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Inside This Week Library Referendum Gets Preliminary OK
By a 7-0 unanimous vote, the Falls Church City Council Monday gave a preliminary approval to the placement of a bond referendum on the ballot in November for an $8.7 million renovation and expansion of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. See News Briefs, page 9
A Look at F.C.’s New ‘Play Streets’
WMATA Chief in F.C.: ‘We Want to Develop at West F.C. Metro Station’ Evans Says He’s Eager to Co-Op With City of F.C.
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
With approval from the police and fire departments and coordination by other city agencies, Falls Church’s new “Play Street” initiative closes a section of a road to traffic so children and adults can have more space for play and activity.
constructed soon right along the Route 7 corridor where the service has been terminated. The residents were all from the Winter Hill condominiums located smack in the center of the City and most utilizing the bus stop at the corner of West Broad (Rt. 7) and S. Virginia Avenue. As of Sunday, June 26, they and other bus riders were notified by a flier posted at the
High-powered Washington, D.C.-based leaders of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority crossed the Potomac to bring their crisp black business suits and impeccable hairdos to the Falls Church City Council’s public business meeting Monday to provide an articulate briefing and take questions from the public on the Metro Rail System’s disruptive but necessary “SafeTrack” program of dangerously overdue repair work. It reminded some of a scene from the “Men in Black” movies with the dapper agents reporting on a reclusive, misbehaving and unwieldy alien (the Metro Rail System) loose in the area. But Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board chair Jack Evans, a veteran of the Washington, D.C. City Council, WMATA acting chief operating officer Jack Requa, accompanied by two equivalently outfitted young aides, made the news of most interest to the City of Falls Church when they expressed veritably unqualified support for putting WMATA’s 36 acres beside the West Falls Church Metro station into play for dense commercial development, possibly in cooperation with Falls Church’s designs for its Campus Development Project in the same neighborhood. F.C. Councilman Phil Duncan kicked off that discussion when he told Evans and Requa that “we
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David Brooks: Revolt of the Masses
Anybody who spends time in the working-class parts of America notices the contagions of drug addiction and suicide, and the feelings of anomie, cynicism, pessimism and resentment. See page 14
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Roosevelt Dime just wants you to put on your red shoes (or otherwise fancy shoes) and “hide away” your blues, as they profess in their new single off their new EP that’s due out Tuesday. See page 25
JACK EVANS, longtime Washington D.C. City Councilman and chairman of the board of WMATA, spoke to the Falls Church City Council Monday night about the Metrorail’s “SafeTrack” program and added his interest in potentially working with Falls Church on developing around the West Falls Church Metro site. (Photo: News-Press)
F.C. Citizens Protest as 2 Bus Routes Discontinued on Rt. 7 by Nicholas F. Benton
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Just as massive disruptions of Metrorail service are impacting the region, due to the socalled “SafeTrack” program to repair the vastly outdated system, the same governing agency, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit System (WMATA) has abruptly terminated two of its three bus service lines along Route 7 between the West and
East Falls Church Metro stations in the City of Falls Church. A half dozen impacted City residents showed up at the Falls Church City Council meeting Monday night to protest directly to WMATA’s chairman Jack Evans and acting chief operating officer Jack Requa who were there to brief the Council on the Metro “SafeTrack” effort. They noted that three new large scale mixed use projects are just now being completed or will be
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FALLS CHURCH CITIZEN Richard Rabil (at podium) assailed the sudden shutdown of two Metro bus lines on Rt. 7 through Falls Church Monday night to the F.C. City Council and to WMATA board chair Jack Evans (to his right). (P����: N���-P����)
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stop that two of the bus lines serving that Route 7 corridor – the 3P and the 28X – would no longer be showing up to carry riders to, among other destinations, the West and East Falls Church Metro stations. No explanation for the sudden, considerable degradation of service was provided, although Evans said Monday night that, without knowing the details, it was probably due to “low ridership levels” and the fact that “Falls Church is small.” Evans promised the citizens, “I will try to get them back,” and F.C. Mayor David Tarter quipped that if he did, he could get elected mayor of Falls Church (Evans, a long-time member of the Washington, D.C. City Council, has run unsuccessfully for mayor there, so Tarter’s remark had some impact). Tony Beltran, a citizen who spoke, said that the change has significantly added to the time it
takes him to commute to work, with the nearest bus stop that could take him to where he needs to go is now a half-mile away. “This flies in the face of all the efforts of the City of Falls Church to make the City more transit oriented and pedestrian friendly,” he said. According to the flier attached at the bus stop (and also according to Metro’s website), for the 3T line, “Service between West Falls Church and East Falls Church Metrorail stations within the City of Falls Church will be discontinued,” as of June 26. Concerning the 28X line, with the new service, “it will operate between East Falls Church Metrorail station, Seven Corners Transit Center and the Mark Center (in Alexandria),” while “Service between Tysons Corner and the Seven Corners Transit Center (which is to say along Route 7 through Falls Church – ed.) will be discontinued.” No explanation for the changes was provided.
“It is like there is now a black hole in the center of Falls Church,” Beltran said. Colin Gibb, vice chair of the Winter Hill Condominium Association, also spoke during the hearing, noted that anyone hoping to get to either the West or East Falls Church Metro stations will now have to walk to Route 29 (Washington Blvd.) to catch a 2A or 3A bus. He noted the irony of the discontinued service in light of the opening of the new 301 W. Broad apartments above the soonopening Harris Teeter, the Mason Row project and the Kensington Assisted Living project, all located along West Broad where the two lines have just been discontinued. He also said it was ironic that the Falls Church City Council just approved $200,000 to fund WMATA at its June 13 meeting. In addition to Beltran and Gibb, citizens Richard Rabil, Vicki Barnes, Sandra Bolivar and Thomas Ogden also spoke up on the issue.
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WMATA Head Says He’s Eager To Explore Joint Effort With F.C. tem (the second largest in the U.S.) was being veritably handed out for almost nothing, a move which Arlington County, in particular, but also D.C., Montgomery County and Prince George’s County have exploited for huge and enduring revenue yields. The potential still exists at the West Falls Church station because Fairfax County, in its wisdom or not, chose to deliberately decline options for dense development at its Metro stations, until recently, that is. With four new Silver Line stations now operational through Tysons Corner, dense development is being seen by the county as key to its future sources of revenue. The WMATA property at the West Falls Church station is in Fairfax County but directly contiguous to the Campus Redevelopment Site that was annexed by the City of Falls Church in 2015.
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have a goldmine here that we could share,” referring to Falls Church’s commitment to develop the 36.5 acres adjacent the West Falls Church Metro, two dozen acres for school and educationrelated uses and 10.3 acres for potentially, at least, as dense a commercial development as the market can bear. F.C. Mayor David Tarter noted that WMATA’s 36 acres there includes a structured parking facility “that is a majority vacant on a daily basis.” Evans conceded the site has “enormous potential,” something WMATA is keenly interested in, given his briefing on the severe revenue shortfalls facing the Metro system now. He said that Metro “should have taken a portion of the handouts” beginning in the 1960s, when land adjacent Metro stops throughout the 117 mile sys-
F.C. Councilman Dan Sze said the four acres on Metro’s West Falls Church property now used for surface parking “is a total waste of land.” Following his lengthy appearance before the F.C. City Council, Evans reiterated in comments to the News-Press the passion that WMATA now has for commercial development on its land, and said that the real estate office and real estate committee of WMATA would be keenly interested in talking with officials from the City of Falls Church. As for Evans’ report on the condition of his ailing alien, the Metro system, the news is double-edged. The good news is the fresh commitment of WMATA leaders to fix the aging and under-maintained system. All the rest is daunting news centering on funding shortfalls and impending financial obligations falling on jurisdictions,
like Falls Church, who benefit from the system. Evans explained that the two major flaws that attended the original planning for the Metro system in the 1960s were the failure to include third or fourth tracks that are used by other systems to keep them running while repairs are being made, and the idea that the system would pay for itself without the kind of dedicated funding source that all other major systems have, globally. In fact, he said, the Metro system loses enormous sums every year, not counting special maintenance needs. It has fallen so far behind that it faces a $300,000 million shortfall for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018 budget, including $100 million per year for the current “Safe Tracks” work, and it is estimated that it will take 10 years of work with $1 billion per year in repairs and upgrades for the system to function fully. The cost of replacing the outdated rail cars is among the greatest expenses. Many of the cars are still being used that were purchased in the 1960s. Then there is the need to fix the
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“Rosslyn bottleneck” at $3 to $5 billion to accommodate higher use of the system with the onset of the Silver line. The tunnel from Rosslyn to the District can now handle only 25 trains per hour, but 40 need to get through. Major electrical upgrades are also needed. On top of all that, the system now is faced with $2.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. The main culprit is the federal government, in particular, the Republican-controlled Congress’ refusal to put a dime into the system even though half of federal employees rely on the system. Regional jurisdictional costs are burdens placed on Maryland, Virginia and the D.C. governments, but as far as Virginia is concerned, the state legislature in Richmond has been unwilling to step up, leaving the burden on Northern Virginia’s local jurisdictions. “We have now a fully unreliable system that is an embarrassment and a complete drag on the region,” Evans said, even as the District is growing in population to become more than a million, and 22 million tourists visit the region every year.
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The enthusiasm exhibited at Monday’s Falls Church City Council meeting by WMATA’s board chair Jack Evans concerning the potential to collaborate with Falls Church on commercial development at the West Falls Church Metro station needs to be viewed for what it is: A tremendous potential boost to the City’s plans and needs to extract substantially added revenues from its Campus Redevelopment Project there. All plans by the City and its School Board to plod ahead with its notions of what to do with the City’s 36.5 acres there now needs to be placed on hold while the prospect for fully doubling the size of the land in question needs to be hashed out with WMATA. WMATA’s got its own 38 acres right at the site, all used for structured and surface parking. To the extent that Evans and the WMATA board, scrounging around for ways to finance the daunting tasks before the Metrorail system and regretting WMATA’s failure to have gained from the dense commercial development at other stations on its routes, is now thirsting to move on its own development at West Falls Church, it is a prime and timely opportunity for the City and WMATA to sit down and talk. Once again, we encourage major developers around the region to sit up and take notice, as we’re sure they must be. There could be a heck of a lot of money to be made if the City and WMATA joined forces to extract the highest and best use out of that location, revenues that both Falls Church and WMATA sorely need. Evans reminded the F.C. City Council that there are over 22 million visitors to the D.C. Metro area every year, and most of them are tourists. A campus including the 38 WMATA acres and 10.5 of the acres of the F.C. Campus Redevelopment Project (the maximum allotted for non-educational uses) could be combined with the City’s educational on the rest of its site (that could include world-class swimming, baseball and performing arts facilities) and would attract families coming to visit D.C.’s many amazing historical attractions. They could set up shop here where costs are lower and security factors are enhanced to readily avail of the entire Metro system for their vacations and other travels. Dear Falls Church, this is a chance for something really big. The City would gain all the benefits with very little down side since the West Falls Church station is outside the City limits and the City could readily remain insulated from what could go out there. Roll into this equation enhanced negotiations around the Northern Virginia Graduate Center’s classroom building located right there as well, and the net effect will be that the future for the City will belong to the most creative and fresh-thinking minds among us. The next step can be a port along the Four Mile Run, for such imaginings can become realities if opportunities that exist now are not squandered.
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How Dare the City Try to Take the Fellows Property Editor, Regarding the articles about the Fellows property, I must say, I am stunned. I have always thought Falls Church practically worships its school system, but to conspire – and so brazenly! – to grab people’s homes and property for any purpose is reaching a point so low I am at a loss to categorize it. Eminent domain has always been controversial and is often a bully tactic of the government to get what it
wants no matter how unjust. And that is the case here. How dare the City! What a bunch of pathetic vultures! To lie in wait to snatch what belongs to other people through any means is reprehensible. In justice the properties of every Council member who agrees with this ought to be taken the same way. Here’s a word of warning to everyone who has property in this City, especially if it is near a school: Be prepared! They’re com-
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G � � � � C � � � � � �� �� Transportation Funding: A Mixed Bag for Falls Church B� D���� F. S�����
The few members of the public who were present in the City Council Chamber Monday night saw Metro Board Chairman and Washington D.C. City Council Member Jack Evans at his persuasive best as he outlined Metro’s financial and operational conditions. All Falls Church citizens should view this segment of the video from that night to understand the current state of Metro. Mr. Evans organized his speech around three numbers: $300 million annually needed for operations from the federal government, which currently pays nothing for operations; $18 billion required for urgent capital improvements, including a new tunnel under the Potomac River; and $2.5 billion for presently unfunded pension liability. Metro has severely declined behind the opaque curtain of its management and bureaucracy. As a regular rider, I would mention bad experiences at regional government meetings that invariably brought forth not necessary reforms, but fervent assurances that my examples of deteriorating service were exceptional occurrences due to unique circumstances. Likewise, advocacy for dedicated regional funding fell on deaf ears in Richmond and Annapolis. Recent events have now made addressing these matters unavoidable. Diminishing Value The point City Council made last Monday to Metro officials is that the value proposition for Falls Church is tenuous
at best, and we are currently reviewing it. First, the increasing subsidies demanded of us are starting to become a significant budget issue, potentially competing with paying our teachers and police offi-
“As a result of Richmondbased deals, we will soon see tolls and widening on I-66.” cers. Second, Metro has so far not actively engaged with us on developing the George Mason High School/Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School site. Finally, the Metro 3T bus service that many of our citizens rely on to get to Metro stations has been discontinued. All of these issues must be addressed, or we may be forced to determine whether there is a functional equivalent to Article 50, which a member state can trigger to remove itself from the European Union. Beyond Metro, the road picture is not much better. As a result of Richmond-based deals, we will soon see tolls and widening on I-66. Our best responses at this point are to continue pressing for effective alternatives to single-occupancy vehicles, rebuilding good sound walls, preventing the diversion of cars onto City streets, and recover-
ing some of the tolls to make it easier for our citizens to access transit and avoid driving. Meanwhile, competition for transportation dollars will tighten, with political power represented by Loudon and Prince William Counties shifting spending ever west and ever in favor of roads, despite the shortsightedness and environmental issues that are endemic to highway expansion. A Preference for Larger Jurisdictions The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) was created to coordinate transportation regionally and initially worked well. Ironically, this body’s performance began to falter when it was funded with new monies from a collection of taxes imposed on all citizens in the region. Having so “courageously” authorized these new levies, a few Richmond legislators, Delegate Lemunyon in the lead, are now directing how the Authority spends its money – for their hand-picked road projects. NVTA is increasingly bureaucratic as well, favoring only the largest road projects for the largest jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the smallest projects that reduce vehicle travel in favor of alternatives such as biking or walking are micromanaged and otherwise discouraged, despite very high cost/benefit rankings. In our case, it has been an unceasing struggle to even begin to receive back some of the money Falls Church taxpayers are putting into this regional tax pot. This situation increasingly resembles the Local Composite Index for school funding – a
Richmond-rigged formula where our citizens pay, but other jurisdictions profit. Coming Soon: BRT There is one major transportation project that Falls Church can be enthusiastic about – Bus Rapid Transit to serve our residents and commercial areas along Routes 7 and 29 and Roosevelt and tying into Metro stations. Bus Rapid Transit would make every business from Eden Center to the State Theatre and on to the West End more accessible to people inside and outside our City. Of course, we will need to craft operational bus arrangements that won’t take a lane away from other uses of these roads during the times when they are most needed, but this can certainly be accomplished. This exciting project is moving through the planning stages and will soon be something the City can fully embrace. In addition, we are pressing forward with funding for our bus shelters and Bike Share and improvements to crosswalks and sidewalks to make the Falls Church safer and more accessible, bike friendly, and walkable. And we are working to provide necessary parking and traffic calming throughout the City. Transportation is about moving people. It’s also about creating the kind of environment we want – as so clearly demonstrated by our citizens in the visioning session held earlier in June. The challenges are many, but so, too, are the potential rewards. David Snyder is a member of the Falls Church City Council.
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City of Falls Church Moves Forward with Play Streets Program
by Patricia Leslie
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Playing in the street was what parents used to do when they were kids, but they won’t let their children do that now, or not many will. Andrea Caumont is a lifelong Falls Church resident who lives in the same house where she grew up, where she used to ride her bike and not worry about cars, but times have changed and so has a mother’s attitude. She absolutely would not consider allowing her two young sons to ride bikes on her street now. But “Play Streets,” newly landed in Falls Church on a trial basis, are “an opportunity for them to get outside and do the things I used to do” on city streets, like ride bikes and roller skate. Streets become playgrounds, and children and adults enjoy the outdoors on city roads since “streets are for everybody, not just cars,” said Stephanie Rogers, the City’s Play Streets coordinator and transportation engineering supervisor. With approval from the
police and fire departments and coordination by other city agencies, a “Play Street” closes a section of a road to traffic so children and adults can have more space for play and physical activity. Rogers said Play Streets are set up to last from two to four hours on lightly traveled streets, “not super long streets or very busy ones.” Falls Church has enjoyed two officially sanctioned Play Streets so far, one on N. Virginia Avenue and Riley Street, and the other, last week on Pine Street. Caumont watched a “water” battle on Pine Street and described what else she has seen at Play Streets: “Children got out of school early. It was really fun. About 30 kids came. There was a ton of water play with water guns and buckets. “Parents and adults were hanging out in lawn chairs. There was a big mix of people, kids getting to know each other outside of school. Various aged kids, little, elementary. There was a real good turnout. “
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FALLS CHURCH RESIDENTS ENJOY the first of the City’s Play Streets Pilot Programs on Saturday, May 14 on N. Virginia Avenue and Riley Street. The City officialy sanctioned the program as an opportunity for residents to get outside, making streets playgrounds. Stephanie Rogers, the program’s coordinator, said that “streets are for everybody, not just cars. (Photo: Courtesy of Stephanie Rogers) The “spirit of Play Streets is it’s a lot more kid-driven. There’s no structure. They get to get out there and play,” and she compared it to “free range” children get-
A PLAY STREETS BANNER hangs on one of the barricades during the first Play Streets Pilot Program on Saturday, May 14 on N. Virginia Avenue and Riley Street. Pine Street hosted the second Play Street pilot on Friday, June 24. (Photo: Courtesy of Dan Lehman)
ting to do what they want to do. “They bring lots of imagination and energy to it.” Caumont is an ardent, “very passionate” Play Street supporter who brought the project to the city, as a member of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Transportation which made the program a priority for 2016, Rogers said. Caumont said, “We took it to Parks and Rec (the city’s Parks and Recreation Department) which was very supportive of the idea.” Now guidelines are in the works, and regulations will be similar to a block party’s. There is some interest in having one on Fulton Avenue, Rogers said.”A lot of parents are very enthusiastic.” Participants can buy lemonade, too. As long as sales are for “a good cause, charitable efforts” and “there’s not a problem, we’re fine with it,” Rogers said. Falls Church has got the “move one.” About one of every three children and more than two of three adults are overweight, according to the National Institutes of Health. Play Streets “build community and encourage people to be more active,” said Rogers. Kerry Carlsen and Mike Wing are parents of two elementary-
school age boys and live off Hillwood Avenue. Wing knew about Play Streets in New York and Seattle, and likes the concept: “I think it’s a great idea as long as all the residents are fully informed.” He has spoken with neighbors and with Rogers and may apply for a permit for their street. “It seems like a pretty easy process without too many complications,” he said in a telephone interview. There is no cost to apply for a permit, and the city supplies the barricades. Sponsors need to notify all affected residents and obtain permission from two-thirds who support the idea. The city is entrusting the sponsor with “a lot of responsibility and a lot of faith,” Rogers said. A regular time for a Play Street would likely draw more participants and Caumont is thinking about a first Wednesday for her neighborhood. Advocates want the program to be neighborhood driven. For it to become a recurring event, approval from two-thirds – threefourths of affected residents would have to be received as the plan is being discussed now, Caumont said.
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NEWS BRIEFS F.C. Schools Revise Downward Plans for Mt. Daniel Falls Church School Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones submitted yesterday a formal revision for plans to renovate and expand the Mt. Daniel Elementary School just outside the F.C. city limits in Fairfax County, the News-Press has learned. After meeting with representatives of the McLean Citizens Association last week, the new submission to the county’s Planning and Zoning division calls for six fewer classrooms, expanding the potential enrollment to only 660, compared to 704 in the earlier proposal. The new plan means the school will reach full capacity in 12, instead of 20, years, it was noted. The plan comes before the Fairfax Planning Commission on July 21.
F.C. Council Gives Preliminary OK to Library Referendum By a 7-0 unanimous vote, the Falls Church City Council Monday gave a preliminary approval to the placement of a bond referendum on the ballot in November for an $8.7 million renovation and expansion of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library across from City Hall. The measure will come back to the Council on July 25 for a final vote, and the Council expressed hope that substantial public input could be gleaned in the meantime as guidance for its final vote of approval. If OK’d in July, the measure would come before all the City’s voters this November. Chief librarian Mary McMahon spelled out a strong case for the need of the library for renovation and expansion at Monday’s meeting, including its current ADA non-compliance and mechanical shortcomings, including frequent breakdowns of the elevator and the HVAC system. The popularity of the library, an eight consecutive year winner of 4-Star Library standing, in the face of Falls Church’s population growth, projected to reach 17,000 by 2030 in some estimates, underscored the need for the improvements, she said, at a relatively modest cost of $8.7 million compared to earlier projections of twice that amount. The Council was careful to have the measure approved Monday include language that would not bind the referendum measure to one particular location.
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F.C. Episcopal Donates $3K to Mason High Band The historic Falls Church Episcopal Church has donated $3,000 to the George Mason High School Band Boosters to support lessons, instrument rentals and other “out of pocket” services young music students might not be able to afford, according to a church announcement. The money was raised as part of the church’s Community Concert Series, free concerts for the community with donations encouraged just for this purpose. Mary Jo West, the Music and Band director at George Mason, thanked the church “for the opportunity to offer music lessons to some very deserving students, adding, “They are eternally grateful and due to your gracious efforts, they’ve become much better musicians and some have decided to pursue music in college.”
Rabid Raccoon Captured by F.C. Police A City of Falls Church police officer caught a rabid raccoon last weekend and the City stays it’s possible it’s the same raccoon that scratched a person and fought with two dogs last week. Falls Church Animal Control has advised the community to be vigilant about getting the rabies vaccine for their pets, not letting their pets roam freely and not feeding wildlife. It also warns residents that if they see a raccoon showing the following signs that indicate a sick animal, they should contact the police immediately: staggering gait, oblivious to noise or nearby movement, erratic wandering or circling, excessive drooling, disorientation, wet and matted hair on face, repeated high-pitch vocalization and/or self-mutilation, biting or snapping. If bitten or scratched by a wild or stray animal or a pet that was seen acting strangely, wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water and apply antiseptic (if able) and seek medical attention immediately. Residents who want to report an incident can contact the City of Falls Church Police at 703-241-5053.
‘Indecencies With Minor’ Arrest on Little River Turnpike A 42-year-old man from Falls Church was arrested over the weekend and charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and one count of public intoxication, according to Fairfax County Police Department. Police said that Jamal Muuse Warsame approached 13-year-old and 14-year-old girls sitting outside their guardian’s vehicle on the 6300 block of Little River Turnpike and made inappropriate sexual advances towards the minors.
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Community News & Notes DMV 2 Go Comes Back to F.C. City Hall Parking Lot The Department of Motor Vehicles mobile customer service center, DMV 2 Go, will be in the parking lot of City Hall at 300 Park Avenue on Friday, June 10, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The special event is co-hosted by the Commissioner of the Revenue and the Virginia DMV. This event is open to all Virginia residents. No appointments are necessary. The handicapped-accessible, full-service office provides all DMV transactions including applying for and renewing driver’s licenses; obtaining ID cards (including photos) and Virginia’s veterans ID cards; taking road and knowledge tests; obtaining copies of driving records; obtaining vehicle titles, license plates, decals, and transcripts; ordering disabled parking placards or plates; updating an address after a move for
DMV and voter registration; and more. Customers should be prepared with the required identification. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/dmv2go.
‘The Falls Church Way’ Hosts 2nd Community Forum The newly-formed activist group Families The Falls Church Way hosted a second community forum on Saturday, June 25 at the Berman Park Pavillion. Residents were invited to learn about and participate in discussions on restoring transparency, accountability and meaningful input by all stakeholders to Falls Church City Public Schools. The organization has also rolled out a website, full with their mission statement and a calendar of meetings as they relate to the Falls Church City Public Schools’ system.
The group’s mission statement, according to a statement on its website, is to support Falls Church City Public Schools “and its vision for successful students by working to create and sustain open, collaborative, respectful, and trusting relationships among all school community members – parents, teachers, staff, school leaders, and elected officials.” For more information, visit thefallschurchway.com.
F.C. Hat Lady Holds Credit Improvement Seminar Agnes Ginoba, better known as the “Helpful Hat Lady,” is offering a credit improvement workshop on Friday, July 29 from 7 – 9 p.m. at 803 W. Broad Street. She is inviting people to learn how to scrub their credit and increase their credit score. The workshop will solve the mysteries of credit reports by
AT THE 7TH ANNUAL FALLS CHURCH ARTS Plein Air Festival on Saturday, June 18, Alison Menke (right) won the First Place Don Beyer Volvo-Kia Plein Air Prize for her oil painting “Historic Cherry Hill Farmhouse and Grounds” and last year’s first place winner Rajendra KC (left) won the Second Place Tori McKinney, Rock Star Reator, Plein Air Prize for his watercolor painting “The Falls Church Farmers Market.” (Photo: Courtesy of Barb Cram)
teaching participants the seven tips on how to quickly increase credit scores by 50-70 points within 45 days, what the FICO score is, the 4 Cs of credit, where to go to get their credit score, the concept of alternative credit and strategies to increase credit scores. Ginoba is a mortgage instructor for the Fairfax County Public Schools’ system, where she teaches classes for certificate programs and assists in all phases of instructions in the adult education program. For more information, call 703-988-4033.
F.C. Resident Selected to Serve on Parkinson’s Council Falls Church resident Paul Rohrlich, Ph.D., was recently selected to join the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s People with Parkinson’s Advisory Council to help drive the foundation’s goals of ending the disease
and supporting those affected by it. Rohrlich, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2001, is a retired foreign service officer with more than 25 years of experience in economic, environment and science with the U.S. Department of State. His work has taken him to Japan, Congo, Madagascar, Haiti, France and Israel. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s during his time abroad. Since then, he said that he has been determined to demonstrate by example that people with Parkinson’s can contribute in professional settings. “Because I face the same personal and professional challenges as millions of other people living with Parkinson’s disease, I can work with the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to advocate for the issues that matter most to our community,” Rohrlich said. For more information, visit pdf.org/ ppac_rohrlich.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGENDARY Clinton Clan were among the many who gathered at the Atlantic Club in Falls Church last Saturday to celebrate the graduation from George Mason High School last week of Eric Clinton (fifth, counting baby from the left in the back row), with his dad, Falls Church Commissioner of the Revenue Tom Clinton (left) and the clan’s reigning matriarch, his grandmother, Joan Clinton (right), and at the far right, his mom Karen Clinton. (Photo: News-Press)
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Creative Cauldron’s Summer Cabaret Series Begins July 1
Creative Cauldron’s 7th Annual Summer Cabaret Series kicks off on Friday, July 1 with “Three for a Song presents: Cocktails for Three, Parts 1 & 2,” which will start at 8 p.m. at ArtSpace Falls Church at 410 S. Maple Street. The same show, featuring Three for a Song’s Doug Bowles, Alex Hassan and Iyona Blake, will also be performed on Saturday, July 2 at 8 p.m. The Summer Cabaret Series is held on Fridays and Saturdays through September 19 and aims to showcase some of the finest musical theater talent in the Washington, D.C. area. Among the featured artists in the series include Jade Jones, Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith and Susan Derry. On Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 at 8 p.m. Jones, a Helen Hayes Award-nominated actress for her performance in “Once On This Island,” will present “Jazzed & Jaded.” Creative Cauldron’s Conner and Smith will present “DREAMLAND” on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 at 8 p.m. And on two consecutive Saturdays, September 10 and 17, Derry will be joined by the National Broadway Chorus to present “And Then There Was Music.”
Tickets for each cabaret ranges between $18 – $20 and tables two, with two glasses of wine, and four, with a bottle of wine, can be purchased for $50 and $100, respectively. For more information and a full list of Creative Cauldron’s cabarets, visit creativecauldron.org.
Art and Frame of Falls Church Hosts 2 Events on July 1 There will be several artists speaking and an art exhibit in Falls Church as part of FIRSTFriday of Falls Church on Friday, July 1. There will be artists talks throughout the evening on July 1 start at 5 p.m. at Alexia Scott’s Studio Gallery at 106 Little Falls Street. Theresa Wells Stifel, Cheryl Bearss, Deborah Taylor, Elisabeth Hudgins, Persimmon Street, Two Sisters Art Glass, Joan Bixler and Alexia Scott will give talks at the event. Art and Frame of Falls Church at 205 W. Jefferson Street will host an art exhibit called “Colors of Cuba,” a photo exhibit featuring the work of Kathleen Tyler Conklin. David Erickson and Fred Koch will perform at the opening of Conklin’s exhibit at Art and Frame. There will be free ice cream from Lazy Sundae and an open house by Jefferson Street Artists, featuring 18 working studios at the event. For more information, visit firstfridayoffallschurch.com.
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Churchill Road ES Hosts McLean 4th of July Event The 4th of July Fireworks Celebration will be held at Churchill Road Elementary School, 7100 Churchill Road, McLean, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 4. The event, produced annually by the McLean Community Center, is free. The fireworks show begins at sunset, which is approximately 9:15 p.m. In case of inclement weather, only the fireworks portion of the event will be present on Tuesday, July 5 at 8 p.m. Attendees can enjoy musical entertainment by a local DJ and there will be several food trucks on the grounds selling a variety of entrees and snacks. There will not be parking Churchill Road or nearby Cooper Middle School. Attendees can take a free shuttle from one of two locations. St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at 6715 Georgetown Pike, McLean, and McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, starting at 6:25 p.m. Handicap-accessible buses will be available at both sites. Smoking, pets, fireworks, glass containers, weapons, sparklers, vaping and alcohol are not allowed on school grounds. The fireworks display will be provided by East Coast Pyrotechnics. For more information, call 703-7900123 or visit bit.ly/1UsHVrF.
VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN GERRY CONNOLLY (center left, blue tie) met with the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium in Annandale on Friday, June 24 to meet with two Virginia immigrants and discuss the Deferred Action for Parents and Lawful Permanent Residents and the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs and how their implementation would impact immigrant families in Virginia. (Photo: Courtesy of Emily Kessel)
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George Mason High School Graduates More Than 190
MORE THAN 190 GEORGE MASON High School seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas at DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday, June 22 at the school’s graduation ceremony. Later that night, the graduates partied at George Mason’s All-Night Graduation Celebration. (Photos: Mike Braaten)
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Revolt of the Masses
Anybody who spends time in the working-class parts of America (and, one presumes, Britain) notices the contagions of drug addiction and suicide, and the feelings of anomie, cynicism, pessimism and resentment. Part of this pain arises from deindustrialization. Good jobs are hard to find. But hardship is not exactly new to these places. Life in, say, a coal valley was never a bouquet of roses. What’s also been lost are the social institutions and cultural values that made it possible to have self-respect amid hardship – to say, “I may not make a lot of money, but people can count on me. I’m loyal, tough, hardworking, resilient and part of a good community.” We all have a sense of what that working-class honor code was, but if you want a refresher, I recommend J.D. Vance’s NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE new book Hillbilly Elegy. Vance’s family is from Kentucky and Ohio, and his description of the culture he grew up in is essential reading for this moment in history. He describes a culture of intense group loyalty. Families might be messed up in a million ways, but any act of disloyalty – like sharing personal secrets with outsiders – is felt acutely. This loyalty culture helps people take care of their own, but it also means there can be hostility to those who want to move up and out. And there can be intense parochialism. “We do not like outsiders,” Vance writes, “or people who are different from us, whether difference lies in how they look, how they act, or, most important, how they talk.” It’s also a culture that values physical toughness. It’s a culture that celebrates people who are willing to fight to defend their honor. This is something that progressives never get about gun control. They see a debate about mass murder, but for many people guns are about a family’s ability to stand up for itself in a dangerous world. It’s also a culture with a lot of collective pride. In my travels, you can’t go five minutes without having a conversation about a local sports team. Sports has become the binding religion, offering identity, value, and solidarity. Much of this pride is nationalistic. Vance’s grandparents, he writes, “taught me that we live in the best and greatest country on earth. This fact gave meaning to my childhood.” When I lived in Brussels, this sort of intense personal patriotism was simply not felt by the people who ran the EU, but it was felt by a lot of people in the member states. This honor code has been decimated lately. Conservatives argue that it has been decimated by cosmopolitan cultural elites who look down on rural rubes. There’s some truth to this, as the reactions of smug elites to the Brexit vote demonstrate. But the honor code has also been decimated by the culture of the modern meritocracy, which awards status to the individual who works with his mind, and devalues the class of people who work with their hands. Most of all, it has been undermined by rampant consumerism, by celebrity culture, by reality-TV fantasies that tell people success comes in a quick flash of publicity, not through steady work. The sociologist Daniel Bell once argued that capitalism would undermine itself because it encouraged hedonistic short-term values for consumers while requiring self-disciplined long-term values in its workers. At least in one segment of society, Bell was absolutely correct. There’s now a rift within the working class between mostly older people who are self-disciplined, respectable and, often, bigoted, and parts of a younger cohort that are more disordered, less industrious, more celebrity-obsessed, but also more tolerant and open to the world. Trump (and probably Brexit) voters are in the first group. They are not poor, making on average over $70,000 a year. But they perceive that their grandchildren’s world is quickly coming apart. From 1945 to 1995, conservative and liberal elites shared variations of the same vision of the future. Liberals emphasized multilateral institutions and conservatives emphasized free trade. Either way, the future would be global, integrated and multiethnic. But the elites pushed too hard, and now history is moving in the opposite direction. The less-educated masses have a different conception of the future, a vision that is more closed, collective, protective and segmented. Their pain is indivisible: economic stress, community breakdown, ethnic bigotry and a loss of social status and self-worth. When people feel their world is vanishing, they are easy prey for fact-free magical thinking and demagogues who blame immigrants. We need a better form of nationalism, a vision of patriotism that gives dignity to those who have been disrespected, emphasizes that we are one nation and is confident and open to the world. I’m thinking we have a lot to learn from Theodore Roosevelt, but that’s a topic for another day.
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Leaving Europe for a Lie LONDON – I have been overcome by gloom since Britain voted to leave the European Union. It’s not just the stupidity of the decision. It’s not merely the lies of the charlatans who led the “Leave” campaign. It’s not only the absence, now so evident, of any “Nextit.” It’s not even the betrayal of British youth. It’s far more: a personal loss. Europa, however flawed, was the dream of my generation. The European Union was an entity, a bloodless noun, yet it had a beating heart. Riding a European train, gazing at the lines of swaying poplars, the villages huddled around their church spires, it was often impossible, at least for me, not to look past the tranquility to the blood-seeped NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE soil and the tens of millions who gave their lives in Europe’s collective suicides. Well, as the Germans say, we had the blessing of late birth; and the duty inherent in that blessing was to build a united Europe. Covering the European Parliament from 1980 to 1982, I would drive down from Brussels to Strasbourg. The Parliament was a bit of a farce. Unwieldy bundles of documents translated into Europe’s many languages were carted back and forth. Yet, in its cumbersome way, the Parliament embodied something important: the hard trade-offs of European construction, union conjured from Babel. When I moved to Italy, with its large Communist Party and spasms of political violence, I would hear how “scaling the Alps” into the core of Europe was critical to the country’s stability. The EU was insurance against the worst. For Mediterranean countries like Spain and Portugal that emerged from dictatorship in the 1970s it was something close to salvation. Memories: feckless Europe at the time of the Bosnian war and the thirst, nonetheless, of the small nations reborn in Yugoslavia’s death to join the European Union and escape the bloody Balkan gyre. Watching Germany move its capital back to Berlin from Bonn in 1999 and thinking, the German question is solved and Europe is home free! Driving, when I lived in Berlin, into Poland and pinching myself to recall the unspeakable suffering overcome by German-Polish reconciliation as Poland prepared for EU membership. No miracle was ever so dull. Britain tended to see the EU in prosaic terms: It had not been delivered from ignominy or tyranny by European integration. Still, it gave the union heft, a free-market prod, a
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universal language and its second-largest economy. It was that recalcitrant member any good club needs. Sure, the challenges mounted. The 30-year postwar economic miracle ended. The Franco-German balance at the heart of the union collapsed. German dominance stirred unease. The creation of a single currency, the euro, was bungled. The admission of former Communist states spurred large migrant movements. The European welfare state was strained. Resentments multiplied. Technology accelerated globalization, pulling hundreds of millions of people out of poverty in Asia but also offshoring millions of European jobs. Societies disaggregated. For each City honcho getting a daily Christmas delivery from Amazon Prime there was some poor sod out there in Nowheresville working a precarious warehouse night shift packaging stuff. Britain, too, now has its “flyover country,” a nationalist heartland distant from the metropolis. This is how globalization divides the world. Boris Johnson understood, in his scurrilous way, that the EU had become a perfect scapegoat for Western societies beset by the dilemmas of modernity. Opposed to Brexit early this year, he became its chief advocate, playing on every base instinct. Brexit was a tool, a plaything, never a principle. If he looks so glum in triumph it is because the adrenalin has run out. There will be no extra $470 million for the National Health Service from European Union savings, after all. Immigration is not about to fall. Some of the regions that voted for Brexit are also those that get the most funds from Brussels. “There is now no need for haste,” Johnson says. Oh, really? “We are part of Europe, our children and our grandchildren will continue to have a wonderful future as Europeans,” he says. Oh, please! If Johnson becomes prime minister in the fall, he will be an unelected leader, just like all those “unaccountable” high rollers in Brussels. When he tries to extricate Britain from the union, he will face a hostile Parliament. Last time I checked, Britain was a parliamentary, not direct, democracy. So perhaps there is still hope. If words mean their opposite, as they do in Johnson’s mouth, anything is possible. Europa is worth a fight. It will not die because of this imbecilic vote, but something broke – a form of optimism about humankind, the promise of 1989. My children will not inherit the Europe I hoped for. I look at my hands and see my father’s emerging, the veins now more pronounced. Life feels diminished. Some things are unavoidable. This was not.
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Post-Orlando, Part 3: ‘LGBT Identity Project’
This has been a period of much enlarged news and commentary coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S., as it has been an unusual confluence of Gay Pride month, with mass and colorful parades and festivals in major U.S. cities, President Obama’s declaration of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village as an official national monument, the one-year anniversary of the official federal legalization of gay marriage, the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, and of course, mixed in with all these good things, the horrific mass killing of 49 at the gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. With all the ink, actual and electronic, devoted to these events in the major media, I could find only one reference to just who LGBT people FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS are, after all, to what makes us “tick” beyond assumptions of alternative sexual orientation. It came from a prominent national (and gay) columnist who included an offhand quip that “brunch, that most public of activities, became a verb thanks to us.” But the debate still rages, if muted, about what it means to be gay, and as a predicate of that, what kinds of lives and identities are the most fulfilling for gay people to pursue and embrace. As a “gay pioneer” I have written on this subject extensively beginning in 1970. The glib response that it is different for everyone does not do this any justice, nor provide any encouragement or guidance to oncoming generations of new LGBT people. Are we LGBT people just like everyone else except for who, or what gender, we’d most prefer to be physically intimate with? As a people, do we do best by conforming to the dominant “straight” culture of white picket fences and Sunday cook outs? No one ought deny the value of such pursuits of happiness for those who crave them, but does that really define us? Or, should LGBT people realize their true calling by being strident non-conformists and outliers? Should we stand against dominant heterosexually-defined and oriented culture? It is remarkable how much the leading, mainstream LGBT organizations, and their allies, fail or actively refuse to speak to this important subject at all. They never have. In such a moral vacuum that leaves each to their own, ostensibly in the name of freedom among diverse choices, the only visible themes are calls for equality, an assumed virtually irresistible attraction to, for men at least, an Adonis-like model of the physically ideal male, and the desire to gather in the presence of others like ourselves seeking the pleasures of the flesh on club dance floors or social media. In this context, the pursuit of a permanent companion for marriage seems high-minded and almost radical. For some who’ve partaken of the gay club scene over time, a wonderfully special “one” is even painfully longed for, although in the fog of such scenes the perpetual hunt for the next object of desire, the next image to flip to on Grindr, undermines that by, among other things, introducing an unintentional emotional insensitivity that makes a sustained relationship most difficult. In this urban culture, which hasn’t changed much for the LGBT world over a considerable time, the common denominator becomes the equivalent of soft pornography, which is what dominant LGBT print and online gay publications are filled with. Unfortunately, that does little for every LGBT person who is not qualified to play in the heady leagues with such images of youth and muscle. To the contrary, this relegates most to demeaning voyeur standing, if not for those young enough a panicked effort for a time to qualify, to occasionally score, and above all, never get old. I wrote my collection of 100 short essays, published every week in a Washington, D.C. gay magazine for two years now in a single volume, entitled Extraordinary Hearts, to counter this with a better more fulfilling way for LGBT people to consider themselves and value their lives. Most have elevated levels of kindness and beneficial creative impulses, for example. Clearly, the “gay establishment” doesn’t favor this approach. But it lays the groundwork for announcing a new “LGBT Identity Project.”
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Tax Dodging on the High Seas Let’s criticize cruise ships. I know, I know. Things are bad enough without going negative about your summer vacation. But we’ve got some problems here. Plus, I promise there will be a penguin. The cruise industry seems to be exploding – the newest generation of ships can carry more than 5,000 passengers. They make a great deal of profit from the sale of alcohol, so imagine the equivalent of a small city whose inhabitants are perpetually drunk. Really, these things are so huge, it’s amazing they can stay afloat without toppling over. And when one is parked outside, say, Venice, the effect is like one of those alien-invasion movies, when people wake up and find that a spaceship the size of Toledo has landed downtown. Environmentalists wring their hands over the air pollution and sewage – a 3,000-passenger ship, which today would rank as medium-size, produces 21,000 gallons of sewage a day, sometimes treated and sometimes not so much. But always pumped into the sea. And, as long as we’re complaining, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE let’s point out that noise from the ships is messing with the whales. Michael Jasny of the Natural Resources Defense Council says cruises en route to Alaska “routinely drown out the calls of the endangered orcas” trying to communicate. The NRDC has a new film, “Sonic Sea,” that features audio of a whale conversation being obliterated by an approaching cruise ship. The effect is sort of like what you’d experience if you were having a meaningful chat with friends on the patio and a trailer-tractor full of disco dancers suddenly drove into the backyard. Thanks to global warming, cruise lines will soon be able to sail the Northwest Passage, so the Arctic will have both more melting ice and more 13-deck ships. Antarctica hosted 30,000 visitors last year. Doesn’t that seem like a lot for such a fragile place? Also, an opera singer who was entertaining passengers on one cruise went ashore to sing “O Sole Mio” and caused a penguin stampede. This is not really a problem you need to worry about, but it was a pretty interesting moment. While many of the biggest cruise lines appear to be headquartered in Florida, they are, for tax purposes, actually proud residents of...elsewhere. “Carnival is a Panamanian corporation; Royal Caribbean is Liberian,” said Ross Klein, who tracks the industry through his Cruise Junkie website. Although, of course, if one of
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the ships needs help, it will often be the U.S. taxpayerfunded Coast Guard that comes to the rescue. The Coast Guard doesn’t charge for its services, a spokesman said, because “we don’t want people to hesitate” to summon help when passengers are in danger. This attitude is commendable. But the no-taxes part is not. “Cruise lines do pay taxes,” protested a spokesman for the industry, counting off a number of levies for things like customs and examination of animals and plants being brought into the country. Not the same thing. We’re constantly hearing complaints in Congress about U.S. companies that relocate their headquarters overseas for tax avoidance. But when do you hear anybody mentioning the cruise industry’s Panamanian connection? The cruise companies may not really live here, but they certainly can lobby here. “Powerful is an understatement,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. He’s the sponsor of a bill that would increase consumer protection for cruise passengers. The bill, which can’t even get a committee hearing, would also require the ships to have up-to-date technology that detects when passengers fall overboard. Now this would seem like something you’d expect them to have around. An average of about 20 people fall off cruise ships every year, which the industry points out is only about one in a million travelers. But still, I suspect that passengers work under the assumption that if they do somehow wind up in the water, someone will notice. This spring, a 33-year-old U.S. woman disappeared during a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. No one realized she was gone for 10 hours, and by the time searchers could start looking for her, the area they needed to cover was more than 4,000 square miles. While it’s the least thing anyone worries about when a person is missing at sea, let us point out once again that it was the taxpayer-funded Coast Guard doing the searching. The cruise industry says the overboard technology hasn’t been perfected. Blumenthal says it’s been well tested. Seems like the sort of disagreement that would be easy to resolve with...a committee hearing. Most cruise vacationers seem to enjoy their experience – the industry says nearly 90 percent declare themselves satisfied. It’s not our business to get in between anybody and an ocean breeze. Our requests are modest, really: Make the cruise ship companies that are, for all practical purposes, American pay American taxes. Leave the whales alone. Give that bill a committee hearing. And stop scaring the penguins.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
Discovery of the Zika virus in North America has prompted a lot of discussion, and sometimes fear, as more information about the disease, how it is spread, and potentially serious health consequences as a result of contracting Zika, becomes available. What’s the likelihood of Zika in my neighborhood? How can I protect my family from Zika? What else do I need to know? In conjunction with the Fairfax County Health Department, I am hosting a Zika Information Town Hall meeting on Monday, July 18, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike in Annandale. Representatives from the Health Department will be available to discuss Zika, what is known about the virus, and what you can do to prevent it, and other mosquito-borne diseases. Jot down July 18 on your calendar, and plan to attend. The grand re-opening of The Lincolnian Senior Residences was celebrated last Friday at a wellattended ceremony in the Senior Center of the facility. The Lincolnian Senior Residences were built in 1989 to house low-income elderly residents in both independent (26 small apartments) and assisted living (26 double-occupancy rooms) facilities. During the course of regular inspections and service calls over time, the county determined that the original HVAC infrastructure, installed in 1989, should be upgraded to current codes and efficiencies. Additionally, a new roof, safety upgrades, accessibility modifications, and interior renovations were scheduled so that the Senior Center and the Adult Day Health Center could be addressed at the same time. During the 10 months of the actual construction, the independent residents were relocated to a nearby hotel and the assisted
living residents were moved to the renovated third floor units. The project took longer than originally anticipated, but it did come in under budget! An open house for the Senior Center is anticipated later this summer or fall. The new proffer bill enacted by the Virginia General Assembly (Virginia Code Section 15.22303.4) earlier this year will restrict, significantly, the ability of a locality even to mention proffers in discussions about residential developments with constituents, developers and, especially, local land use committees. The Mason District Land Use Committee, citizen volunteers who, monthly, review land use applications and make advisory recommendations to the Planning Commissioner, may consider impacts of a proposed development, but no discussion of proffers will be permitted. A statement will be read by the committee chairman in advance of each residential or mixed land use case before the committee, to ensure that nothing in the discussion is misconstrued. The traditional free-ranging discussions between community members and developers will be a thing of the past, since the new law states that any discussion of residential proffers may lead to significant liability for Fairfax County and other Virginia counties. Some areas of the county are considered exempt from the new law, but the chilling effect of a law on one’s ability to ask questions or make suggestions is antithetical to the state where the Bill of Rights was born. Happy Fourth of July!
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Doing Our Job By Sitting Down BY DONALD S. BEYER
I was moved and inspired last week by my colleagues – starting with the great civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis – who had the tenacity and creativity to launch a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on solutions to gun violence. In the shadow of the June 12 Orlando shootings, members of Congress gathered almost spontaneously on the House floor. When the Republicans shut off the cameras, members of Congress broke House rules to live-stream the events from their phones. I was impressed when I heard Representative Jim Clyburn – also a powerful figure in the world of civil rights and of gun safety, not only because his district includes Charleston, the site of another horrific shooting – say that our sit-in was his proudest moment in 46 years of public service. It was my proudest moment in 18 months in the House, and I was there all night. We simply must move for-
ward on gun policy in America. We must find a way to stop the mass shootings, we must find a way to lower the suicide rate, we must find a way, as our Founding Fathers did, to be a thoughtful, structured, fair society. We must not sell guns to those under investigation by the FBI for terrorism. We must have background checks and we must somehow limit the sale of weapons of war that are not needed by ordinary citizens. I was heartened to see the op-ed by General Stan McChrystal urging veterans to add their voices to the chorus for sensible gun
policy in America. I am heartened by Republican Senators Susan Collins and some of her colleagues who are trying to find a compromise, a beginning, across party lines. I urge you to add your voice in any way you can, and I thank those of you who have contacted my office to lend support. We will persevere. Rep. Beyer can be reached through his website at www. beyer.house.gov, on Twitter @ RepDonBeyer or his office at (202) 225-4376.
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Week of June 20 - 26, 2016 Larceny from Building, 1100 block W. Broad St. On June 20, carpentry tools were reported stolen sometime after June 17. Assault, 1200 block W. Broad St. On June 21, police received a report that an acquaintance assaulted the victim. Carjacking, Domestic Assault,
Violation of Protective Order, and Trespassing, 6751 Wilson Blvd. (Eden Center) On June 21, the suspect assaulted the victim and fled the scene with the victim’s car. Larceny from Building, 6601 Wilson Blvd. (BJ’s Wholesale) On June 21, an unattended purse was reported stolen. Larceny from Building, 500 block W. Broad St. On June 22, a victim reported
On June 16, beginning at 9:29.a.m., the Washington Post reported, the home traveled on a flatbed truck supported by steel beams on dollies equipped with aircraft tires, preceded by a bulldozer. Through the hospital parking lot and woods, the trip ended at 5 p.m. “75 or 80 people watched,” recalled Shannon. “A carpenter took out the ductwork and numbered the pieces so it could be put back together.” After years of helping Mrs. Stetson refurbish the home, Shannon would buy it. He and wife lived there from 1983 until this April (when his daughter took over), opening it up occasionally for tours on annual Glencarlyn Day. “I am trying to save a beautiful old house,” Stetson wrote in 1976 while negotiating the big move. “Does Arlington have so many it can afford to destroy what can never be replaced?” *** Want a Lustron house? An Arlington example of that famous post-World War II enameled steel prefab home is yours for the asking. Keller Williams Realtor Steve Vekony, owner/developer of the home at 2915 S. 7th St, is willing to give it to whomever will haul it away. County historical preservation coordinator Cynthia LicceseTorres, a Lustron specialist, has spread the word but notes the county already acquired a Lustron a decade ago. So if no one bites, Vekony told me, in July it’s coming down. jewelry stolen from the residence. Narcotics Violation, 300 block Little Falls St. On June 22, a male, 18, of Potomac, MD, was arrested and released on summons for Possession of Marijuana. Larceny from Building, 200 block S. Washington St. On June 23, a sign box was reported stolen. Driving Under the Influence, 100 block E. Annandale Rd. On June 24, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 38, of The City of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Narcotics Violation, 100 block Hillwood Ave. On June 24, a male, 20, of Burke, was arrested and released on summons for Possession of Marijuana. Public Drunkenness, 800 block W. Broad St. On June 26, a male, 32, no fixed address, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.
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Parts of the country are seeing dangerous triple-digit temperatures, and seniors are the most at-risk for health problems because of the record-breaking heat. We just can’t cool down as fast once we get overheated, and sometimes we’re not aware of how hot it really is. Safety needs to be our biggest concern. If you have central air conditioning, turn it on. If you have window units, turn them on. Block off rooms by shutting doors if necessary to keep a cool zone in your home. Don’t try to get by with just fans, especially when the temperature is over 90 degrees F. All they do is push the hot air around, which can dehydrate you faster than you can replenish with liquids. Keep an eye on the Heat Index (how hot it feels).
Drink plenty of water. Stay away from sugary drinks. Call your doctor’s office to ask how many ounces of water you should drink in a day. Be sure to mention any medications you’re taking, since some of those can cause dehydration. If you have a chronic medical condition, the heat can affect you more quickly and more severely. Stay away from alcohol. If you have to go out in the heat, drink water before you go and take some with you. Remember your pets, and bring them indoors with you. Make sure they have plenty of water. They also can suffer physical problems from the heat, including heat stroke. Stay indoors during the hottest part of the day. Check out places that are normally air conditioned (sometimes called Cool Zones), such as the library, malls, government buildings, senior centers
and grocery stores. Try calling the information 2-1-1 number for a list of cooling centers near you. *** According to U.S. News & World Report, when it comes to travel, 70 percent of seniors plan a vacation in the next year, and we’re responsible for 80 percent of luxury travel. AARP has its own research about how and when seniors travel. It says we take four to five trips per year, with the top reasons being to get away from everyday life or spend time with friends and family. Mostly we want to relax, generally in the three warmer seasons of the year. Where do we go when we travel? To the South or West. What do we want on the other end? A city to visit and explore. How do we make our arrangements? The vast majority of us go online for hotels, airlines, travel booking – and to read reviews about the experiences of others. What do we take with us? Here’s where our age is showing: Medications top the list, followed by comfortable shoes,
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even before we get to cameras and sunglasses. In line with wanting to relax, computers are far down the list. Why don’t we go, if we want to? First on the list, not unexpectedly, is the cost of travel, followed by the state of our health. No matter when or where you want to go, if you’re going to travel, ask about a senior discount. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell when the label “senior” comes into play. Is it when AARP sends us our first
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Community Events
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
Teen Time: Minecraft Moods with Shannyn Snyder. Children in grades 6 – 12 who are fans of the popular game Minecraft will enjoy this craft twist on the program. Using pixels, dots, beads, mosaic, geometry and shapes, participants create unique projects that require you to see the bigger picture. Registration required and participation is limited to 15 people. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4:30 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Library. Concerts in the Park. The City of Falls Church’s Concerts in the Park series continues with Bad Hair Day, who will be performing a variety of crowd favorites. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Concerts.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
DMV2Go. The handicappedaccessible, full-service office provides all DMV transactions. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Prices vary. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/DMV2Go. Kingsley Young Readers. Children in grades K – 2 gather for a storytime, book extension and read alouds. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd.,
Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. fairfaxcounty.gov/library/ branches/tj. FIRSTfriday of Falls Church. FIRSTfriday is a monthly, yearround event that features special events, performances and promotions for visitors at various places throughout the City. 5 p.m. firstfridayoffallschurch.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 2
F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors offer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8 a.m. – noon. 703248-5077.
MONDAY, JULY 4
Village Preservation and Improvement Society Independence Day Reading. Join your friends, neighbors and Village Preservation and Improvement Society members in reading the Declaration of Independence and other local documents from Virginia that led to establishment of the United States of America. Councilmember David Snyder will facilitate the readings and put them in context of what was contemporaneously occurring in the Falls Church area. Falls Church City Council Chambers (300 Park
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Ave., Falls Church). Free. Noon. 703-371-2369. July 4th Celebration. The City of Falls Church is sponsoring its annual 4th of July Independence Day Celebration featuring live musical perfromances and fireworks. Fireworks start at 9:20 p.m. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Fireworks.
TUESDAY, JULY 5
Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement, and stories for ages 18 – 36 months. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday and Tuesday every week. This program is for ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon.703-248-5034. Kids’ Chess Club. Children between the ages 7 – 14 can learn to play chess. All skill levels are welcome. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. 703-573-1060.
Paws to Read. Children in grades kindergarten – 5 can read with a canine companion. Space is limited to 15 participants. Tickets will be given out starting at 4:30 p.m. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 5 – 6 p.m. 703-248-5034. Color Me Calm. Adults can come together to relieve their stress and discover their inner artist inside of a coloring book. Books and colored pencils are provided. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fairfaxcounty.gov/ library/branches/tj.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
Community Helpers: Department of Public Works. Machines from the City of Falls Church Department of Public Works will visit the parking lot of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. Registration not required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Parking Lot (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Library. Bingo at the Library. Children in grades K – 5 can drop in to play bingo. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JUNE 30
“Another Way Home.” It’s visiting day at Camp Kickapoo, and Joey Nadelman is nowhere to be found. As the search parties come up empty, Joey’s parents are left wondering not only where he’s gone, but also why their marriage feels lacking, and what might have happened if they had taken a different path. An insightful, sardonic drama about the strangers we all live with – family. This is a preview performance of the show. Through July 17. Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center (1529 16th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 – $35. 8 p.m. dcjcc.org.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
“Three for a Song Presents: Cocktail for Three, Parts 1& 2.” This is the opening night of Creative Cauldron’s Summer Cabaret Series. The
popular retro trio are back to share a mixture of this and that – a little Harold Arlen, a little Fats Waller and lots of laughs. Iyona Blake (Creative Cauldron’s “Caroline, or Change,” “Once On This Island,” “Love As We See It”); Doug Bowles (internationally featured tenor, pianist and swing band leader); and Alex Hassan (worldrenowned novelty pianist) are back to stir the Cauldron once again. Through July 2. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple St., Falls Church). $15 – $100. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.org.
“Born For This: The Bebe Winans Story.” This is the opening night of this performance. Detroit natives BeBe and CeCe Winans, youngest siblings of the Winans family dynasty, experience the ultimate in culture shocks when invited to join Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s “Praise the Lord” television show. The Winans teenagers have the opportunity to become more
than just television celebrities, but to integrate TV evangelism. Through August 28. Arena Stage (1101 6th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $64. 8 p.m. arenastage.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 2
“La Cage Aux Folles.” The twenty year relationship between Georges, a club-owner, and Albin, the head drag performer, faces a test when their son announces his engagement to the daughter of ultra-conservative political parents. To please their son, Georges and Albin agree to hide their lifestyle and play it straight for a dinner with the potential in-laws. However, Albin‘s different de�inition of “normal” threatens to upend the entire supper with hilarious results. Through July 10. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Falls Church). $40 – $72. 7:30 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JUNE 30 F���� F������� D���� C������. Theatre-in-the-Woods at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $8. 10:30 a.m. 703-255-1900. A�������� J��� ��������� M��� B����� ��� BC J��� ���� G�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25 in advance; $20 – $25 day of the show. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. D��� K������� ���� T�� W���� B��� ��� W��� T�� P����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. U����� ��� B��� ���� B������ S����� ��� L����������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. B���N��� 75 P������� O�� P���� �� V��� ��������� R����� G������, L����� L�����, D������ H����, K������ S����, M����� S��������� ��� A������ A���������. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $65. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500. K���� B�����. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $25. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. S������� A����� ���� T�� S������ I�������� ��� B���� M�� B�����. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340. J���� A��������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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D������� D�������� F������!. Theatre-in-the-Woods at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $10. 10:30 a.m. 703-255-1900. T�� C����� ���� S���� K��� ��� M������ 59. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $18. 7 p.m. 703-237-0300. F��� ���� W�� �� W���� ��� T�� D���� N��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25 (Mainstage). 8 p.m. 202-667-7960. P����� U���� ��� S�����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. R������ G��������. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $25 – $30. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. A������ ��� B�������� ���� ��� N������� S������� O��������. Filene Center at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $20 – $58. 8:15 p.m. 703-255-1900. W�������. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. A T���� �� ��� C������: F��������� ��� ��� C������ C��� B��������
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D������ R������� ���� T�� F�� D�����. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. TGI90� P���� ���� DJ S��� R��. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). Free until 10 p.m.; $5 after 10 p.m. 8 p.m. 703-2370300. M��� C����� C�������� ���� T�� M��� C����� K���. Filene Center at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $50. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. M��� T��� ��� T�� T��������. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703-5228340. M��������: D.C.’� S������ I������� D���� N���� ���� DJ M��� Z����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 (Mainstage). 9:30 p.m. 202-667-7960.
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MONDAY, JULY 4 F��������. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. 703-248-5027.
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S������������ C������: A S����� C���� �� ��� S��. Theatre-in-theWoods at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $8. 10:30 a.m. 703255-1900. J�����’ J��� M��-A������� B��� B����� #15 – P������ N���� 3. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703255-1566. B�� D���� ���� M���� S������. Filene Center at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $45 – $100. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900.
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S����� A���� 23 S�����. Theatrein-the-Woods at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $10. 10:30 a.m. 703-255-1900. J�����’ J��� M��-A������� B��� B����� #15 – P������ N���� 4. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703255-1566. L�� V�� V�� ���� DC C��������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. B�� D���� ���� M���� S������. Filene Center at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $45 – $100. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900.
P������� A����... Thursday, July 7 – Concerts in the Park. The City of Falls Church’s Concerts in the Park series continues with Andrew Acosta Band, who will be playing roots
music. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Concerts.
Saturday, July 9 – Ready, Set, Polka! at the Library. Children of all ages can get up and move around to the sound of polka music with Uncle Mike’s “Ready,
Set, Polka!” at this library event. There will be plenty of volunteer participation and sing along opportunities at this event. Recommended for children ages 2 – 6. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 – 11:45 a.m. 703-248-5034.
Saturday, July 30 – Build Your Own Composter Workshop. Participants will start this workshop with a pile of recycled lumber, a recycled pickle barrel and
assorted screws and bolts and leave with a fully functioning tumbler style composter. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). $75. 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/520/Composting-Workshops.
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Requin Celebrates Shark Week With Red & ‘Bloody’ Dishes It’s the time of the year when people clear off the DVR and set it to record the Discovery Channel for seven straight days. That’s right, everybody, it’s Shark Week. Jumping on the annual feeding frenzy, Mosaic District’s Requin (that’s French for “shark,” FYI) is celebrating with a week full of Shark Week specials including a special “Shark Bite” of food and drinks throughout the day. Per the restaurant’s press release, the limited-time, “shark attack-inspired menu” includes red and “bloody” dishes like tuna tartare, grilled octopus, a salad featuring blood orange, blood sausage and a strawberry sorbet. And just in case your DVR is hurting for space, Requin will be screening Shark Week programming at the bar all week long, as well. Requin’s Shark Week celebration runs through Sunday, July 3. Requin 8296 Glass Alley | Fairfax requinbymic.com
Astro Doughnuts Offering Picnic Baskets for the 4th Fourth of July and picnics go hand-inhand and Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken hopes you spend the holiday wiping grease and frosting from your face. The Falls Church shop is selling Independence Day doughnut-and-chicken picnic baskets for all your eating-while-
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fireworks-watching needs. Each basket can feed up to four and includes eight pieces of fried chicken, three special “USA” vanilla -glazed doughnuts with raspberry drizzle and blueberries, three birthday cake chocolate doughnuts with vanilla glaze, buttercream and sprinkles, two orders of tater tots and two orders of cole slaw. Astro’s picnic baskets are $45 and must be ordered by calling 202-809-5565 or emailing info@astrodoughnuts.com before the end of the day July 3. Basket pick-up is on July 4 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the Falls Church location. Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken 7511 Leesburg Pike #103 | Falls Church astrodoughnuts.com
Michael Friedman Joins Taco Bamba’s Guest Chef Program Washington, D.C. chef Michael Friedman is the latest to join Taco Bamba’s “guest taquero” series, and will debut an allnew creation at the Falls Church taqueria next week. The Red Hen and All Purpose chef will be on the line at Taco Bamba on July 5, from 6 – 8 p.m., where he’ll be serving up a spicy lamb chorizo taco with cucumber salsa, pickled red onion, feta creama and mint and corn chips. Friedman’s special will be available throughout July at Taco Bamba for $5. Taco Bamba 2190 Pimmit Drive | Falls Church tacobambarestaurant.com – Jody Fellows
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F.C. Residents Earn Academic Honors Across the Nation
MASON STUDENTS FILE IN to the school’s 27th Annual All-Night Graduation Celebration on Wednesday, June 22. The newly-minted alumna enjoyed a night of games, food and entertainment. (Photo: Carol Sly)
Several Falls Church residents recently earned academic honors from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation. Jake Ahlgrimm and Brandt Cole, students in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, made the dean’s honor list at the school. Alexa S. Jeffrey, Jing Luo, Rebecca E. Moot and Misha Vessali made the dean’s list at Boston University, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average or be in the top 30 percent their class to make the list. Joshua Movius made the dean’s list at Wheaton College, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average while carrying 12 credits or more. Noah Saberhagen made the dean’s list at the University of Hartford. Charles R. Fidler and Katherine R. Griswold graduated from Boston University. Fidler graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and Griswold graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in marine science. Lydia Hylton and Hieu Nguyen graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
School News & Notes
Hylton graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering and Nguyen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering. Thomas Sanders and Lauren Sese graduated from Loyola University Maryland. Sanders and Sese graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in business administration.
32 Students Graduate from The Langley School in McLean 32 students graduated from The Langley School, located at 1411 Balls Hill Road, McLean, in a ceremony at the school on Friday, June 10. The graduates of the school will attend nearly 20 different independent, public and boarding high schools in the fall. For more information, visit langleyschool.org.
TJ Fifth Graders Celebrate With Picnic at Cherry Hill Park The fifth graders who recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School celebrated their promotion with a class picnic at Cherry Hill Park. The students celebrated with several activities at the park, including volleyball, basketball, lacrosse and cards.
Mason Basketball Star Tartt Commits to Marymount U. by Matt Delaney
Falls Church News-Press
George Mason’s varsity boys basketball program’s alltime leading scorer and recently minted Mustang alumnus Robert Tartt signed his letter of intent to play basketball for Marymount University on Monday, June 27. Tartt led the Mustangs to a historic 29-0 record this past season before falling in the 2A state semifinals. Now, he makes a brief three mile trip to play for the Arlingtonbased Division III school, ensuring his roots remain in the Northern
Virginia area throughout his college years. Though short in distance, the move was big for Tartt and his family, who were on hand to watch him fulfill his dream. “It’s a really big deal for us,” he said. “I’ve wanted to go to school to play basketball for a long time.” Positive impressions from head coach Chris Rogers and a roster that shared qualities with Tartt’s Mason teams coaxed him into committing to Marymount after an initial period of indecision. Safe to say Tartt’s 1,186 career points for Mason will be welcomed with open arms by the
FCHS Athletes Receive Post-Season Accolades Several players on Falls Church High School spring sports teams received post-season accolades recently. Three girls from the Jaguars’ varsity girls lacrosse
team received Virginia High School League 5A North AllRegion selections and one boy from the Jaguars’ varsity boys soccer team received accolades from
Saints, who went 10-15 and failed to average more than 70 points per game last season. Still, Tartt does have a learning curve to overcome. His listed height of 6’1 was small even for a high school forward, but Tartt compensated for it with tenacity, strength and a nose for the basket. That won’t suffice in collegiate competition, so Tartt has begun transitioning to guard. While excited about bringing his confident attitude and on-court leadership to Marymount this winter, Tartt recognizes that Mason’s basketball program helped shape
MASON GRADUATE ROBERT TARTT (sitting down) signed a letter of intent for Marymount University on Monday, June 27. (Photo: Courtesy of Julie Bravin) his understanding of what the game is about. “Definitely, the community; the family,” he said. “Our freshman and sophomore year we were horrible, but our junior and
senior everything just started to come together because we’d been together so long. I’m gonna miss that, but I know I’m also going to get something similar at Marymount.”
the Virginia High School League. Two juniors led the way for the Jaguars’ varsity girls lacrosse team. Midfielder Sophia Omar and defender Rachel Rannazissi were named to the Virginia High School League’s 5A North All-Region Second Team. Sophomore Hannah Bond received a selection to the Virginia High School League’s 5A North All-Region Honorable Mention list. The Jaguars reached
the Conference 13 semifinal this season, where they lost to Edison High School 13-4. The Jaguars’ varsity boys soccer team went on a tear in the postseason, winning the Conference 13 championship over Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and reaching the summit of the 5A North Region and the 5A division as a whole in the Virginia High School League’s
state tournament. The Jaguars lost by a 2-1 margin to Ablemarle High School in the 5A North Region championship and then lost to them again in the Virginia High School League state championship by 1-0 margin. Leading the charge for the Jaguars was senior midfielder Mohamed Zulikfely, who earned a selection to the Virginia High School League’s 5A All-State First Team.
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Americana Rhythm & Blues band Roosevelt Dime just wants you to put on your red shoes (or otherwise fancy shoes) and “hide away” your blues, as they profess in their new single “Red Shoes,” the title track of their new EP that’s due out on Tuesday, July 5. The song, a swinging tune that encourages leaving the troubles of the world behind – if only just for a night – and dancing the night away, is available for streaming on the group’s Bandcamp page. “That song was kind of a celebration of the power of live music because so much of what we do is a live, communal, cathartic experience at its core,” said Andy Green, the group’s banjo player. “We actually got our start playing out on the streets of New York City, totally removed from the whole music promotion and business side of it. We were literally playing music right there for the people….So that song is a little bit of a celebration of that idea. “It’s like when you’re feeling down and ROOSEVELT DIME. (P����: C������� �� F����� T����) have the blues, being able to kick that off and “It’s kind of a chance for artists to bring on about these types of choices as a band. What go out with someone you love and go out and is going to say about us? What are we trying feel the love in a room and being in that envi- causes that they support,” Green said. “But then it’s really taken off beyond that to convey? What are we trying to say with ronment. So it’s kind of harken back to that energy. We used to really feel that back on the where the outreach of these social causes is its it?” Green said. “And, especially in the folk own wing of the festival. There’s going to be and Americana world and bluegrass scene, streets.” They are bringing their jubilant, real something called the Village of Causes that’s the idea of covering songs is very prevalent. and ultra danceable tunes to Arlington for a going to be on the grounds of the festival…. I think there’s this kind of shortcut that you weekend-long kick-off event for the Festival We’re hoping we’re going to attract music fans can take, where you take any sort of classic BeCause, which will launch in 2017. The fes- and people who have socially active leanings, so song and folking it up or bluegrassing it up tival will feature music, lectures, workshops it’s going to be an incredible opportunity to get and getting the mileage out of it, but it’s not gratifying for us. and screenings in pavilions, each dedicated to in one place with all these causes.” “So we really wanted to take songs that Roosevelt Dime’s latest EP features three a different cause. Roosevelt Dime, one of the founding bands original songs and three covers. The covers, the really did inspire us and really were fundamenof the festival, will be playing two shows at Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Funky Monks,” Tom tal for us in some way, not necessarily in what the kick off event for the festival. The first one Petty’s “American Girl” and Bob Marley and we play in this band, but in our lives, in our is on Saturday, July 2 at Sehkraft Brewing, the Wailers’ “Pass It On,” are an eclectic mix development as music fans.” located at 925 N. Garfield St., Arlington, at 8 of musical genres. • For more information about Roosevelt “That’s something that we did think a lot p.m. and the second is on Sunday, July 3 at the about and chose carefully. We think a lot Dime, visit rooseveltdimemusic.com. same location at 11 a.m.
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These singles whet the appetites of the FCNP editorial team this week: Nicholas Benton – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band
Jody Fellows – Hello New Day by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Drew Costley – Hold Up by Beyonce
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Plant, Artisan Gift Shops Opening on West Broad Botanologica and Society Hill Designs are opening at 817 W. Broad Street (former location of the The Front Porch.) Botanologica offers organic, sustainable and handmade items featuring mid-Atlantic native plants and edibles for the home and garden. Society Hill Designs will offer a selection of artisan made clothing, jewelry and gift items. Both locally owned independent shops had items available through Stifel & Capra, which now operates online. Shop hours will be Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.Botanologica.com and www.societyhilldesigns.com.
Arc of NoVa Named ‘Nonprofit of the Year’ The Arc of Northern Virginia was named Nonprofit of the Year by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (formerly the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce.) The award is presented annually to a D.C.-metro region nonprofit for outstanding visionary contributions to the community with special consideration being given to applicants who demonstrate excellence in collaboration, with businesses, other nonprofits, or government in their corporate social responsibility efforts. One of 23 nominees, the Falls Church-based nonprofit provides services and advocacy support to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families in Northern Virginia. For more information, visit www.novachamber.org or www.thearcofnova.org.
Hitt Makes Largest Ever Twitter Donation In less than 140-characters, Todd Hitt, founder of the Falls Church-based private equity firm Kiddar Capital, has donated $25,000 to charity, the largest ever donation made via Twitter. The donation was made using #donate, a social media-driven giving tool developed by GoodWorld. Hitt’s donation will benefit The Child & Family Network Centers (CFNC), an Alexandria, VA-based network of nine bilingual, tuition-free pre-schools that provide high-quality education to low-income children and families. GoodWorld’s #donate technology allows anyone to make an instant and secure donation on Twitter and Facebook by simply typing #donate. More than 1,600 nonprofits representing a variety of causes have partnered with GoodWorld to generate funds and awareness of their programs. For more information on the #donate program, visit www.goodworld.me. For more information on Kiddar Capital, visit www.kiddar.com.
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The Happy Tart LLC, 410 South Maple Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia 22046-4247. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Emma Cech, Managing Member. 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.
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on July 14, 2016 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, for consideration of the following subjects: New Business Variance application V1582-16 by Charles and Kimberly Cates, owner and applicant, for a variance to Section 48-263(5)(a) and 48-263(6) to allow a lot coverage of thirty (30) percent instead of twenty five (25) percent; and to allow a impervious lot coverage of forty (40) percent instead of thirty five (35) percent for the purpose of constructing a new single-family house on premises known as 301 N Lee Street, RPC #51-125-011 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1B, Medium Density Residential.
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Variance application V1583-16 by Melbert and Anne Schwarz, owner and applicant, for a variance to Section 48-238(3)(a) to allow a rear yard setback of twenty two (22) feet instead of forty (40) feet for the purpose of constructing a screened porch on premises known as 1307 Seaton Circle, RPC #52-505-015 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned R-1A, Low Density Residential.
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Ethiopian Restaurant, 5620 Seminary Road, Unit D, Alexandria, Virginia 22311-3734. The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Beer, Wine and Mixed Drinks On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Tewdros Fikremariam, 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.
Zoning Office 300 Park Avenue, Suite 300W Falls Church, VA. 703-248-5015 (option 1) zoning@fallschurchva.gov This location is fully accessible to persons with physical disabilities and special services or assistance may be requested in advance. (TTY 711)
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We are pledged to the letter and spirit of Virginia’s policy for achieving equal housing opportunity throughout the Commonwealth. We encourage and support advertising and marketing programs in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap. All real estate advertised herein is subject to Virginia’s fair housing law which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status or handicap or intention to make any such preference, limitation, Email: fairhousing@dpor.virginia.gov. Website: www.fairhousing.vipnet.org or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate that violates the fair housing law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. For more information or to file a housing complaint call the Virginia Fair Housing Office at (804) 367-8530. Toll free call (888) 551-3247. For the hearing impaired call (804) 367-9753.
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Akridge Back in F.C. With Large-Scale Mixed Use Plan for N. Washington St.
The City of Falls Church’s huge 29.5 percent decline in serious crimes in 1995 was the greatest among the total of 18 separate jurisdictions in the Greater Washington, D.C., metro region, which experienced an average 4.9 percent increase, according to a report of the Council of Governments (COG) released last week.
The touted regional and national cooling off of the residential condominium market hasn’t deterred Akridge, one of the area’s biggest and most respected development firms, from joining others along Falls Church’s North Washington/Rt. 29 corridor in pushing ahead with new largescale, predominantly condo projects.
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158 Rees Pl | Falls Church City
Elegant 3 BD/3.5 BA townhome overlooking Tripps Run. Open floor plan on main level w/ gourmet Kitchen. Master Bedroom w/ en-suite bath. You won’t believe you are mins from DC! Peaceful and stunning views. Offered at $849,000
Falls Church City resident and local business owner. Real Estate expert right here in our community for more than 10 years.
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Louise Molton
Phone: 703 244-1992 | louise@moltonrealestate.com
7035 Haycock Rd #F | Falls Church City
Exceptional 2 level 2 BD/2.5BA townhouse style condo. Recently updated with HW floors, new appliances and private patio. 2 Garage spaces and storage. Offered at $565,000
710 W Broad St, Falls Church VA 22046 ~ 571-282-3732 Each Office Independently Owned and Operated
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Located in Falls Church
Charming renovated fenced and landscaped 3 BR 3 bath Cape Cod featuring numerous upgrades. Conveniently located near Rt 50, 7, I-495 and I-66 and 2 metro stations. Upgraded kitchen with Granite and new SS appliances. Den and refinished hardwoods on main level. Fully finished basement. Reduced to $549,000
McLean Sales Office 1355 Beverly Rd Ste 109 McLean, VA 22101 703-790-1990 office
Thinking about selling? Call me for a discussion about how to get your home ready for the summer market! Take a look at my website- where you can search for homes, view my new Falls Church & McLean videos, and more!
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UNDER CONTRACT- MULTIPLE OFFERS
Beautiful 3BR/2.5BA level house on quaint street! 3 finished levels feature refinished hardwood floors, open kitchen, updated baths, newly remodeled family room, updated and expanded rec room,& large screened in porch off Master BR. Large, lush lot on .27 acres! Haycock ES, Longfellow MS, McLean HS. Sale Price $829,000.
2345 N. Oak St. Falls Church 22046
Lovely and spacious floor plan in this beautiful home. 5BR/3.5BA home on full acre of land in Langley HS pyramid. New Price $1,199,000.
7601 Burford Drive, McLean VA 22102
#410 2BR/2BA corner unit with tons of
natural light! Unit comes with 1 parking space. 1/2 mile to EFC Metro. $545,000
For Sale
#515 1BR+den on top floor $409,0000
2200 N Westmoreland Street Arlington, VA 22213 Fantastic Price
Beautiful home on .91 acreslush backyard. 5BR/3.5BA with beautifully refinished hardwood floors. Fresh paint and new carpet in basement. New Price $889,000.
1097 Pensive Lane, Great Falls, VA 22066