arlington at the age of five.

Dolan became a back-to-back Olympic gold medalist in the 400 individual medley in Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.

Along with that, Dolan also won a silver medal in the 200 individual medley in 2000 and held the 400 individual medley World Record for nine years.

Dolan also won two gold medals at the World Championships and helped lead his alma mater,

THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH unveiled its commemorative cornerstone in the midst of some light rain Monday evening. The stone tablet, donated and constructed by Falls Church’s Sisler Stone, is located on a new extension of City Hall in the structure’s rear. City Manager Wyatt Shields elaborated on the symbols shown on the stone, including how the tree represents the City’s roots and the leaves demonstrate how the City is in the process of change. Shields credited Meaghan DeCelle from City’s Human Resources department for the thoughtful symbols. (P����: N���-P����) the University of Michigan, to an NCAA team title in 1995 while winning nine NCAA titles as a student-athlete.

Dolan was also a 14-time U.S. National Champion and the face on the cover of Sports Illustrated and the Wheaties box.

When his run at the elite level of swimming was complete, Dolan decided to focus his attention on the grassroots, educational side of the sport.

Dolan opened his first swim school out in Dulles in 2012 and his second location this past March in Falls Church.

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Catholic Teens Do Home Renovations for Work Camp More than 850 Catholic teens from 42 parishes and almost 500 volunteers, contractors and staff from the Catholic Diocese of Arlington set up camp in central Virginia throughout this week to repair homes for 110 needy residents over the course of four days.

Teens participating in the diocese’s 30th WorkCamp will be based at King George High School.

Starting on Monday and continuing through the end of today, the work crews of teens, volunteers

and contractors have traveled to seven surrounding counties — King George, Westmoreland, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex and Hanover — to complete 200 major renovation projects to make the homes of elderly and low income residents warmer, safer and drier.

This Friday, the work-campers will welcome the residents to the high school camp for a celebration.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington will be on hand that afternoon to offer financial assistance and household supplies.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church

By Supervisor Penny Gross

Have you checked around your home for mosquito incubators? This rainy, and then hot, weather is the perfect recipe for hatching mosquitos. Even a small amount of undisturbed water can provide a nursery for mosquito eggs that hatch in less than a week. Last weekend, I was surprised to find water in a small depression in the plastic bag holding potting soil on our deck. The water spot was covered by a tulip poplar leaf, but it was easy to tip over the bag so that the water ran off. Planter saucers, outdoor toys, old tires, a tarp over lawn equipment – all can harbor enough water to create your own personal supply of biters. Mosquitos don’t fly far, so the next warm summer evening you go outside to watch the fireflies, so prolific right now, please take a few minutes to “tip and toss” the water in all those hiding places.

Keep tipping and tossing, right up to the first freeze in November. Fight the Bite! Tip and Toss!

Trash collection and recycling programs are frustrating many neighborhoods in Mason District, and Fairfax County, as private haulers struggle with an industry-wide problem: a lot of trash and recyclables, and not enough personnel to do the scheduled pickups. Private haulers operating in Fairfax County must adhere to the county’s Solid Waste Ordinance and, last month, American Disposal Services (ADS), which serves about 120,000 households, entered into a consent agreement with Fairfax County to address both short term and long term issues. Improving communication with their customers and the county, extending pick up hours, and providing credits for missed or delayed service are among the issues that were identified in the agreement.

Based on more recent complaints to my office,

and personal experience, it seems that Republic Services/AAA Trash Service is having similar issues, with trash and recycling schedules missed, robocalls to customers that promise pickup on another day, and then missing that reschedule, too. It’s no fun to drag trash and recycling containers down the driveway in expectation of a pickup, and find that everything still is there when you get home from work. Constituents and customers are angry. Is Republic listening?

A recent presentation to the Board’s Environment Committee revealed that recycling rates are stable in Fairfax County, but residents may be confused about what to put in the recycle bin. County staff did their own “recycle sort,” measuring items in recycling collection bins for one day, with the result that 27 percent was mixed paper, 22 percent was cardboard, and about 11 percent was plastic and metals. Disappointing was that fully one-third of the recycled materials actually was trash and glass, which needed to be disposed as trash, not recyclables. Dirty diapers are not recyclable! Neither are takeout containers, cups, hangers, cords, and hoses.

Some dry cleaners will take back hangers in good shape. Single use plastic bags can be recycled at grocery stores. Although sheets of paper can go in your recycle bin, already shredded paper cannot. Broken glass contaminates paper and anything else in the bin, but Fairfax County soon will have some “purple can” locations where you can recycle glass bottles.

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

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Senator Dick Saslaw’s

Richmond Report Thank you for your vote in the Democratic Primary. I’ve spent the last year visiting with neighbors and heard what issues matter most in our community.

Common themes emerged — a thriving economy, good stewardship of taxpayers’ money with strategic investments in public education and infrastructure, as well as curbing gun violence remain priorities in the 35th Senate District. We talked about the importance of keeping our environment healthy and curtailing the practices that do it harm.

Recently, tragedy struck yet another American city — this time right here in the Commonwealth.

Our hearts break for the victims and loved ones of the devastating shooting in Virginia Beach. On behalf of our community, I extend our condolences to the families that will forever remember May 31 as the day that sadly changed so many lives. The time has come to do more and we are poised to work with legislative colleagues on both sides of the aisle to address gun violence in the Commonwealth. Governor Northam has called for a special session on July 9. With your support duly noted, my caucus and I will lead the effort for gun sensible legislation. Enough is enough.

The last several weeks have been marked by severe weather around the nation. Excessive rains have caused flooding and power outages. Climate change is real and plays a significant role in our future. Property damage, economic impacts, and rising costs for food and other necessities are very tangible outcomes. Looking ahead, we must continue to keep the Commonwealth on a path to address the negative effects of global warming. Across the Potomac, there is a real effort to roll back the environmental protections we embraced during the Obama administration. This is wrong, and in Richmond I will continue to fight for our children’s future, the air we breathe, and the water we drink.

Closer to home, the official start of hurricane season has begun. I encourage you to be prepared and put together your plan and kit for potential emergencies.

May 30 marked the first anniversary of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. During the past year, we have enrolled 280,000+ indi-

viduals in the program. Access to medical care is a basic human right in this country and should not be based on one’s zip code.

Visions of the Nuns on the Bus readily come to mind when we think of people living in poverty in need of medical assistance.

This is not always the reality.

More than 6,000 of our neighbors in the 35th District qualify for the program. More importantly, the Commonwealth is no longer leaving hard-earned taxpayer money in the federal coffers. This is a win/win that we accomplished together.

One of the most controversial actions happening in state legislatures across the nation, is the assault on women’s reproductive freedom. I have no doubt in 2020 we will see similar attempts in the Virginia General Assembly. I will continue to fight for a woman’s right to choose and for safe and legal healthcare. Making criminals out of victims of rape and incest should not even be a consideration for law makers.

This is the height of graduation season. Congratulations to our students going forward.

Investing in higher education is critical to workforce development and economic growth in the region. Partnering with business and labor positions Virginians for the ability to earn a good living.

Most of our colleges and universities are taking advantage of budget action that provides funds that enable tuition freezes.

Locally, George Mason University is the most diverse public research university in Virginia.

It has conferred 9.296 degrees to students from 81 countries and 48 states. Three of the top six undergraduate degrees were information technology, information systems and operations management, and computer science. The Arlington Campus will launch the Institute for Digital InnovAtion, Virginia’s first School of Computing. I will continue to champion and advocate for these strategic investments in Virginians from all walks of life.

Thank you for the privilege of serving our Commonwealth as your state senator. We are on a good path with lots of potential.  Senator Saslaw represents the 35th District in the Virginia State Senate. He may be emailed at district35@senate.virginia.gov.

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Stonewall & the Vietnam War

This coming weekend marks the actual 50th anniversary of the famous riots at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York City that historians, pathetic revisionist ones and otherwise, mark as the launch of the modern movement for the enfranchisement of gays and lesbians, and a roster that has grown in recent years to rightfully embrace bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer if you prefer, nonbinary, intersex and any other precious human being who does not fit neatly into the social fabric as defined by militant straight male chauvinists with their subservient wives and children.

The longer the acronym grows from LGBT to LGBTQ to LGBTQ+ and who knows how much further, FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS the more it becomes clear that this is not just about a cause for affirming the sexual freedom of everyone, but it is about a class of persons in society who do not conform to the straight male supremacist paradigm. For too many straight males (including those who feel threatened by their own internal conflicts about sexual orientation) this widening class of persons represents a threat, not to religious norms or public laws, but very personally to how they were raised to view their role in the world.

If they can’t be tyrants, and can only dream about that (or assign that role to a “hero” like Trump), they can’t be the boss at work, or the top bowler on the company team, then at least they can bark at their wife and kids, who better not show any sissy signs growing up.

Add economic pressures onto these people, and maybe some recent addictions to painkillers of one kind or another, or brain damage from high school football, and you have very frustrated and angry persons who fantasize while watching violent kickboxing or other forms of people-maiming on TV. They manifest the same kind of anger that southern men did after the Civil War, when out of pure revenge at being made to feel inferior to those they’d brutally enslaved for centuries, lashed out for decades of lynchings, Jim Crow legal oppression and efforts to glorify their Confederate traditions.

We now, in the summer of 2019, have a White House and Republican Party that is reflecting the angry-man sentiments of that Jim Crow era, and the era of reaction against the civil rights and anti-war movements, too, of the late 1960s, the Nixon era when the Stonewall Riots happened.

It was the effect of the civil rights and anti-war movements that sparked the riots at Stonewall. It was the thousands of homeless runaway youth who hung out in the Village in those days, afraid being drafted into the jungles of Vietnam and killed, who slept in the parks or piled on top of each other in run-down rooms, who panhandled and hustled, who really fueled the three days of rioting around the police raid of that dingy, Mafia-run gay bar.

That same week in 1969, the oversized Life magazine ignored pleas from the military establishment to, in its June 27, 1969 edition, dedicate its cover and 12 full pages inside to high school yearbook-style head shots of 242 18-to-20 year old rosy cheeked boys in a feature entitled, “The Faces of the American Dead: One Week’s Toll.”

This was just a year after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy.

As I wrote in a column in 2012, “My affirmation of my homosexuality became inseparably connected to the empathy I felt for the thousands of boys dying senselessly in Vietnam.” I could have added something like, “and the fear felt by all those rioters at Stonewall.”

It was exactly that kind of empathy that drove the poet Walt Whitman to write a new kind of poetry about his experiences as a nurse helping maimed and dying young soldiers in hospitals around Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in the Civil War. His courage to write openly of his love and compassion for those young men actually played a major role in spurring the rise of the movement for homosexual affirmation in the subsequent decades.

Such love was indispensable for him as a driver of a love for democracy and the preservation of freedom for all.

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Our Man in Arlington

By Charlie Clark

Pressed for a single word to describe Arlingtonians, I might choose “joiners.”

Whether in politics, organized religion, neighborhood activism, charities or hobby sharing, our citizenry has long proved that many heads beat one.

How to extend such engagement to the younger generation was the conundrum confronted by engaged attendees June 12 at the Committee of 100.

They led a 21st-century discussion of how to communicate in a world of bombardment by impersonal social media while drawing on deep traditions in Arlington’s history.

Former 1980s-era County Board member John Milliken, still going as a transportation official, acted as the silver-haired historian, explaining how “the more things change” in Arlington, the more “the fundamentals do not.”

The driver of Arlington’s citizen activism has not been County Board issues but the desire for quality schools, Milliken said.

With World War II, Arlington’s population ballooned from 57,040 in 1940 to 135,449 in 1950, and “live births hit new highs at Arlington Hospital.”

Activists formed the Citizens Committee for School Improvement in 1947, and Arlington became first in Virginia to elect its school board.

That privilege was revoked by Richmond’s powerbrokers in 1956 after Arlington got uppity in seeking school desegregation. The resulting “polarization” formed the climate, Milliken said,

in which both the Committee of 100 and Arlingtonians for a Better County were founded.

The “fundamentals” that endure, he added, are that Arlingtonians are “comfortable with government.” Our wellacquainted citizens are “relatively homogenous,” educated and ready to provide “resources, time and money.” And they run an electoral system “conducive to moderation through at-large, staggered elections.”

Speakers representing the Millennials described their personal journeys to involvement.

Krysta Jones, founder of the Vote Lead Impact group that trains African-American candidates, arrived on Columbia Pike in 2004 after a realtor promised an Arlington soon to be transformed by a streetcar. (Not). A veteran of Democratic congressional campaigns, Jones praised Arlington’s “progressive firsts” — Freedman’s Village, pioneering school integration and planning for Metro’s impact. But one can “peel back to things you might not want to see” — the Hall’s Hill segregation wall, the “North-South divide,” poverty in certain schools and pricey housing.

But Jones, active with the Arlington Community Foundation and the Junior League, was impressed that County Board member Chris Zimmerman responded to her first email, though a stranger.

“Everybody can get involved,” even if the Arlington Way “takes a new form.”

Arlington-bred Hannah Dannenfelser, the Community

Involvement Ambassador at the Arlington Community Federal Credit Union, recalled the Clarendon Day in 2014 when she wandered to the Jaycees booth.

“That led me to giving back in my own way” to being “part of the fabric of the next generation of Arlington leaders.”

The challenge, Dannenfelser said, is that young people in $2,500-a-month rentals on the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor have high salaries, competitive contracting careers and a bar scene.

“They are hard to engage because they have limited free time and aren’t necessarily planning to stay long.”

The way to make them aware of Arlington’s charitable needs is to “create moments of connection” on social media and “where they work and play,” she said.

Private companies can form partnerships for “volunteer management” to build a “shared commitment to Arlington’s future.” With 230,000 people, “it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle.”

The key, said Milliken, is not “the Snapchatters and Facebookers” but “sitting down for actual conversations.” *** Well-regulated food trucks have earned their place on Arlington’s menu. I partake, but I experienced a downside.

I recently met a friend for lunch at the old-fashioned dinein restaurant Summers near Courthouse.

I could barely make my way to its entrance because of the crowds on the Wilson Blvd. sidewalk ordering from a fleet of food trucks.

Inside the restaurant, I was practically the only customer.

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For those over age 65, falls are the leading reason we go to the emergency room. Falls can start a vicious cycle: A simple fracture or brain injury can lead to hospitalization, which can bring its own problems, such as catching an infection or becoming weak from staying in bed. Being weak can lead to more falls ... and more decline. An older study concluded that one-fourth of seniors who had a hip fracture died within six months. Many of those who survived ended up in a nursing home and were still there a year later.

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The recent study divided participants into two groups: those in an exercise program and those not in one. Those who exercised fared better when it came to reducing falls.

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Walking is your next best bet, aiming for a half-hour walk a few times a week. Explore tai chi for leg strength, flexibility and balance. Also look online for the free Tufts University booklet called Growing Stronger. *** Remember when we were kids and summers were spent riding our bicycles around the neighborhood? We’d screech around corners, never worrying about balance or falls. Now, as seniors, most of us don’t have that exercise option.

But that doesn’t mean we have to stay off bikes altogether. We only need to add a wheel.

Three-wheel bicycles, known as trikes, are becoming more popular as the boomer generation ages. These bikes have one wheel

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Most of the trikes are single speed, but some come with three or seven speeds to make starting and slight inclines easier. Some trikes come with an electric motor, and you’ll need that if you live in a hilly area.

One warning about the trikes, however: If you rode a regular two-wheel bike when you were young, you no doubt learned about balance and leaning. Trikes don’t work that way. To ride one of these safely, you need to sit upright.

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COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Middle School Book Club. June Book: “The False Prince” by Jennifer Nielsen. On the 7th grade summer reading list from Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School.

Book Club for grades 6-8. Limited copies of the book are available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703248-5034.

Amateur Writers Group. A group for aspiring writers. Attendees can share their work, give and receive feedback. All kinds of writing considered. Attendees are encouraged to bring something that they’re working on. Meets the last Thursday of the month at Mad Fox Brewing Company (444

Summer Concerts in the Park.

The Village Preservation and Improvement Society (VPIS) and the Recreation and Parks Department are hosting the 27th annual “Summer Concerts in the Park” series held in Cherry Hill Park beginning on June 20 — Aug. 1. The series features local musicians of various genres every Thursday evening. This week’s performer is Mountain Fish — country music. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church).

7 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5077.

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 FIT4MOM Body Back Class at the Downtown Park. The Body Back experience is high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout designed to challenge, empower, and recharge participants. (Note:

this is a child-free workout) Downtown Park (100 block of W. Broad St., Falls Church). 7 – 8 a.m.

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Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-2485034.

Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

Morning Yoga in the Downtown Park. Interested attendees can enjoy a free class with Karma Yoga on today at the new park in downtown Falls Church. Attendees are asked to bring their own mat.

Downtown Park (100 block of W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9 – 10 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711).

My Reptile Guys at the Library.

An hour long presentation featuring a variety of reptile species from all over the world.

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overdue child, she and Jim are faced with the biggest challenge of their lives. Byhalia, Mississippi explores a couple in the midst of turmoil — and a town with a racially charged past that finds its way into the present. This incredible production is directed by Kimberly Senior, director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Disgraced” on Broadway. Kennedy Center (2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.) $49. 7:30 p.m. kennedy-center.org.

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The ongoing Beltway Sniper crisis looms over the residents of Forest Treàs, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Washington, DC. As the Neighborhood Association struggles to maintain a sense of calm and security, a documentary filmmaker proposes a radical solution: put cameras everywhere and live-stream their neighborhood. Dance Loft on 14 (4618 14th St., NW Washington, D.C.) $30. 8 p.m.pointlesstheatre.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 “Ripcord.” A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet between the old women quickly escalates into a dangerous game of one-upmanship that reveals not just the tenacity of these worthy opponents, but also deeper truths that each would rather remain hidden.

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Diana Ross. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $40 8 p.m. 703-2551900.

Karaoke. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186.

Dave Chappel Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Andrew O’Day. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

Happy Hour: Shartel & Hume Duo. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-241-9504.

RAIN — A Tribute to The Beatles.

Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $30. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Shepherd Center of OaktonVienna Benefit Concert with The Fabulous Dialtones. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $25. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566.

ANDREW O’DAY will be at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack tomorrow night. (Courtesy Photo) Dispatch with Anderson East.

Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Patty Reese. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m.

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Back to The 90’s Classic Albums: 20th Anniversary of Incubus “Make Yourself”. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566.

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

Warehouse Descendants.

Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186.

Something Shiny. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

Jamison Green. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

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Arvie & Bunny. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

The Outpatients. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Dede & The Do-Rights Live.

Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.

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David Davol. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Domenic Cicala & Thensome.

JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-

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MONDAY, JULY 1

Beach Boy Tribute Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-2419504.

Laughs In The Lobby Bar: Comedy Open Mic. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15.

8 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Open Mic — outdoors. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-858-9186

Wolf’s Blues Jam Weekly Show.

JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m.

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Jammin Java Songwriters Circle.

Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $16. 7 p.m. 703-2551566.

TUESDAY, JULY 2

Big Head Todd and the Monsters with Toad the Wet Sprocket and The Posies Live and in Concert.

Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Otis Redding Tribute with the Memphis Gold All-Stars Live and in Concert at JV’s. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

Them Fantasies + Unsullied + Flowerbomb. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 7:30 p.m.

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Earth, Wind & Fire. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 Little Tybee Live and in Concert.

Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 8 p.m. 703255-1566.

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the Planning Commission will hold a public meeting in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046 to consider the following item: (TR19-20) RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO UPDATE AND REPLACE CHAPTER 2, “DEMOGRAPHICS” WITH “PEOPLE, HOUSING, AND JOBS: DEMOGRAPHICS CHAPTER OF THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN” On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., the City Council will hold a public meeting in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22046 to consider the same item(TR19-20) described above.

that the affected correspondence may have included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, zip codes, bank account numbers, plan descriptions, premium payment amounts, and health plan beneficiary numbers.

If members have any questions, they can call Aetna toll-free at the number on the back of their member ID cards.

ABC LICENSE

Information on the proposed comprehensive plan amendments can be viewed at City Hall at 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA, Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). You may contact the Planning Division at plan@fallschurchva.gov with any questions or concerns.

HONGJIN CHEN, Sole Proprietor, Trading as: ROLLING COOKING, INC, 6351 Rolling Road, Springfield, Virginia 22152-2426.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for an Importer license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Hongjin Chen, Owner.

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA

AETNA NOTIFIES MEMBERS OF VENDOR PRIVACY BREACH This serves as a public notice that Aetna, a CVS Health business (NYSE: CVS), has notified approximately 238 Virginia residents that Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. d/b/a BenefitMall, a general agent that also acts as a third-party vendor that Aetna utilizes to provide administrative services related to employee benefits (e.g., enrollment and billing services), had certain employee email accounts compromised.

Aetna confirmed that this incident did not involve any Aetna system or application, and did not involve any personal information that Aetna maintained.

BenefitMall notified Aetna on December 11, 2018 that Aetna members may have been impacted by the breach. On December 18, 2018, BenefitMall provided Aetna with a list of potentially affected members. Upon receipt, Aetna began to gather the information necessary to mail letters to affected members to explain the situation and provide additional resources. Although Aetna is not aware of any evidence to indicate improper use of member information, Aetna is offering each affected member two years of credit monitoring coverage, at no cost,.

BenefitMall notified Aetna that the breach was caused by phishing attacks, which occurred between approximately June 2018 and October 19, 2018, and have since been contained. BenefitMall informed Aetna

Public hearings on the following items are scheduled for Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard.

(TR19-08) RESOLUTION TO GRANT SPECIAL EXCEPTION ENTITLEMENT FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH A BUILDING HEIGHT UP TO FIFTEEN (15) STORIES ON APPROXIMATELY 9.45 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 7124 LEESBURG PIKE (PORTIONS OF REAL PROPERTY CODE NUMBER 51-221-001) ON APPLICATION BY FALLS CHURCH GATEWAY PARTNERS (TR19-14) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 9.45 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE FALLS CHURCH CITY SCHOOL BOARD BEING A PORTION OF RPC 51-221-001 LOCATED AT 7124 LEESBURG PIKE (TR19-15) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS A AND B, APPROXIMATELY 9.97 ACRES, BY THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH TO THE FALLS CHURCH CITY SCHOOL BOARD BEING RPCS 51-221-002 AND 51-221-003 LOCATED AT 7124 LEESBURG PIKE All public hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 Park Ave., Falls Church, VA. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s office at 703-248-5014 or cityclerk@fallschurchva. gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable

accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711).

CELESTE HEATH CITY CLERK

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1,200 Come Home: George Mason H.S. Alums Pile in for 10th Anniversary

F.C.’s ‘10 Council Election Far Off, But Jockeying Underway

They came from all across the country, in fact they came from across the world.

From Sydney, Australia and Turkey and Paris they came.

Nearly 1,200 alumni of George Mason High School descended on the school last Friday night to celebrate the Falls Church School system’s 50th anniversary. “It was very rewarding to see so many graduates and so many faculty,” Scott Sager said.

The tiny City of Falls Church stands to be embroiled over the course of the entire coming year in a mighty struggle over which four people will be elected to the City Council next May. The start of the new fiscal year this week also marks the one-year countdown to decide who will be sworn in on July 1, 2010 to fill four Council seats that will almost certainly be hotly contested in a race that has begun.

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CRIME REPORT Week of June 17 – 23, 2019 Drunk In Public, W Westmoreland Rd/S Washington St, June 17, 3 AM, a male, 34, of Arlington, VA, was arrested for Drunk in Public.

Larceny from Building, 410 S Maple Ave (Pearson Square), between May 1 and June 17, unknown suspect(s) cut a cable lock and took a 26” Red Schwinn Hybrid Bicycle.

Hit and Run, 6775 Wilson Blvd (parking lot), June 17, between 10 AM and 7 PM, a Toyota RAV4 was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Hit and Run, 100 blk W Broad St, June 18, 8:24 AM, unknown suspect driving a yellow Penske truck struck a power pole and left the scene.

Fraud, 300 blk W Columbia St, June 18, 12:41 PM, an incident of fraud was reported.

Larceny from Building, 900 S Washington St, between 9 PM, June 14 and 8 AM, June 15, unknown suspect broke a lock from a garage storage unit and removed commercial items of value. Items were located in bushes behind the building.

Investigation continues.

Liquor Law Violations, W Broad St/N Virginia Ave, June 18, 1:30 PM, a male, 67, of Arlington, VA, was charged with Appearing in Public in a Drunken Condition after Having Been Interdicted.

Hit and Run, 100 blk Haycock Rd, June 18, 3:05 PM, a Ford Focus waiting at a red light was bumped in the back by a gray Subaru hatchback which left the scene.

Hit and Run, 600 blk Langston Ln, between 8:30 PM, June 17 and 7:30 AM, June 19, a vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Destruction of Property/Drug Narcotic Violation, 7000 blk Haycock Rd, June 19, 8:06 AM, a vehicle failed to stop for a police officer and then rammed the police vehicle. A male, 21, of Upper Marlboro, MD, was arrested for Possession of Marijuana, Eluding, Destruction of Property and several traffic offenses.

Robbery – Commercial, 1057 W Broad St (Green Health Massage), June 20, 12:18 AM, unknown suspect robbed business at gunpoint. Suspect described as a tall, black male with a beard and bald head who was wearing a black shirt, shorts and a black bracelet. Suspect last seen fleeing westbound on foot with three other black males.

Investigation continues.

Drug/Narcotic Violation, 1000 blk W Broad St, June 20, 2:54 PM, following a traffic stop, a male, 20, of Alexandria, VA, was issued a summons for Possession of Marijuana.

Hit and Run, 500 blk Roosevelt Blvd (parking lot), June 20, between 4 and 4:40 PM, a gray Chevrolet Tahoe was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Drunk In Public, 100 blk Hillwood Ave, June 20, 6 PM, a female, 55, of Alexandria, VA, was arrested for Drunk in Public.

Indecent Exposure, 100 blk S Maple Ave, June 22, 1:38 AM, victim was approached by a black male in a white 4D sedan and accepted an offer for a ride. Suspect then exposed himself to the passenger who immediately exited the vehicle. Investigation continues.

Assault/Drunk in Public, 220 N Washington St (State Theatre), June 22, 11:31 PM, a male, 47, of Arlington, VA was arrested for Assault and Drunk in Public.

Assault, 6757 Wilson Blvd #15 (H2O Café), June 23, 12:23 AM, a male, 31, of Germantown, MD, was arrested for Assault.

Driving Under the Influence, 7100 blk Leesburg Pike, June 23, 2:48 AM, a female, 35, of Arlington VA, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal.

Driving Under the Influence, 700 blk E Broad St, June 23, 10:50 PM, a female, 27, of Washington, DC, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Drinking While Driving.

LAST WEEK’S Critter Corner star, Charly (right), is joined by his much older brother-from-another-mother, Louie.

Unfortunately, Louie passed away in June at the age of 16.

According to his humans, the Rogers family, Louie was a saltof-the-earth guy who lived a long, good life.

Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.

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