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Inside This Week Council Proposes ‘Mr. Brown’s Park’
The Falls Church City Council voted Monday on a resolution proposing the name, “Mr. Brown’s Park,” for the newlyrenovated pocket park in the 100 block of W. Broad St. See News Briefs, page 8
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With Latest OK, West End Economic Project Named ‘Little City Commons’ City Staff Reports Bursting in Air Says Net $ May Be $7m Per Year
by Nicholas F. Benton
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Virginia. Now there are close to 250,” Madden said in the post. “The Brewpub business model is a tough one to maintain compared to a Brewery Taproom with little overhead, lower rents and outsourced food trucks. Our draw from the surrounding areas has dwindled in what has become an
Accompanying the Falls Church City Council’s latest unanimous vote to advance the West End Development Project Monday night was the inclusion in staff reports of spectacular prospects for the fiscal yield of the project to the City and the decision by the economic development team to give its 9.45 acres of dense mixeduse development a name: “Little City Commons.” The Special Exception Entitlement approved by the Council, 6-0, Monday is the latest major step forward in the massive project with its many moving parts. It followed on the signing of the comprehensive agreement last month, and comes six months before the Council will be tasked with OKing another special exception, this one for the more detailed project site plan expected to come in January. But with Monday’s vote, the development team of EYA, PN Hoffman and Regency Centers issued a press release Tuesday that for the first time put the name, Little City Commons, to the 1.3-million square foot mixed-use development on the current site of the George Mason High School at 7124 Leesburg Pike. The new name reflects the language used by PN Hoffman founder Monty Hoffman, who referred to the project as a new “neighborhood.” In the latest flurry of documents required for Monday’s vote
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A Cabaret Pianist’s Extensive Music Library A local resident who is once again kicking off the Creative Cauldron’s summer cabaret series also happens to curate one of the most interesting home collections of the Tin Pan Alley era of music. See page 13
Virginia Named 2019 Top State for Business
Virginia has been ranked the “Top State to Do Business in 2019,” according to CNBC. The commonwealth now ties with Texas for most years named top state for business with wins in 2007, 2009, 2011, and now 2019. See News Briefs, page 8
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THE CROWD “OOOHED” & “AAAHED” at the fireworks display during the City of Falls Church’s annual Independence Day celebration last Thursday at George Mason High School. Despite the successful show, City Manager Wyatt Shields cautioned the City Council last week that with the now under-construction new high school, future July 4 shows may be in doubt due to laws prohibiting the launching of fireworks too close to public buildings. (Photo: Gary mester)
After 9 Years, Mad Fox Brewing Company Will Close This Month
by Jody Fellows
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Mad Fox Brewing Company, which will celebrate its ninth anniversary on Saturday, announced this week that it will shutter before the end of the month. In a Facebook post Tuesday, Mad Fox founder, CEO and executive brewer Bill Madden said the Falls
Church brew pub’s last day of business will be Sunday, July 21. In the closing announcement, Madden cited the difficulties with the brewpub business model and the rise of breweries in the surrounding area contributing to an “extremely competitive craft beer market.” “When we opened in 2010, there were 40 breweries in
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of approval, including last minute modifications to the long list of voluntary concessions attached to the deal, was included a preliminary assessment by the City’s Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, using an economic modelling tool it has evolved over almost two decades, to conclude that the Little City Commons will yield almost $7 million in annual net tax revenue to the City. Falls Church Council member Phil Duncan noted at Monday’s meeting that the whopping revenue estimate may mean the overall project — inclusive of the construction, now underway, of a brand new, state of the art high school — will not only be achieved with almost no impact on the residential real estate tax rate, but may wind up lowering that tax rate if the project’s rev-
enue estimates are anywhere near what will actually happen. Becky Witsman, the City’s economic development division chief, cautioned to the NewsPress that “the estimated unit mix and square footages used for this analysis are subject to change depending on the ultimate development plan that will be decided during the Special Exception Site Plan phase” now underway. She added, “We had to do a fair amount of guesstimating on specific inputs that we won’t get until the next phase of the project is approved, which won’t be until next January. It’s also hard to predict today what the market will be like when this project delivers. Many factors can and will change over time.” But contextual factors have all been looking up, notwithstanding the fact that some kind of national or global economic slowdown is almost bound to happen. This week, Virginia was named
the No. 1 state in the union for doing business, and this designation should help attract new businesses eager to enjoy the benefits associated with that. Also, of course, the successful attraction of Amazon to Northern Virginia will be huge and is already making an impact. Real estate is being bought up in anticipation of values rising dramatically in the next half dozen years associated with the Amazon move, and satellite industries are also beginning now to plan moves to the area. On top of that, Amazon’s arrival coincides with a huge move by Virginia Tech to build major new tech-oriented educational facilities in the area, and that includes a major ramping up on its property
immediately adjacent the Little City Commons in Falls Church. Well underway, in fact, are planning and conversations to link the development of the “Little City Commons” with the Virginia Tech property here and the Metro-owned 24 acres adjacent its West Falls Church Metro site in a potentially-seamless megadevelopment. But by virtue of being in the boundary limits of the City of Falls Church, the Little City Commons promises to dwarf, from a net revenue standpoint, all the significant mixed-use development projects that have been built here since 2001. At an estimated overall floorto-area ratio of 3.6, the 9.25 acres will add more than 1,000 new residents to the City in a mix of rental units, condominiums, senior housing and, in a novelty beginning to gain traction in the regional market, so-called micro units of rentals that are relatively affordable. This is on top of the
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extremely competitive craft beer market, which has resulted in this final decision.” Mad Fox opened to much fanfare in July of 2010 at The Spectrum mixed-use development, the first brewery in the City of Falls Church and the first solo venture from Madden, a former brewer at Capital City Brewery and Vintage 50 Restaurant and Bar Lounge. During its Falls Church run, Mad Fox’s beers have won numerous awards including a gold medal for its Kellerbier Kolsch at the 2011 Great American Beer festival. Since its opening, the craft brew industry has exploded in Virginia, with microbreweries popping up throughout the area including Audacious Aleworks, a nanobrewery less than a mile from Mad Fox, and Settle Down Easy Brewing Company just 2.5 miles away. In addition to the Falls Church location, Mad Fox’s award-winning brews have been on tap at bars and restaurants throughout the D.C. area including, for the last six years, at Nationals Park. And in 2015, Madden and co. opened a Washington, D.C. outpost, dubbed
Mad Fox Taproom, which had a short run in the neighborhood of Glover Park before closing less than three years later. Over the years, Mad Fox has been known for its beer events, including its annual barleywine and Oktoberfest festivals, as well as its collaborations with local businesses like Falls Church Distillers, The Neighborhood Barbershop, Rock Star Real Estate and Rare Bird Coffee Roasters. They even brewed a beer honoring former Falls Church teacher and vice mayor Lindy Hockenberry, called Lindy’s Weiss, a Bavarianstyle Hefeweizen. “We’ve loved being a part of the Falls Church community,” Madden told the News-Press. “We’ve had a great run.” Madden says his favorite memories of the nine-year stretch are of his employees. “I’ve watched kids graduate from college, turn 21, get married, have kids,” the brewmaster says. “It’s been nine years of wonderful employees. The Mad Fox family continues.” Madden says he’s also proud to see the success of many of his former brewers who have moved on to
take over operations of their own. His proteges include Fair Winds head brewer Charlie Buettner (one of Mad Fox’s first-ever employees), Brad Hulewicz, head brewer at Pro Re Nata in Crozet, Virginia and Matt Ryan who leads Nokesville’s Cedar Run Brewery. At the moment, Madden doesn’t have any plans for his brewing future though if he does continue, he says it’ll most likely be in a supervisory role as opposed to in the day-to-day operations of running a brewery. “I’m getting on in age. ” Madden says. “Slinging malt and cleaning out mash drums...it’s a lot.” And while this Saturday’s ninth anniversary party will be bittersweet, Madden intends to go out with a bang. “It’ll be no holds barred,” he says. “We’re bringing out everything I’ve been saving.” That includes the seven-yearold Batch 300 and a selection of barleywines including a batch of Slobberknocker. Madden says he’s also cooling down the final run of fan-favorite Orange Whip which he hopes to get on tap by Friday. In the wake of the closing news, there was an outpouring of
AFTER NINE YEARS, Bill Madden (second from left) announced his Falls Church brew pub will close this month. (News-Press photo) support and well-wishes on social media from D.C.-area journalists, bars and breweries. Fritz Hahn, who covers the area’s beer and bar scene for the Washington Post, responded to the news on Twitter writing “Oof, this hurts,” adding “Their beer and festivals will be missed.” Falls Church’s Settle Down Easy Brewing changed their Facebook picture to the Mad Fox logo Tuesday and posted “We at SDE are very sad to hear the closing of Mad Fox in Falls Church… please visit them and thank them for all they have done for the brewing community.” “We are honored to have shared
great beer collaborations with Mad Fox Brewing,” Meridian Pint, an Arlington restaurant and craft beer bar, wrote on Instagram. “We wish them the best in the next chapter of their lives.” As for the future of the Mad Fox brand, Madden says there are a lot of investors involved so it’s difficult to think it will carry on. “I’m not saying it’s the end but I’m not sure where we will be going,” Madden says. “We’ve got to get through the closure and then see where we are.” Mad Fox Brewing Company’s ninth anniversary party is this Sunday, starting at 11 a.m., at 444 W. Broad St. in Falls Church.
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Granted with careful caveats insisted upon by Falls Church’s Economic Development specialist Becky Witsman, the numbers attached to Monday’s unanimous City Council approval of the first big hurdle for dense development of 9.45 acres on which its old George Mason High School footprint now sits are truly eye-popping. There has so far not been any serious hiccup in the breakneck undertaking by the City, its school system and their chosen development teams to extract a maximum value — social and fiscal — from the acreage the City obtained just five and a half years ago as part of the payment it received from Fairfax County in exchange for the ownership of its water system. Monday’s vote was decisive, a sure commitment by the City and the development team of EYA, PN Hoffman and Regency Centers for the buildout at a floor-to-area ratio (FAR) of 3.6 of the acreage proximate to the West Falls Church Metro station. With the unanimous, enthusiastic vote by the City Council, the development team began crowing with a jointly-crafted press release issued Tuesday, quoting key figures, such as PN Hoffman founder and CEO Monty Hoffman stating, “Last night’s decision signals an important step in our ambitious plan to enhance the Falls Church community by building a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood in the west end of the city.” With that press release came the newest moniker for the project, “Little City Commons.” The “Little City,” of course, is the official slogan for the City of Falls Church, but there is nothing “little” about this project. It will add 1.3 million square feet of mixed use development to Falls Church, and even as the 4.3 acre Founder’s Row project is digging out deep holes at the intersection at Broad & West St. this very moment, the “Little City Commons” is twice the size of that considerable effort. As well, a necessary precondition for the “Little City Commons,” the construction of a brand-new, state of the art high school, is now also underway on the practice athletic fields at the George Mason campus. Once that project is completed, with the target of December 2020, the existing Mason building will be demolished, making way for the “Little City Commons” construction to begin around January 2021. This “dosi-do” has been rehearsed often enough at public meetings and in print such that anyone paying attention has to be familiar with it by now. But the real whopper is this: initially, it was the wildest hopes of those developing this plan that the economic yield from the plan would come somewhere close to actually paying for the cost ($120 million) of the new high school. But now, with very preliminary projection of an annual net yield to the City of $6,941,421. Were anything near that to materialize, then the overall project would do far more than pay for the new school, it would be a powerful net cash cow for the City’s operating future.
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Editor, State and local taxes (SALT) are generally used to provide funding for the common good: public education, fire and rescue, libraries, roads, police, courts... Capping the SALT deduction was a cynical act by the Trump administration and its Republican enablers directed at blue states that put a higher value on providing for
the public good and its necessary funding via taxes. I don’t mind paying my fair share of taxes, but I do mind politicians specifically targeting voters in areas that, generally, did not vote for them. The Republican administration did not cap the SALT deduction because they want wealthy people to pay more of their fair share of taxes. Their true motives are
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revealed by the tax breaks they passed for the wealthy (lowering the highest rates) and their expansion of tax breaks for people who send their children to private schools. They took away a deduction for people and communities who fund (through SALT) public schools for all children and expanded a tax shelter (529 plans) to people who pay money to send only their own children to private (K-12) schools. The Republican administration tax scheme was diabolical because while giving the wealthiest fraction by far the most benefit, it divides the middle class by pitting
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Growing up in foster care, I learned a variety of different survival techniques. Not the important things, like how to prepare a meal, do my taxes or balance my checkbook. For the record, I didn’t learn any of that. What I did learn, because my evangelical foster mother perceived that I was gay, was that I had a demon inside me, fighting for my soul. According to her, my sexuality was caused by demonic possession. Thanks to her medieval beliefs, I was forced into conversion therapy, also called “discipling” by the evangelical church. During my 11 years in foster care, I was subjected to more abuse than during my first six years of life spent with my drugaddicted, physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive family. Foster care has improved a little since the old days when foster children were forced into indentured servitude, but thanks to the Trump Administration, a culture war is being waged on the backs of one of America’s most vulnerable populations. Let me explain. There is a crisis of uncared for children in our country. There are currently close to a half million children in the foster care system, with over 120,000 children waiting to be adopted and more than 20,000
youth “aging out” of care each year without any family or resources. Forty percent of these young people identify as LGBTQ. The American Association of Pediatrics warns that policies singling out or discrim-
“There are currently close to a half million children in the foster care system, with over 120,000 children waiting to be adopted and more than 20,000 youth “aging out” of care each year without any family or resources.”
inating against LGBTQ youth “are harmful to social-emotional health and may have lifelong consequences.” Despite these facts, the Administration supports discrimination against LGBTQ foster and adoptive parents as well as Jews,
Catholics, Muslims and unmarried singles, by supporting federally funded faith-based child welfare agencies who reject anyone who is not evangelical Christian. The same cohort who told me I was possessed by a demon because I was gay have been deemed the only appropriate parents to foster and adopt children. There are currently 10 states with faith-based child welfare agencies that have requested and received waivers from the Administration to allow this discrimination based on their religion. Our children need to be protected, not harmed, and they should be care for by loving parents regardless of orientation, religion or marital status. They should not be subjected to conversion therapy or forced to follow religious beliefs that are not their own. A solution is on the table, should the U.S. Congress find it in their hearts and spines to stand up to the Trump Administration. This past month, legislation introduced by Representatives John Lewis (D-GA), Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR) and Senator Kirstin Gillibrand (D-NY) would eliminate discrimination against LGBTQ individuals — both children and potential parents — thus making conversion and similar unproven techniques illegal forms of discrimination. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would
also allow foster and adoptive parents regardless of their marital status or religion to give children a home. There are thousands of single unmarried people who want children. There are thousands more LGBTQ individuals who want to open their hearts and home to children in foster care. Importantly, LGTBQ people have been shown to have a significant interest in fostering and adopting youth who are older and harder to place. After aging out of the foster care system and finally gaining control of my own life — things have changed for me. I’m strong now, and resilient. Looking back, the shortterm safe haven known as foster care, which was intended to protect me, was the system that forced me to experience an incredible amount of abuse and neglect. As a civilized society, let’s do what we can to prevent childhood traumas like mine. Ask your U.S. Representatives and Senators to cosponsor and pass the Every Child Deserves a Family Act — ask them to do what is in the best interest of children. We don’t have a minute to spare. Each minute that passes without action is wasted time for children who need a loving home and potential parents who want to have a family. Schylar Baber is executive director of Voice for Adoption and a foster alum.
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The Falls Church City Council voted Monday on a resolution proposing the name, “Mr. Brown’s Park,” for the newly-renovated pocket park in the 100 block of W. Broad St. A staff report indicated that 130 recommendations for a name were submitted by citizens and the overwhelming number favored a name in honor of Brown’s Hardware, the City’s oldest business just down the block. Longtime proprietor Hugh Brown, who ran the 125-year-old business for almost 60 years, passed away last November at age 92. The resolution now goes to the boards and commissions for an official vote expected to take place in early September.
Kaine Assails GOP Early Adjournment In response to the move by the slim GOP legislative majority in Richmond to adjourn a special session called by Gov. Ralph Northam to address gun violence in response to last month’s mass killing in Virginia Beach, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following statement: “Yesterday, Virginia had the opportunity to take meaningful steps to reduce gun violence. Our lawmakers could have come together to pass common sense reforms. Instead, Republicans voted to adjourn the special legislative session after less than two hours, and declined to take up a single piece of legislation. That’s shameful. After the horrific shooting in Virginia Beach, I spent time talking with families out in the community about gun violence. I wanted to find out what they were thinking and feeling. Here’s one of the heartbreaking stories I heard: An elementary school teacher in Charlottesville told me that she keeps a file cabinet by her classroom door so she can knock it over to block an active shooter from entering. When her school has lockdown drills, she stands against the door so that if shots are fired, the bullets would hit her first. How on earth can we hear things like this and still refuse to make our communities safer? I’m deeply disappointed that after the Governor brought our state leaders back to the Capitol for the express purpose of taking action, Republicans in the General Assembly dug in their heels and played party politics instead.”
Virginia Ranked No. 1 State ‘To Do Business’ Virginia hase been ranked the “Top State to Do Business in 2019,” according to CNBC in an announcement Wednesday. According to the network, the ranking is based on 64 metrics in 10 categories of competitiveness. Virginia ties with Texas for most years named top state for business by CNBC, with wins in 2007, 2009, 2011, and now 2019.The state’s House of Delegates Democratic caucus issued a statement saying that the accomplishment comes, after six consecutive years of Democratic leadership in the governor’s office, noting that CNBC weighs workforce as its top criterion and also considers factors like cost of living, quality of life, and inclusivity. “The ranking reflects Democrats’ commitment and effort to invest in the economic engine of this Commonwealth: the workforce,” said House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn. “Elevating hard-working Virginians with access to quality education, healthcare, and housing is simply good for business.”
F.C. Treasurer Wins State Accreditation The City of Falls Church Treasurer’s office received its accreditation from the Treasurer’s Association of Virginia last month, reports City Treasurer Jody Acosta. She was presented the recognition at the association’s meeting in Arlington. The Office Accreditation program is a professional certificate program that is overseen by the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia. Sixty-five treasurer’s offices received accreditation this year. It is estimated that combined, the accredited offices handled close to $13 billion dollars in Fiscal Year 2018. “Those treasurers that choose to seek accreditation take an extra step to ensure they are good stewards of their locality’s funds,” said Treasurer Association President Evelyn Powers. While it is not required for any treasurer’s office to be accredited, receiving accreditation acknowledges that the office meets the statewide best practices for performance in treasury management.
Council’s July 22 and Aug. 5 Meetings Cancelled The Falls Church City Hall announced this week that the City Council’s business meeting of July 22 and work session of August 5 have been cancelled, and that the Council’s Economic Development Committee has rescheduled its meeting for Thursday, August 1 at 10 a.m.
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Community News & Notes Mason Grad Earns Bachelors, Now Onto Masters Studies
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Long-time Falls Church resident and George Mason alumnus (2015), Felipe Borja, graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Robotics and a concentration in Studio Art from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California in May. Borja attended Harvey Mudd as a Presidential Scholar and is now heading to a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Robotics at Virginia Tech. Borja’s research will be sponsored by a UNICEF project lead by Professor Kevin Kochersberger of VT’s Unmanned Systems Lab that aims to develop low-cost drones to be flown in Africa’s humanitarian corridor to
Fairfax Co. Schools Starts Donation Drive for Students In an effort to ensure that every child in the school district is prepared for school, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has again joined forces with Collect for Kids, a consortium of not-forprofit, for-profit and government organizations promoting and coordinating school supply and backpack drives to benefit FCPS students. The drive will provide backpacks and school supplies for the 2019-20 school year to students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals. Roughly 56,000 FCPS students receive free and reduced-price meals and
many need help acquiring school supplies and backpacks. This year, there are two ways donors may support this effort: • Monetary donations: Contributions can be made online through the generous support of the Foundation for FCPS and their support of Collect for Kids effort. Donations will be used to purchase school supply kits in bulk at special pricing. • Backpack donations: New backpacks can be brought to a variety of locations in July and Aug., including two FCPS administration buildings, any Apple Federal Credit Union location in Fairfax County and to some not-for-profit partners, including Britepaths, Cornerstones, United Community and Western Fairfax Christian Ministries. Search under
Get Involved on the Collect for Kids website for addresses and guidance on the types of backpacks needed. So that students have the supplies necessary to succeed on the first day of school, the majority of the Collect for Kids activities occur between July 9 – Aug. 16. Monetary donations are accepted year round, and backpacks are accepted through August. For more information, visit the Collect for Kids website or contact Kathy Ryan at 571-423-1206 or krryan@fcps.edu.
F.C. Arts Partners with Egypitian Artists for Exhibit Falls Church Arts (FCA) will be the first gallery to exhibit a unique collection of Egyptian
contemporary art by artists from the Luxor, Alexandria and Cairo regions of Egypt, titled “A New Legacy – Contemporary Art of Egypt.” These artworks were created over the last several weeks on papyrus especially for this exhibition, the first of its kind in the U.S. Most of these artists have never painted on papyrus before and enjoyed this ancient medium as evidenced by the artwork featured in this special exhibit. Moushera Maaraba of the Divine Arts of Egypt Project and Barb Cram of Falls Church Arts, Inc. have collaborated since January to develop this project and the logistics, concept and final exhibition. It is the first international collaborative art project for Falls Church Arts and the first for Moushera Maaraba’s Divine Art
THE D.C. METRO AREA was greeted with a monsoon on Monday to kick off the post-holiday work week, and the City of Falls Church was no exception. The Oak St. school bridge (left) that straddles Tripps Run at Howard E. Herman Park was swallowed up as the creek rose and carried debris with it. Meanwhile, one brave commuter (right) attempted to reach Seaton Lane by driving through the deep end, but unfortunately stalled out in the process, (Photos: Courtesy Dan Lehman)
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THE FRIENDS OF THE MCLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER (FMCC) awarded its 2019 “Friend in Deed” Award to McLean Community Center Executive Director George Sachs (right). Sachs is the 28th person to receive the award “with gratitude for outstanding leadership and support of the McLean Community Center.” FMCC President W. Glenn Yarborough, Jr. presented the award to Sachs back in June. (P����: C������� M�L��� C�������� C�����) of Egypt Project here in the US. FCA is a nonprofit that functions to provide an exhibition space and a home for emerging artists, arts programming and studio arts classes for adults and youth. FCA is actively involved in the civic life of the community and was a leader in bringing arts programming to the public. In the 16 years since its founding in 2003, FCA continues to grow physically and expand its programming. With the new Gallery and exhibit space at the Famille Café next door, FCA presents over 15 exhibitions per year (Gallery and Café and outside the gallery). FCA also draws attention to the work of many emerging artists. Its pARTicipate Education Outreach Programs partner with other organized art groups in collaborations which feature many new local artists and attract visitors from all over the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.
McLean’s Alden Theatre Awards Arts Scholarships The Alden in McLean has awarded scholarships to 11 local high school students through the 2019 James C. Macdonald Performing Arts Scholarship
Competition. The competition began with a preliminary audition in February and culminated with final competitions on stage at The Alden on March 27 and May 15. The James C. Macdonald Performing Arts Scholarship Competition encourages artistic achievement and promotes study in the arts by high school students who reside or attend school in the McLean district (Small Tax District 1A, Dranesville). Scholarship prizes of $1,200 are awarded to students placing first in each of four categories: Dance, Instrumental Music, Theatre and Vocal Music. Second-place winners are awarded $800 and thirdplace winners win $400. This year’s winners are: Dance — First Place: Isabela Swigart – McLean High School and Second Place – Lindsay Muangman, Langley High School Instrumental Music — First Place: Simon Jian Mostaghim – The Potomac School; Second Place – Ethan Hsiao, BASIS Independent McLean and Third Place: Alyssa Kim – Langley High School Theater — First Place: Hannah Cadenazzi – Langley High School; Second Place: Ruby Larimer – McLean High
School and Third Place: Kristen Waagner – McLean High School Vocal Music — First Place: Cynthia Hu – Langley High School; Second Place: Tracy Waagner – McLean High School and Third Place: Nicolle Hendzel – Langley High School
Creative Cauldron’s Cabaret Series Kicks Off Friday The 2019 Summer Cabaret series kicks off this Friday, July 12 and runs until Sept. 14 at the Creative Cauldron (410 South Maple Avenue, Retail 116, Falls Church). Every summer weekend will feature a cabaret or concert by some of the best talent the Washington, D.C. area has to offer. Interested attendees can grab a table for two or a table for four to witness musical standards from the Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, Folk Jazz, pop and classical canon in the Creative Cauldron’s up close and personal cabaret space. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are as follows — general admission $22; seniors and military $20; students $18; tables for two with wine $60 and tables for four with wine $120 For tickets, visit creativecauldron.org or call 703-436-9948.
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Cabaret Pianist Keeps Extensive Music Library in F.C. City Home by Orrin Konheim
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A long-time local resident who is once again kicking off the Creative Cauldron’s summer cabaret series also happens to curate one of the most interesting home collections of the Tin Pan Alley era of music. “What excites us is finding songs from composers that were lost for any number of reasons,” explained singer Doug Bowles. “We feel like these songs would have been great hits had they made it to the public ear or been kept in the public ear.” Bowles will be singing alongside soprano Jennifer Timberlake with Falls Church resident Alex Hassan accompanying the pair on the piano. Bowles and Hassan, who spearhead the music selection for their concerts, will be playing a mixture of familiar tunes and songs the audience has never heard from before. The pair, who have been acquainted for 15 years, share a mutual love of the back catalogue of Tin Pan Alley which is catalogued through an extensive collection of over 50,000 pieces of sheet music from the period between the wars. Tin Pan Alley was a commercial district of Manhattan that disseminated sheet music from the era’s most popular composers — Jerome Kern, George Gerswhin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter among others — that was popularized through the early stages of Broadway, vaudeville tours and later Hollywood musicals. Hassan started playing the piano at the age of 8 and hails from a long line of musicians including a great-aunt who was a student of Alexander Lambert, the protégé of the immensely popular composer Franz Liszt. In his upbringing, first in Queens and then Baltimore, he was classically trained and then discovered his niche accompanying the school’s drama department for their musicals (he remembers playing “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Funny Girl.”) Hassan initially attended the Peabody Music Conservatory in Baltimore for a year but dropped out with his parents support because he “told them what he wanted to play anyway.” Rather than pursue a life of professional music full-time,
Hassan worked in the Defense Intelligence Agency as a librarian while gigging on the side. He was also the designated piano player for ceremonies held at his agency. “I have a house, I have a family, I have a savings account; it’s a trade-off,” said Hassan noting that his least favorite part was the drive up 395. On the bright side, however, Hassan notes “in 30 years at the defense department, no one ever stopped me from playing a gig.” Additionally, Hassan is wellknown for his vast library of sheet music. He often goes to the Library of Congress to scour treasures and is connected to fellow collectors. He even met his wife through a mutual collecting friend and the two merged catalogues when they married. Recently, a good friend of his passed away and he has tens of thousands of pieces of sheet music in his garage. As for how he got into it in the first place, Hassan is a master at sight reading (the musical method of being able to competently play sheet music at first glance) and can now play by ear. Beyond that, Hassan took on the practice from his father and he describes collecting as something in his DNA. “I would say it is hoarding for good reasons rather than just plain hoarding. But it is a collection that has always been of complete value and use. I could take off the shelf within seconds anything written within an era,“ said Hassan. As for Hassan’s collaborators, Bowles is a member of the Howard University and Catholic University music department faculties and met Hassan as an audience member at a concert. The group was originally called Three for a Song but when the group’s first Soprano dropped out, Bowles and Hassan re-branded themselves Two for a Song. Current soprano Jennifer Timberlake knew Bowles when they were students at Catholic University and they went on an international tour together back in 1991. Now that Timberlake has been singing with the group, they are now calling themselves “Two for a Song plus One.” Timberlake recently turned to singing full-time after managing the family restaurant. Her role in the cataloguing and the library isn’t the same as her compatriots. Her primary interest, instead, is in
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the work of Esther Walker, who will be a large part of the program. “I’m more of a Broadway singer, but I’m also a pretty good mimic and after listening to this one particular singer that they like, I just fell in love with her voice,” Timberlake said of Walker. Esther Walker was a singer and minor Broadway actress who recorded 32 sides for Victor and Brunswick record label from 1919 – 1927. It was perhaps the lack of success of the Broadway shows she was attached to or her early death from cancer that didn’t make her a household name, but Two For a Song Plus One will be resurrecting her three most successful songs at their concert. The rest of the program will feature selected rare music from the recently deceased friend of Bowles and Hassan and approximately half of the show will be recognizable songs that the audience will be able to hum along to. “It’s a really unique form of entertainment. It’s discovery, it’s skilled musicians, it’s humor, it’s political commentary. The songs surprise you with their content,” said Bowles.
ALEX HASSAN (top) has made collecting over 50,000 pieces of sheet music from the Tin Pan Alley period of music a lifelong passion. A librarian at the Defense Intelligence Agency by day, Hassan works gigs as a pianist by night and will be performing with his group, Two for a Song plus One, at the Creative Cauldron this weekend. (Photos: Courtesy Andy Hassan)
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
Unusually hot and humid, followed by torrential downpours. It must be summer in the Washington region. Monday’s fierce storms overwhelmed area drainage systems, and forced multiple water rescues of drivers who got caught in deep rushing water. People were rescued; their vehicles didn’t fare as well. Natural stormwater drainage, like creeks, rivers, and floodplains, responded as “designed,” by overflowing channels and spreading out across the land (and roads as well). Constructed stormwater conveyances – concrete culverts, flumes and the like – are engineered to move stormwater into natural channels as quickly as possible, but no amount of engineering could have addressed the four to five inches of water that fell in barely an hour on Monday. A former Fairfax County public works director once told me that there is not enough money, time, engineers, or even concrete, to build a stormwater infrastructure to address storms like those experienced in this region on Monday. As this area experiences more frequent, more intense summertime storms, some of the same precautions for winter snows are worth remembering. Be sure to have enough fuel in your vehicle; you might be stuck for awhile in traffic, or waiting out the storm in unfamiliar territory. Power up your cell phone, and keep a charger in your vehicle. Know your workarounds on local streets. A detour or reroute may take longer, but taking a few extra minutes might save your life. Pay special attention to lowlying areas. That meandering stream can become a torrent in a matter of minutes. My usual route to work flooded on Monday, made impassable when Turkeycock Run burst out of its culvert. Flooding may last only a short time, but if you are caught in that flood, the damage can last a lot longer. Gang prevention and intervention continue to be
a focus in Fairfax County, with additional funding in support of Board-adopted comprehensive gang prevention and intervention strategies. Recent reports of suspected gang-related shootings in the Mount Vernon District are being investigated by the police, but intervention strategies incorporate the non-profit sector, schools, and targeted community outreach. The Intervention, Prevention, and Education Program (IPE), implemented by Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS), focuses on youth at risk for gang involvement, youth who already are gang-involved, and youth who have been victimized by gangs. Doubling the number of outreach workers serving Fairfax County has eliminated the waitlist for services, meaning that youth who need help can get it. The Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (VPIP), also implemented by NVFS, provides services for youth who have witnessed violence or experienced trauma. VPIP is focused on Herndon, Annandale, and the Bailey’s Crossroads/ Culmore communities. In FY2019, VPIP provides intensive services to 116 individuals, and groupbased service to 321 individuals. In Fairfax County Public Schools, part-time parent liaison hours in targeted schools have been increased, and gang prevention/education presentations are included in outreach activities in five school pyramids and at community events. Fairfax County and its community partners remain committed to efforts to reduce the threat of gang activity in our neighborhoods. Despite a recent uptick in violent gang-related crime in the Washington Metropolitan area, Fairfax County remains the safest community of its size in the nation. Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Richmond Report Governor Northam’s decision to convene the General Assembly for a special session to address gun violence was the subject of wide-ranging debate and skepticism among “high information” Democrats and Republicans alike. As the DMV region begins to cope with rising extremes of heat, humidity and severe weather, most citizens have little patience for partisan shadow-dancing in Richmond. This is understandable, but I supported the Governor’s decision. I believe he correctly seized the opportunity created by the convergence of: 1) the tragic shootings in Virginia Beach; 2) the Supreme Court’s decision to let Virginia’s new Court-mandated legislative map stand for the 2019 and 2020 elections; and 3) the internal meltdown afflicting the national NRA. According to a new report released by the Center for American Progress (CAP), Virginia ranks 23rd in the nation for its overall rate of gun violence. This is simply not acceptable for a state that ranks 9th in median household income (Census Bureau), 6th in population educational attainment and that has the 11th lowest poverty rate in the U.S. The CAP Report makes it painfully clear that that Virginia’s flawed legal standards governing access to and use of guns is the key cause of these higher rates of gun violence. Police departments up and down the eastern seaboard complain that Virginia’s legal loopholes and enforcement failures drive gun violence in their communities. These are facts! But facts are increasingly irrelevant to the decision-making of politicians cowed by shrill media commentators, gun lobbyists and 2nd amendment true believers. Poll after poll shows widespread support for common sense measures among Democrats and even among majorities of suburban Republicans. These facts are creating increasingly perilous politi-
cal challenges for politicians who are unwilling to accept changes in the thinking of the electorate. It is in this context that I supported Governor Northam’s decision to call a special session. Clearly, there’s a rising political dimension to the special session. As the session was about to launch, the resulting pressure seemed to be working. As reported in the Washington Post, Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City) was submitting a bill to create a felony ban on possession of firearms in all government buildings. Senator Normant — just like every other member of the General Assembly in 2019 — must face his constituents in the fall elections. Unfortunately, our hopes for some constructive progress were not realized. The Republican majority decided to adjourn the session until November 18... after the election. Apparently, this means that Republicans are willing to run on the basis of their existing view on gun violence, which is demonstrably out-ofstep with most Virginians. I am working with my fellow members of the Democratic Caucus to make sure that we present a comprehensive framework for effective gun control measures. While I expect that most legislation will have to wait until there are Democratic majorities in both houses, there are some areas where progress can be made now, including: 1) making it much easier for victims of domestic violence to obtain court order seizure of firearms in the hands of the abusers; 2) similarly, to require background checks for every gun purchase, so individuals with recent felonies or histories of abuse will not get access to firearms; 3) increased funding for community-based violence prevention.
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Epstein, Trump & ‘Eyes Wide Shut’
What sweet justice, if after all the abuses and crude excesses that have constituted the crime-ridden life of Trump, it will be the #MeToo movement that brings him down at last. Bypassing the Trump camp completely, the FBI ran an operation to arrest alleged serial pedophile and long-time Trump chum Jeffrey Epstein and extract thousands of incriminating documents from Epstein’s Upper East side mansion in New York. Cleverly and intensely motivated, the FBI and the Southern Federal Judicial District of New York beat the Trump operation to the punch, coming away with troves of information that could do more than anything else to drive Trump’s criminal enterprise FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS from the White House. History may record that spearheading this long-awaited death blow against Trump will have been all the brave young female victims who’ve been stepping forward against every form of resistance and threats, to call out the systematic sexual abuse and trafficking of children by Trump, Epstein and many others. Credit may also go to the brave journalist Julie Brown and her news organization, the Miami Herald, for their relentless investigative efforts, including her three-part series, “Perversion of Justice,” that ran last year that took the victims’ accounts seriously enough to lay the ground for what unfolded last weekend. The description of the $77 million mansion that Epstein operated until last weekend on New York’s posh Upper East Side is reminiscent of the kind of place that was the setting for Stanley Kubrick’s last film, the highly unsettling “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999), a film starring Tom Cruise that depicted a lurid, degenerate but highly-organized orgy structure where anonymous women were brought in to be the playthings of elite men and women disguised behind masks. Many felt at the time of the release of that film that Kubrick was signalling something of deep importance, but cloaked just enough to elude direct retaliation. Now, with the latest evidence, we can hypothesize how elements extracted from the mansion by the FBI, may be envisioned from the standpoint of an “Eyes Wide Shut” scenario at that mansion and at Epstein’s equally palatial Palm Beach estate. All that needs to be added are the underage status of the victims, on the one hand, and the lack of masks by the elite orgy participants, on the other. With these elements in the mix, you can envision a massive potential breach of U.S. national security — an entire operation set up to film, record and photograph elite and politically powerful participants in the molestation and rape of underage children. The entire enterprise being perpetuated and protected by the threat of exposure, on the one hand, and the offer of future “good times,” on the other. One other factor would be its “bi-partisan” nature. If top figures of both major political parties are to be compromised in this manner, then neither can gain an advantage over the other. This, indeed, parallels what we have here. It is entirely plausible that some elements of the federal law enforcement community, tired of being degraded by Trump, decided to let the chips fall where they may, and uncork the whole thing. Certain elements are familiar with aspects of this, but two things have happened in recent years to qualitatively change their response. First, there was the unprecedented, systematic abuse and deprecation of their professional operations by the current occupant of the White House. Second, was the realization, brought to light by the exposes and actions that sparked the #MeToo movement, that the level of rape and abuse of women, including underage girls, was simply morally indefensible, and in fact, heinous. Who knows how far this investigation will now go, and what will come crawling out of the woodwork? But who cares? Anyone engaged in these despicable activities, regardless of party or pedigree, needs to face justice. More importantly, to the extent the Russians or anyone else has used these blackmail recourses to corrupt U.S. strategic interests and policies, a full rooting out of the entire mess may be America’s best hope for a bright future. Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
On July 12, I retire from downtown journalism, which enriched my soul for 43 years. I am now free to reveal my career’s iffier moments. Covering an event at the National Archives in 2010, I wandered into the staff-only area and got lost trying to exit. It was my first week on the job, so I had no proof of employment. Security guards kept me for an hour before giving the all-clear. Twice, I lost notes from long phone interviews. In one case, I confessed and the source allowed me to re-conduct the interview. In the other, I relied on memory and let the busy official think I was just calling to double-check. In 1987 I hosted a young Gov. Bill Clinton at a magazine office. We did a Q&A, but my recorder malfunctioned. Fortunately, my life-saver intern also taped it, so we published. I once had an appointment to be interviewed by phone for a Buffalo radio station. I also had to drive my elderly aunt to the doctor’s. It ran late. So when the producer called, I pulled the car over and begged my aunt to sit still while I pontificated. Halfway through she threw open the car door and demanded attention. The audience never knew.
I once received an engraved invite to a nonprofit’s fancy dinner. Puzzled when the receptionist did not have my name, I talked my way in and, over wine and steak, made media conversation. It soon became clear the development team had mistaken me for a wellheeled donor. The White House is famous for unveiling news at the end of a work week or holiday eve. Just before Christmas in 2012 — when I was due at a friend’s for dinner — President Obama’s team chose that afternoon to announce the winner of its efficiency award. That delayed me while I banged out the story. That year’s winner? My dinner host. In 2012, I planned a column on the 50th-year reunion of the Yorktown High School classes of ’62-63. I had to time things just right to witness alums descending from their cars to behold a new school building — with not one brick from their era. That morning, I decided to be good and drive my wife to her event downtown. But there was a 5K benefit race, which meant I got stuck dead-still for an hour on the Roosevelt Bridge. Patience exhausted, I jumped out (illegally) and left my wife to drive while I walked into Rosslyn. I hailed a cab and made it to Yorktown with seconds to spare.
In 1984, I played a cameo role in a national story while covering the Republican convention in Dallas. At a press conference with Vice President Bush, the reporter next to me was a male with shoulder-length hair. Bush called on “the young lady… next to the guy in the blue shirt.” That latter was me. Bush’s goof went out on the UPI wire and produced a gag on the Johnny Carson show. Finally, I was likely the last to interview Arlington historian Eleanor Lee Templeman. In 1990, I was researching a piece for the Washington Post. “I’m sick in bed, but I’ll speak to you,” Templeman sang over the phone. A week later came her obituary. Editor’s note: The retired Clark will continue as “Our Man in Arlington.” *** Great spirit of the commons at the July 4 parade in Fairlington Villages. With a porous barrier between participants and observers, 200300 flag-carrying revelers, some on scooters, represented probably four generations. They marched from the old firehouse on S. Abingdon St. to the community center accompanied by two costumed musicians. Their rewards? Hot dogs and cold drinks beside booths offering Fairlington Citizens Association tote bags and a chance to donate food for the needy.
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David L. Butts, Sr. Passes Away at 65 Former F.C. Resident Pat Our dad, brother, husband, uncle, cousin, dearest friend and great salesman, David “Dave” Lewis Butts, Sr., left the building without warning and much too early — but he never was one to make a fuss about long goodbyes. He passed away in the wee hours of Monday, June 24, but we’d like to remember his passing as the 23rd, the day he renewed his faith in Jesus Christ, asked forgiveness of his sins, spent the day with dear friends, and told his family again how much he loved them. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany on May 23, 1954 during one of his father’s (Geoffrey I Butts, Sr.) Air Force tours of duty, the final being Columbus, Mississippi, where Dave met lifelong friends. With an accounting degree from Miss. State, MBA from Univ. of GA, his first love was sales, starting with summer jobs selling encyclopedias, to the last 27 years as Vice President of Sales for Core Engineered Solutions in Herndon. While working in his mother’s hometown of Atlanta, he met Brooklynite Barbara Millwater, and in November 1985 he and Barbara were blessed with beauti-
ful daughter Amanda Ann. True to the love of a father, when Amanda Ann moved with her mother to Pennsylvania, David moved to Washington, D.C. to be closer to his daughter. Love found him again in the form of a Minnesotan lady, Nancy Pierce, whom he married and in October 1992 once again was blessed with a beautiful daughter named after her two grandmothers, Katja Ruth Butts. In July of 1995, their son, an undeniable David “mini-me,” was welcomed into this world, David “Beau” Butts. Dave lived a full life, from traveling, to his family, to a successful businessman. Like his mother (Ruth Usry Butts), he knew no stranger. Anyone he met, professionally or personally, was an immediate friend. If someone needed the shirt off his back, it was theirs (albeit Hawaiian). This was Dave, our dad, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. He loved family and friends unconditionally. Dave will be remembered for his unconditional love, cherished friendships and appreciation for the outdoors. He is survived by his three children, Amanda Ann Price, Katja
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DAVID L. BUTTS, SR. Ruth Butts, David “Beau” Butts; brother Geoffrey Butts, Jr., sister Connie Kay Butts Cooper; and a host of other family and friends. Memorial services: Saturday, July 13, at 2 p.m., at Dulin United Methodist Church (513 E. Broad St., Falls Church). In honor of Dave’s free spirit, feel free to wear Hawaiian shirts. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dave’s memory may be made to: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation www.BRPFoundation.org/donate.
Area Architect Amardip Randhawa Dies at 75 Amardip Randhawa passed away peacefully in his home in Falls Church on June 30, 2019 after a short illness at the age of 75. Mr. Randhawa was born in the town of Gurdaspur in Punjab, India on Oct. 6, 1943 to Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Paramjit Kaur (Sukerchakia). He was the youngest of five children, and enjoyed a childhood spent outdoors and on the family farm. In school, he excelled in art, math, science, and athletics. He wanted to come to America, and in 1963 received a full scholarship to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 1969 and began his work in commercial and residential architecture soon after graduating. In 1971, he returned to India to marry Simran Brar, also an architect, before they began their life together in Virginia. He designed several notable buildings in the area, including the Architects Building in Rosslyn, the Stouffers building in Crystal City, as well as the Sikh Gurdwara (temple) in Richmond, Virginia. While working, he continued to play competitive field hockey for several Washington, D.C. teams
and competed internationally, including a trip to the Soviet Union in 1989. In 1986, Amardip and Simran ventured on their own professionally, specializing in custom homes in McLean, Great Falls, and Potomac, Maryland. In 2006, Randhawa, Inc. transitioned to speculative homes and focused most of their attention in the City of Falls Church, where he and his son Harjote (“Joey”) designed and built close to 50 homes in or around the Little City. In total, he designed and built over 100 homes in the Metropolitan area. In 2010, Mr. Randhawa fulfilled a dream of owning a family farm in Virginia. He purchased land in Rappahannock County, Virginia and in a nod to his birth state, started 5 Rivers Vineyard. He ran 5 Rivers with the same passion and zeal as his design and build firm, planting and growing over 22,000 vines on 65 acres of land. These grapes, from cabernet franc to petit verdot to viognier, were produced and sold to nearby Virginia wineries. An accomplished architect and builder, a vintner, a talented artist and an excellent athlete, Mr. Randhawa is most remembered as
William Patrick “Mac” McCauley, 71, of Front Royal, on June 9 struck his last chord here on earth, and is now playing with the Angel Band. Pat was born on March 17, 1948 in Washington, D.C., and being half Irish, there was little choice but to name him Pat. He attended St. James Elementary School and O’Connell High School in Falls Church and Arlington, respectively, and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University. He was an excellent mechanic, and almost always had a motorcycle on hand, favoring BMW and his 1972 Norton. His profession was land surveying and he was licensed in several states. He was a meticulous perfectionist in his work and also with his real passion in life, making music with the banjo and harmonica. More recently he was half of the oldtime music duo Annie and Mac, with his life partner of the past 19 years, Barbara Stevens (Annie). Annie and Mac were inducted into the National Traditional Country Music Association’s Hall of Fame in 2014, and Pat once took first place in the harmonica competition at the Virginia State Fair. Pat was predeceased by his parents, William Michael and Simone LeBrun McCauley, sister Mary Elizabeth McCauley and wife Lynn Senf McCauley.
PAT ‘MAC’ MCCAULEY Left to mourn his departure and cherish his memory are his loving partner Barbara Ann Stevens, a sister, Jeanne McCauley Trott (Ted), brothers John Michael McCauley (Phyllis) and Joseph Francis McCauley (Julia Herrick), step-daughters Emily Mitchell and Hannah Phillips (Jon), many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and a large cast of friends and admirers. A celebration of Pat’s life, with songs, stories and conviviality, will be held on Saturday, July 13 from 1 – 3 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home, (105 W. Main St., Front Royal). On Saturday, Aug. 3, a Mass will be said at Saint James Catholic Church (905 Park Ave., Falls Church) at 1:30 p.m., with interment following at St. James Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the ALS Association or the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration.
F.C.’s John M. Finch Passes Away AMARDIP RANDHAWA a kind and loving husband, father, brother, and friend; a charismatic gentleman with elegance and grace to match. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his brother Retired Major General S.S. Randhawa, sister Mohinder Gill, sons Sunjeet and Harjote Randhawa, daughtersin-law Jennifer Stanford and Samara Randhawa, and grandchildren Zorah, Brooks, and Jussa. Funeral services will be held at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home (1934, 9902 Braddock Rd., Fairfax) on Saturday, July 13 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. and prayers services at Raj Khalsa Gurdwara (22821 Silverbrook Center Dr #160, Sterling from 3 – 5 p.m.
The family of John Marshall Finch wishes to share the sad news of his passing, nearby Falls Church, on June 20. John was a recent resident of Falls Church, and served as an usher at St lames Church here for many years, recently 2017 and 2018. He was a friend of Falls Church Arts, Falls Church NewsPress and loved our city’s extraordinary spirit. He was born in Venezuela in an oil camp. The family moved to New Jersey later, and he remained bilingual for the rest of his life. John’s degrees from Georgetown, and University of Michigan Law School, prepared him for a career as an attorney in Washington, D.C. He was inspired by President John F. Kennedy, and served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica. He remained a fundraiser and a staff adviser for the Democratic Party throughout his
JOHN M. FINCH years here. Surviving John are his son, Marshall Potter Finch, Marshall’s mother Dorothea Potter Teipel (Caregiver and former wife) and Finch’s uncles and cousins in New York and Philadelphia. On July 20, at noon, there will be an open service at Saint James Catholic Church (905 Park Ave., Falls Church) in this city, to honor John’s life. Dory and Marshall ask that any donations be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
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New PT Practice Opens in Falls Church Source Physical Therapy & Wellness is celebrating the opening of its new location in Falls Church by offering free physical therapy consults to new clients through the end of July. Founded 20 years ago in Arlington by doctor of physical therapy Michael O’Connor, the practice has served the Northern Virginia region treating musculoskeletal and neurological injuries/diagnosis, including back/neck pain, shoulder dysfunction, hip/knee arthritis, foot/ankle issues, post-surgical Orthopaedic cases, balance problems, and injuries involving muscles, bones, joints, ligament, or connective tissue. Source Physical Therapy & Wellness’s Falls Church location is located at 7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 237, Falls Church, across from George C. Marshall High School. The office, which has free parking and same day appointments often available, accepts all insurance plans in the D.C. metro region, including Medicare. As a Direct Access Physical Therapy Provider in Virginia, physician referrals are no longer required. For more information, visit www.SourcePhysicalTherapy. com or call 804-597-8690 for a free consult.
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Join us for CHAMBER TRIVIA . . . Come play along for bragging rights and prizes! Tuesday, July 16, 11:30 am — 1:15 pm For more information: www.fallschurchchamber.org/events
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, JULY 11 Summer Concerts in the Park. The Village Preservation and Improvement Society (VPIS) and the Recreation and Parks Department are hosting the 27th annual “Summer Concerts in the Park” series held in Cherry Hill Park beginning on June 20 — Aug. 1. The series features local musicians of various genres every Thursday evening. This week’s performer is Korybantes, which plays 80s, 90s and modern rock hits. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5077.
FRIDAY, JULY 12 DMV 2 Go Bus. The full-service DMV2Go bus will be in front of City Hall. Find out more about the
full-service DMV 2 Go and selectservice DMV Connect on the program website. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 703-248-5450.
SATURDAY, JULY 13 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Bob Brown’s Puppets presents “Dragon Feathers.” Interested attendees can witness master puppeteer Bob Brown and his merry marionettes in his brand new production of “Dragon Feathers.” Fun for the whole family. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 3 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5034.
SUNDAY, JULY 14 Morning Yoga in the Downtown Park. Interested attendees can enjoy a free class with Karma Yoga on today at the new park in downtown Falls Church. Attendees are asked to bring their own mat. Downtown Park (100 block of W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9 – 10 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711).
MONDAY, JULY 15 Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Playtime with Early Literacy Center Toys. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No
Meet from the 1956 Washington Senators Baseball Season, including the 1956 All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium, Special Guests
registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. ESL Conversation Group. A general conversation group (for adults) learning English as a second language. Meets every Monday at regularly scheduled time. No registration required — all walk-ins are welcome. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 16 Paws to Read at the Library. Children can read with a canine companion. Readers rising grades K-6th. Registration opens two weeks prior to the date of every program at the Youth Services desk by phone 703-248-5034 or in person — no email registration. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 3 – 4 p.m.
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“Blackbeard.” Set sail with the most infamous pirate of all time in a riotous, rowdy high-seas adventure. After learning he’s a wanted man by the British army, Blackbeard and his merry crew of maritime marauders embark on a journey across the globe to raise an undead pirate army from the depths of the sea. Hilarious and original, “Blackbeard” is a fresh musical salute to the Seven Seas. Signature Theatre (420 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $87. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 13 “Be More Chill.” This musical is based on a popular teen fiction novel, and tells the story of Jeremy, a high school “loser,” who goes to great lengths to gain self-confidence. So he swallows a super computer that will tell him how to act and make him the coolest kid in school. What could go wrong? “Be More Chill” recently enjoyed a successful Off
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Broadway run, and reopened on Broadway in February 2019. Ainslie Arts Center (3900 W Braddock Rd., Alexandria) $25 – $40. 8 p.m. monumentaltheatre. org.
The Ragged But Right Quartet feat. Pete & Maura Kennedy + Colin Gilmore & Adam Traum. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566.
“The Second City’s America; It’s Complicated!” Comedy legends The Second City return to the Kennedy Center with an all-new, all-hilarious show that reaches way, way across the aisle for nonstop equal opportunity laughs. From searing social satire to poking fun at pop culture, you won’t want to miss. No two shows are ever the same! Kennedy Center (2700 F Street NW Washington, D.C.) $49 – $59. 8 p.m.kennedycenter.org.
Vocal Colors: Wolf Trap Opera at The Phillips Collection. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $20. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1900.
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“Ann.” Punchline-packed speeches reveal the feisty and unadulterated life of legendary Texas Governor Ann Richards. Written by Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Holland Taylor (“The Practice,” “Two and a Half Men”), “Ann” is a comical and inspiring production based on the colorful and complex woman whose sense of humor was bigger than the state which she represented. Jayne Atkinson (“House of Cards,” “Criminal Minds”) reprises her well-received performance in this intimate, no-holds-barred comedy chronicling Richards’ legacy and how she was determined to make her mark on the world. Arena Stage (1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington, D.C.) $56 – $95. 2 p.m. arenastage.org.org.
Mike Tash & Mary Shaver. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504.
LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, JULY 11 Rosebud. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-5329283. Randoll Rivers Elvis Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504. Not Nameless. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.
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Karaoke. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186. 19th Street Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
American Ballet Theatre — Swan Lake (encore performance the following night at the same time and price). Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25. 8:30 p.m. 703255-1900. Paloozaroo V: A Saucy Farewell Party — Sauce with Surprise Attack + Jarreau Williams Xperience. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. Smokehouse Duo. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186. Albert Castiglia Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504. Chris Brunn Duo. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SATURDAY, JULY 13 Nobody’s Business Blues Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 2 p.m. 703-2551566. Accidental
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NAS will be at Wolf Trap on Sunday. (Photo: NasirJones.Com) Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-2419504. Nas — Illmatic: 25th Anniversary featuring the National Symphony Orchestra. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $50. 8 p.m. 703255-1900. Dance to the Decades — 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with DJ Darin. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. My Generation. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186. Love is Love featuring DJs Ca$hy & Cruz and special guest Samwell. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $10. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Cactus Liquors. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls
Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
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Dirt Devils. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
The Bachelor Boys Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7 p.m. 703255-1566.
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2nd Anniversary Party, Open Mic @ 5 p.m. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 1 – 10 p.m. 703858-9186.
Ethan Schaefer + Craig Cardiff with Jessica Yellowitz. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
Bentwood Rockers Bluegrass. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703241-9504. Jon Spears Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Honey County with Devon Nickoles Live & In Concert. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
“Weird Al” Yankovicwith the National Symphony Orchestra. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $40. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 Open Mic. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Blackberry Smoke and Shovels & Rope. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $40. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
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Preliminary OK Given to Pioneer Franchise Deal With Starpower Cable
F.C. ‘Branding’ Aimed to Shift Negative Views of ‘Outsiders’
A groundbreaking agreement on at least two counts, the franchise deal negotiated between the City of Falls Church and Starpower, Inc., a telecommunications provider, was given unanimous preliminary approval by the Falls Church City Council Monday night. A second vote, to seal the agreement, is slated for the Council’s next meeting on July 26
The project to professionally “brand” the City of Falls Church, which is closing in on some core solutions, was presented to a room full of key City Hall personnel, led by City Manager Wyatt Shields, at the project’s “war room” in the officies of the Falls Church-based Smith-Gifford marketing agency Tuesday morning. The group learned first hand that the perception of the City is not popular outside its limits.
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CRIME REPORT Week of July 1 – 7, 2019
Destruction of Property, 503 Roosevelt Blvd (Falls Green Apts), July 1, 11:30 PM, a glass entrance door was damaged by unknown suspect described as an Asian male, approximately 30 YOA, wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts. Motor Vehicle Theft, 900 blk Ellison St, between 1 PM, July 2 and 5:10 AM, July 3, unknown suspect(s) stole an unsecured brown Honda Civic. Investigation continues. Larceny from Vehicle, 600 blk Langston Ln, between 5:30 PM, July 2 and 5 AM, July 3, unknown suspect(s) took items of value from an unsecured vehicle. Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd #16 (Café le Mirage), July
4, 12:44 AM, a male, 32, of Falls Church, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant Driving Under the Influence, 200 blk E Broad St, July 5, 12:59 AM, a male, 36, of Arlington, VA was arrested for Driving under the Influence 2nd Offense. Drug/Narcotic Violation, 1100 blk W Broad St, July 6, 1:31 AM, following a traffic stop, a male, 26, of Centreville, VA, was arrested for Possession of THC Oil and issued a summons for Possession of Marijuana. Larceny from Building, 352 W Broad St (Palm Beach Tan), July 6, 6:10 PM, unknown suspect(s), took an item of value inadvertently left behind by a customer. Investigation
continues Driving Under the Influence, 800 blk W Broad St, July 7, 2:39 AM, a male, 37, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested for Driving Under The Influence and Refusal. Driving Under the Influence, 500 blk W Broad St, June 30, 2:49 AM, a male, 35, of Alexandria, VA, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal. Hit and Run, 1230 W Broad St (Giant parking lot), July 7, between 9:40 and 10:10 AM, a parked vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene. Smoking Violations, 6795 Wilson Blvd #2, July 7, 4:17 PM, a male, 37, of Vienna, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant. Drug/Narcotic Violation, 800 blk W Broad St, July 7, 11:17 PM, following a traffic stop, a female, 31, of Alexandria, VA, was issued a summons for Possession of Marijuana.
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