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Inside This Week F.C.’s Annexed Land RFP Nears Completion

Working past midnight into Tuesday morning, the Falls Church City Council and School Board worked to within sight of a final version of language for its “request for conceptual proposal” to go out to the development world next month for development of the almost 40 acres of land annexed to the City. See News Briefs, page 9

At 1st Candidate Forum, Mt. Daniel Deferral Draws Much Commentary Tuesday’s Event Attended by 7 of 14 Candidates

by Nicholas F. Benton

1st-Time Candidates Go In Front of Camera

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acquired earlier this year were not repeated last night, as the developers stressed those plans have yet to be solidified. But local developer and new EDA member Bob Young said at one point, “We all know what grocery group we’re talking about here.” The components of the project that were accented with architectural renderings last night include a five-story mixed-use building with a ground floor retail use of

The next steps forward for the Falls Church City Schools seeking to expand and renovate the Mt. Daniel Elementary campus two blocks outside the City limits in Fairfax County became a major issue of discussion among the nine City Council and School Board candidates who assembled at the American Legion post on N. Oak for the first group forum heading into the November election season. Shock and disappointment have ensued in Falls Church since the School Board was forced to seek a deferral until September of the Fairfax Planning Commission action to approve the plan after a disastrous June 24 hearing before that group had turned almost all the commissioners against it. At the candidate forum Tuesday at the American Legion Hall, School Board chair Justin Castillo, who showed up as a candidate for re-election when the School Board meeting was postponed, said that the June 24 deferral indicated that the Fairfax Planning Commission “needed more time for an additional review.” He added, “That’s all we can say right now. I hope for a satisfactory outcome.” Three citizens seeking election to the School Board who were present, and who are among the nine total candidates seeking three School Board seats this fall were also vocal on the subject. Erin Gill, Jacob Radcliff and Philip Reitinger each spoke out, as did Council candidate Letty Hardi, one of five Council candidates seeking a three slots now up for

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Only three of the 14 candidates for this fall’s Falls Church City Council and School Board elections took advantage of a free offer from Falls Church Community Television to record messages for the public. See page 10

Maureen Dowd: Hi-Ho, Lone Ranger

Until the nation began watching the sterling Obamas, the sterling Huxtables were the most celebrated positive image of a wholesome, engaging, upper-middle-class black family. See page 15

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There are country singers, rock n’ roll artists and blues and jazz performers out there. Then there’s Jimbo Mathus who does it all. See page 18

FIRST-TIME FALLS CHURCH City Council candidate Letty Hardi speaks from the podium at Tuesday night’s candidates forum at the American Legion Hall while (seated, left to right) School Board candidate Phil Reitinger, Mayor David Tarter and School Board candidate Erin Gill look on. (Photo: News-Press)

Big Broad & Washington Plan Gets 1st Look at F.C. City Hall by Nicholas F. Benton

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Editorial..................6 Letters..............6, 22 News & Notes.12-13 Comment........14-17 Food & Dining......19 Calendar.........22-23

Classified Ads .....24 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........25 Business News....26 Critter Corner.......26

Usually almost nobody shows up for subcommittee meetings of the Falls Church City Council, but this was not the case last Thursday night, when the Dogwood Room at City Hall was graced with not only five of the seven members of the City Council, but with representatives of the City’s Planning Commission and Economic Development Authority, two from the City’s own Economic

Development Office among others. Everybody was eager to hear the first public briefing by the Insight Property Group LLC, represented by McGuire Woods LLP, who purchased the southeast corner of the City’s central crossroads at the intersection of Routes 29 and 7. Leaked reports from the spring that made headlines about plans for a 50,000 square foot Whole Foods as the prime anchor of a major mixed-use development covering four parcels that were

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approximately 67,000 square feet, which includes a grocery store mostly on the second floor, a five-story residential multifamily rental apartment compo-

nent with 324 units, a four-story office building, and a two-story above grade parking garage in addition to two levels of underground parking. Earlier reports indicated the project could involve a public-

private component for the construction of a multi-level parking facility, but that was not mentioned in the presentation made last night. To go forward, the project will need zoning map and comprehensive plan amendments and two special exceptions. But the City’s Planning Director Jim Snyder said last night that not all the applications components for the project have yet been filed with the City, and as of now there are no follow-on meetings to last night’s that are scheduled. “This is the most important and prominent site to come through this process” that the City has yet encountered, it was pointed out. Initial revenue projections are that it could bring $60 million in net tax revenues to the City over the next 20 years, and create 120 new permanent jobs. The plan is that two existing popular restaurants – Clare and Don’s Beach Shack and Argia’s – on N. Washington (Rt. 29) between the project and the venerable live music venue, the State Theatre, will fit nicely into the scheme. It was noted that plans were in the works for development of

this site for a long time before the properties were acquired. The 324 rental units will be on balance smaller than other new projects in the region, although there will be a range of options. Mayor David Tarter said that the architectural designs (which can be seen on the City’s website) are “very exciting.” Jim Snyder noted that this may be the “Number One inter-

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Let’s be realistic. There is an overwhelming tendency in life to blame one’s self for whenever things go wrong, and in many cases that blame is misplaced. The dog thinks that everything is its fault. The cat nothing. Humans can go either way. In the case of the City of Falls Church and its school system, that tendency is magnified by the relatively small size of the place set against giant surrounding jurisdictions. To be honest, nobody in either Fairfax County or Arlington County seems to have much love to throw the City of Falls Church’s way. That’s just the way it is, and for those who’ve faced this for decades, it’s pretty standard and nothing to get all upset about. The main way the City of Falls Church pisses off its much bigger (Fairfax a million people and Arlington 250,000 to Falls Church’s 13,500) neighbors is by being successful. It really frustrates those who imagine that there could be a lot of money to be made by someone, not in Falls Church, if the City threw its hands in the air and abandoned its independence, becoming a dropin-the-bucket neighborhood of either Fairfax or Arlington instead. People with big money who’ve spent a lot of it on cultivating political appointees or elected officials to do their bidding in the neighboring jurisdictions are angered by the fact they don’t own Falls Church officials in the same way. So, the general game plan is to throw stumbling blocks in Falls Church’s way whenever possible. Ergo, don’t automatically blame the Falls Church Schools for the difficulty it is suddenly encountering getting its plans for the Mt. Daniel Elementary renovation and expansion approved by the county’s Planning Commission. The real mover in this situation is the infamous McLean Citizens Association (MCA), whose reputation as a game-killer is well known throughout the region. The MCA decided to issue a scathing indictment and formal opposition to the Mt. Daniel project in early June. So it came as no surprise that during the June 24 Fairfax Planning Commission hearing that the Mt. Daniel project was not well received. The MCA influences a lot of votes in the county’s Dranesville District, and its supervisor, John Foust, is up for election this November. His handpicked member on the Planning Commission, John Ulfelder, has the final say-so on the Mt. Daniel Plan, since protocol on the Planning Commission is for the whole body to go along with whatever a commissioner in a particular district wants for something in their district. With this dynamic in place, it does not bode well for the Mt. Daniel project now, and we feel the City should be preparing a Plan B. Even better, though, if the City were to find a way to counterbalance the MCA influence with a lure of its own. It would not look good, for example, if it were shown that turning down Mt. Daniel was striking a blow against young children.

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No Support from Neighbors On Mt. Daniel Expansion Editor, As a member of the neighborhood that surrounds the Mt. Daniel Elementary School, I would like to know where you get your facts for news articles. At no point did our association give the City the impression that we support the proposed expansion of the school to incorporate another grade. You need to understand that a favorable review by county staff means little. The commis-

sioners make decisions, not staff. That is true in the City also. The full McLean Citizens Association Planning and Zoning Committee and Board recommended a denial after it heard our objections and conducted its own comprehensive analysis. You implied a cart before the horse, with the Citizens Association leading the neighborhood association to an objection. All County organizations recommended the planning commission

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deny the application. The proposed expansion is too big for the site. Our association’s and McLean Citizen Association’s recommendations for denial are a matter of public record and available to the citizens of the City. Adrienne Whyte Falls Church

Build Mt. Daniel School Project Somewhere Else Editor, The July 16 News-Press front page article erroneously reports that the Mt. Daniel School proj-

ect had “thumbs up from residents in the neighborhood of the school site.” To the contrary, the Ellison Heights-Mt. Daniel Civic Association voted unanimously (minus one) to recommend that the Planning Commission deny this permit. Why? Oak St is a dead end with the school at the end. The transportation analysis translates to a maximum of 13 school buses every morning, eight more than current, coming and going down the street and up to 94 or more parent cars dropping off students, causing an impossible traffic situation on Oak St. for residents who also need to

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G � � � � C � � � � � �� Candidates Did Well, But How About Issues Forum? B� K�� F��

November’s local elections will involve decisions not just on the leadership of our city, but also on the tone and temperament of the next few years. Judging from the demeanor and statements at Tuesday’s Community Issues Forum, these seven candidates are even-handed, intelligent and organized. Each has thought through what he or she wants to accomplish if elected. They spoke about what they perceive as Falls Church’s strengths and opportunities as well as our weaknesses and problems. They did not dwell on fault-finding. Instead, they discussed possible solutions. Some of them gave us insight into how they would gather the information they would need for their decision-making. They seemed to realize that, upon election, they would need to confront the issues immediately before them before they could hope to get to their “wish list.” As she left the meeting, a neighbor summed up what others probably felt. She said that all the candidates seemed to be “for something, not against something or somebody.” She laughed and continued, “We will need to wait till closer to the election for the fireworks.” She may be correct. These candidates – incumbents Dave Tarter and Phil Duncan and challenger Letty Hardi for City Council; and incumbent Justin Castillo and challengers Erin Gill, Jake Radcliff and Phil Reitinger for School Board – avoided

the “blame game.” In discussing the issues in constructive terms, the candidates may have set a tone for the rest of this campaign. James Baker III, former chief of staff and Treasury secretary under President Ronald Reagan, once remarked that the first event of an election

“In discussing the issues in constructive terms, the candidates may have set a tone for the rest of this campaign.” campaign sets the parameters for the whole campaign. He equated the opening event to the first shot fired in battle. Barring mistakes or intervening events, he said, the candidates who engaged the voters earliest had the advantage. Whether that is true in Falls Church remains to be seen, but the candidates answering citizens’ questions Tuesday evening gave an impression that – no matter where they each stood on specific issues – they could and would work together for the City’s benefit. In a sense, that is what the Community Issues Forum hopes to facilitate:

Concentrating on solutions and getting people from across the political spectrum to work together. When Betty Coll of the Falls Church Democrats, Sally Ekfelt of Citizens for a Better City, Harry Shovlin of the American Legion and I sat down three years ago to discuss issues and candidate meetings, we recognized that many organizations conduct such meetings – but the complaint some residents were raising was that meetings were predictable and slanted to the sponsoring group’s point of view. Well, yes! Groups do have a point of view. That is why they are formed in the first place. That is why they continue to exist. Each of us was a member of one or more other civic groups: The Democrats, the Republicans, the Falls Church Chamber, CBC, VPIS, various neighborhood associations, Creative Cauldron, etc. We four agreed that sponsoring a civic meeting can be challenging for organizations in these days of busy families and fewer volunteers who can do the little things needed for a successful meeting – preparing the agenda, inviting the speakers, arranging for the publicity, securing a venue, setting up and cleaning up the room. Instead of seeing insoluble problems we saw an opportunity – an opportunity to provide value for Falls Church. We discussed two of the several civic groups that get consistently high marks for worthwhile and well managed events: the

League of Women Voters and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society. We knew there was no need to duplicate their work. But we saw value in a non-partisan approach to community discussions of issues and candidates. And what better way to insure non-partisanship that to make certain that the partisan groups were at the same table at the same time, organizing and conducting an event together? Next, we explored whether we could work together and how we might combine forces to have enough volunteers to conduct top-quality meetings. We wanted to determine whether we could share the burden so that no one civic group would have to do too much. Three of us from that original meeting were smiling Tuesday evening. We think the concept works – so far. Have we made mistakes? Of course! Let us know what you think we have done wrong. If we can’t handle criticism, we need to bow out. Do you have ideas for programs or for improving what we are doing and how we are doing it? Please help make Falls Church better by letting us hear your criticisms, complaints and suggestions. Please write us c/o Harry Shovlin, American Legion Post 130, 400 North Oak Street, Falls Church, Va. 22046 or e-mail at issuesforum@usa.com. We need the help!  Ken Feltman is the Chair of the Falls Church City Republican Committee.

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NEWS BRIEFS Annexed Land RFP Wording Nears Completion Working past midnight into Tuesday morning, the Falls Church City Council and School Board worked to within sight of a final version of language for its “request for conceptual proposal,” or RFP, to go out to the development world next month for development of the almost 40 acres of land annexed to the City as a component of its deal to sell its water system to Fairfax County last year. The joint work session with the City’s School Board went from 7:30 p.m. to past midnight, including a three-hour closed session, and while the language for the final product remained slightly wanting, it was within striking range of being satisfactory to all parties involved, and a better, perhaps final version should be ready for the City Council’s official vote next Monday night, and the School Board’s OK the next night to be put out to the world by the end of next week on July 31. From that point, a year-long vetting process will ensue to select a final candidate to build out the site, including its more than 10 acres of commercial development. The final points of modest contention were over language for the commercial development section, with Council member Nader Baroukh, on the one hand, wanting to ensure that the language called for major components of office, hotel and retail, and Councilmen Dan Sze cautioning that the largest building in Arlington, an allcommercial office building in Rosslyn, remains completely vacant because the office market is significantly overbuilt for the region at this point. All sides agreed to the need for language in the RFP to include both a renovation and a complete demolition and rebuild of the new high school for the property, and to allow for a capacity of 1,500 students, twice the current high school enrollment, and for an expansion of the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School to accommodate another 400 students above its current capacity of 600. It is expected that a final version of the RFP will come before the City Council for a vote next Monday night and before the School Board for a vote the next night.

Transit Plans for Route 7 Shared With Chamber The monthly luncheon of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce this Tuesday featured an update by Kelley Coyner, executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, on plans for a significantly increased role for public transit on the route. While questions focused on concern for more congestion with either bus rapid transit or light rail options, a handout noted that by 2040, the population along the corridor from Tysons Corner to Skyline (and east to Alexandria) Kelley Coyner speaks to the Falls will increase by 42 percent to 368,667, with a projected Church Chamber of Commerce Tuesestimate of 54,491 new residential units. It was also day. (Photo: City of Falls Church) pointed out that seven percent of the people currently live below the poverty level, and 14 percent of households earn less than $50,000 annually. Final decisions on modes of transport and routes (whether it will deviate to stop by the East Falls Church Metro station) will be made next year.

F.C. School Supply Drive Underway The City of Falls Church Housing and Human Services Department announced this week that it is hosting a school supply drive for local middle and high school students in need. Donations of unused items are being collected until August 19 at the HHS office in City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, G Level, Room G04, during regular business hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The office will accept the following new (not used) items: gift cards (stores that sell school supplies), donations to the Falls Church Schools Family Assistance Program, backpacks, binders, binder/subject dividers, double-pocket folders, spiral notebooks, graph paper notebooks, loose-leaf paper, Post-It notes, pens, markers, highlighters (no crayons or pencils), pencil boxes, hand sanitizer, tissues. It was noted that such school supplies qualify for the Virginia Department of Taxation Sales Tax Holiday on August 7-9.

Beyer Wants Ex-Im Bank Revived U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, Democrat representing the 8th District of Virginia that includes Falls Church, is a member of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and joined JEC Ranking Member Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), and JEC member Reps. Alma Adams (NC-12), along with Joyce Beatty (OH-3), Dan Kildee (MI-5), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) to announce the JEC’s report detailing the consequences of allowing the Export-Import Bank’s (Ex-Im) charter to lapse. “I have been in business for more than 40 years and I can tell you without a doubt – an economy cannot sustain itself on domestic product alone,” said Rep. Beyer. “We can only grow from the outside; we need to make it here, and sell it there.”

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Only three of the 14 candidates for this fall’s Falls Church City Council and School Board elections took advantage of a free offer from Falls Church Community Television, the city’s public access station, to record messages at its studios and educate voters about their choices this November. For the candidates who didn’t participate, there will be more opportunities in September to tape their messages. The talks recorded so far began airing daily this week at 6:30 p.m. on Cox Channel 11, RCN Channel 2, and Verizon Channel 35. Michael Palmrose, station superintendent for FCC-TV, said requests to screen the videos in Falls Church retail shops have been received and are being considered. The three candidates who participated in filming were Erin Gill and Philip Reitinger running for School Board, and Letty Hardi running for City Council. All are running for the first time. All candidates will have another opportunity this September to record talks which run a maximum of five minutes each, Palmrose said. Gill, Reitinger, and Hardi may re-record, if they wish. Ken Feltman is one of the volunteer members of the FCC-TV board. “It takes a lot to get your name on the ballot, and it takes courage,” Feltman said. “We ought to congratulate everyone who is running and make it as easy as possible for them.” Which Palmrose said the station tries to do. “My whole goal is to make the candidates feel as comfortable as possible,” so they can put their “best foot forward” on the air. (“It’s an old wives’ tale that television adds ten pounds,” he said.) Hardi said she wrote her own speech, with feedback from others. She rehearsed in front of the camera three times before the final filming was set for later in the week.

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FCC-TV’S MICHAEL PALMROSE (left) gets ready to �ilm Falls Church City Council candidate Letty Hardi while FCC-TV board member, Ken Feltman, listens. (P��: N��-P��) A teleprompter simplified her task and to slow down her delivery, which Palmrose and Feltman suggested, the teleprompter’s speed was adjusted to aid her. Hardi said she is running because “I think there needs to be a new voice” in the city rather than same 20 she hears at the meetings she attends. Not all segments of the city are represented, she said. Yes, “I am a little nervous,” Hardi said about the filming. The opportunity gives candidates time to adjust to the camera and settle down nerves, Palmrose said. It worked for Hardi who was noticeably more relaxed by the time of the third taping. Spreading her message by FCC-TV “is a great opportunity for free press. It helps level the playing field, especially for newcomers like me,” she said. Palmrose noted that “those without name recognition see it [videotaping] as a tremendous value. Others, not so much.” Some candidates think it’s “too early” to start television campaigning, and think it should wait until after Labor Day, Feltman said. After Gill learned about all the shows broadcast by FCC-TV (City Council, School Board, and Planning Commission meetings, school functions, and graduations), she said she fully supports funding for the station which comes from one percent of cable’s gross revenues. All programming requires the sponsorship of a group or an individual, and a person qualifies by taking three classes which teach equipment use and how to edit.

Fourteen have taken the classes, Palmrose said. It’s “a way to get your feet wet,” Palmrose said. “We’re here to make sure [the users] are all happy and that the equipment is up to date.” Students can participate, too, and a FCC-TV credit course is set to start this fall at Mason which would have been hailed by Palmrose when he was in high school, he said. The station strictly follows broadcast rules of the Federal Communications Commission and does not censor content as long as it meets FCC criteria, Palmrose said. According to the website, the FCC-TV objective is “to provide the community with video production facilities and training to create and air original public access programs.” “We see a positive future, but a tough political time, and we’re a football,” Feltman said. Is there a hidden message in broadcasting candidate talks? Feltman asked out loud. “Yes, we have a ‘hidden agenda,’” he answered himself. “We want the city leaders to know what we’ve got here. “We think this station should be a sales tool for the Economic Development Authority, for the Chamber, for anyone interested in Falls Church city,” especially since the city lies “between D.C. and Dulles in a key geographic spot.” An example of the FCCTV’s far-reaching effects is board member Robert Sherratta’s show, “International Investor.” When Feltman was on it, he received 600 emails, mostly from outside the U.S.

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election, and incumbent Councilman Phil Duncan. Asked the disposition of the City’s bond sale to finance the Mt. Daniel effort in the wake of the delay – which will set work on the project back a full year if it does eventually get approved – Duncan said he’d conferred with the City Chief Financial Officer Richard LeCondre and “as long as there is progress of some kind, there will be no alarm among the lenders.” But he added that if there is no progress after a year, “We’d need to make new plans and perhaps do a Plan B.” The bond money, he noted, has to be for a very specific delineated purpose. Reitinger said that if the City thinks it may be forced to a Plan B, that it should be added as an option in the “request for proposal” being prepared this week (see article elsewhere this issue) for development of the newly annexed 40 acres of land where

the high school and middle school are now located. Radcliff noted that the Fairfax Planning Commission had become “pretty hostile” at its June 24 meeting, and that “we need clearer communication” with all parties involved. Hardi, as a Council candidate and parent of three children in the Falls Church school system, said that “people are disappointed by what happened” and “may feel hoodwinked.” She added that the City is still having to pay debt service on the Mt. Daniel bond sale. “It’s not cheap,” she said. “We need a contingency plan so we don’t waste the money.” Mayor Tarter did not comment on the subject at the event. Contacted by phone yesterday, F.C. School Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones said that her office is working diligently to prepare for the Sept. 17 deferral date before the Fairfax Planners, and that emails with questions have been received by Planning Commissioners indi-

cating they are studying the extensive, detailed report on the project that the School Board presented shortly after the June 24 meeting. It was only nine days between when they received the report and the July 15 Planning Commission meeting, she said, which did not provide enough time for the report to be digested. She said efforts are also underway for a one-on-one meeting with Dranesville District Planning Commissioner John Ulfelder before the September 17 next meeting date. Candidates who did not appear at Tuesday’s event included Council candidates Johannah Barry and Sam Mabry and School Board candidates Kieran Sharpe, Mark Kaye, Allison Kutchma and Becky Smerdon. The News-Press has received reports that School Board candidate Margaret Kajeckas is withdrawing from the race. Independent Green candidate for the State Senate Terry Modglin, a member of the American Legion post, also appeared and spoke.

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Community News & Notes 100-Year-Old F.C. Resident Honored with Proclamation Luray Johnson Hunter, 100, of Falls Church was presented with a proclamation honoring her as a centenarian from Falls Church City Mayor David Tarter during Galloway United Methodist Church’s 148th Anniversary Celebration ceremony on June 28. Hunter was born in Annandale on April 30, 1915 and her late husband, Colbert Hunter, was a lifelong member of Galloway United Methodist Church and his grandmother, Harriet Brice, founded it. Hunter remains active. She maintains her own home and spends lots of her time either with her great-grandchildren and other family members or raving about them with a smile. She is also a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Alexandria and splits her worship time between the two churches.

She is known in her church communities for her glowing smile and her trademark phrase “I am pretty good for an old lady.”

Representative Barbara Comstock Visits Easter Seals Representative Barbara Comstock visited Easter Seals Child Development Center of Northern Virginia last week. The center, which provides inclusive programs that feature early intervention and education and full-day childcare, among other services, is located at 300 Hunton Avenue. During her visit, Comstock toured the center and discussed the importance of Easter Seals critical programs in the community with the development center’s president and CEO Lisa Reeves, vice president of children’s services Linda Janulis, vice president of government relations Katy Neas, and Deborah Elliott, who’s

a spouse of a retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain.

Spinello Competing in America’s Best Coach Contest George Mason High School’s varsity boys soccer coach Frank Spinello is one of 24 coaches from across the country currently competing in USA Today High School Sports’ 2014-2015 America’s Best Coach contest, which started last Wednesday, July 15, with the opening of voting at contest.usatodayhss.com/ vote/best-coach-2015/final. The group includes coach of the year honorees as best of the American Family Insurance ALL-USA program and honorees from other organizations such as the National High School Coaches Association and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Spinello, who led his Mustangs to their third consecu-

YOUTH FROM DULIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH at 513 E. Broad Street recently volunteered with the Appalachia Service Project, a Christian volunteer organization that operates in Central Appalachia. The organization’s primary goal is to make homes “warmer, safer and drier.” They served by reparing floors, roofs and porches of houses in disrepair in Appalachia, Va. (Photo: Courtesy of Laura Nealley)

tive state title in June, was named coach of the year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in December of last year. During this season, the Mustangs set a Virginia all-divisions record for goals scored with 153 and goal differential with 139. Along with being named America’s Best Coach, the coach who wins first place in the contest will net $1,000 for their athletic department, with second place winning $500 for their athletic department and third place winning $250. The top ten coaches will receive banners for their school to display. Voting closes tomorrow, July 24, at 2 p.m.

Boy Scout Troop 895 Backpacks Through Rockies 31 Boy Scouts and 12 adult chaperons, all members of Falls Church Boy Scout troop 895, returned from Philmont Scout

Ranch in Cimarron, NM, having successfully completed a backpacking trek in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range of the Southern Rockies. The trip was chartered by Falls Church Presbyterian Church. Philmont covers 214 square miles of vast wilderness with trails that climb from 6,500 – 12,441 feet. During their trek, the troop hiked between 80-100 miles over 12 days, often climbing as much as 4000 feet within a daily hike and camping at elevations as high as 11,500 feet. The group carried everything that they needed to survive during their trek in backpacks while hiking from camp to camp often facing inclement and sometimes threatening weather. Such a trip was unprecedented event for Troop 895, sending four crews at once to Philmont, the Boy Scouts of America’s flagship High Adventure camp. For more information visit troop895.us.

FALLS CHURCH RESIDENT MUSICIAN and musical archivist Alex Hassan (right) and two colleagues he has worked with for a number of years, tenor Doug Bowles and soprano Kari Paludan, combined as “Three for a Song,” delighted full-house audiences at the Art Space of Falls Church earlier this month to kick off the Creative Cauldron’s summer Cabaret Series that runs every weekend through Sept. 26. The trio provided two performances of “a scandalous evening of sinfully good Broadway tunes” from the 20s and 30s. This weekend, the Cabaret Series continuess with two nights of “Bayla sings Barbra.” (Photo: News-Press)

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George Mason Grad Haley Zullo Wins $750 Scholarship

On May 31, Green Pest Services turned their aim from maintaining pest control to providing scholarship money to rising college freshmen in Virginia. Local George Mason High School graduate, Haley Zullo, has been one of four students awarded $750. To be considered, students must demonstrate a need for financial aid, as well as a 3.0 GPA, and excellence in the classroom and extracurriculars. Zullo maintained a 3.5 GPA while remaining involved in sports, clubs, and helping out at home with her five younger siblings. Zullo has been a student at George Mason for five years and has contributed to the lacrosse and basketball program. She was the Editor in Chief of the school’s yearbook club, as well as a member of the Be the Change Club. She hopes to find alternative fuel sources for environmental stability. She has been accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University and plans to study environmental engineering.

Tysons-Pimmit Hosts David Nicholson for Author Event The Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, located at 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, is hosting local author David Nicholson, who will read selections from his latest book Flying Home: Seven Stories

of the Secret City, next Monday, July 27, at 7 p.m. Nicholson will also discuss and sign his new book at the event, which we be held in the library’s Meeting Room A. Nicholson, a Vienna resident, is a former editor and reviewer for The Washington Post Book World and was the founding editor of Black Film Review. His journalism career also includes stints at the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News and the San Francisco and Milwaukee bureaus of the Associated Press. Flying Home is based in Washington, D.C., the real one, a universe apart from the gray buildings, white marble monuments and tree-lined avenues. And it’s inhabited by ordinary working people – maids, taxi drivers, barbers, janitors and handymen.

Amy Poe Leaves McLean HS, Set to Direct ‘American Idiot’ Following the touring Broadway production of “American Idiot” in 2014, comes another theatrical work from the critically acclaimed director, Amy E. Poe. Just off of her national success with “Big Fish,” Poe will return to the stage apart from McLean High School with her rendition of “American Idiot”, a play featuring music from the band, Green Day. The piece will feature young adults from both McLean High School and universities such as New York University and Brown

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University. Poe’s resignation from McLean after five years is due to a lack of artistic similarities with Fairfax County Schools. Poe has been known to push social boundaries with performances such as “Spring Awakening,” which considered drugs, pregnancy, and suicide throughout its storyline. In 2014, Poe premiered the show without the help of McLean High and instead used her own nonprofit, Little Butterfly Theater Company, which will be producing “American Idiot.” This will be Poe’s final performance before she departs for Dallas, where she will continue the nonprofit in the Arts District. It will run from July 23 – 26 at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner. Shows will run at 8 p.m. all four nights, with two noon showings on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at littlebutterflytheatercompany.com.

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Dustin Yellin’s Modern Community-Building

When Dustin Yellin was 17 he dropped out of high school. The school was filled with jocks and cheerleaders and he clearly didn’t fit in. Plus he wasn’t intellectually engaged. He hitchhiked around New Zealand and returned to Colorado. He became an apprentice to an eccentric physicist who believed he could get free energy from space and who performed experiments on Yellin involving crystals, baths of saline solution and hallucinogenic drugs. When he was 18 Yellin hatched a plan. He would go to New York, become a successful artist and create a place where NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE painters, scientists, writers, billionaires and other cool people could gather to try to change the world. Yellin turns 40 this week, and that’s more or less what he’s done. Yellin is a successful artist with a staff of 23 and a studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Four years ago he threw the vast bulk of his money (and more) into buying a large brick warehouse that was built as the Pioneer Iron Works in 1866. The building now hosts, well, a little bit of everything. Artists from as far away as France, Israel and South Korea work there in residencies averaging three or four months. There’s a magazine, a radio station, a recording studio, a film editing room and spaces for scientists working on everything from nanotechnology, astrophysics and virtualreality software to 3-D printing. There’s a cathedral-like exhibition space, a bookstore, classrooms for adults and neighborhood school kids and lecture programs featuring Nobel Prize-winning physicists and other notables. Yellin calls it a “museum of process.” You can walk through the structure and see different kinds of people doing their art, or just hanging out. The first time I went, a few months ago, a band was playing, hundreds of intimidatingly hip young people – part model, part geek – were talking, looking at sculpture or playing with their kids in the lush gardens off to the side. It was like a modern version of Andy Warhol’s Factory, with microbrews, Web designers, quantum mechanics and consilience. Yellin did this outside the system. He came to New York, completely ignorant of the canon of art history. The city was his education. He’d meet someone at a bar who’d recommend Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot. Elsewhere he picked up Joseph Cornell and Hieronymus Bosch, who are influential in his work. He started experimenting with layers of resin and found he could draw in three dimensions. Worried that the resin was too toxic, he switched to glass. He takes up to 50 sheets of glass, up to six feet high, and stacks them together. Between the sheets he inserts hundreds of little pictures, drawings and images clipped out of magazines, art books and the like – Inca masks, soldiers, pictures of old machines. The effect is a colorful, complex, three-dimensional landscape of the unconscious, what critic Kenneth Goldsmith called a “pop-up utopia.” The works are instantly beautiful and absorbingly complicated. The most fascinating thing about Yellin is his style of communitybuilding. He’s a product of the highly distracted Internet age. During the day he bounces between his studio and the Pioneer Works Center, multitasking among sculptures, planning a lecture series or helping edit the magazine. He says he’s a problematic boyfriend because he’s there till midnight. His studio is a physical manifestation of his mental thrillseeking and pluralistic attention – there are literally thousands of little images of everything under the sun. “I don’t worry about inspiration as much as system overload,” he says. And yet he has brought everything into some sort of cohesion. His sculptures often have the coherent shape of the human figure, but viewers can examine a different part of the figure and then move in any direction to create their own sequence of meanings. Pioneer Works is a social sculpture that works the same way. It is a cohesive physical community but informal and pluralistic. It is not siloed along disciplinary lines like a university. On the contrary, artists, scientists and writers are jammed together, encouraged to borrow one another’s methodologies in pursuit of a project that is both individual and common – finding the hidden order of things. Yellin’s community seeks to be an interdisciplinary Jane Jacobs ballet: hundreds of bodies in different fields going about their own business interminglingly. I wouldn’t want it to replace the university (the danger of dilettantism is real), but the creative pyrotechnics are inspiring. The only question is whether Yellin will be able to enjoy what he’s built. He’s created a new institution and brought his life to a coherent point – hard things to do in a scattered era. But he can’t sit still long enough to have patient conversations with the geniuses he’s gathered. He’s racing off to the next thrill, a creator too restless to fully savor his living creation.

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Europe’s Impossible Dream There’s a bit of a lull in the news from Europe, but the underlying situation is as terrible as ever. Greece is experiencing a slump worse than the Great Depression, and nothing happening now offers hope of recovery. Spain has been hailed as a success story, because its economy is finally growing – but it still has 22 percent unemployment. And there is an arc of stagnation across the continent’s top: Finland is experiencing a depression comparable to that in southern Europe, and Denmark and the Netherlands are also doing very badly. How did things go so wrong? The answer is that this is what happens when self-indulgent politicians ignore arithmetic and the lessons of history. And NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE no, I’m not talking about leftists in Greece or elsewhere; I’m talking about ultra-respectable men in Berlin, Paris, and Brussels, who have spent a quarter-century trying to run Europe on the basis of fantasy economics. To someone who didn’t know much economics, or chose to ignore awkward questions, establishing a unified European currency sounded like a great idea. It would make doing business across national borders easier, while serving as a powerful symbol of unity. Who could have foreseen the huge problems the euro would eventually cause? Actually, lots of people. In January 2010 two European economists published an article titled “It Can’t Happen, It’s a Bad Idea, It Won’t Last,” mocking American economists who had warned that the euro would cause big problems. As it turned out, the article was an accidental classic: at the very moment it was being written, all those dire warnings were in the process of being vindicated. And the article’s intended hall of shame – the long list of economists it cites for wrongheaded pessimism – has instead become a sort of honor roll, a who’s who of those who got it more or less right. The only big mistake of the euroskeptics was underestimating just how much damage the single currency would do. The point is that it wasn’t at all hard to see, right from the beginning, that currency union without political union was a very dubious project. So why did Europe go ahead with it? Mainly, I’d say, because the idea of the euro sounded so good. That is, it sounded forward-looking, European-minded, exactly the kind of thing that

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appeals to the kind of people who give speeches at Davos. Such people didn’t want nerdy economists telling them that their glamorous vision was a bad idea. Indeed, within Europe’s elite it quickly became very hard to raise objections to the currency project. I remember the atmosphere of the early 1990s very well: Anyone who questioned the desirability of the euro was effectively shut out of the discussion. Furthermore, if you were an American expressing doubts you were invariably accused of ulterior motives – of being hostile to Europe, or wanting to preserve the dollar’s “exorbitant privilege.” And the euro came. For a decade after its introduction a huge financial bubble masked its underlying problems. But now, as I said, all of the skeptics’ fears have been vindicated. Furthermore, the story doesn’t end there. When the predicted and predictable strains on the euro began, Europe’s policy response was to impose draconian austerity on debtor nations – and to deny the simple logic and historical evidence indicating that such policies would inflict terrible economic damage while failing to achieve the promised debt reduction. It’s astonishing even now how blithely top European officials dismissed warnings that slashing government spending and raising taxes would cause deep recessions, how they insisted that all would be well because fiscal discipline would inspire confidence. The truth is that trying to deal with large debts through austerity alone – in particular, while simultaneously pursuing a hard-money policy – has never worked. It didn’t work for Britain after World War I, despite immense sacrifices; why would anyone expect it to work for Greece? What should Europe do now? There are no good answers – but the reason there are no good answers is because the euro has turned into a Roach Motel, a trap that’s hard to escape. If Greece still had its own currency, the case for devaluing that currency, improving Greek competitiveness and ending deflation, would be overwhelming. The fact that Greece no longer has a currency, that it would have to create one from scratch, vastly raises the stakes. My guess is that euro exit will still prove necessary. And in any case it will be essential to write down much of Greece’s debt. But we’re not having a clear discussion of these options, because European discourse is still dominated by ideas the continent’s elite would like to be true, but aren’t. And Europe is paying a terrible price for this monstrous self-indulgence.

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Most refreshing about Northern Virginia’s freshman congressman, Democrat Donald S. Beyer, Jr., is how brainy, eloquent and cheerful a warrior for progressive causes that he is. He brought that to a rousing rally in his district across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. earlier this month that also included Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. Beyer, a former Virginia lieutenant governor and U.S. ambassador, stands in such stark contrast to the bloviating horse’s ass Donald Trump, not because he represents an opposite political point of view, but because one, Beyer, is a sincerely enlightened civil servant dedicated to raising the level of the political discourse in America, and the other is a crude, foul mouthed bully and nothing more. FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS Granted, it is hard to deal with bullies like Donald Trump, except to know that beneath their rough exterior is often a fearful self-demeaning insomniac, whose outward persona is an imitation of the way some authority figure dealt brutally with him in his formative years. That doesn’t excuse his behavior, because we’re all supposed to grow out of such limitations and join the world of, despite its many problems, a modicum of civility. Of course, there are those who think in the present situation that Trump is doing a service to the Democrats by wreaking havoc among the now 16 GOP presidential candidates, and the smart thing for Democrats is to just stay quiet and let the chaos continue. Maybe, some are saying, the GOP will force him out of its ranks and compel him to run as an independent, bringing enough GOP votes with him to help insure victory a for the Democrats. But seeing that he is temporarily ahead in all the polls among GOP candidates, it is hard to imagine the Republicans will allow that to happen, at least not until his poll numbers shrink. So we are left with the notion that Trump is nothing more than the most visible quasi-out-of-control mouthpiece for all the radical free market policies that all the big monied interests are bankrolling for the next election. Yes, all you Republican candidates, you must own him, for he is one of you. Even so, it is disgraceful that the GOP attitude, as confirmed to me recently by a relatively-moderate former head of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, is to recognize a Trump, or a Rush Limbaugh, simply as part of a wider marketing strategy to round up more rank-and-file votes. They don’t care how crude, how incredible, such people are, as long as they’re mobilizing voters for the GOP brand. The first president of the modern Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, would have shaken his head in bitter disappointment if he’d learned of this. By wild contrast, Rep. Beyer drew a standing ovation of his own prior to Sanders’ rousing populist remarks at the recent Arlington, Virginia, event. “I agree with Bernie Sanders on many many issues,” he said, and called for more clarity on “what it means to be a progressive today.” Claiming himself to be a child of the Enlightenment, the Enlightenment that produced the American revolution and the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Beyer couched his remarks in the manner, he said, of a Hegelian dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis. His “thesis” was that “we are winning” in the long view of history, with 88 percent of Americans, for example, having health insurance today compared to none prior to World War II, and so forth. The “antithesis” is that two million Americans are in prisons, 42 percent of Americans think that evolution is not real, and there is $1 trillion in student loan debt. The synthesis, or resolution, commands that “we are not allowed to despair,” that while no utopia is on the horizon, as Montaigne said, “The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.” He called for activists to “work, hope, love and aspire” in the fight for providing every American who wants a job to have a job, to get those convicted of non-violent crimes out of the prisons and back to their homes, and for millions of small steps to continue the progress of humanity. Trump is such a failure.

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

Hi-Ho, Lone Ranger WASHINGTON – In the midst of Iran mania, the president got tossed a question about Bill Cosby. Would he revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom given to a comedian who has been accused of subverting the free will of dozens of women, and counting? It was a riveting moment. It has been said that Cliff Huxtable was instrumental in paving the way for Barack Obama. Until the nation began watching the sterling Obamas, the sterling Huxtables were the most celebrated positive image of a wholesome, engaging, upper-middle-class black family. The president may have flashed back to another White House news conference in 2009 when he forthrightly – and correctly – accused the police of acting “stupidly” in arresting his friend Skip Gates on a suspicion of breaking into his own Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. The backlash from the police led to Obama suffering through the inane “beer summit.” So when April Ryan of the American Urban Radio Networks asked about Cosby, Obama’s NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE lawyerly side kicked in at first. He punted, saying he did not comment on cases that could be litigated. Then he looked down, pressed his lips together and unleashed a well-deserved hell on Cosby. Because in the sunset of his presidency, Obama’s bolder side is rising. He’s a lame duck who doesn’t give a damn. “If you give a woman – or a man, for that matter – without his or her knowledge, a drug, and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape,” he said. The father of two daughters reflected genuine disgust. With Cosby, the Charleston, South Carolina, eulogy with the rendition of “Amazing Grace” and the visit with felons in federal prison in Oklahoma to speak up for that unloved constituency, and say “There but for the grace of God,” the president who once tread gingerly on race has discovered a more gingery voice. And the chorus in the land finally proclaims: “That’s the man I voted for.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to tell colleagues that one is only president from the inauguration to the first midterm. But Obama is rewriting the book on Oval Office juice. He has talked wistfully in private for years about “going Bulworth” and emulating Warren Beatty’s hilariously blunt senator in that movie. Now he’s doing it.

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“This is the guy I know,” David Axelrod told me. “He’s focused on big things, speaking hard truths and damning small politics, and that is why so many of us were attracted to him from the start.” When CBS’ Major Garrett grandstanded in the White House news conference, asking the president why he was content “to leave the conscience of this nation, the strength of this nation, unaccounted for in relation” to the Americans stuck in prison in Iran, Obama gave Garrett the back of his hand. “Major,” he shot back, “that’s nonsense, and you should know better.” Time to dismiss the Anger Translator. The president is far more energized than a couple years ago, when – thwarted by intransigent Republicans and the intractable Middle East – he acted as though he would like to quit, if it was a job you could stride away from. He clearly enjoys settling into his favorite role – the man alone in the arena, disdaining the flattering rituals and back-scratching of politics, the dread drinks with Sen. McConnell and stupid golf with Speaker Boehner. “Eight months ago, he was left for dead after the midterm elections,” Axelrod said. “But he saw it as a liberating moment, the starting buzzer on the final quarter. And he is working down his list of things undone and knocking them out one after another. For those of us who were there from the start, it’s thrilling to see.” Aside from Mitch McConnell, the happiest person last November when McConnell won was Obama because he was freed from having to humor Harry Reid and Hill Democrats. He passed the trade bill with help from Republicans who spent years trying to hurt him and he is now teaming with the Koch brothers, who have spent a fortune trying to kill his agenda, for a criminal justice overhaul. He brushed away the contentious politics on Cuba, the Confederate flag and Iran and said it was long past time to move on. A few years ago, he privately fretted that he was no longer lucky. But he got lucky with the Supreme Court on health care and gay marriage. He wrote in his memoir that from the time he was young, he learned the trick of not seeming angry so he wouldn’t alarm white folks. But now he seems eager to mix it up as he goes through his rhymes-with-bucket list. As Glenn Thrush put it in his “Meet ‘Drama’ Obama” piece in Politico, “Mr. Cool has left the building.”

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The more-than-three-year saga for amending the county’s Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) for the Seven Corners/Willston area took another step forward last week when the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved, unanimously, Planning Commissioner Julie Strandlie’s motions to recommend revised Plan Amendment language to the Board of Supervisors. The effort really began in November 2011, when I asked Planning and Zoning Director Fred Selden if a budget and staff could be assembled for a study of the area and a plan review. This first step was based on many requests from area residents to “do something about Seven Corners!” A survey of existing conditions was prepared in the spring of 2012 and, that May, the first visioning exercise was held, attended by 140 people. A subsequent meeting was held in June; both meetings had interpretation for Spanish and Vietnamese speakers. Following the sessions, which documented many good ideas for future uses and amenities, I appointed a Task Force of residents and commercial property owners/managers, who spent two years working on recommendations for the long-term future of the area. At the same time, I asked interested residents to participate in two work groups, Connectivity and Quality of Life, and make recommendations for potential projects that could be accomplished in a shorter time frame. In all, more than 85 public meetings were conducted during the development of the plan language. The Seven Corners/Willston Task Force offered recommendations for Opportunity Area A (Willston) and B (Seven Corners Shopping Center), but could not come to consensus on Opportunity Area C, also known as the Sears site. Last fall, I asked nearby citizen associations to appoint members to a Special Working Group (SWG) whose task was to review Opportunity Area C and try to agree on recommendations. The SWG held several public meetings

and released their unanimous recommendations in February. Subsequently, another group of citizens asked to do their own independent review of Areas A and B. All of those meetings also were conducted in public. In her prepared remarks last week, Commissioner Strandlie said that the Comp Plan amendments offer a solid plan for spurring redevelopment of the Seven Corners/Willston area, according to smart growth CRACKED DRY WALL? MUSTY SMELLS? STICKING DOORS? BOUNCY principles. The language reduces density in Area B * FLOORS? STICKING WINDOWS? NASTY CRAWLSPACE? WET BASE by 20 percent and reduces the buffer zone in Area MENT? MOLD & FUNGUS? TERMITES, BUGS, RODENTS? FOUNDA C as recommended by the independent group. The Planning Commission also recommended that the TION PROBLEMS? CRACKED BRICKS? UNEVEN FLOORS? CRACKED MUSTY SMELLS? STICKING DOORS? BOUNCY FLOORS? county undertake a review of affordable housing pol- DRY WALL? *Any job over $3,000. Good only when presented at time of free inspection. Not to be combined with any other offer. icies. A series of follow-on motions to address trans- STICKING WINDOWS? NASTY CRAWLSPACE? WET BASEMENT? MOL portation was adopted, as well as a recommendation & FUNGUS? Foundation & Structural Repair • Concrete Lifting PROBLEMS? TERMITES, BUGS, RODENTS? FOUNDATION for citizen appointees from Fairfax County and the CRACKED BRICKS? UNEVEN FLOORS? CRACKED DRY WALL? MUSTY Crawl Space Moisture Control • Basement Waterproofing City of Falls Church to a future Implementation SMELLS? STICKING DOORS? BOUNCY FLOORS? STICKING WIN Committee. Also announced at the Planning Commission DOWS? NASTY CRAWLSPACE? WET BASEMENT? MOLD & FUNGUS? meeting was a commitment between Fairfax County TERMITES, BUGS, RODENTS? FOUNDATION PROBLEMS? CRACKED MUSTY SMELLS? and Fairfax County Public Schools to work together BRICKS? UNEVEN FLOORS? CRACKED DRY WALL? Jesse Waltz, PE & Stella Waltz on future development of the existing Willston STICKING DOORS? BOUNCY FLOORS? STICKING WINDOWS? NASTY Owners Multicultural Center. The initial concept, created by CRAWLSPACE? WET BASEMENT? MOLD & FUN FUNGUS? TERMITES, BUG School Board member Sandy Evans and me, includes RODENTS? FOUNDATION PROBLEMS? CRACKED BRICKS? UNEVEN an urban style elementary school, a second buildFLOORS? CRACKED DRY WALL? MUSTY SMELLS? STICKING DOORS? ing that would house the Seven Corners Day Care FLOORS? STICKING WINDOWS? NASTY CRAWLSPACE? WET Center, the Willston Multicultural Center, other ser- BOUNCY www.jeswork.com BASEMENT? MOLD & FUNGUS? TERMITES, BUGS, RODENTS? FOUN vices for the community, and a parking deck topped by a playing field. The Board of Supervisors’ public hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 28, at 4:30 p.m., at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax. The hearing will be televised live on cable Channel 16.

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Establishment Republicans I had a heated conversation with a nice, but terribly misguided Republican last night. He said that Donald Trump and the presidential Bozo Bus embarrassed him. He was apologetic and trying to explain that he wasn’t “one of them.” “They don’t represent me,” he said. “I’m not like that.” To which I replied, “Yes, you are like that. You are one of them. And, yes, Donald Trump does represent you. Ted Cruz is in politics because of you. Mike Huckabee and Ben Carson and Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal are all running for president because you have indulged these outlandish zealots. I am so sick of these establishment-type Republicans trying to separate themselves from the GOP candidates. If you have to constantly distance yourself from your own party, maybe they’ve moved away from you? Dear Establishment Republicans: Look what you have established. Are you proud? This is exactly the same nonsense I’ve heard for years from so-called mainstream Republicans repulsed by their party’s homophobia. They’d apologetically tell me, “I’m not a bigot.” Oh, no – you just vote for people who are. You elevate people to public office to take away my rights. And then you tell me not to take the discrimination personally – because you just want your tax cut. Sorry, but if you are a “mainstream” Republican in 2015 you are an enabler. You are an apologist. You are the very person who has allowed Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Rick Perry – all clowns – to be the face of the your party. Don’t sheepishly tell me that you don’t agree with them, because on some very disturbing, pathological level you do. Instead, just be yourself and have some Clown Pride. Take a day off work and find a neighborhood costume store, go inside and buy some gigantic, glittery, floppy shoes and a big red nose, and put them on. Have a big old party and wear your clown suits in their full glory. Because, I’ll repeat, if you are an Establishment Republican look at what you have established. Whether you admit it or not, it’s a funhouse mirror highlighting the darkest corners of your very soul. This is why the Donald Trump story is not just about Donald Trump. It’s about how one of our two major political parties has become a brain-dead, war-mongering, belligerent, morally vacuous, shell of a party – and what this represents for America. It is also about how we, as progressives, have to put all of our eggs in the Democratic Party’s imperfect basket, because the other party is full of basket cases. Imagine the leverage progressives would have if the GOP were remotely sane. If one party did not adequately address our concerns, we would have the option to jump ship. Unfortunately, the idea of party hopping is unfathomable. The implications of a GOP presidential victory begin with the Supreme Court. The damage men like Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia have wreaked on America is incalculable. From the ruinous Citizens United decision, which gutted campaign finance reform and magically transformed corporations into people, to the absurd Hobby Lobby decision that gave religion to these freshly minted people-companies. Then there is the small matter of war and peace. While the Democrats are fully capable of bombing our enemies, it is not the option of first resort. Unlike the GOP presidential candidates, they don’t strut like John Travolta and sound like Dirty Harry. The Dems actually try diplomacy before destruction. While the Pentagon is an option, it is never the top number on the speed dial. This does not make them weak, as boastful Republicans suggest, but it does mean they are war-wary and wiser. For example, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said that he would blow up any deal with Iran on “Day 1” of his presidency. “It’s very possible – God forbid, but it’s very possible – that the next president could be called to take aggressive actions, including military action, on the first day in office,” said Walker. Fearful of looking like a wuss and losing ground to Walker, Bush moved his Iran position to the right. According to Bush: “As President I would begin immediately to responsibly get us out of this deal, with a comprehensive strategy that is responsive to the conditions at the time and confronts Iran’s continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, its support for terrorism and instability, its ballistic missile proliferation, and its horrific human rights record.” If you still identify as a Republican you are not moderate, but the supporter of madmen with delusional and dangerous ideas. So, don’t tell me you are ashamed. Step right up to the Bozo Bus and join the Clown Pride Parade. After all, they are your people.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

When some good students from Marymount University presented their campus history earlier this year, I noticed they omitted mention of one seminal figure. Mary Ann Hall was of the most successful prostitutes and brothel keepers in the nation’s capital of the 19th century. Her ill-gotten wealth enabled her to purchase a country farmhouse in what then was Alexandria County on land that would become Marymount and the Washington Golf and Country Club. What an Arlington family! Mary’s brother was slave owner Bazil Hall, whose plantation off modern-day Lee Highway became Halls Hill. Her other brother John shows up in the post-Civil War Southern Claims Commission 1880s proceedings seeking to sabotage Arlington farmer John Febrey’s effort to collect compensation for his livestock and crops taken by Union troops. (Rebuttal testimony questioned Hall’s character, noting the profession of his sister). Mary (born circa 1817) made her fortune in a 25-room red brick house of ill repute within sight of the Capitol (site today of the National Museum of the American Indian). “In the 19th century, brothels were part of the urban fabric of city life, especially in Washington, D.C. with its transient population of soldiers and government workers,” Smithsonian Magazine wrote in 2005. “Prostitution was not officially a crime, and during the Civil War, there were 500

registered brothel houses and over 5,000 prostitutes in Washington.” Hall’s establishment ranked No. 1 in a brothel survey, hosting 19 female “inmates.” Its upscale ambience was proven in a fruitful archaeological dig in the 1990s, along with an inventory listing plush Brussels carpets, oil paintings, china vases, marble-topped tables, a marble clock, a mirror-fronted wardrobe and all manner of mattresses, comforters and pillows. Mary’s downtown place was raided in 1864. Despite her highpriced lawyer, she was convicted of “keeping a bawdy house” and paid a $2,000 fine. Her Arlington property of 80 acres was purchased in October 1853 from the Birch family for $2,400, according to Willard Webb’s fine 2004 article in the Arlington Historical Magazine. Called “Maple Grove,” the twostory structure with a taller central tower was improved and assessed, according to 1863 tax records, at $16,000. Union soldiers en route from Chain Bridge passed by it and took supplies and water from her spring (Hall would also later successfully apply for compensation). With her sister running the downtown parlor, Mary by 1880 was spending enough time in Arlington to be listed on the Alexandria County census. She died in 1886 after a twoweek illness (her death certificate omitted her occupation) and was buried under a stunning monument in the prestigious Congressional Cemetery. Her siblings fought over her estate (she left no will), so trustees auctioned the Arlington

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CRIME REPORT Week of July 13 - 19, 2015 Larceny from Building, 100 block S. Washington St. On July 13, copper downspouts were reported stolen.

21, of Falls Church, was arrested and released on summons for Possession of Marijuana. Stolen Auto, 300 block S. Maple Ave. On July 15, a motor vehicle was reported stolen sometime overnight.

Smoking Violation, 6795 Wilson Blvd. #2 (Café Gio) On July 13, a male, 52, of Annandale, was cited for Permitting Smoking In a Non Designated Area.

Larceny from Building, 500 block Roosevelt Blvd. On July 16, several TVs and DVD players were reported stolen from vacant residences sometime between June 26 and July 12.

Public Drunkenness, 100 block Great Falls St. On July 13, a male, 19, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested for Public Drunkenness.

Trespass, 1218 W. Broad St. (Starbucks) On July 17, a male, 57, no fixed address, was arrested for Trespassing. He was later arrested for Public Drunkenness.

Narcotics Violation, 300 block S. West St. On July 14, a male,

Larceny from Building, 6607

property – now 92 acres – to Col. William B. Brocket of Louisiana for $9,700. In 1888, it was bought by Admiral Preston Rixey, who, after Hall’s farmhouse burned in 1907, built his mansion and then sold land to the country club. (Mary Hall’s spring and a shelter survived near the golf course’s 14th green until 1959.) Hall’s obituary in the Evening Star editorialized, “With integrity unquestioned, a heart ever open to appeals of distress, a charity that was boundless, she is gone but her memory will be kept green by those who knew her sterling worth.” Were that the whole tale, today’s Marymount students might feel a bit prouder. *** Those Cherrydale petitioners opposed to a neighborhood gun shop have won. Just last week James Gates, co-owner of NOVA Firearms headquartered in McLean, told me that news reports of a lease cancellation by the landlord were erroneous. Gates recently received his federal firearms license and had delivered his safe and display cases to the former location of “Curves” on North Pollard Street. But on Monday ARLNow broke the story that this time the landlord was serious and was revoking the lease. In a subsequent statement, the gun shop complained that the same landlord had originally approached the store as a tenant. The owner blamed the public outcry on the influence of billionaire gun-control advocate Michael Bloomberg, vowing, “Nova Firearms serve as the foxhole of the Second Amendment in the backyard of the nation’s capital.” Wilson Blvd. (BJ’s Wholesale) On July 17, a customer’s unattended wallet was reported stolen. Driving Under the Influence, 900 block W. Broad St. On July 18, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 40, of Arlington, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test. Driving Under the Influence, 400 block W. Broad St. On July 18, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 34, of Laurel, MD, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Driving Under the Influence, 400 block W. Broad St. On July 19, a driver struck a pole. After an investigation, a male, 23, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Destruction of Property.

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There are country singers, rock n’ roll artists and blues and jazz performers out there. Then there’s Jimbo Mathus who does it all. “My curiosity and my creative spirit [were] pretty restless and pretty eager to know about all of these things,” he said of the different genres. Mathus is currently touring with a group called the Tri-state Coalition. He writes the music and the lyrics and they perform it together. His most recent album, Blue Healer, is a wonderful blend of the many genres with which Mathus has acquainted himself over a more than 30-year career. “I’m forty-eight and I’ve been involved in music full time since I was 16 and even before that as a performer,” Mathus said, adding “really I started when I was six years old.” Over the years, Mathus has had some great mentors in his quest to learn about the different genres and styles of music. “I’ve learned from masters like Al Casey of the swing era and Buddy Guy of the blues era,” Mathus said. Mathus prides himself on the fact that he can explore multiple genres all with his own unique flavor. “I’m able to figure out how to get to the very heart of it where JIMBO MATHUS (C�� P��) I’m not just copying or aping something but I’m actually performing that style and that sound in a character as he goes “through some trials and tribulations and then it’s like a redemption thing real way,” he said. Mathus has built his repertoire over the years for him to work through all of this,” Mathus only through “a lot of practice and a lot of study said. The character works “to actually get to a in roots music,” he said. The key is not just higher spiritual level or to have an awakening studying the music, but also “how techniques or realization,” Mathus said. For Mathus, findof playing them are similar and how they’re dif- ing the right words comes easy. “I’ve never sat ferent,” Mathus said. Blue Healer, which can be down with a blank piece of paper and a pencil heard live at Hill Country Barbecue in D.C. on and said ‘I have to write something.’ I’ll be takThursday, July 30 at 9 p.m., is not just unique and ing the trash to the trashcan and I’ll just, all of personal musically but also lyrically. The album a sudden, have an idea and I’ll go back inside is about an old southern character, an old friend of and jot it down and that’s it.” Despite this free-association songwriting Mathus who has struggled throughout the years. “We basically call him a wild ass,” he said method, as his career has progressed, Mathus of his friend’s unfiltered personality, “he’s just increasingly tries to make cohesive albums that a person of appetites.” The album follows this are not just random collections of songs. “I’ve

been editing my material to get songs that fit together and then, as I see things evolving, I’ll consciously put some things together to fill in the gaps,” he said of his process. Like any great artist, progress is always on his mind. “I want to communicate and be understood and be heard as a writer so I’m always trying to improve,” he said. Once everything is written, Mathus and his band must perform and tour to get the message across. “We’re just sort of a rock n’ roll band on the road,” he said. And he’ll admit that they put on a pretty good show. “I try to be a good entertainer and engage the people,” he said. • For more information about Jimbo Mathus, visit jimbomathus.com.

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South Block Co. Juicery Opens Cafe on N. Westmoreland

Window 54 Bar & Grill Comes To Shops at West Falls Church

The area has yet another new eatery as South Block Company has added a small cafe to its East Falls Church micro juicery and is now open for businesses in the former Urban Pantry space on North Westmoreland Street in Arlington. The new store is the juice company’s third area location with additional stores at George Washington University and Clarendon. South Block Falls Church celebrated its grand opening last Saturday with a block party that drew lines down the street. The new cafe introduces a menu that includes juice, smoothies, coffee, acai bowls, raw and superfoods. South Block Falls Church is open weekdays from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and on weekends from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Window 54 Bar and Grill has joined the lineup in The Shops at West Falls Church shopping center on Lee Highway in Falls Church. Located in the former Cafe Italia space at the corner of the strip mall, the new restaurant includes a bar and lounge, Monday – Friday happy hours and an Asian fusion menu with seafood and a full sushi menu. Window 54 hours are 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11:30 a.m. – 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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only can your four-legged companions get friendly with other canines, but all the while you can be sipping on beer and noshing on tasty grub. Mad Fox Brewing Company has introduced a new, weekly “Yappy Hour,” a dogfriendly event offering up specials for both man and beast. Dogs get a complimentary “bark bar” and water while the two-legged attendees get access to special happy hour

prices. Yappy Hour is held each Wednesday from 3 – 7 p.m. on the Mad Fox patio. There’s a two dog per person limit and each pet must be kept on a six-foot leash at all times. Mad Fox Brewing Company 444 West Broad Street | Falls Church madfoxbrewing.com

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Community Events

THURSDAY, JULY 23

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. Senior Armchair Travel. Sit back and relax while the Mystic Lands of Anasazi and Haiti take you on a journey through video. Senior Center (223 Little Falls St. 2nd Floor (top level), Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 703-2485035. Concerts in the Park. Bring your family, dinner to-go, and a picnic blanket and enjoy the music from local musicians and artists. This week will feature Mama Tried, a duo playing bluegrass. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church).

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Playdate Cafe. Parents and caregivers can enjoy coﬀee and conversation while children play while infants age birth to 18 months socialize and play with toys. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. Registration required up to two weeks prior to date. 10 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034.

SATURDAY, JULY 25

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. Book Sale. Used adult and children’s books will be on sale. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. 703-248-5034 Neighborhood Plant Clinic. Master gardeners will lead a clinic on horticultural tips and tricks for adults. City of Fairfax Regional Library (10360 North Street, Fairfax). 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 703-2932113.

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Bob Brown’s Puppets. Puppeteer Bob Brown will present Teddy Bear’s picnic to a group of children, ages 2-6. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

SUNDAY, JULY 26

Mosaic Central Farm Market. Enjoy oﬀerings of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other local products. Mosaic District (District Ave., Fairfax). 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 703-992-7765.

MONDAY, JULY 27

The Living Rainforest. All children welcome to meet animals from the rainforest presented by Leesburg Animal Park. City of Fairfax Regional Library Meeting Room A/B (10360 North Street, Fairfax). Free. 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703-293-6227.

TUESDAY, JULY 28

Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement, and stories for ages 18-36 months. Mary Riley Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703-248-5034. 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, limited to 12-14 participants, depending on dogs available. Mary Riley Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 2 – 3 p.m. 703-248-5034. Tales to Tails. Children ages 6-12 can improve their skills and read to therapy dogs. Register at least one day in advance. City of Fairfax Regional Library (10360 North Street, Fairfax). Free. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 703-293-6227.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

Lego in the Library. The Lego club with a theme for children ages 6 – 11. Tickets for the program will be given out at 1:30 p.m. Limited to 16 participants. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 2 – 3 p.m. 703-248-5034. Sciencetellers present Superheroes. An exciting opportunity for children missing the classroom this summer, with a twist of the extraordinary storytelling. Volunteers from the audience will assist the storytellers and help show how science can show that super heroes do exist. Best for ages ﬁve and older. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, JULY 23

“Let Them Eat Chaos.” Chicago’s vaunted The Second City sketch comedy group rolls through Washington, D.C. to take shots at various aspects of American culture with their subversive brand of humor. From our love lives to our government to our Twitter feed, nothing and no one will be spared. Through Aug. 2. Wooly Mammoth (641 D St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $40 – $50. 8 p.m. woolymammoth.net.

FRIDAY, JULY 24

“Jesus Christ Superstar.” One of the greatest rock operas ever created and containing some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most memorable music. A musical featuring Jesus’ last week on earth while showcasing Judas’ role and psychology throughout. The original Broadway

production opened in 1971 and was nominated for several Tony Awards. Through July 26. McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean). $23 - $25. 8 p.m. 703-790-9223.

“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.

“Bayla Sings Barbra.” After tackling music by Carole King and releasing the album “Something

Wonderful,” Bayla has moved onto songs by Barbra Streisand. Receiver of Broadway World’s ‘Best Actress in a Musical’ and singer in the local band, Bittersweet, Bayla on Barbra would be a shame to miss. Through July 25. Creative Cauldron (415 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). $18 – $50. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 25

“The Eulogy.” George Mason High School graduate Michael Burgos wrote and is directing and performing this comedic play, set at the funeral of Thomas, a man who, after a lifetime of gluttony, died from eating too many eggs. Burgos’ play, part of the 10th Annual Capital Fringe Festival, features characters whose inept and inapt speeches give anything but a proper homage. Through July 26. The Argonaut (1433 H St. NE, Washington, D.C.). $17. 3:45 p.m. theeulogyplay.com.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, JULY 23 L�� B��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. P�� W�� R�� E��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $45. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500. K�� HD S�� T�� I� F��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. M�� R�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. S�� R�� B�� D�� D��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. U.S. A�� G�� C�� F��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. J�� M�L��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-237-8333. L�� C�� S�� A��. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $25. 8 or 10 p.m. 202-337-4141.

FRIDAY, JULY 24 A�� O’D��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. J�� R�� M��’� M�� M��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 8 p.m. 703-2551566. C�� M�� T�� L�� Y��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington,

D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. V��’� A�� C��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $22 – $100. 8:15 p.m. 703255-1900. T�� O�� C��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 9 p.m. 703-522-8340. P�� R�� K��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10. 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. S�� R��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

SATURDAY, JULY 25 B�� J�� M�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. O�� S��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 7 p.m. 703-532-9283. B�� J�� ‘T�� B�� W��’ A�� R�� S�� J�� L�� B��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. D�� K��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $40. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. T�� D�� M�� E�� L�� B�� F��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. S��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 9 p.m. 703522-8340. T�� L��. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church).

$18. 9:30 p.m. 703-237-0300. O�� T�� L��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

SUNDAY, JULY 26 M�� P�� U�� A�� F��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566. B�� B�� V�� D��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $39.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. I�� C�� C�� S��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. T�� L�� F��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504. H�� H��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. 703-522-8340. H�� F�� T�� P��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.

MONDAY, JULY 27 T�� D�� M�� T�� P�� C�� G��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 in advance, $18 day of show. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. T�� A-O�� T�� H�� T�� T�� B� L�� M��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8 p.m. 703-522-8340. T�� P��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.

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TUESDAY, JULY 28 J�� J�� L�� S��: H�� D�� O� L�� A��S��L�� V�� A�� W��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 in advace, $13 day of show. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. E�� L�� F�� L�� V�� A�� P��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance, $12 day of show. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. I�� G��. Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $32 – $49. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. S�� J�� B�� B�� B�� L��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. W�� M�M�� B��. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $20. 10 p.m. 202337-4141.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 D�� D�� B�� C��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202265-0930. J�� M�� “H�� O� T�� H��” A�� R�� C�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. N�� A�� S�� N��. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.) $20. 8 & 10 p.m. 202-337-4141.

P�� A��... Thursday, July 30 – Concerts in the Park. Roots music group Andrew Acosta Band are the featured musical act as the Concerts in the Park series continues.

The series is sponsored by Falls Church’s Recreation and Parks Department and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/632/Concerts-in-the-Park.

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 for families in the City who may be in need of assistance getting their children school supplies. Various locations. All day. fallschurchva.gov/681/Housing-Human-Services.

Wednesday, August 5 – Ocean Heroes. Rising Kindergartners to 2nd grade will participate in activities and crafts while learning about marine life and endangered

species. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Conference Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

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

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A FILING BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY OF AN INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN CASE NO. PUE-2015-00035 On July 1, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) the Company’s Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”) pursuant to § 56-599 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”). An IRP, as defined by § 56-597 of the Code, is “a document developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations by supply side and demand side resources over the ensuing 15 years to promote reasonable prices, reliable service, energy independence, and environmental responsibility.” Pursuant to § 56-599 C of the Code, the Commission determines whether an IRP is reasonable and in the public interest. Dominion Virginia Power states that it serves approximately 2.5 million electric customers in Virginia and North Carolina and that the Company’s combined service territory in these two states covers approximately 30,000 square miles. As indicated in its IRP, Dominion Virginia Power is a member of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”), the operator of the wholesale electric grid in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. The Company states that the IRP was prepared for its service territories in Virginia and North Carolina, which are both within the PJM region. According to the Company, the IRP encompasses the 15-year planning period from 2016 to 2030 and is based on the Company’s current assumptions regarding load growth, commodity price projections, economic conditions, environmental regulations, construction and equipment costs, demand-side management programs, and many other regulatory and market developments that the Company expects to occur in the future. Dominion Virginia Power states in its filing that its objective in developing the IRP was to identify the mix of resources necessary to meet future energy and capacity requirements in an efficient and reliable manner at the lowest reasonable cost, while considering future uncertainties. According to the Company, these uncertainties include commodity price volatility; reliability concerns based on overreliance on any single fuel source; and changing regulatory requirements, particularly regulation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing electric generation. The 2015 Session of the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation (“2015 Amendments”) that, among other things, amended the IRP statutes to require that IRPs evaluate the effect of current and pending environmental regulations upon the continued operation of existing electric generation facilities or options for construction of new electric generation facilities and the most cost-effective means of complying with current and pending environmental regulations. The Company indicates that the IRP filing conforms to the requirements of the IRP statutes, as modified by the 2015 Amendments. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on October 20, 2015, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the IRP from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945. The public version of the Company’s IRP and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. Copies of the public version of the IRP and documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing, on or before August 21, 2015, a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00035. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. On or before September 15, 2015, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, including, but not limited to: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00035. On or before October 13, 2015, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s IRP shall file written comments on the IRP with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 13, 2015, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00035. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER

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get to work, take children to Fairfax schools, and go about our daily lives. Evening event parking is a problem for surrounding streets, including Highland. No one in Falls Church would willingly give “thumbs up” to such a nightmare on their streets. Falls Church Schools and its consultant tried to use minimal student numbers to get a Fairfax building permit, even though realistic numbers based on actual student density reveals a dire situation that residents in the neighborhood were powerless to vote on in Falls Church elections.Thumbs down. Build the expansion elsewhere. John Naman Falls Church

Keep the School Names & Keep History Truthful Editor, The News-Press article on name change for J.E.B. Stuart High School makes me very angry. Nobody named a public school to “intimidate” black students – are we now rewriting history to please people who are looking for racist reasons everywhere? It’s ok to call Mexicans criminals – according to the polls for Mr. Trump – but we cannot have a monument or school named after a soldier in the Civil War? Is this country all of a sudden deciding that everything is racially motivated and that history books have to be rewritten? It’s time for America to accept its history and not remove flags, monuments and names of public institutions to please some folks for their personal ideas. Let’s keep our history truthful and not the way we would have liked it to be. Don’t people have anything better to do these days? Barbara Pinto Falls Church

Can’t Compare ‘Redskins’ With Confederates Editor, The News-Press editorial on eradicating Confederate symbols from local government facilities implicitly equates “Redskins” with Confederate slavehold-

ers/war heroes. In their PC zeal, the News-Press mixed apples and oranges. Surely the NewsPress didn’t intend to equate a favored group, American Indians (“Redskins”) with an unfavored group: White slaveholders and Confederate war heroes. People don’t name roads, buildings, bridges, and sports teams after things they consider noxious. They name them after entities possessing traits to which they wish to be associated. That’s what apartheid-loving, post-Civil War, KKK-dominated locals did in Northern Virginia. Considering their racist agendas, it’s good to change those names. However, the “Redskins” are a separate issue. For example, no sports teams are named cockroaches, dandelions, Nazis or Bolsheviks. Surely, the News-Press’s editor wasn’t implying that George Preston Marshall, who resisted integrating the NFL, selected “Redskins” to equate his team with blacks, who he surely disliked. For the editor’s edification, the Iroquois and Huron, etc. could have taught the Inquisition some things about torture. Many American Indians routinely enslaved females and children after slaughtering adult males of enemy tribes/nations. Furthermore, how free were the people who built Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan and Cuzco or the famous Inca road network? Might we also ask who was being thrown into the famous sinkholes at the Mayan metropolis of Chechen Itza, or the status of those whose living hearts were being cut out atop various Mesoamerican pyramids? Solid archaeological evidence shows some Southwest Pueblo Indians practiced cannibalism. Using News-Press “logic,” maybe American Indians should be classified as an unfavored group along with Confederate slaveholders and war heroes. The News-Press editor may be right. The “Redskins’” name should be changed, but for the wrong reasons. Michael F. Johnson, PhD Falls Church

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER B, BIOMASS CONVERSIONS OF THE ALTAVISTA, HOPEWELL, AND SOUTHAMPTON POWER STATIONS CASE NO. PUE-2015-00058 On June 1, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed an annual update with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider B (“Application”). The Company filed its Application pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and the directive contained in Ordering Paragraph (4) of the Final Order issued by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia (“Commission”) in Case No. PUE-2014-00050 (“2014 Rider B Proceeding”). Through its Application, Dominion Virginia Power seeks to recover costs associated with the major unit modifications of the Altavista, Hopewell, and Southampton power stations (collectively, the “Biomass Conversions”). In Case No. PUE-2011-00073, the Commission approved a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Biomass Conversions. In conjunction with its approval of the Biomass Conversions, the Commission also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider B, which allowed Dominion Virginia Power to recover its costs associated with the major unit modifications of the Biomass Conversions. In Case Nos. PUE-2012-00072, PUE-2013-00060, and in the 2014 Rider B Proceeding, the Commission approved updates to Rider B. According to Dominion Virginia Power, Altavista became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on July 12, 2013, Hopewell became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on October 18, 2013, and Southampton became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on November 28, 2013. In this proceeding, Dominion Virginia Power has asked the Commission to approve an update to Rider B for the rate year beginning April 1, 2016, and ending March 31, 2017 (“2016 Rate Year”). The Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of approximately $29,698,000 for service rendered during the 2016 Rate Year. The two key components of the proposed total revenue requirement are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $12,958,000, and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $16,740,000. Dominion Virginia Power utilized a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 12.00% for purposes of calculating the revenue requirement in this case. This ROE is comprised of a general ROE of 10.00% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2013-00020, plus a 200 basis point enhanced return applicable to qualifying renewable powered generation facilities as described in § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code. If the proposed Rider B for the 2016 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion Virginia Power, implementation of its proposed Rider B on April 1, 2016, would increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.39. The Company states that it has calculated the proposed Rider B rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the 2014 Rider B Proceeding. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on January 26, 2016, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945 (voice). The public version of the Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. Copies of the public version of the Application and documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On or before November 6, 2015, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00058. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. On or before December 4, 2015, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, including: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00058. On or before January 19, 2016, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before January 19, 2016, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00058. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER

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CRJ Concrete Driveways - Patios - Sidewalks Licensed & Insured

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Get 10% off labor with this ad [must be presented at first consultation]

HOME IMPROVEMENT

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OTHER SERVICES

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CLEANING SERVICES

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C L ASS IF IE D S Help Wanted

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STORE SUPERVISOR

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BELL NURSERY, a nationally recognized grower/vendor of plants and nursery stock is looking for a Store Supervisor to merchandise our products at the Merriﬁeld Home Depot Garden Center in Fairfax, VA 22031.

Harris Bed Bug Killers Complete Treatment System/KIT Available: The Home Depot, homedepot.com , Hardware Stores

Room for Rent ROOM FOR RENT in the City of Falls

Church. Mature Lady; Nonsmoker; No Drinking. Deposit Required. 571-216-7012

For Rent 3-LEVEL HOME, beautifully tree-lined street. Close to FC City and State Theater. 4-bedroom, 2-bath, walk-out lower level, huge deck. Available immediately, long-term, no-pets, non-smoking, $2800. 703-200-8503.

Public Notice

The Store Supervisor is responsible for the care and presentation of the live goods in the Home Depot Garden Center, as well as, customer relations and seasonal labor at this location. Serves as the direct liaison with store management and associates. Must be ﬂexible for weekend work. For a detailed job description and to apply, visit: WWW.BELLNURSERY. COM/CAREERS.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA The City Council will consider the following Ordinance on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm., or as soon thereafter as may be heard. (TO15-09) ORDINANCE RENEWING THE FRANCHISE AWARDED TO COXCOM, LLC, d/b/a COX COMMUNICATIONS NORTHERN VIRGINIA, FOR A TEN YEAR NON-EXCLUSIVE CABLE FRANCHISE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH 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 (703-248-5014) 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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BOND FINANCING BY THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Falls Church, Virginia (the “City”) will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 10, 2015 in accordance with Section 15.2-2606 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, on the issuance of general obligation public improvement bonds of the City in the estimated maximum amount of $6,550,000 to ﬁnance the cost, in whole or in part, of various capital improvement projects which are expected to include, without limitation, (i) improvements to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, (ii) the purchase of vehicles and other equipment for use by the City, (iii) road improvements, (iv) stormwater improvements and (v) sanitary sewer upgrades. The public hearing, which may be continued or adjourned, will be held at 7:30 o’clock p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia. Copies of legislation may be obtained from the City Clerk’s ofﬁce (703-2485014) or at cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-248-5014 (TTY 711).

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH PLANNING COMMISSION The Falls Church Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, 3 August 2015 to consider the following: West Broad Street Small Area Plan, a guiding document in decision making for planning, zoning and development review, capital improvements, City regulations and policies, and included, by reference, in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. . The Planning Commission will meet in The Dogwood Room of City Hall beginning at 7:45 PM. Following the public hearing, the Planning Commission is scheduled to make a recommendation regarding the small area plan to the City Council. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and to the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability, call 703-2485040 (TYY 711).

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1. Fix, as a photocopier 2. When Matt Lauer wakes up before going to work, reportedly 3. Time’s 1981 Man of the Year 4. The Beach Boys’ “____ Around” 5. The “her” in Beethoven’s question “Who comprehends her?” 6. Rain man? 7. Not quite 8. Midwest city representing average tastes 9. Off the mark 10. Needs no alterations 11. Expert 12. “Oedipus ____” 15. First U.S. state to elect a female gov. (Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1924) 18. Like some verbs: Abbr. 22. “Boyhood” actor Ethan 25. “The Godfather” composer Nino 26. Suffix with lemon or orange 28. “Skedaddle!” 29. Singer DiFranco 30. Many activists’ concerns: Abbr. 31. Alex’s mom on “Family Ties” 34. Prosperity

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4. Crime writer Rankin

35. Language from which “ukulele” comes 36. Popular nasal spray 37. Cheerios grain 38. Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” 39. Chess piece that is muy importante 40. Cousin of Inc. 43. Mayflower passenger, e.g. 44. Mythical Aegean Sea dweller 45. Sings like 24-Across 46. Turner of Hollywood 47. Dweller on the Yodo River 48. Meet, as a challenge 51. Pen knives? 53. Org. with lots of big shots? 54. Superiors to cpls. 55. Member of the Allies in W.W. II: Abbr. 56. Aromatherapy spot 57. Critical 59. Do lunch

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21. Triumphant cries 23. Flag holder 24. Singer reportedly buried with a bottle of whiskey, cigarettes, a lighter and ten dimes

LOOSE PARTS

27. "The Handmaid's Tale" author

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32. Worldwide: Abbr. Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. © 2015 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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Critter Corner

BACK IN THE DAY

20 & 10 Years Ago in the News-Press Falls Church News-Press Vol. V, No. 19 July 27, 1995

Police Chief Reports Serious Crime Down 30% in 1st 6 Months Serious crime in Falls Church was down 30 percent for the first six months of 1995 compared to the same time period last year according to statistics released recently by the Falls Church Police Department. Falls Church Police Chief Robert Murray reported the heartening news to the City Council Monday night. A total of 267 Part I offenses, serious crimes against people and property, were committed between....

Falls Church News-Press Vol. XV, No. 20 July 21, 2005

It is now the time fo r all good to go cows to aid of the p a s their ture . * * * Throw * * it up. Pour it up

10 Year s Ago

It is now the time fo r all good to go cows to aid of the p a s their ture . * * * Throw * * Pour it up. it up

Cornejo Assailant Not Charged, But New Eyewitness Disputes Horan’s Hypothesis The worst fears of the family of Jack Stephen “Steve” Corneho, popular Falls Church native slain at age 23 by a gunshot to his back on June 25, were realized Monday when a grand jury convened by Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Robert F. Horan, Jr. found there were no grounds for charging the assailant with any crime. The assailant is thus a free man continuing to enjoy anonymity.

Fa l l s C h u r c h

Business News & Notes Galleria Florist Now Under New Ownership Galleria Florist, located at 7187 Lee Highway in Falls Church, is now under new ownership. Owner and manager Carol Beales has sold the popular florist shop to entrepreneurs Alisa Rabinovich and Mark Fedorchak. Since opening the shop in 1991, Beales has provided flower arrangements for multiple White House and high level government events, celebrity events including the wedding of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, as well as local weddings, parties, and funerals. Rabinovich, who has been working at Galleria for several months, was a florist at Clarendon Metro while partner Fedorchak co-owns Liberty Tavern, Northside Social Club, and Lyon Hall in Arlington and is working on plans for a new Falls Church restaurant located at 205 Park Avenue (former location of the historic Blue & Gray house aka the Old Cloverdale Home.) Beales will continue to help out at Galleria Florist as needed.

THIS IS CHARLIE, a 3-year-old who enjoys running around the house like a maniac with his sister Sadie in the Madison Place neighborhood in Greater Falls Church, near Bailey’s Crossroads. He rarely comes out when company comes over, but he loves stalking around the house and lounging on the steps of one of the house’s four stories. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.

News-Press Annual F.C. Chamber Mixer Set for July 30 The Falls Church News-Press is hosting its annual summer party and Falls Church Chamber of Commerce’s Networking Mixer on Thursday, July 30 from 5:30 – 7:30pm. The event will include food from Ledo Pizza and beverages. Falls Church Commissioner of the Revenue, Tom Clinton, will serve as the guest bartender while attendees will be encouraged to peruse, and even take home, photos from the paper’s archives. All friends of the News-Press and Chamber are invited to this free event which will take place at 200 Little Falls Street in Falls Church. Reservations are not required. For more information, visit www. FallsChurchChamber.org.

2nd Sunstone Counseling Location Opens in Alexandria

This is why

Amy Stephens, LPC and George Coyne, LCSW have opened a second Sunstone Counseling location at 112 S. Pitt Street in Alexandria. Coyne will oversee the new location while Stephens will continue working out of the Falls Church center at 124D E. Broad Street. Sunstone Counseling’s 19 counselors offer individual, couples, group, children & adolescent, family, and career counseling services. For more information, visit www.sunstonecouncelors.com.

Va. Small Business Network to Present NoVa Retail Week July 27-31

you work so hard to pay the mortgage.

The Virginia Small Business Development Center Network is presenting Northern Virginia Retail Week from July 27 – 31 during which free workshops are provided at various locations. Workshops include: Food as Business on Monday, July 27; Construction Disruption Mitigation on Tuesday, July 28; Retail Marketing on Wednesday, July 29; Art as Business on Thursday, July 30, and From Prototype to Manufacturing on Friday, August 1. The workshops are free but space is limited. For more information, visit www.cbponline.org.

888-995-HOPE We are a free government resource that can make paying the mortgage easier. Call now to talk one-on-one with a housing expert. Now more options are available.

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ACCOUNTING

Diener & Associates, CPA.. . . . . . . . . 241-8807 Eric C. Johnson, CPA, PC . . . . . . . . . 538-2394 Mark Sullivan, CPA. . . . . . . . . . . 571-214-4511 Hahn & Associates, PC, CPAs. . . . . . 533-3777 n

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

Falls Church Antique Company . . . . . 241-7074 Antique Annex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-9642 n

ATTORNEYS

Mark F. Werblood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-9300 Sudeep Bose, Former Police Officer. 926-3900 Janine S. Benton, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . .992-9255 n

BANKING

Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co.. . . 519-1634 BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-3505 TD Bank/www.TDBank.com. . . . . . . . 237-2051 n

DENTISTS

EQUIPMENT RENTAL/SALE

CHIROPRACTOR

EYEWEAR

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FC Heating & Air Service . . . . . . . . . . 534-0630 Joseph Home Improvement. . . . . . . . 507-5005 Picture Perfect Home Improvements 590-3187 One Time Home Improvement. . . . . . 577-9825

INSURANCE

Falls Church Florist, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 533-1333

Art & Frame of Falls Church . . . . . . . 534-4202

Dr Gordon Theisz, Family Medicine. . 533-7555

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PHARMACY

Broad Street Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . 533-9013 n

PHOTOGRAPHY

Gary Mester, Event, Portraits. . . . . . . 481-0128 Mary Sandoval Photography . . . 334-803-1742 n

REAL ESTATE

Merelyn Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .790-9090x218 www.helpfulmortgage.us . . . . . . . . . . 237-0222 Casey O’Neal - ReMax . . . . . . . . . . . 824-4196 Rosemary Hayes Jones. . . . . . . . . . .790-1990 The Young Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356-8800 Tori McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-8674 Shaun Murphy, Realtor . . . . . . . . . . . 868-5999

MASSAGE MEDICAL

PET SERVICES

Feline Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920-8665

LAWN CARE

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OPTOMETRIST

Dr. Alison Sinyai, Family Eye Care . . 533-3937 n

Lawn Enforcement Services, LLC . . . 237-0921

FRAMES

MUSIC

Academy of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938-8054 Foxes Music Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-7393

Allstate Home Auto Life Ins. . . . . . . 241-8100 State Farm Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-5105

Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-6500

FLORISTS

HEALTH & FITNESS

Vantage Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-0565 Jazzercise Falls Church. . . . . . . . . . . 622-2152

VA Outdoor Power Equipment . . . . . . 207-2000 n

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Chris & Barb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571-830-6630 Your Handyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571-243-6726

Family Dentistry, Nimisha V Patel . . . 533-1733 Dr. Peterson Huang, Bite Specialist . 532-7586 Dr. William Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . 532-3300 n

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