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Inside This Week W. Broad Burger King Set to Close Soon

The Burger King on W. Broad St. in downtown Falls Church, a fixture at its current location since the early 1970s, will close within about three weeks, the News-Press learned Tuesday. See News Briefs, page 8

Falls Church Area Man Found Dead

A body found in a pond near Kingstowne Village Parkway in Alexandria last Saturday was later identified by authorities as 36-year-old Falls Churcharea resident Kenneth Duane Bernhardt.

Major National Developer Joins Team To Build 4.3-Acre ‘Mason Row’ Project Mill Creek Used to L et the G ames B egin Be Trammel Crow, New Plans Ready

by Nicholas F. Benton

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“I’ve never understood why conservatives, of all people, would be opposed to people lining up and fighting for the opportunity to join the inherently conservative institution of marriage. Couples want to marry – to make lifelong promises to be exclusively loyal to one another, to be faithful to each other as long as they both shall live. And some people oppose that? Couples want – to

The signing on of the highpowered Mill Creek Residential as co-owner partners for the Mason Row project has been a shot in the arm for the Spectrum Development team, which is now due to resubmit its ambitious plan the middle of next week for the development of 4.3 acres on the northeast corner of the central Falls Church intersection of W. Broad and N. West Streets. Mill Creek is the new name for the national powerhouse builder the Dallas, Texas-based Trammell Crow, which chose to re-brand itself in 2010 after the post-2006 great recession devastated its business, taking it from 27,167 multifamily units, nationwide, in the 2006-2008 time frame to zero in 2009, according to a report in the Multifamily Executive magazine. Over the past three decades, Trammel Crow/Mill Creek has participated in the development of over 250,000 apartment units and has executed over $15 billion in transactions since 1993. Its executive management team averages 30 years of industry experience and the company employs over 300 associates nationwide. Peter Batten of the Vienna, Virginia-based Spectrum Development who has been the face of the Mason Row project since its first submission in February 2014, told the NewsPress yesterday that “We’re extremely excited” with how a reconfiguration of the Mason Row project, in response to concerns from stakeholder citizens and City Hall, has turned out, with a big assist from the Mill Creek team.

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David Brooks: The Next Culture War

Press Pass with The Ebony Hillbillies

Hailing from New York, a curious place for a string band to reside, The Ebony Hillbillies are kicking off The Alden Theatre and McLean Community Center’s Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park series on July 5. See page 25

THE WASHINGTON AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT hockey team defends its goal during its match against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Reston Skatequest last Saturday. The game was one of the opening-weekend events part of the World Police and Fire Games taking place around the region. The world’s second-largest international sporting competition will continue until Monday, July 5. See stories, page 11. (Photo: Patricia Leslie)

2 F.C. Church Leaders Differ Sharply On Marriage Equality Court Decision by Nicholas F. Benton

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The rectors of Falls Church’s two Protestant congregations that have been at serious odds with each other for the better part of a decade, the Falls Church Anglican, the bulk of whose members defected from the historic Falls Church in 2006, and the “Continuing Episcopalians” who endured a seven-year legal battle to force the Anglicans out and to

reclaim the historic church site for themselves, differed sharply on the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday that established marriage equality (including between same-sex couples) as the law of the land. The Rev. John Ohmer of the Falls Church Episcopal, which is now solidly established at the historic church, issued the following statement, sent to the News-Press Sunday: Statement of Rev. John Ohmer

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‘Mason Row’ Development Plan Has Powerful New Partner Continued from Page 1

There will still be a 144-room hotel, probably of an extendedstay variety. There will still be eight movie screens of a more urban style with more compact, 75-100 seat capacities for each, while first run movies will be shown. There will still be 340 rental apartments, and plenty of ground level space for retail and restaurants. But the newly-configured design offers relief to Park Avenue residences by lowering heights, removing commercial elements facing onto that street and setting more back from the street. “Our main objectives in the new design,” Batten told the News-Press, is to break up the buildings, to create more open space, to opening it up by reducing the sense of massing with more articulated separate buildings.” There will be more surface parking within it, and open air pedestrian walkways. The hotel is moved to the corner of W. Broad and N. West Street as five stories above a ground floor retail, which addresses a concern by City Hall that there be a “prominent use”

and will offer bike share at the site.” Batten told the News-Press he does not believe the new changes will require that the project be reverted back to a first reading by the City Council, because all the changes were made in response to Council and citizen suggestions, and do not represent a desire to change the project otherwise. He would like to see the new plan, upon submission to the Planning Department at City Hall the middle of next week, get out to various boards and commissions, including the Planning Commission and Economic Development Authority, right away.

displayed on that corner. “All our changes have been in response to the feedback we’ve received from residents and the City,” Batten said, “and we are very pleased with our result.” Former Falls Church City Manager and now prominent local attorney representing Spectrum Development David Lasso told the News-Press that the rental units on Park Avenue will look like town houses and will shield that residential street from the parking structure behind it. He said the internal space may work for a grocery or organic fresh food store. He said that traffic impact assessments are being developed adding, “We are planning to make good use of the W&OD bike trail,

Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields told the News-Press yesterday that how quickly and comprehensively the new plans circulate around will depend on seeing them when they come in, and determining if there needs to

be additional materials, or not. He said the City Council may want a look at it during a work session in July “just to get caught up to speed,” but that any final approval vote is unlikely to come before September.

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Why F.C.’s Church Battle Mattered

So we see with the wildly contrasting remarks by contesting Falls Church religious leaders, reported in this edition, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling expanding the definition of marriage to include same sex couples: The fierce competition between the two flocks vying for control of the historic Falls Church for the past nine years has been anything but an internal church matter of marginal wider significance. To the contrary, one could probably not find two more opposite points of view on one of the nation’s biggest civil rights challenges of this era. On the one hand, there are the startling comments of the Rev. John Yates, who led his breakaway congregants, now “Anglicans,” out of the Episcopal church denomination and insisted on occupying the historic church property in the center of the City of Falls Church in a manner that was eventually ruled illegal. These people refused to accede the property to the Episcopal Church until every last court appeal had been exhausted, and it is ironic that it was the same U.S. Supreme Court that ruled in favor of same-sex marriage last week that refused to consider these defectors’ final appeal, sending them packing once and for all. Lest anyone forget, Yates urged his congregants to defect largely in protest to the election in 2003 by the national Episcopal Church of an openly gay priest, the Rev. Gene Robinson, to standing as a bishop. Yates never deviated from an inordinate obsession with the issue of same-sex relations, as evidenced by his veritable screed this week in a letter to his flock claiming that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the matter potentially threatens the very existence of the nation. Prior to being forced to vacate the historic church, his church hosted a chapter of “Exodus International” that claimed it could achieve such “cures” until it was thoroughly discredited. On the other hand, the “continuing Episcopalians,” those church congregants who did not follow Yates out of the Episcopal Church, but were effectively cast into exile because of Yates’ refusal to vacate the property until they were finally vindicated by the courts in 2012, now have a leader in the Rev. John Ohmer, a thoughtful and pastoral man whose comments about the virtues of the marriage commitment for all was also drafted after last week’s Supreme Court decision, and reported in this paper. Over centuries, Virginia has suffered hateful bigotry disguised as religious dogma from her pulpits. The Bible was used repeatedly to oppose racial integration, including as recently as the 1960s to oppose interracial marriage. Yates’ flock resorted to a Civil War-era law in its claim to the church property that was swiftly struck down as unconstitutional. Always, the impulse to equality, racial or otherwise, was declared in violation of “God’s law.” But at the root of such insistence was a redhot anger, the opposite of the love the authors of faith espoused.

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There is Residential Around F.C.’s New 10 Acres of Land Editor, After decades of stagnation, the “Little City” embarked upon a development phase. The early on, creative approaches to a city center with streetscapes and improved lighting and walkability gave way to several patches of condo canyons throughout the city in an effort to raise the tax base. However, the recent lead article and editorial on the future development of the newly acquired land

at the western end of the city (near the middle and high schools) takes the prize for chutzpah and greed. Both the article and editorial, assert that since there are no residential areas nearby, that land should be developed as high and dense as possible. I beg to differ. On both the north and south sides of Route 7 there are longestablished and thriving residential areas, albeit in Fairfax County, but near your newly acquired

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land. The intersection which will be affected (Rt. 7 and Haycock/ Shreve) is the main access for those residents to all the roads in the area and to I-66 and I-495. While F.C. City residents will be less affected, they will surely see an increase in traffic. The development you suggest (hotel, condos, performing arts venue, etc.) may be transit oriented, but, there will certainly be an increase in cars and buses as tourists arrive, condo residents run errands and folks come from afar to that performing arts venue. The residents of the surrounding area are Fairfax County taxpayers. Nonetheless, for decades they have supported your busi-

nesses, paid your city tax to dine, been subjected to your predatory towing policies and paid dearly for water because they had the misfortune to be in the City water district. In fact, they added revenue to your city coffers long before you decided to use recent high-density developments as a means of supporting your schools and city services. Yes, development of those 10 acres of prime land is to be expected. However, rather than going for maximum height and density with no regard to your neighbors, we ask that you recognize that we exist. Be bold and creative without

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Helping our Homeless: What Really Works B� S�� H��

Families become homeless for a variety of reasons. Usually, some kind of crisis such as the loss of a job, domestic violence, or an accident triggers an economic spiral where the family finds itself unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and other essentials. Traditionally, communities have responded to homelessness with a wide array of programs ranging from emergency shelters to transitional housing and permanent supportive housing. These programs were funded by a mix of Federal, state, and local government support, along with community philanthropic giving. Since 2009, however, government support has shifted dramatically away transitional housing programs in order to provide greater funding for rapid re-housing. Rapid re-housing operates on the premise that the first thing a family experiencing homelessness needs is a home without looking at the reasons for the situation. Local agencies serving homeless families place a priority on moving them into permanent housing as quickly as possible, ideally within 30 days. The housing is provided without preconditions such as employment, income, a criminal background check, or sobriety. The home’s lease is in the name of the client family, but the agency provides, on average, four

to six months of rent payments along with other financial assistance and case management services. The theory is that case management services can best help a family address the issues that caused them to become homeless once they are in housing. However, the family’s use of case manage-

“Homestretch is a housing model that focuses on long-term change.” ment services is fully voluntary and often nonexistent. By contrast, Homestretch, a Falls Church City nonprofit that serves homeless families, is a housing model that focuses on long term change. The day a homeless family enters Homestretch, a partnership is formed. They get a key to a home where they will stay for two years but this is just the beginning. Homestretch staff work with them and provides the resources and support to make transformative choices. The goal is to help them acquire education and skills, address health problems, repair their credit, pay off debts, resolve legal problems, improve their language

skills, and to enable them to become the authors of their own futures. A rich tapestry of services is provided and required, including intensive case management, an employment center, scholarships for school, ESOL and GED classes, individual tutoring, psychotherapy, domestic violence education and support, parenting classes, money management, debt reduction and savings programs. Each adult is expected to work 40 hours a week or do a combination of 40 hours of work and schooling as part of their plan to significantly increase their earning power. Ten percent of their income is placed into a managed savings account that Homestretch uses to pay down their debt and later to establish a nest egg for when they move into their own home. Homestretch also provides a rich array of services for the children to make sure their needs are fully met. Homestretch’s results are impressive. The average family increases their income by 147 percent while in Homestretch. In two years they move from being about $5,000 in debt to having $5,000 in savings, a $10,000 trajectory based solely on ten percent of their income. Ninety percent of families entering Homestretch “graduate” into a home they can afford on their own income. More importantly, two or more years after leaving Homestretch 95 percent are still in their homes and working.

There have been few studies of rapid rehousing results, but those that are available are not encouraging. It is easy to understand why. A study in Philadelphia found that half of the rapidly re-housed families were behind in their rent six months after leaving the program, 35 percent were in the eviction process, and only one-quarter were keeping up with their utility bills. Of all the families in a rapid re-housing program in Minnesota, nine percent returned to a homeless shelter within one year of exiting the program, 16.3 percent within two years, and 20.9 percent within three years. These disheartening results of rapid rehousing should not be a surprise. After all, advocates for rapid re-housing make clear that it is not an anti-poverty program. Instead, they point out it is a crisis response tool to get people immediately off the streets and into housing. Homestretch, however, recognizes that homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. That is why Homestretch concentrates on moving families out of poverty as the long term solution in homelessness. For more information on Homestretch, visit homestretchva.org or call 703-2372035.  Stacy Hennessey is a Falls Church real estate agent and board member of Homestretch.

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F.C. Council, Schools Meet Tuesday on Land Use The Falls Church City Council and School Board will hold a joint meeting next Tuesday, July 7, to hear a report from consultants Cooper Carry and VHB on their efforts to glean from a range of members of the community what form they would like the development to be like of the nearly 40 acres that was transferred by Fairfax County into the city limits of Falls Church last years last year. The property is supposed to be dedicated predominantly to educational use, but 10 acres can be subject to commercial development. Tuesday’s work session will begin the process of the Council and School Board leading to the composition of a “request for proposal” advertisement to solicit interest from the development world. The session will begin at 7 p.m. in the Council chambers at City Hall.

F.C.’s Burger King Set to Close The Burger King on W. Broad St. in downtown Falls Church, a fixture at its current location since the early 1970s, will close within about three weeks, the News-Press learned Tuesday. The property has been sold, the closing last week, to developers Ed Novak of Nova Habitat and Harley Cook of the Kensington group who will demolish the Burger King building and commence with construction of an 88-unit senior assisted living facility at the location shortly after Labor Day. The project, which won approval by a 4-3 vote of the Falls Church City Council last winter, will include on its ground floor an art space acquired by the Falls Church Arts and a 2,000 square foot cafe with outdoor seating.

Falls Church Area Man Found Dead A body found in Kingstowne Lake on Saturday was identified Sunday as 36-year-old Falls Church-area resident Kenneth Duane Bernhardt, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Police received a report on Saturday of what appeared to be a body in the pond near Kingstowne Village Parkway in Alexandria. Authorities arrived and located the body of the adult male in the lake. Homicide and Crime Scene detectives arrived. There were no obvious signs of trauma to the body, they said. Bernhardt was identified through fingerprint evidence. The Northern Virginia Regional Identification System, Investigative Support Division, notified homicide detectives of the body’s identity. The office of the Chief Medical examiner determined that the death was from drowning and not criminal in nature. According to detectives, “There does not appear to be anything overtly suspicious and therefore no apparent threat to public safety.” Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers electronically by visiting fairfaxcrimesolvers.org.

F.C. Smashburger Robbed After Closing A man, claiming he had a gun, hit an employee and robbed the Falls Church Smashburger on S. Washington Street Friday night. Police say a man walked into the business at 308 S. Washington Street around 10:45 p.m. Friday after the store was closed and then hit an employee on the head and implied he had a gun before demanding cash. After receiving the money, the suspect fled the store. The suspect is described as a Hispanic or black male, around six feet tall, skinny and wearing blue jeans and a black button-up sweatshirt with a hood. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the City of Falls Church police at 703-248-5053.

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U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, formerly a U.S. ambassador whose 8th District of Virginia includes the City of Falls Church, released the following statement after President Obama announced Wednesday that Cuba and the United States will open embassies in Washington and Havana after more than 50 years of diplomatic isolation: “I have long looked forward to the day we reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba. As we see in American relationships around the world, we can learn to work together, while still maintaining our criticisms of human rights abuses, recognized freedoms, and even forms of government. Cuba and the United States have been estranged long enough. Our policy of forced isolation has not brought regime change, but only reinforced generations of needless suffering brought on by the Castro government. As Cuba slowly moves toward a market economy, and slowly expands the freedoms of its citizens, we must do all we can to strengthen and reinforce such positive movement. I visited Havana last month, and the impacts of reopening US/ Cuba relations are already apparent.”

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paraphrase the United Methodist pastor and author Adam Hamilton – to share their lives together as one another’s helpers and companions, hold hands, share dreams, help one another when one is struggling, share memories, companionship, and a warm embrace, commit to love one another ‘for better and for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until they are parted by death’ – and some people are somehow against that? On moral grounds?!? Committed, unconditional, mutual, exclusive, faithful, and lifelong covenant love is what couples sign on for when they marry each other. None of us keep those promises and vows perfectly. But the Supreme Court has said that that now, gay couples – no matter what state they happen to live in – can at least legally try. I say thanks be to God. And if couples – straight or gay – are looking for a faith community in which to make, and then try to honor those lifelong commitments, well, The Episcopal Church welcomes

them.” By contrast, a statement by the Rev. John Yates of the breakaway Anglican congregation (which recently announced plans to build a new church on Arlington Blvd. less than a mile from the historic church), made the following statement in a written missive to his congregants: Statement of Rev. John Yates “The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision Friday that made many Americans very happy, but those who hold to biblical values cannot share in that joy. Jesus taught us that God made man male and female, that marriage is only between a man and woman, and that those who don’t marry are to live pure and chaste lives. Whenever our government endorses a way of living that God has condemned, it cannot be good for our country, and so we are grieved. When people are so confused about their own identity, it is grievous to us as well. And when there is such a huge outpouring of support for practices that God has condemned, it causes us to fear for our country...Even as we see our nation embracing shameful prac-

tices, let us not be so focused on sexual sins that we forget God’s other warnings against, for instance, greed, envy, pride, and the callous disregard of the poor.” Meanwhile, in a press conference at the plaza outside the Arlington Courthouse Friday afternoon, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring hailed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage made across the Potomac. Herring played a major role in the SCOTUS decision by being the first state attorney general in the nation to challenge his own state’s gay marriage ban and won at the district and appeals court levels setting the stage for today’s Supreme Court ruling. Herring said, “This is an extraordinary moment in our nation’s recognition that Americans cannot and will not be denied dignity, rights and responsibilities, including those of marriage, simply because of who they love. It has been one of the greatest honors of my career to help the Commonwealth lead the nation on this fundamental civil rights issue. Our work to achieve equality and a level

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VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL Mark Herring speaking at a press conference following the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality across the Potomac. Upon his election in 2013, Herring became the first state attorney general in the U.S. to refuse to defend his state’s own anti-gay laws, setting the stage for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo: News-Press) playing field for every Virginian is not done. I look forward to making communities safer for LGBT Virginians of all ages. Today’s ruling is a giant step in that direction.” He said Friday’s decision will stand as an enormous precedent for the removal of all anti-discriminatory laws at all levels, and for the full enfranchisement of an

entire class of citizens who have been denied that protection. He urged everyone to read in full Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s “beautiful” argument for the majority. In February 2014, after Herring broke with the law of the Commonwealth to not support,

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World Police & Fire Games Kick Off In Region by Patricia Leslie

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About 10,000 athletes are competing in 61 sports in Fairfax County this week at the biennial World Police and Fire Games which include everything from baseball to wrist wrestling, dragon boating (at the National Harbor in Maryland), paintball, golf, and orienteering. Except for rifle shooting and pistol combat which are not open to the public, everything is free to watch at 53 venues, now through July 5 in this Olympics of Law Enforcement, the “Games of Heroes.” Schedules are posted at fairfax2015.com, but check before you go, and ignore the ending times since contests can end early, or not at all. Planning for this huge undertaking has been underway for six years. Linda Q. Smyth, and her husband, Nigel, were at Lerner Town Square at Tysons Sunday, happy to see all the people (and dollars) rolling in. She is the Fairfax County Supervisor for the Providence District which includes Tysons Corner. The economic benefit to the county is estimated to be between $60 million and $80 million. On Saturday at the Reston Skatequest ice rink, local fans, including Luke Mihalovich and Martin Pernot, both 15 and members of the Prince William Panthers hockey team, erupted in

huge cheers when the Washington Area Law Enforcement ice hockey team scored a goal against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This was after the Canadians had gone up 5 in the first period and scored seven seconds in the game. (They went on to win, 11-2.) An official said the Washington region has at least eight police and fire ice hockey teams in the World Games. A group of Seattle area firefighters were watching the game, too, getting ready to play Saturday night against Rochester, and they were all grinning, enjoying themselves and the trip to Fairfax County despite the flood from the sky. “The organization thus far is phenomenal,” better than the 2011 games in New York, said Ryan Y. Berg from the Tukwila (Washington) Fire Department. Karen Faulkner and her husband, Michael, stood against the glass, “some local yokels” from Herndon, she said, who came to watch hockey and get out of the rain. Michael Faulkner, a member of the Reston Runners said his group is supplying between 40 and 50 volunteers for the games. At the Toughest Competitor Alive contest at Westfield High School in Chantilly, the bleachers crowd called out contestants’ names as each slowly pulled up to the steel bar for one last time. Esteban Ayas from Spain, 55, completed 39 pull-ups, all with his eyes closed. Afterwards, he

WEIGHTLIFTERS COMPETE in the crossfit event at Lerner Town Square in Tysons Corner during the 2015 World Police and Fire Games. (Photo: Patricia Leslie/News-Press) bent over at a 90-degree angle and faced the floor while his friends massaged his spread arms for several minutes. He looked like an eagle getting ready to soar. Later, while we each tried to speak in the other’s language, he told me his best pull-up number was 55. He said the Fairfax “administration is very good.” He last participated in the games in 2011.

Stephen Morrison, 51, from Northern Ireland was a first-timer in the Toughest Competitor Alive event, who completed 24 pull-ups. He is a retired policeman. He said the hardest part of Toughest Competitor Alive is the bench press (“I pulled some hamstrings”) and the easiest, the 5K race. Did he run in the hard rain Saturday morning?

Oh, yes. “It keeps you cool,” he said. The games in Fairfax County are “first class. Well run.” Morrison is spending a week here. The extreme downpour Saturday played havoc with some schedules. The canine competition at Reston’s Lake Fairfax Park did

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Falls Church’s Finest Competing in Fairfax Games by Karim Doumar

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Police Chief Mary Gavin is a triathlete. Community Service Officer James Brooks is a soccer official. Captain Thomas Polera is on the Arlington Fire/Police Ice Hockey Team. Master Police Officer Jennifer “Missy” Elliot plays golf. They are all excited and proud to be representing the City of Falls Church in the World Police and Fire Games. With 12,000 participants, the World Police and Fire Games is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Police Chief Mary Gavin will be participating in the women’s triathlon on Friday, July 3 at the Reston Triathlon course. The event includes a 1.5 km swim, a 40 km bike ride and a 10 km run. In miles, this is roughly one swimming mile, 25 biking miles and 6

running miles for an intimidating 32 mile total. This is no easy feat. But Gavin, who has been police chief nearly three years of her almost 30-year career, will be prepared. She has participated in several triathlons in the past, but this is her first World Police and Fire Games. It is also the first time for Community Service Officer James Brooks, but he is involved in the Games in a different capacity. As the Games were organizing, they started searching for referees. They needed officials who were already registered with the United States Soccer Federation. Brooks, who started officiating as a youthreferee and continued into adulthood, was fit for the job. Most of the referees are from the mid-Atlantic area, but few are also involved in law enforcement. Brooks is one of the exceptions which made him particularly

suited for the World Police and Fire Games. “Being a referee [involves] many of the same skill sets as an officer but the tools are different,” Brooks said. Both jobs have a need for management of people and proper resolution, according to Brooks. Each soccer game has one referee and two assistant referees. The referee is in the playing field while the two assistants stay on the sidelines. Brooks will be a referee for three games and an assistant referee for one game. Captain Thomas Polera, who is the City’s Fire Marshal and Emergency Manager, is playing on the Arlington Fire/Police Ice Hockey Team. The team participated in the 2013 World Police and Fire Games in New York but Polera had an injury and so he wasn’t on the roster. That isn’t to say he’s unpre-

OFFICER JAMES BROOKS will be officiating soccer games during the 2015 World Police and Fire Games, currently underway throughout the region. (Photo: News-Press) pared. Polera has been playing hockey his entire life. He also competed in a regional competitive tournament with an Arlington Fire and Rescue team and has pre-

viously participated in the CanAm (Canadian American) Games. The Arlington Fire/Police Ice

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Community News & Notes Inaugural Mid-Summer Festival Slated For July 12 The Falls Church Episcopal at 115 E. Fairfax Street is hosting its inaugural Mid-Summer Festival on Saturday, July 12, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. The free festival will include a dixieland jazz band, two water slides, face painting, bubbles and snow cones, according to a press release sent out about the new event. Beverages and snacks will be available, but participants were also invited to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the church’s grounds. The event is sponsored by The Falls Church Episcopal Community Concert Series. Donations will be accepted in support of the Young Musicians Scholarship Fund, which is administered by the George Mason High School Band Boosters. “We are thrilled to open our beautiful grounds to the commu-

nity for an afternoon of fun.” said Falls Church Episcopal’s reverend John Ohmer. “This program is part of our on-going commitment to the community, and we are pleased to offer music and entertainment for everyone to enjoy.” For more information, visit thefallschurch.org.

F.C. to Celebrate July 4th at George Mason High School A free Independence Day celebration sponsored by the City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks department will again be held in the City of Falls Church on Saturday, July 4, at George Mason High School at 7124 Leesburg Pike. Seating is available at Jack Gambill Athletic Fields and the Northern Virginia Graduate Center parking lot. Live music will start at 7 p.m. and fireworks will start at 9:20 p.m.

Blankets and flat-based chairs are allowed for seating on the field. Food, drinks and ice cream will be sold on site, but alcohol, smoking, fireworks and pets are not permitted. In the event of rain, the celebration will be held on July 5 at the same location and time. On July 4 from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m., parking will be restricted on some streets that are within City limits and near Mason, so that emergency vehicles can use residential streets. The following streets will have restricted parking to one side of the street only: Grove Avenue, Birch Street, Spruce Street, Offut Drive and Falls Avenue. For more information, call 703-248-5178.

One More Page Books Announces Summer Events One More Page Books, located at 2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington, announced its Summer 2015 events schedule on Monday.

BUFFALO WILD WINGS GENERAL MANAGER Ali Kangarloo and Falls Church City Mayor David Tarter get ready to cut the ribbon on the new Buffalo Wild Wings location on Monday morning. F.C. Councilmember Phil Duncan, Falls Church City Chamber of Commerce member Gary LaPorta, Chamber member Sheila Newman and Chamber executive director Sally Cole were all present at the ribbon cutting for the restaurant, located at 5275 Leesburg Pike. (Courtesy Photo)

Their slate of authors and events kicks off on Monday, July 5 at 2:30 p.m. when the local indie bookstore co-hosts a launch party for best-selling author John Gilstrap and his latest Jonathan Grave thriller, Against All Enemies. The party will be held at the Vienna Inn, a local eatery mentioned in the book. The restaurant is located at 120 Maple Ave. E, Vienna. On Friday, July 17, at 7 p.m. One More Page hosts best-selling author Beatriz Williams, who will talk about and sign her newest book Tiny Little Thing. Williams’ book is a story of politics and past secrets that takes place in 1966 during what should be an idyllic summer on Cape Cod. A wine tasting will precede the event. Author Helaine Marlo will discuss and sign her book The Last Concerto, a story about a widowed classical pianist living in refuge off the Breton Coast of

France who becomes immersed in the mystery of her missing godson, decades-old secrets, stolen art and criminal forces, at One More Page on July 23, at 7 p.m. For a full list of One More Page Books’ Summer events and more information, visit onemorepagebooks.com/events.html.

City: Please Drive Cautiously Around City Hall, Library The City of Falls Church posted an announcement on its website earlier this month asking drivers to use caution while driving around the Falls Church Community Center, City Hall Cherry Hill Park and Mary Riley Styles Public Library. Due to Summer camps at the community center and programs at the library, a large number of children will be present in the area during the day. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov.

CHEERFUL AS ALWAYS at a recent Democratic Party fete in North Arlington were the Whipples – long-standing leader in the Virginia Senate, Mary Margaret Whipple and husband Tom, whose provocative column in the NewsPress, “Peak Oil,” has a wide, international audience. Tom’s latest column is featured on page 24 of this week’s edition. (Photo: News-Press)

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The Alden Theatre’s Summer Concert Series Begins July 5

The Alden and the McLean Community Center’s Summer Sunday Concert in the Park series begins this Sunday, July 5, at 5 p.m. at the park gazebo at McLean Central Park, located at 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean. The theme for this year’s series of free, two hour-long concerts is “Women Who Rock,” and every band slated to perform has female front-women. Kicking off this year’s series are The Ebony Hillbillies, a Black string band from New York City that specializes in a homegrown style that combines jazz, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, rock n’ roll and country. Gloria Gassaway is the lead singer for this group, which is featured on page 29 of this edition of the News-Press. The other three groups on the concert schedule, which is subject to change, are Ruthie and the Wranglers, Jennifer Cutting’s OCEAN Orchestra and The Lisa Lim Band. Free parking is available at the McLean Community Center or the Dolley Madison Library. For more information, call 703-790-0123 or visit aldentheatre.org.

McLean Players Gearing Up For ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ The McLean Community Players’ production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” is set to open on July 10 at the Alden Theatre in the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. The show, based on the accounts in the Gospels of the final days of Jesus of Nazareth, depict the time from his arrival in Jerusalem through his crucifixion, with a large part of plot focusing on the character Judas Iscariot. Co-directors Kevin and Pamela McCormack are leading an award-winning cast and crew in bringing the production to the stage. “Pam and I are very excited about working on this production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ especially since it has been exactly 30 years since we first put this show together in Carson, Calif. Like that first production, we have an excellent cast, staff, design team and musicians all working very hard to help us create a story both new and familiar, current and timeless. We enjoy what the show stands for,” Kevin McCormack said in a press release about the show. “It sometimes questions standard beliefs but is respectful of them. This show can have

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MARSHA GALLAGHER OF JUST FOR LAUGHS makes a balloon animal at Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s kick off for their Summer Reading Program last Wednesday. The program, which of�icially started last Monday, gives readers young and old an opportunity to win prizes for reaching certain reading goals. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/library. (P��: C�� C�� F�� C��) a contemporary setting, which is not possible for many musicals, and that allowed for some nontraditional and alternativegender casting. And being able to present this rock-style opera at the technically-advanced Alden Theatre makes this even more of a treat.” The show runs on the weekends through July 26 and tickets are $23 or $25 with group rates available. Through a cooperative agreement with The Metropolitan Washington Ear, along with support from The Alden Theatre, audio description services for individuals with vision challenges will be offered at the 8 p.m. performance on July 25. For more information, call 703-790-0123 or visit aldentheatre.org.

Taylor Wright Named 2015 Brine National All-Star Taylor Wright of Annandale was named a 2015 Brine National All-Star and selected to represent Northern Virginia at the 2015 Brine National Lacrosse Academy and Brine National Lacrosse Classic, which kicked off Monday in Richmond with

player check-in and team practices. The event, showcasing the top lacrosse players throughout the nation, concludes today, with regional team playoffs and championship games. Wright plays attack for Annandale Youth Lacrosse and is an eighth grader at Frost Middle School in Fairfax. For more information, visit nationallacrosseclassic.com.

Master Gardeners Present Container Gardening Clinic The Master Gardeners of Norther Virginia are presenting a workshop called Container Gardening and Composting in Small Spaces next Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 a.m. – noon at Burke Branch Library, 4701 Seminary Road, Alexandria. The portion of the program on container gardening will focus on how to select the right spots for pots and plants, preparing for planting and how to keep plants healthy. The composting segment will cover small-scale composting in a backyard, on a balcony or indoors. For more information visit mgnv.org or call 703-228-6414.

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Christianity is in decline in the United States. The share of Americans who describe themselves as Christians and attend church is dropping. Evangelical voters make up a smaller share of the electorate. Members of the millennial generation are detaching themselves from religious institutions in droves. Christianity’s gravest setbacks are in the realm of values. American culture is shifting away from orthodox Christian positions on homosexuality, premarital sex, contraception, out-of-wedlock childbearing, divorce and a range of other social issues. More and more Christians feel estranged from mainstream culture. They fear they will soon be treated as social pariahs, the moral equivalent of segregationists because of their adherence to scriptural teaching on gay marNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE riage. They fear their colleges will be decertified, their religious institutions will lose their tax-exempt status, their religious liberty will come under greater assault. The Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision landed like some sort of culminating body blow onto this beleaguered climate. Rod Dreher, author of the truly outstanding book How Dante Can Save Your Life, wrote an essay in Time in which he argued that it was time for Christians to strategically retreat into their own communities, where they can keep “the light of faith burning through the surrounding cultural darkness.” Most Christian commentary has opted for another strategy: Fight on. Several contributors to the symposium in the journal First Things called the Obergefell decision last week the Roe v. Wade of marriage. It must be resisted and resisted again. Robert P. George, probably the most brilliant social conservative theorist in the country, argued that just as Lincoln persistently rejected the Dred Scott decision, so “we must reject and resist an egregious act of judicial usurpation.” These conservatives are enmeshed in a decades-long culture war that has been fought over issues arising from the sexual revolution. Most of the conservative commentators I’ve read over the past few days are resolved to keep fighting that war. I am to the left of the people I have been describing on almost all of these social issues. But I hope they regard me as a friend and admirer. And from that vantage point, I would just ask them to consider a change in course. Consider putting aside, in the current climate, the culture war oriented around the sexual revolution. Put aside a culture war that has alienated large parts of three generations from any consideration of religion or belief. Put aside an effort that has been a communications disaster, reducing a rich, complex and beautiful faith into a public obsession with sex. Put aside a culture war that, at least over the near term, you are destined to lose. Consider a different culture war, one that would be just as central to your faith and far more powerful in its persuasive witness. We live in a society plagued by formlessness and radical flux, in which bonds, social structures and commitments are strained and frayed. Millions of kids live in stressed and fluid living arrangements. Many communities have suffered a loss of social capital. Many young people grow up in a sexual and social environment rendered barbaric because there are no common norms. Many adults hunger for meaning and goodness, but lack a spiritual vocabulary to think things through. Social conservatives could be the people who help reweave the sinews of society. They already subscribe to a faith built on selfless love. They can serve as examples of commitment. They are equipped with a vocabulary to distinguish right from wrong, what dignifies and what demeans. They already, but in private, tithe to the poor and nurture the lonely. The defining face of social conservatism could be this: Those are the people who go into underprivileged areas and form organizations to help nurture stable families. Those are the people who build community institutions in places where they are sparse. Those are the people who can help us think about how economic joblessness and spiritual poverty reinforce each other. Those are the people who converse with us about the transcendent in everyday life. This culture war is more Albert Schweitzer and Dorothy Day than Jerry Falwell and Franklin Graham; more Salvation Army than Moral Majority. It’s doing purposefully in public what social conservatives already do in private. I don’t expect social conservatives to change their positions on sex, and of course fights about the definition of marriage are meant as efforts to reweave society. But the sexual revolution will not be undone anytime soon. The more practical struggle is to repair a society rendered atomized, unforgiving and inhospitable. Social conservatives are well equipped to repair this fabric, and to serve as messengers of love, dignity, commitment, communion and grace.

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Greece Over the Brink It has been obvious for some time that the creation of the euro was a terrible mistake. Europe never had the preconditions for a successful single currency – above all, the kind of fiscal and banking union that, for example, ensures that when a housing bubble in Florida bursts, Washington automatically protects seniors against any threat to their medical care or their bank deposits. Leaving a currency union is, however, a much harder and more frightening decision than never entering in the first place, and until now even the Continent’s most troubled economies have repeatedly stepped back from the brink. Again and again, governments have NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE submitted to creditors’ demands for harsh austerity, while the European Central Bank has managed to contain market panic. But the situation in Greece has now reached what looks like a point of no return. Banks are temporarily closed and the government has imposed capital controls – limits on the movement of funds out of the country. It seems highly likely that the government will soon have to start paying pensions and wages in scrip, in effect creating a parallel currency. And next week the country will hold a referendum on whether to accept the demands of the “troika” – the institutions representing creditor interests – for yet more austerity. Greece should vote “no,” and the Greek government should be ready, if necessary, to leave the euro. To understand why I say this, you need to realize that most – not all, but most – of what you’ve heard about Greek profligacy and irresponsibility is false. Yes, the Greek government was spending beyond its means in the late 2000s. But since then it has repeatedly slashed spending and raised taxes. Government employment has fallen more than 25 percent, and pensions (which were indeed much too generous) have been cut sharply. If you add up all the austerity measures, they have been more than enough to eliminate the original deficit and turn it into a large surplus. So why didn’t this happen? Because the Greek economy collapsed, largely as a result of those very austerity measures, dragging revenues down with it. And this collapse, in turn, had a lot to do with the euro, which trapped Greece in an economic straitjacket. Cases of successful austerity, in which countries rein in deficits without bringing on a depression,

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typically involve large currency devaluations that make their exports more competitive. This is what happened, for example, in Canada in the 1990s, and to an important extent it’s what happened in Iceland more recently. But Greece, without its own currency, didn’t have that option. So have I just made the case for “Grexit” – Greek exit from the euro? Not necessarily. The problem with Grexit has always been the risk of financial chaos, of a banking system disrupted by panicked withdrawals and of business hobbled both by banking troubles and by uncertainty over the legal status of debts. That’s why successive Greek governments have acceded to austerity demands, and why even Syriza, the ruling leftist coalition, was willing to accept the austerity that has already been imposed. All it asked for was, in effect, a standstill on further austerity. But the troika was having none of it. It’s easy to get lost in the details, but the essential point now is that Greece has been presented with a take-it-orleave-it offer that is effectively indistinguishable from the policies of the past five years. This is, and presumably was intended to be, an offer Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, can’t accept, because it would destroy his political reason for being. The purpose must therefore be to drive him from office, which will probably happen if Greek voters fear confrontation with the troika enough to vote yes next week. But they shouldn’t, for three reasons. First, we now know that ever-harsher austerity is a dead end: Aafter five years Greece is in worse shape than ever. Second, much and perhaps most of the feared chaos from Grexit has already happened. With banks closed and capital controls imposed, there’s not that much more damage to be done. Finally, acceding to the troika’s ultimatum would represent the final abandonment of any pretense of Greek independence. Don’t be taken in by claims that troika officials are just technocrats explaining to the ignorant Greeks what must be done. These supposed technocrats are in fact fantasists who have disregarded everything we know about macroeconomics, and have been wrong every step of the way. This isn’t about analysis, it’s about power – the power of the creditors to pull the plug on the Greek economy, which persists as long as euro exit is considered unthinkable. So it’s time to put an end to this unthinkability. Otherwise Greece will face endless austerity, and a depression with no hint of an end.

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A Big Boost for Love & Marriage

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments. Love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds,/Or bends with the remover to remove:/O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,/That looks on tempests and is never shaken;/It is the star to every wandering bark,/Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken./Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks/Within his bending sickle’s compass come;/ Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,/But bears it out even to the edge of doom./If this be error and upon me proved,/I never writ, nor no man ever loved.” (Shakespeare, Sonnet 116) Next to the Apostle Paul’s “love poem” in Chapter 13 of the his first book to the Corinthians in the Biblical New Testament, this sonnet by the passionate lover William Shakespeare may be the FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS most famous and eloquent paean to what defines love, and its inseparability from notions of permanence and fidelity in human relations. There is no prerequisite demanded concerning the gender of the persons who are the recipients of or participants in this love. All of us being mortal, these testaments to love stand as great ideals to which we strive and a hope for their fulfillment constitutes the highest aspiration driving a human life. In my view, any person who burns in rage and insolence and justifies that anger by a religious ground should sit quietly and read I Corinthians 13 slowly and out loud, and then do the same with this Shakespeare sonnet. Are such expressions of love as these to be denied to an entire class of persons under our Constitution? Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in writing the opinion for the 5-4 majority released last Friday establishing marriage equality as the law of the land, opined similarly. “No union is more profound than marriage,” he wrote, “for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In the forming of a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” You see, there is something almost magical in the establishment of this nation that grounds it in something more than mere common law. It is grounded in the aspirations of its founders to endow the world with a governance rooted in a commitment to grant “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” to all. “The pursuit of happiness” defines the congruence between our Constitution and the notions of love that Shakespeare and the Apostle Paul spoke of. The phrase was changed from “life, liberty and property” to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” by our nation’s founders. Then comes 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, a conservative, who writes in Slate that Justice Roberts’ dissent from Kennedy is “heartless and akin to dissenters who opposed biracial marriage in the 1960s.” He wrote, “Gratuitous interference in other people’s lives is bigotry. The fact that it is often religiously motivated does not make it less so. The United States is not a theocracy, and religious disapproval of harmless practices is not a proper basis for prohibiting such practices, especially if the practices are highly valued by their practitioners. “Gay couples and the children (mostly straight) that they adopt (or that one of them may have given birth to and the other adopts) derive substantial benefits, both economical and psychological, from marriage. Efforts to deny them those benefits by forbidding samesex marriage confer no offsetting social benefits – in fact, no offsetting benefits at all beyond gratifying feelings of hostility toward gays and lesbians.”

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 Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

My Murdered Cousin Has a Name Friday, for me, was a bit surreal. As America was celebrating the victory of marriage equality at the Supreme Court, it was also mourning black people in South Carolina murdered by a white supremacist. All the while I thought about a cousin of mine who was murdered years ago. We grew up in the same segregated Louisiana hamlet of about a thousand people. Everyone said that he was gay (only they used pejoratives in place of that word) because of the way he carried himself and the fact that he didn’t date women or marry one. However, he never addressed his sexuality in my presence. It was not a thing that in that time and place one proclaimed. Small, rural communities like ours maintained their own, unwritten Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell protocols. He simply lived by his own terms. And yet, my cousin’s difference became more evident to me when he started to stop by the small upholstery shop down the street where one of my brothers was an apprentice and where I sometimes visited. As I wrote in my memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones: NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE “Lawrence felt at ease coming to the shop and saying things there that he didn’t say elsewhere, the air always pregnant with a ‘maybe.’ Maybe he was flirting. Maybe not. If he went too far, maybe that would be okay. Maybe he was being mocked. Maybe he was being entertaining. Maybe, just maybe. He knew the things he was saying were dangerous, because just being himself was dangerous. He was operating outside the rules.” Others like Lawrence hid more or lived in repression more. “But not Lawrence. He wouldn’t pretend. He wouldn’t hide.” In the book I called him Lawrence, but that was not his name. One of my mother’s only requests was that I change everyone’s names. She was expressly worried about publishing “Lawrence’s” name. I acquiesced. You see, more than a decade after I remember him coming to the upholstery shop, he was found murdered – tied to a bed – in a neighboring town. The gossip was that his life had been taken because of the way he had lived it. To my knowledge, no one was ever charged with that murder. Such were the dangers of being both black and different. In a 1984 interview, when my cousin and I both still lived in that small town, James Baldwin was asked about the roots of homophobia. He responded: “Terror, I suppose. Terror of the flesh.”

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But when living black gayness, or any similar otherness, in America, that terror of flesh is doubled. You are on the margins of the margin. For, you see, even in gayness, blackness is set apart. As Baldwin put it: “A black gay person who is a sexual conundrum to society is already, long before the question of sexuality comes into it, menaced and marked because he’s black and or she’s black. The sexual question comes after the question of color; it’s simply one more aspect of the danger in which all black people live.” Baldwin concluded: “The gay world as such is no more prepared to accept black people than anywhere else in society.” My cousin’s life and death underscored this duality for me: “Five years after Lawrence was tied to the bed and killed, Matthew Shepard, a young, white, openly gay man, was tied to a fence and killed in a small Wyoming city. While Lawrence’s death hardly made the local papers, Matthew’s provoked an international outcry. That discrepancy would haunt me.” My cousin’s name was Larry, and he was kind and beautiful and brave and worthy. That name, more than ever, deserves to be written, spoken, celebrated, not because he was famous or because he lived a remarkable life. It deserves to be spoken because he did not. His anonymity gives his name all the more power, because he could have been anyone. Larry lived a kind of amplified erasure: black and nonhetero-normative. And, he lived it as boldly as he could at a time when it was dangerous to do so and in a place where there was little support or protection. I wish that Larry had survived to see a time when the country was fighting to affirm both parts of his identity, fighting to acknowledge that his black life mattered and his love life mattered. I wish he had lived to see more people come to understand the intersectionality of oppression – that racism and homophobia are born of the same beast. I wish he could have lived to proudly proclaim his difference and have his halves reconciled. I wish he had lived to see the day that society – and indeed the law – didn’t attempt to diminish a person’s dignity based on how they articulated the parameters of their attraction or lived the reality of their intimacy. I wish he had lived to see a black president eulogize a black man killed and also advocate for the full and rich lives that LGBTQ people live. I wish Larry had lived to see Friday.

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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

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Williams, who ignited a huge cauldron whose flames rose into the upper decks of the stadium, and concluded the ceremony. The Games will continue this week; admission to the sporting events is free, although some competitions will require tickets because of venue capacity. A complete schedule of activities and venues is available at http://fairfax2015.com. The Athletes Village is at the Reston Town Center, and is open to the public. Closing ceremonies will be held on Sunday, July 5, at Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts. Fairfax County public safety officials, with the concurrence of the Board of Supervisors, worked for nearly 10 years to bring the games to the county. The original games started in California in the late 1960s, and became international in 1985. The WPFG is the second-largest international sporting event in the world; only the Summer Olympics has a larger complement of participating athletes. The biennial games are scheduled for Montreal in 2017, and Chengdu, China, in 2019. It is fitting that the World Police and Fire Games overlap with the celebration of our nation’s 239th birthday this weekend. And even more fitting that it is happening near such historic surroundings as Mount Vernon and Gunston Hall, homes of our first president, George Washington, and the author of the Bill of Rights, George Mason. The cradle of our liberty is shared with so many this week. Happy Fourth of July!

The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG), also known as Fairfax 2015, are underway throughout the county and the region. Nearly 10,000 athletes, who are public safety professionals – police, firefighters, sheriff’s deputies, corrections officers, border patrol – have gathered to compete for medals, and bragging rights, in more than 60 sports. The opening ceremony at RFK Stadium was thrilling, as thousands of competitors marched around the track, preceded by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies, and even a Daisy Scout, bearing a sign for each country. British bobbies wore their signature helmets, the Canadian team tossed dozens of flying discs announcing the 2017 games in Montreal, the Norwegian team sported Viking horns, and the team from Bermuda was dressed fashionably in navy jackets and, yes, red Bermuda shorts! A fabulous female drum team kept up the pace for more than an hour, adding to the excitement of the evening. Following the march of the athletes, the formal part of the program included a welcome from Chairman Sharon Bulova, as well as Fairfax County Deputy County Executive for Public Safety Dave Rohrer, and officials of Fairfax 2015. A special surprise guest was General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, whose speech memorialized the events of September 11, 2001. The Games also created a WPFG Hall of Fame and inducted its first 10 honorees on Friday evening. As the sun was setting, the traditional torch was carried into the stadium by survivors of Fairfax County police officers killed in the line of duty. The final lap was completed by Fairfax County Fire Battalion Chief Jerome

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Gun Safety Enough is enough! Once again, the United States was forced to bear witness to another massacre. This time, it happened in a house of worship, traditionally known as a sanctuary for those seeking protection. These mass shootings have become an all-too-common occurrence. The bloodshed of innocent people needs to stop. As a nation – as a Commonwealth – we need to be proactive with measures intended to prevent tragic events involving firearms. During this past session of the General Assembly over a dozen bills were introduced to curb gun violence. These commonsense proposals to keep our communities safe were defeated by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Not to anyone’s surprise, this same crowd passed legislation to put more guns on our streets. To be clear, Republicans in the General Assembly voted against requiring background checks, reinstating the one-handgun-amonth-law, keeping guns out of the hands of children under the age of four, while supporting a measure to allow concealed weapons on school property. Incredibly, a bill that makes it easier to possess a bazooka, flamethrower, and/or machine gun passed both houses of the Legislature and made it to the Governor’s desk. Fortunately, that bill was vetoed – only because there were enough Senators to sustain the veto. It is up to citizens to demand action on gun safety and to hold elected leaders accountable at the polls. I believe the public is hungry for a solution. The longer we wait, the higher the tally of senseless gun deaths will rise. SB1349 To prepare Virginia for the Environmental Protection Agency issued guidelines for each state to reduce carbon emissions, the General Assembly passed SB 1349; this will also bring stability to our energy rates. This bill was the result of a compromise with interested stakeholders, and it passed with strong bipartisan support – including the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters. This legislation is right for Virginia’s families and is in the best interest of our Commonwealth. One component of the legislation that has earned little attention is its focus on expanding solar power in Virginia. The bill will

increase the use of renewable energies in Virginia, particularly solar power. Dominion plans to build up to 500 megawatts of solar power by 2020. This is a proactive measure toward cleaner air, lower carbon emissions, and lower energy rates. This legislation is good news for consumers, because there will be stability in what we pay each month. While Dominion Power works to comply with these new EPA regulations, the base rate for Virginians will remain the same. It is worth mentioning that Dominion power has one of the lowest energy costs in the U.S. To put it into perspective, our current electricity rate is 11.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, while the average cost for the East Coast is at a higher rate of 14.6 cents per kilowatt-hour. Removing the Confederate Flag from License Plates I fully support Governor McAuliffe’s action to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates. Our Commonwealth should not enable the promotion of such a divisive symbol. The Confederate battle flag belongs in a museum, not on our roadways. Our Commonwealth must be a welcoming destination for all people, and abandoning this symbol is a positive step toward achieving that goal. Redistricting Update Multiple cases dealing with political redistricting are making their way through the courts and they will have an impact on Virginia. Most recently, a federal court determined that Virginia packed too many African American voters into the 3rd congressional district. The result of this gerrymandered district is that the neighboring districts were made safer for the Republican incumbents. The court has required the maps to be redrawn by the General Assembly by September 1 of this year. Also, in a separate case, the maps for the Virginia House of Delegates are being challenged on the same basis. Stay tuned for more news on redistricting in Virginia. The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona redistricting case has no effect on Virginia at this time. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July.  Senator Saslaw represents the 35th District in the Virginia State Senate. He may be emailed at district35@senate.virginia.gov.

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The LGBT Pride parade in Chicago was electric. More than one million people celebrated the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality. It felt like I was living history as I glided down the parade route on top of the WCPT-AM float. Throngs cheered, because this was a new day, where distant possibilities we had dreamed of were suddenly a reality. As a teenager I harbored a deep secret. It felt as if I were the only gay person in the world. At the time, there was a pathological code of silence that deliberately isolated people like me. The perverse idea was that if our lives were made miserable enough, we would choose to cower in the closet and conform. In 1977, Midge Costanza, an aide of President Jimmy Carter, organized the first meeting of LGBT advocates in the White House. She did so while the president was out of town and Congress was out of session – still it was a brave milestone. Given this history of life in the shadows, it was mesmerizing to see President Barack Obama’s White House lit up in rainbow colors. The world had changed before our eyes – transforming from a drab blackand-white existence into full color in high definition. Unfortunately, the same cruel anti-gay troglodytes who had inflicted so much needless pain, suffering and misery, are fighting to the bitter end. Following the Supreme Court ruling Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity interviewed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: “Today is some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history,” remarked Cruz. Hannity replied, “I couldn’t say it more eloquently.” Of course, there was nothing eloquent about the crybabies on the far right. Most of the whiners had a vested interest in throwing public tantrums, because they were running for the GOP presidential nomination. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee held his breath and stamped his feet to impress Iowa voters. “I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch,” said Huckabee. “We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat. This ruling is not about marriage equality, it’s about marriage redefinition.” Apparently, Huckabee thinks he is above the law and judicial tyranny is when the curt rules against his wishes. Huckabee also said that if Obama could light the White House in rainbow colors, no one should complain when he puts a nativity scene on the White House lawn. This is preposterous, because visitors aren’t allowed to put up displays. I also must take issue with the absurd idea that marriage has been “redefined.” For a redefinition to occur, the institution has to change in some meaningful way for heterosexual couples. I’d love Huckabee to point to how his marriage is different since the Supreme Court decision. Instead of a redefinition, what occurred is an expansion of the institution. While Huckabee doesn’t have to change his bad attitude, he will have to follow the law. That his backward church doesn’t like the ruling is of no interest to me. What matters is that he and his church are in America and subject to the same laws as the rest of us. There is no special right for Christian fundamentalists to follow only the rules that they enjoy. A refrain from virtually all of the GOP presidential candidates is that this ruling is a potential threat to religious liberty. For example, Jeb Bush cynically said, “It is now crucial that as a country we protect religious freedom and the right of conscience and also not discriminate.” Religious liberty is only threatened in the paranoid mind of religious zealots who falsely believe they have the right to open a business to the general public, then turn around and pick and choose who they can serve. In reality, if you are open to the public, you must serve everyone. If I were a faith leader I’d be terrified of ambitious Republicans abusing the mantle of “religious freedom.” This disingenuous charade is going to eventually backfire. It will sully the church and make it look like real religious leaders are crying wolf when genuine persecution occurs. In short order, the term “religious liberty” is likely going to become loaded, in the same way saying “states rights” evokes eye rolling disgust. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said, “The government should not force those who have sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage to participate in these ceremonies.” But the LGBT movement has never asked that ministers marry gay couples or force people to attend an exchange of vows. It is true that some businesses may have to provide flowers, but these are neutral vendors, not “participants.” Opponents of LGBT equality were dishonest and fought dirty in victory – and it seems they are unable to change their filthy spots in defeat.

Wayne Besen

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

A coming land-use decision will force the county board to choose among past, present and public safety. Fire Station No. 8, on Lee Highway across from McDonald’s, holds the historic distinction of being the first African-Americanrun firehouse south of the MasonDixon Line. The Fire Department is mulling a plan to improve firetruck response times by moving it northward to possible sites on Glebe Road. Neighbors in the area of Old Dominion Drive near Marymount University are not thrilled. Neither are African-American residents of Halls Hill/High View Park, who feel that given the “passion and emotion” surrounding No. 8, the county should do more “due diligence,” I was told by civic association president Alexandra Bocian. Public meetings with Fire Chief Jim Schwartz are unfolding in June and July, with a final decision by the board due this fall. But leaders should expect summer fireworks from Arlington’s deep bench of citizen policy kibbitzers. Richard Lolich, president of the Old Dominion Citizens Association, has been blasting the board and staff for “blindsiding” the community and “shortcircuiting” the process with only three public meetings. For 20 years, he said, his community has wanted the county-owned parcel at 26th Street near St. Mary’s Episcopal Church to be a public park with gazebo, play area and garden space. He showed me

a map showing the vision alongside the county’s existing mulch pile, future site of the salt dome storage tank (currently farther down Old Dominion). “It’s not a NIMBY thing for us,” he said, given those other public facilities his neighbors accept. They want a long-term task force convened – as was done a dozen years ago during a fight over the Cherrydale fire station. A parallel argument comes from Halls Hill native Marguarite Reed Gooden, a retired Arlington schools administrator whose father and brother were captains at Fire Station No. 8. “We want to keep this hub of the neighborhood that became symbolic of how Arlington progressed over the decades,” she told me, noting that the land was donated by the Hicks family, who bought it a century ago because there were no fire stations hiring blacks. “A lot of activists came out of that fire station, encouraging others to further their careers after high school.” Chief Schwartz is “fully aware” of the site’s history, having participated a decade ago in a commemorative event at Langston School. The site’s significance will be honored, he says. “However, I don’t think that’s reason to compromise response-time objectives (fourto-six minutes), which cannot be achieved if we rebuild that firehouse at its current location.” The county has funds only for one new station, and the Old Dominion Drive site is already county-owned, under consideration as a firehouse for years, he says. The Cherrydale situation

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CRIME REPORT Week of June 22 - 28, 2015 Driving Under the Influence, 1000 block Hillwood Ave. On June 22, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 35, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Larceny from Building, 200 block W. Jefferson St. On June 22, construction equipment was reported stolen. Public Drunkenness, 500 block Roosevelt Blvd. On June 22, a

was more complicated because a number of sites had to be considered for purchase, which required more community input, he explains. The county’s master plan is the vehicle with which the board will balance demands for parks, salt dome relocation and a firehouse – perhaps accommodating all. “My obligation is to make recommendations to the board in the best interest of the community, not any one household,” Schwartz says.” Fire-fighting strategies are “different from a community center, library or park,” he added. “Our preferred site improves response times to a substantial portion of the county and does not compromise them anywhere else.” *** Ever been driving with eyes peeled for a destination address, only to find that the buildings you check for guidance display no address numbers? With annoyance I’ve noticed this in residential neighborhoods, but more flagrantly in Ballston. On North Glebe Rd. near the Wilson Blvd. crossroads, I’ve spotted the absence of numbers on the George Washington University offices, California University of Management and Sciences, P.F. Chang’s restaurant and the Dry Cleaner Outlet. David Hunter, Arlington’s deputy zoning administrator, backs me on this one. He quotes Sec. 110.5 of the 2012 Virginia Residential Code: “Each building or structure to which a street number has been assigned shall, upon completion, have the number displayed so as to be readable from the public right of way.” How about it, owners, can you speed us all along to our destinations?

(New to You) On June 24, clothing merchandise was stolen from the store.

male, 55, no fixed address, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.

Larceny from Building, 7124 Leesburg Pike (George Mason High School) On June 25, a laptop computer was reported stolen sometime after June 15.

Public Drunkenness, 624 S. Washington St. (Crown Auto Group) On June 22, a male, 46, of Falls Church, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.

Smoking Violation, 6757 Wilson Blvd. #16 (Café Le Mirage) On June 25, a male, 48, of Aldie, was cited for Smoking in a NonDesignated Area.

Domestic Assault, 1100 block W. Broad St. On June 23, police investigated a domestic dispute. As a result of the investigation, a male, of Falls Church, was later arrested for Assaulting a Family Member.

Vandalism to Vehicle, 200 block Gibson St. On June 26, an unknown suspect punctured a tire.

Shoplifting, 108 W. Broad St.

Robbery, 308 S. Washington St. (Smashburger) On June 26, an unknown suspect demanded cash from the store during closing hours with an implied weapon.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a question about vitamin D-3 pills. How does 400 mg fit into such a tiny pill? I also thought you needed sunlight to make vitamin D. – A.S.

ANSWER: Four hundred mg is very small. Most of the tablet isn’t even vitamin D – it’s starch and other materials to hold the tablet together. The skin does make vitamin D-3 from precursors in the presence of sunlight. However, there are several factors that affect this process. During winter months at moderately high latitudes (above the line from Los Angeles to Atlanta), the sunlight might not be strong enough to efficiently convert enough vitamin D, so many are

vitamin-D-deficient during winter. People who don’t go outside, who usually wear clothing and hats to cover their skin or who have darker skin are less able to create vitamin D. People over 70 also are less able to make their own vitamin D. This is why many foods are supplemented with vitamin D. Even so, a sizable proportion of the population has low levels of vitamin D. There remains great controversy about whether supplementation will improve overall health. Studies are ongoing to test the effect of vitamin D supplementation to reduce fracture risk, improve muscle function or reduce cancer risk. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: If you walk briskly for a certain time and distance, is that not just as good for you as jogging, if you are going for the same time? – A.

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along with your story. First, honey may not be appropriate for all types of diabetic sores. Honey has been used for superficial and slightly deeper ulcers, which we call stage 2 and 3. The evidence for honey in a stage 4 ulcer is less clear. Also, one needs to be extraordinarily careful about the quality of medical information available on the Internet. I strongly recommend starting with Medline Plus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus), which references trusted sources for information.  Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters but will incorporate them in the column when possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, JULY 2

Preschool Storytime. Stories, ﬁnger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 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. & 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034 Comic Book Workshop. Learn to write and draw your own comic books! For grades 7-12. Registration Required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church. 3—4 p.m. 703-248-5034. Concerts in the Park. Bring a blanket and picnic dinner and sit back to enjoy live entertainment from local musicians and artists. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave. Falls Church). 7 p.m. Free. Thursday Evening Book Group. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the

Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 7:30—8:30 p.m. 703248-5034.

FRIDAY, JULY 3

Friday Morning with Rocknoceros. Three guys who make wildly popular, award winning music for the whole family. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $5. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 703-255-1566. Get Pop-Cultured: Doctor Who. Fans of the popular BBC Doctor Who are invited to enjoy trivia, giveaways, a special oﬀer, and more. Come dressed as your favorite character. Barnes and Noble (6260 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-536-0774. Films in the Park. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Strawberry Park (Strawberry Ln. Fairfax). 7 p.m. 703-992-7765.

SATURDAY, JULY 4

Farmers’ Market. 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.

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Cartoons and Coffee. Grab your coffee breakfast and favorite cartoon fans and join us for an hour of free cartoons. Strawberry Park (Strawberry Ln. Fairfax). 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Independence Day Readings. Join the Village Preservation and Improvement Society as they review the issues of 1776 and host readings of the important documents that created the basis for American democracy. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 1 p.m. vpis.org. July 4th Celebration. Live music and fireworks. No alcohol, personal fireworks, or smoking permitted. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 7—10 p.m. Free. fallschurchva.gov.

SUNDAY, JULY 5

Mosaic Central Farm Market. Enjoy oﬀerings of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other local products. Mosaic District (District Ave.). 9:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m. 703992-7765. Launch Party. One More Page Books will co-host a launch party for John Gilstrap’s newest Jonathan Grave thriller Against All Enemies at the Vienna Inn, a wellknown local eatery mentioned in the book. Vienna Inn (120 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). Free. 2:30 p.m.

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MONDAY, JULY 6

One-on-one English Conversation Practice. Practice speaking English with a volunteer partner. Call for appointment. For Adults. TysonsPimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 11 a.m. 703-790-8088.

TUESDAY, JULY 7

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 a.m. 703-2485034. Paws to Read at the Library. Read with a canine companion for readers grades rising K to 6th. Sign-up will start on the day of the event. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 2—3 p.m. 703-248-5034.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8

Matisse Collage Lanterns. Participants will learn about Matisse cut-outs and craft their own lanterns to take home. For rising 3rd to 6th grade. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 2—3 p.m. 703-248-5034.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JULY 2

“Tartuffe.” In Moliere’s Tartuffe, Orgon has fallen under the spell of the titular character, a pious fraud, at great expense to his family and household. A scathing indictment of religious hypocrisy, this rendention of the play is being co-produced with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and South Coast Repertory Theatre and is directed by Dominique Serrand, the co-founder of the Tony Award-winning Théâtre de la Jeune Lune. Through July 5. Shakespeare Theatre Company - Harman Hall (610 F. St. NW, Washington,D.C.) $20 – $110. 8 p.m. shakespearetheatre.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 3

“The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife.” Marjorie Taub, Upper West Sider and devoted lady

who lunches, is deep in the throes of mid-life existential ennui when an enigmatic childhood friend with a taste for mischief unexpectedly arrives at her door. Can Marjorie, her longsuffering mother and her loving husband Dr. Ira Taub, Board Certi�ied Allergist, survive the shake-up? A Tony-nominated, uproarious satirical comedy from the masterful Charles Busch. Through July 5. Theater J (1529 16th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 – $25. Noon. washingtondcjcc.org.

“The Producers.” Based on the hit 1968 �ilm of the same name, this Mel Brooks comedic masterpiece follows the hilarious adventures of washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock, and his mousy accountant Leo Bloom, as they scheme to get rich quick by producing the most notorious �lop in the history of show biz. Mark Waldrop is directing

the Olney Theatre Company’s production of Brooks’ legendary play. Through July 26. Olney Theatre Center (2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney) $18 – $60. 8 p.m. olneytheatre. org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8

“The Gay Men’s Chorus: Love Stinks.” The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington,D.C. is kicking off Signature Theatre’s Sizzlin’ Summer Nights Cabaret series with a funny cabaret where soloists from the Chorus will sing songs and share stories from the crazy world of love and dating. During the annual Sizzlin’ Summer Nights Cabaret series, Signature Theatre will feature a different cabaret every night for most of July. Through July 25. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $24. 8 p.m. signature-theatre.org.

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A� E�� K�� D��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 in advance, $18 day of show. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. A�� P�� G��. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $20. 8 p.m. 202337-4141. K��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-5258646. T�� R�� M�. V �� A�� G�� B2B DJ N��. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $15. 9 p.m. 202-588-1889.

V�� T�� M��. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $15. 7 p.m. 202588-1889. T�� B�� – P�� N�� 1. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 in advance, $13 day of show. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. M�� K�� C�� P�� P�� M�� B��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $16. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. J�� L��. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. T�� G�� U S�. J�� C��. Bohemian Caverns (2011 11th St. NW, Washington, D.C.) $10 online, $15 at the door. 9 p.m. 202-2990800.

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T�� E�� S�� / R�� S��: M��, M��, C�� S�� G�� M�� T��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. S�� B�� H��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. R�� W�� C�� V�� “CD R�� P��”. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141.

L�� C��. Gudelsky Concert Gazebo at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852). Free. 7 p.m. 301-5815200. T�� B�� – P�� N�� 2. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 in advance, $13 day of show. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. T�� R��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $18 in advance, $20 day of show. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960.

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P�� A��... Thursday, July 9 – Concerts in the Park. Jazz/blues/folk/rock duo Dear Creek, made up of singer/guitarist Kate Potrykus and guitarist Alex Salser, are the featured

musical act as the Concerts in the Park series continues. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/632/Concerts-in-the-Park.

Saturday, July 18 – Farmers’ Market Chef Demo Series. Chef Tim Ma, owner of Arlington’s Water & Wall restaurant, will demo a recipe and answer questions

about how to modify it. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/Chef.

Monday, August 3 - Wednesday, August 19 – School Supply Drive. The City of Falls Church’s Housing and Human Development department will be accepting

donations of school supplies families in the City who may be in need of assistance getting their children school supplies. Drop oﬀ locations include the East and West wing entrances to City Hall at 300 Park Avenue, Housing and Human Services in City Hall and the Falls Church Community Center. Various locations. All day. fallschurchva.gov/681/Housing-Human-Services.

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LETTERS

Continued from Page 6 choking the area around your western border. After all, an occasional privileged Falls Church City resident may need to venture west into our area too. Make it a livable space for all! Judy Seiff Falls Church

F.C.’s 10 Acres Should Be Used For Commercial Editor, Regarding the question of where the 10 acres of commercial development in the proposed redevelopment of the City’s George Mason High School should be located, I see two viable options. If you want the “super-dense” development to consist of high density residential projects, the

rear portion closest to the Metro station and garage is a good choice. This area could provide a secure gated community of attractive high rise condominiums and rental apartments, including high end amenities such as a pool and community building. This would presumably appeal to millennials who constitute a growing market. On the other hand, if the City desires high-density retail and office uses, then the front portion of the tract at the corner of Leesburg Pike and Haycock Road is ideal. This important corner provides the strong

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visibility commercial developers, office users and retail business prize, visibility that helps attract customers and clients. It also benefits from being adjacent to commercial activity on two other corners of this heavily traveled intersection. And if one is interested in perpetuating commercial development in the future, these other two corners are potential sites for revitalized commercial growth. That is especially true of the so-named Don Beyer quadrant. This, in my mind, would be the best long range plan for this area of our city.

Also, one could split the difference – using five acres in the rear for high rise residential, and five acres in the front for high density commercial uses. But, that would reduce the critical mass of both, a density necessary to help assure the economic viability of either. I would opt for commercial uses on 10 acres at the major intersection with the intent of achieving the greatest return of tax revenues with the least expenditure for supporting city services.. Paul H. Barkley Falls Church

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It’s been a rough year for the fried fish fast food game in these parts. Not only did the Long John Silver’s on West Broad Street close after 30 years but just up Route 29, the Fairfax Circle Arthur Treacher’s –

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thing spicier – in the air: tacos. More than a menu-filler, the soft tacos might just be the best things available at the new restaurant. Wrapped in housemade, made-to-order corn tortillas, five fillings are available for the stuffing with the succulent carnitas and the spicy chorizo our favorite of the bunch. All the tacos come undressed but a well-stocked condiment bar at the front counter contains all the necessary toppings – diced jalapeno, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, lime and a trio of salsas – and allows for near-endless customization. And at $2.50 a piece, the authentic street-style tacos are a steal. When it comes to the fried stuff, ABC Canteen is also firing on all cylinders. But rather than the gut bombs served by the building’s former tenant, ABC’s beerbattered cod avoids the grease trap and delivers a crunchy, flaky bite without being too heavy. The strips of fish are available by themselves, alongside fries, as a sandwich and as tacos but our favorite cod creation is the croquette appetizer. Like crispy, fried pillows, the balls of fish are incredibly light – not an easy feat when it comes to anything deep fried – and served with a generous serving of garlic aioli so good we considered ordering more food just to use it all up. Sandwiches include the fried cod along with a chicken club and a steak mojo sandwich, though the Sriracha mayo-topped steak was lacking in both flavor and heat. Also on the menu are wings, nachos, a selection of

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There was more news last week concerning the Rosch Innovations Kinetic Power Plant generator that I wrote about several weeks ago. You will recall that this device makes electricity by using the force of buoyancy. Floats in a column of water are filled with air at the bottom and are pushed to the top by buoyancy, which drives an electric generator that pressurizes the floats and produces excess energy. As compared with other possible sources of cheap power, this technology is simple to understand; cheap to make; requires no fuel; leaves behind no pollution, and operates 24 hours a day. Of course, “too good to be true” is what many are saying. This is clearly a claim of “perpetual motion” which as anyone who has been exposed to the laws of physics knows is impossible. The problem for the skeptics, however, is that in so far as numerous independent observers who have actually looked at the technology up close can tell – it works. The basics of the Rosch’s device are almost ludicrously simple for what it purports to do although the subtleties of the electronic control system are proprietary and patented. The company’s demonstration devices have been taken apart and thoroughly examined without any sign of fraud or trickery. One Rosch’s tech noted that he has had to drain and refill the large buoyancy tank containing the floats 20 times so that skeptical prospective purchasers could poke around inside looking for hidden wires or motors. Rosch’s technology now has been granted a German patent after it was examined by an independent testing laboratory and was certified to work. For now, we can assume that, until proved differently, a new phenomenon of nature has been discovered. We should also note that we, as mankind, might not know everything there is to know about how God’s universe works – as yet. Before going any further, let me apologize to the folks at Rosch Innovations AG for an error in my previous story on their discovery. When the story was written an environmental organization called GAIA was

demonstrating and selling a version of the machine and I mistakenly came to believe that GAIA had discovered the technology, and that Rosch was only developing and manufacturing the buoyancy devices for them. In fact the Rosch Company developed the technology by itself starting from a drawing on a napkin of course – where else do new ideas originate? After the napkin, engineers were set to work, and the first working prototype was completed four years ago. Starting last year, prototypes were demonstrated at trade fairs in Europe, including one that was built of Plexiglas and was demonstrated on wheels to ensure all concerned that there was no fraud involved and that the device was indeed producing electricity on its own. Last week a delegation of people with technical backgrounds and an interest in exotic ways of producing energy visited the Rosch factory in Germany to observe a larger 20 kW device in operation; to closely inspect the machine to insure that all was as claimed and to learn more about the devices and the company’s plans for them from Rosch’s CEO, Detlef Dohmen. Portions of the visit were streamed live so that those of us who were aware it was going on could watch the careful inspection and measurements taking place. After three days of tests, the team concluded that they are certain that the device works as claimed despite the uncertainty as to the physics behind how it works. The release of the outside technical report, used to convince the German patent office that the Kinetic Power Plant generator is a genuine discovery of a new phenomenon, was an important part of the conclusion that no fraud is taking place. According to company officials, plans to further develop the system are well underway. The parts for a 100 kilowatt generator are already on site and the device is supposed to be operational this month. For a technology that has yet to be mentioned in the mainstream US media and is being subjected to a stream of skepticism as a likely fraud in Europe, the company says the devices are selling well based on demonstrations for prospective buyers. Except for the small 5 kW devices that were offered for

sale by GAIA last month, Rosch itself will sell only 200 kW or larger generators. One and five megawatt installations, based on 500 kW generators, are said to be under construction in Croatia and Slovenia. The secret of how this electricity-generating device works is in its proprietary circuitry, which controls the device’s operation by regulating the amount of air that is injected into each float before it begins its ascent to the top of the tank. As we can all recall from 7th grade science, buoyancy forces things upwards with a force equal to the weight of the water displaced. Although the mechanics of the system – an electrical generator, a water tank, bicycle chains, and an air compressor – have been around since late in the 19th century, it takes 21st century electronics to make the device work. The highly efficient generator and air compressor required to make the generator work are also of an advanced design and are proprietary. Unlike other sources of cheap, pollution-free energy, the kinetic power plant technology is not based on exotic particle physics, but simple mechanics and a few silicone chips. It is hard to say just where this technology is going. As it requires little more than a tank or pool of water to produce electricity and emits nothing, the whole world should be cheering. If the prototype devices scale well into larger commercial sized systems, we should be hearing about them in the mainstream media within the next year or so. How these will be used will be determined by economics. The current devices seem rather bulky – requiring a large water tank – for home use, but for remote locations they might be just fine. Given that much of our electricity now comes from large remote generating stations that require hundreds of miles of expensive high-tension lines to bring electricity to consumers, smaller local non-objectionable power stations might be in our future at the neighborhood or even building level. uTom Whipple is a retired government analyst and has been following the peak oil issue for several years.

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The Ebony Hillbillies have been playing together for about the last 20 years, but they play music with much more history than that. Hailing from New York, a curious place for a string band to reside, the group is kicking off The Alden Theatre and McLean Community Center’s Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park series on July 5 at McLean Central Park. The theme of this year’s free concert series is “Women Who Rock” – each of the featured bands are led by women – and The Ebony Hillbillies’ featured vocalist, Gloria Thomas Gassaway, promises to do more than that. “Make sure you bring your dancing shoes,” she said. “Because nobody sits down when I say get up.” Gassaway said that she “will order you to dance, and you will dance,” as one of The Ebony Hillbillies’ leaders, fiddler Henrique Prince, chimed in that “Gloria will make you dance.” The group, which bills itself as “one of the last black string bands in the U.S.,” have played a wide range of venues throughout their time together, from the subway platform at Grand Central Station to Carnegie Hall. Prince said that The Ebony Hillbillies were playing at a plaza on New York City’s Park Avenue while Tom Brady’s appeal of the NFL’s four-game suspension was going on nearby. Because it was a media event, more people were around to hear the group’s music than there might normally be at that type of gig – Prince said that he thought news trucks that were there for Brady were there to cover his group – and they seized on the opportunity to throw a hoedown. “Somebody said that we should do the halftime show for the Super Bowl,” Prince said. “So that was kind of nice.” Although hoedowns, string music or even the word “hillbillies” might be associated with the American South, Prince, who is from the

THE EBONY HILLBILLIES (C�� P��) North, said he started playing string music as a kid because it was the easiest stuff to play. “I played the tunes and I liked them. I liked little folk tunes and I learned a lot of them...I know it’s strange to hear a northern kid say that,” Prince said. “But after all there’s a lot of folk music that’s part of the culture and northerners played a lot of it, too. There were banjo players up here in Queens. We found a paper on that, about a procession of banjo players in late 1880s out here in New York playing…. People tend to think that you’ve got to be in Virginia or South Carolina, but that’s not true. There’s a tradition [of string music] all over the country.” The Ebony Hillbillies, who are adept taking music of any genre and putting a folk twist on it, are a living rebuke of the idea that banjo and fiddle music doesn’t originate from the same Black

American roots as the blues, jazz and country music that is an auditory ancestor of contemporary music. In fact, Prince said, string music is a predecessor to all of those musical genres. “Well, you know, it’s the root of everything. My people got away from the banjo and fiddle music because it represented a time that they felt was an unhappy time. Once they got out of slavery, they sort of left it, but the banjo and the fiddle still stayed in the jazz arena,” Prince said. “But when country music got separated from AfricanAmericans, we sort of left that for a while. “But the relevance [to today] is that the fluidity and the beauty of that music and those instruments are still here and it’s sort of coming back. There’s a lot of bands that are starting to experiment and play that kind of music.” • For more information about The Ebony Hillbillies, visit theebonyhillbillies.com.

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Young Adult Lit Author Martina Boone Visits F.C. by Karim Doumar

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No two things have ever fit together better than Martina Boone and the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia. At its annual recognition event on Thursday, June 18, the council recognized the volunteers of the year, gave out community service awards, and heard the winners of the annual essay contest read out their essays which all surrounded the theme: My Hopes and Dreams. The Literacy Council teaches adults – mostly immigrants – basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and understanding English. Martina Boone, the keynote speaker at the event, is no stranger to the struggles that these people face. Boone was born in Europe and moved to the United States when she was five. Though she spoke many European languages at the time, she had never learned English. Neither had her parents. “She [Boone’s mother] was a mathematician, so before she could teach math, she had to speak English.” Boone said. Being five years old, it was easier for Boone. She had already learned multiple languages and children can pick up languages more quickly. However, her assimilation into the English language did not go without a hitch. “I vividly remember that in second grade I could not pronounce the ‘wh’ sound because it didn’t exist and I remember

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but actively oppose, its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the case of Bostic Vs. Rainey, he’d stated following oral arguments on the case the following then: “Today was a very significant day in the journey towards full equality under the law for all Virginians. I am proud to say that the Commonwealth of Virginia stood on the right side of the law and the right side of history today in opposing this discriminatory

that the teacher sort of made fun of me. She mimicked the sound I was making and kids laughed.” Boone said. Boone was determined to be better. She went home that day promising that “I was going to learn to say that sound perfectly and I was going to learn English perfectly and I was going to learn every word,” Boone said. She quipped that she might reach that goal by the year 2085. This struggle “really sort of fueled my love and appreciation for the music and the sound of the words.” Boone has put that love and appreciation for words to exceptional use. She recently published her first novel Compulsion in October of 2014. It is the first of a three book series and book two will be published in hardcover in October of this year. The books are fantasy fiction for teenagers and young adults. “There’s something really wonderful about the medium of young adult fiction because you can transcend genres, you can go through these wonderful worlds that are new and these experiences that are first time experiences,” Boone said about writing for a young audience. Boone’s journey to publishing a novel started with her daughter who has a learning disability and struggled to learn how to read. “It’s heartbreaking watching somebody wanting so much to do something and not being able to do it,” Boone said.

ban. “This case is fundamentally about whether Virginia can legally treat same-sex couples as second-class citizens, or whether the U.S. Constitution truly guarantees equality under the law. But this is more than an abstract legal debate. The answer to this question affects the lives of thousands of Virginians who are our friends, our neighbors, coworkers, fellow parishioners at our churches, our brothers and our sisters, and they deserve to be treated exactly the same as all other Virginians. “Although we have much to be proud of, there have been

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AUTHOR MARTINA BOONE (right) speaks to Patti Donnelly, executive director of the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, at the organization’s annual recognition event last month. Boone, who published her first novel, Compulsion, in October of last year, knew no English when she moved to the United States with her family at age 5. (Photo: Courtesy of Mark Charette) As her daughter got older, “she was sort of struggling so much to read for school that the whole idea of fiction fell away,” Boone said. The Twilight series turned Boone’s daughter back on to fiction. Though she didn’t adore the series, it was enough to pique her interest in more fiction. “I took her to the bookstore and we came away with a whole stack of young adult novels by a whole host of authors. By the time she was done, she was a reader and I had decided to try to write young adult novels to reach kids like my daughter,” Boone said. Boone’s goal is to “foster the love of reading through books that teens actually enjoy.” Much like her daughter, for her son “it was Harry Potter that started him reading,” Boone said. Understandably, she holds

issue with school curriculums which force students to read books which they don’t enjoy. “When you look at the statistics of how many children graduate from high school and never pick up another book or now many graduate from college and never pick up another piece of fiction, I think that’s heartbreaking,” Boone said. She believes school curriculums should include “more current fiction – more of the type of books that kids are already talking and buzzing about.” Steeped in Southern history, Boone’s series is perfect for her desired additions to curricula. “I recently found out that there are teachers who are going to be teaching Compulsion not just for English but also for American history,” Boone said.

A teacher read the book and saw that it had great potential in the classroom. “That was my goal, and that was my hope” Boone said. She tries to write in such a way that does not simply get teens excited about reading but gets them excited about learning in general. One of the many themes of Compulsion is that “history is shaped by the people who are telling it” and that “stories change based on who is telling them.” This way, Boone hopes to encourage teens to try and explore the world through an objective lens. “I want people to be curious and to open their eyes and look around and ask questions and to realize that there’s just so many different things in history and science.” Boone said. “And reading is the key to all of it.”

times where brave Virginians have led the fight for civil rights while their state stood against them. Whether it was the right to a public education regardless of race, the right to marry the person you love regardless of skin color, or the right to attend state colleges and universities regardless of gender, Virginia has too often found itself on the wrong side of landmark civil rights cases. The injustice of Virginia’s position in those cases will not be repeated this time. Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia got it right.” Virginia State Del. Marcus Simon, in his first term succeed-

ing Del. Jim Scott to represent the 53rd District that includes the City of Falls Church, was with Herring at his press conference in Arlington Friday and issued the following statement: “I am excited to continue working on re-writing Virginia’s Code to reflect the reality of marriage equality as the law of the land. I was pleased to read reports that Speaker of the House William J. Howell has dropped his opposition to these efforts, and look forward to continuing this work as a bi-partisan effort. “That said, I still expect that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle may be

tempted to look for ways to resist and undermine the decision; I think that would be a huge mistake for Virginia’s image and economy. Most likely the new battle lines will form around social issues of discrimination in public accommodations and housing. That is why I’ve introduced a bill to add sexual orientation to our fair housing statute every year I’ve been a member of the House of Delegates. It is time for the General Assembly to recognize that all Virginians are entitled to equal protection under the laws of the Commonwealth, regardless of who they love or choose to marry.”

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Dominion Hospital Hosting Fundraising Walk Dominion Hospital is sponsoring the NAMIWalks Northern Virginia 2015 on Saturday, September 19 at 9:30 a.m. at Tysons Corner Center. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, provides education, support, and advocacy to individuals with mental illness, family members, and the community. There is no registration fee for the walk but individuals and business, organization, family, and friend teams are encouraged to raise $100 per person to receive a NAMIWalks event t-shirt. Sponsorship opportunities ranging from $250 to $15,000 are available. For more information, visit www.NAMIWalks.org/ NorthernVirginia.

Sage Communications Signs New Sports, Entertainment Contracts Sage Communications has secured five new sports and entertainment contracts through its Brotman-Winter-Fried division, which used to be located in Falls Church. The new accounts include The AT&T Nation’s Football Classic, The Army Ten-Miler, The Navy Mile Road Race, The 2016 U.S. Figure Skating Regional Championships and The USA Hockey High School National Championships. Sage now works with a roster of 18 sports and entertainment accounts including the 2015 World Police & Fire Games held on June 26 – July 5. Sage Communications is a full-service marketing communications and public relations agency providing services to technology, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, non-profits and consumer-oriented organizations. For more information, visit www. aboutsage.com and www.aboutbwf.com.

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The Falls Church City Council will hold public hearings at 7:30 pm., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, on Monday, July 13, 2015 to consider the following: (TR14-29) RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST BROAD AND NORTH WEST STREETS, ALSO DESCRIBED AS 110, 112, 112A, 212 & 212A NORTH WEST STREET, 916, 920, 922, 924, 926, 928, 930, 932 & 934, WEST BROAD STREET AND 919, 921 & 925 PARK AVENUE (REAL PROPERTY CODE NUMBERS 51-202009 THROUGH 51-202-015, 51-202-003, 51-202-004, 51-202-005, 51-202-028 AND 51-202-028 OUTLOT) FROM “BUSINESS” AND “LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (6.0)” TO “MIXED USE” ON THE CITY’S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP, ON APPLICATION BY SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT, LLC. (TO14-28) ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, BY REZONING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 3.13 ACRES OF LAND: A PORTION (APPROXIMATELY 2.11 ACRES) FROM B-3, GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; AND A PORTION (APPROXIMATELY 1.02 ACRES) FROM R-1B, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO B-1, LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AT, 110, 112, 112A, 212 & 212A NORTH WEST STREET, 928, 930, 932 & 934 WEST BROAD STREET AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AT 919, 921 & 925 PARK AVENUE (REAL PROPERTY CODE NUMBERS 51-202-009 THROUGH 51-202-015, 51-202-028 AND 51-202-028 OUTLOT), KNOWN AS “MASON ROW” ON APPLICATION BY SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT, LLC (TR14-28) RESOLUTION TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND TO INCREASE

THE BUILDING HEIGHT WITH A BONUS OF THIRTY (30) FEET TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF EIGHTY- FIVE (85) FEET FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST BROAD AND NORTH WEST STREETS, ALSO DESCRIBED AS 110, 112, 112A, 212 & 212A NORTH WEST STREET, 916, 920, 922, 924, 926, 928, 930, 932 & 934, WEST BROAD STREET AND 919, 921 & 925 PARK AVENUE (REAL PROPERTY CODE NUMBERS 51-202-009 THROUGH 51-202-015, 51-202-003, 51202-004, 51-202-005, 51-202-028 AND 51202-028 OUTLOT) KNOWN AS “MASON ROW” ON APPLICATION BY SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT, LLC. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. For copies of legislation, contact the City Clerk’s ofﬁce at (703-2485014) or cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov or visit www.fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711). CELESTE HEATH CITY CLERK

City of Falls Church Falls Church, Virginia Board and Commissions Vacancy VOLUNTEERS who live in the City of Falls Church are needed to serve on the boards and commissions listed below. Contact the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce(703-248-5014, cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov, or www.fallschurchva.gov/BC) for an application form or more information. Requests for reappointment must be made through the City Clerk. Applications are accepted until the end of the month. Vacancies advertised for more than one month may be ﬁlled during each subsequent month before month’s end. Architectural Advisory Board (alternate) Board of Equalization

Board of Zoning Appeals City Employee Review Board Environmental Services Council Girls’ Home Advisory Board Historic Architectural Review Board Historical Commission Human Services Advisory Council Library Board of Trustees Recreation and Parks Advisory Board Tree Commission Regional Boards/Commissions: Fairfax Area Commission on Aging Fairfax Area Disability Services Board Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board Fairfax Partnership for Youth Long Term Care Coordinating Council Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority Workforce Investment Board

Notice of Public Hearing City of Falls Church, Virginia The Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Falls Church, Virginia will hold a public hearing on July 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm. in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, for consideration of the following subjects: a. Appeal application A1569-15 by UHaul Real Estate Corporation appealing the Zoning Administrator’s determination that a “full site plan is required for the entire site as a result of repairs to a small portion of asphalt surface in the rear of the site” on premises known as 1107 West Broad St, RPC #52-102-049 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned M-1 Light Industrial, said property owned by U-Haul Real Estate Co. – CONTINUED FROM JUNE 11, 2015 b. Variance application V1570-15 by Koons Falls Ch Properties LLC a variance to Sec. 48-1265 (1) to allow four [4] wall signs instead of two [2] and to Sec. 48-1265 (1)(a) to allow a total sign area of approximately 139 square feet instead of 50 square feet on the showroom building, referred to as 1051 East Broad St; and a variance to Sec. 48-1265 (1) to allow four [4] wall signs instead of two [2] and to Sec. 48-1265 (1)(a) to allow a total sign area of

approximately 214 square feet instead of 50 square feet on the service building, referred to as 1031 East Broad St, on premises known as 1101 East Broad Street, RPC # 53-218-145, zoned B-3 General Business, said property owned by Koons Falls CH Properties, LLC. Prior to this hearing, this item will be reviewed at a public meeting by the Architectural Advisory Board on July 8, 2015 for recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals. c. Variance application V1571-15 by Lincoln F Church VA, LLC to Sec. 48-1265 (10) to allow four (4) building identiﬁcation signs instead of one (1), with a total building identification sign area of 289 square feet instead of 80 square feet, to be partially composed of non-individually stylized lettering, and for one such sign, exterior sign 02 (labeled as EX.02) to be mounted on a non-street-facing side of the building; a variance to Sec. 48-1265 (1) to allow eleven [11] wall signs instead of two [2], and Sec. 48-1265 (1) (a) to allow a total wall sign area of 365 square feet instead of 50 square feet; a variance to Sec. 48-1265 (2) to allow three [3] projecting signs instead of one [1], and Sec. 48-1265 (2)(a) to allow a total projecting sign area of 79 square feet instead of 10, and Sec. 48-1265 (2)(b) to allow placement of the signs above the lower sill line of the second ﬂoor windows and to project approximately 5 feet from the building instead of 4 feet on premises known as 455 South Maple Ave, RPC #52-308-009 of the Falls Church Real Property Records, zoned B-3, General Business, said property owned by Lincoln F Church VA, LLC. Prior to this hearing, this item will be reviewed at a public meeting by the Architectural Advisory Board on July 8, 2015 for recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Other business: Discussion of HB 1849 (effective July 1, 2015) and its impact on zoning and the BZA. Information on the above items is available at the Zoning Division, West Wing, City Hall, Suite 300W.

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1. Cellphone feature 6. 2015 Oscar nominee for her role in “Birdman” 15. “Vive ____!” 16. 1970 Oscar nominee for his role in “Love Story” 17. After catching some rays, actor Aykroyd headed a foreign film festival? 19. A dedicator of Central Park’s Strawberry Fields 20. “No ____!” (Spanish “Uncle!”) 21. Geometry fig. 22. Sugar suffix 23. Turn sharply 24. Tom Jones’ “____ Lady” 26. Person who loves actress Hathaway’s airport shuttle service? 30. Mutants of Marvel Comics 34. Draw inferences from 35. Backbreaking 36. Abbr. after a phone no. 37. Firms: Abbr. 38. Roth ____ 40. Zilch 41. “Do something about it! I dare you!” 43. Acquired by, in the big leagues 45. ____ buco 46. Disallow a guy from being an MRI technician? 48. What Command-P means on a Mac 50. “May ____ excused?” 51. Cobbler’s tool 54. “Please, have some!” 55. “Celebrity Jeopardy!” show, briefly 56. ____-Magnon 59. “Let’s do it” (or a comment about

1. Cellphone feature 6. 2015 Oscar nominee for her role in "Birdman"

JULY 2 - 8, 2015 | PAGE 29 31. Coated candy 32. “The Lady’s Got Potential” musical 33. Like the strings on many tennis rackets 35. Lived it up 38. Org. with auditors 39. Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan 42. Swabby’s tool 43. Blasting stuff 44. Opposite of WSW 46. Partial 47. Buck’s defense 49. Towel off again 51. Part of NRA: Abbr. 52. “And every ____ tear can claim”: Lord Byron 53. Brazilian pop star ____ Santana 55. Twist 56. Chowder tidbit 57. Do some fall cleanup 58. “Washingtons” 60. 55-Across airer 61. Suffix with winter 62. ____ Beta Kappa

each word in 17-, 26- and 46-Across) 63. Summer cooler 64. Soda shop order 65. Fictional character beloved by Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor when they were girls 66. x

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24. Tom Jones' "____ Lady" 26. Person who loves actress Hathaway's airport shuttle service? 30. Mutants of Marvel Comics

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Author Wade Fleetwood Readies The Great Falls Church Novel

Family Frustrated by Lack of Police Info on the Death of Steve Cornejo

Long time resident Wade B. Fleetwood and author of numerous murder mysery novels set in the mid-Atlantic costal resorts from Lewest, Delaware, to Assateague Island, Virginia, reported significant progress on the writing of “Reunion: A Beach And Falls Church, Virginia, Novel.” It may be the first mystery novels that features locations in Falls Church. On the financial side of his self-published book-in-progress, Fleetwood....

Family members of Jack Stephen “Steve” Cornejo are frustrated as they seek answers from Fairfax County Police about the shooting death of the popular 2000 graduate of George Mason High School in Falls Church and a captain of the school’s 2000 state championship soccer team. They contend that the police have provided no information, filed no charges, and of Tuesday, had not even allowed the family to see the body.

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not make the times posted on Saturday, and on Sunday, it was canceled again.(Grrr….) I sped to the Reston Town Center, scheduled site of the Honor Guard competition, where I found only socializing happening, so I stopped to chat with volunteer Kathlyn Peterson, 54, from Boise, Idaho. She is visiting the East Coast for the first time with no plans to visit any of the sights in D.C., although she’s here for 12 days. “I’m just following my schedule, and it’s difficult to schedule something when my assignment’s in the middle of the day.” Her father was a firefighter in Boise: “I do something every year in honor of his memory.” Her three brothers are also first responders. Peterson is a world

volunteer, traveling to the World Games in Belfast in 2013 with plans to volunteer at the 2017 Montreal games. It’s an expensive hobby which she funds by working for a Boise law firm. It was too early for her to judge the games in Fairfax, but “there seems to be a lot more people here” than in Belfast, she said. Meanwhile, rather than resuming the Honor Guard competition at 12:30 p.m., which an official promised, medals for the dog competition were awarded. That was it for Reston, and I took off for Tysons where it was the best at last, Lerner Town Square with cheap eats ($4, beer; $2 tacos with meat; “leaded” ($8) and “unleaded” ($2) snow cones), and two different competitions, crossfit and six beach volleyball games, plus a band which played

4 City of F.C. Police Personnel Participate in Fairfax Games Continued from Page 11

Hockey Team will be playing in the novice division where they can avoid playing teams such as those of the Moscow Police Service, Montreal Community Police and Lulea Fire Department of Sweden. Master Police Officer Jennifer “Missy” Elliott competed in the women’s golf competition. She competed in both the individual competition and the duo competition and as a result, she played

golf for three days in a row. “It’s tough to have your body take three straight days of swinging,” Elliott said but having seen her chiropractor on Tuesday, she felt up for the challenge. Elliot has been playing golf since 2007. It helps her deal with “the stress and trauma of law enforcement,” Elliott explained. Having played in the area for the past eight years, Elliott is at an advantage because she knows the course exceptionally well. In duo competitions, each

later in the day after everyone left. Two Montreal female athletes with new medals and French accents basked in the attention from the press and others. Claudia Martellino, participating in six events, had won her Toughest Competitor Alive competition, and Susie Parent, in three competitions, won in bodybuilding. They were both hoping to win more medals, Parent said. I felt like I deserved a medal, too, for maneuvering the jumbled mess of the parking garage at Tysons I when I tried to find the stair race at the new Tysons Tower. Once I got there, a guard told me the competition had ended 90 minutes early. “Well,” said a games coordinator the next day, “I tried to slow them down for you, but no one would listen.”

member of the pair plays each hole. The best score for a certain hole is the one that counts and the total of the best scores is tallied at the end. Though many competitors come to the Games with a partner they already know, Elliott didn’t know any other police or fire personnel in the area who played golf so she opted for a random partner. The Games officials paired her with an athlete from Australia who she had never met. “It’s neat to play with somebody I don’t know from a different country,” Elliott said, adding “it’ll be fun.” And with that, she seems to embody the very spirit and purpose of the Games.

THIS IS HOPE, a Korean Jindo mix and one of 23 dogs who were recently rescued from a meat farm in South Korea by Humane Society International in partnership with an alliance of Northern Virginia animal shelters, including Animal Welfare League of Arlington, Animal Welfare League of Alexandria and Fairfax County Animal Shelter. Hope currently lives with her foster guardian, Rachel Jones of Newburg, Md.’s K9Divine. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.

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