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In response to the City of Charlottesville’s decision Tuesday to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park, Virginia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie released statements. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 9
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The City of Falls Church Police Department has recently received complaints about phone call scams relating to kidnappings, unpaid bills or taxes, and missed court appearances.
Mayor’s Interview Pt. 2 Touts F.C.’s Unique Identity: ‘We’re No Tysons’ Instead, ‘A Small But P ������ D �� Great Community To Be Sought Out’
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1,500 square feet, and a common house on Railroad Avenue, a barely paved road on the extreme northwestern part of the Little City, hugging the W&OD trail off Fowler Street. An accidental basement fire in an existing home on Railroad Avenue last weekend inflamed the protests of many who showed up, despite the fact that the fire demonstrated there was already sufficient access to the location for the
Last week, the News-Press published the first of its two-part “State of the City” conversation with Falls Church Mayor David Tarter in which he discussed the City Council’s passage of the most expensive infrastructure plan in City history, including the building of a new George Mason High School, renovation and expansion of the library, City Hall and parts of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. In the second part of the conversation published this week, Tarter talks more about Falls Church’s development projects, what his legacy will be as mayor and the greatest challenges the City faces going forward. News-Press: Can you provide an update on the Founder’s Row project and the Broad and Washington St. mixed use development? Tarter: Founder’s Row is having some difficulty getting a hotel, as you recall that was a part of the deal — that the developers were going to provide a hotel and a movie theater — and they’re having difficulty with a hotel. They’ll come back and let us know that. They’re considering revising their proposal to come back with age-restricted housing and that remains to be seen whether that’s going to be acceptable to Council as a whole. Some folks, I think, feel that “You struck a deal, the hotel is what you said you’re going to provide and that’s what you’ve got to live with.” We’re still in discussions with them, so I think they’re re-analyzing what they can’t do and can do there so I’m hopeful the project will go
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IT WAS OFFICIAL team photo time for the coming school year for the Falls Church School Board following its meeting last week. The school system’s communications director John Wesley Brett herded the cats and made them sit still long enough for the photo shoot, and that included the next Superintendent Peter Noonan. (P����: N���-P����)
F.C. Council Delays Railroad Cottage Plan, OKs Rezoning of N. Maple Ave. BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON
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Two measures with the potential to introduce a new residential housing model to the City of Falls Church came before the F.C. City Council Monday. One involving a colony of smaller, age-restricted cottages on 1.25 acres on Railroad Avenue, while expected to be approved, was delayed pending formal receipt of an agreement from the regional Park Authority that will allow for a widening
of the street to better ensure fire and other vehicles will have full access. The other, a zoning modification to permit the construction of a second single family dwelling on a N. Maple Street property, was approved by a 3-1 vote. The lengthy meeting heard strong protests from neighbors to the site of the Railroad Avenue cottages project, which cleared the Planning Commission with only a single dissenting vote last month. It calls for the construction of 10 free-standing units, each about
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theater as originally planned. I think it’d be great for that part of town and great for the City as well for people to be able to walk, like they can walk to Harris Teeter, walk to a movie theater, walk to some nice retail. That’s been one of things I’ve focused on during my time on Council, creating a walkable, viable downtown and that fits in nicely with that. As for Washington and Broad, it has some good things going for it. It approximately doubles the amount of office on that site, there will be brand new Class A office building which the City doesn’t have a whole lot of. It also would create a home for Creative Cauldron for the next 20-plus years and expand its size. But we’re still working with the developers. Some of the neighbors have concerns about height and other issues. It has an awful lot of apartments, but we’re working with them. We hope we can get to something that everybody will be happy with, but it’s a process still ongoing. N-P: And who would the City like to see fill the retail space in the Broad and Washington project? Tarter: They’re planning for a restaurant in some of that space, so the question is what else do we want to put there. The City would like as much as possible to get firm commitments for retailers and frankly get some kind of anchor retail tenant. Some of the most recent projects that have been approved have all had anchor tenants, such as the Harris Teeter. The Fresh Market grocery store didn’t pan out, but the City was able to push for and get a Target Express there, which I think is pretty exciting. We’ve tried to shape development to make it financially creative to the City, but also to enhance quality of life. To provide services and goods and other things that people don’t have to get in their car and drive with and people from outside our community will come to Falls Church and spend their tax dollars here in our city instead of driving through. N-P: Some people are resistant to the City’s push for development. How do you go about reassuring them that Falls Church will still maintain it’s unique small-town vibe? Tarter: First off, it’s planning. We’ve done four small area plans for our city and that process involved boards and commissions, neighbors, property owners — all sorts of folks who have an interest in the property, so that first step is just to plan and to let people know what you’re thinking so no one’s surprised by what might come next door to them. As projects come in we’ve tried
to involve the neighborhood. I’ve tried to have walking tours of every new project that’s come in before they go for final hearing, which we’ve done. It allows us to get out and actually see how it’s going to affect the neighbors. We also meet neighbors extensively. Almost everyone on the Council meets with neighbors to address and hear their concerns. There are things you can do to mitigate issues, for example one is called “dark sky lighting,” which has the lighting directed downward and not outward. N-P: Tysons Corner is also experiencing a boom in development. Is there any prospect of the two localities working together to reach mutually beneficial development goals? Tarter: We have not been working directly with Tysons Corner. We’re a different market, a different community. We don’t want to be Tysons Corner, so people want – and we should have – our own unique feel to Falls Church. We’re not trying to be something we aren’t, so I suspect we won’t spend a lot of time working directly with Tysons Corner to have some kind of integrated development. We’re our own sub-market: We also don’t want to be Ballston. We want to be Falls Church. We can learn from them and what they’re doing — what works and doesn’t work — but I would not envision us having the same size buildings and massing and density that they have in Tysons Corner. N-P: How are the efforts to bring about alternative transportation going, such as the Bike Share program? Tarter: I think it’s really exciting for the City. We do have a grant for both the Bike Share capital improvements — that’s for installing and paying for the stations — and then also for operations for five years. We’re going to be able to roll that out in the spring. In the next month or two we’re going to be finalizing locations. They’re going to be spread around the city, so people can use Bike Share to get around the city but also to get to Metro stations and that’s really exciting. We updated our streetscape standards in the past year or so to make the city more walkable. We got a grant for $900,000 for traffic calming. We’re going to try to make our streets safer for our kids and for everyone, more pedestrian walkways, more crosswalks. We’ve also got a project on South Washington St. that’s approximately $2 million for undergrounding utility lines and also improve the streetscape and the pedestrian experience, so we’re very interested in getting people out of cars and getting them to walk and bike in our city.
N-P: How do you see Falls Church evolving over the next couple of years? Tarter: I see a lot of efforts we’re doing continuing on in terms of trying to make our downtown more vibrant, more walkable. The past few years we’ve made great strides on both bikeability and walkability and trying to tie in the Metro stations better. Trying to create that downtown where people want to come and spend money that will help pay for the good things we want to do in the city — our schools and other infrastructure — and at the same time, preserving our residential areas, such as by drawing the line where your commercial areas don’t expand into your established residential neighborhoods. I envision us staying a small community, but a great community. A place that’s going to be sought out and where people are going to want to come for both business but also to live. I think it’s an exciting time to be in Falls Church. N-P: And how do you see your personal legacy being remembered by the citizens? Tarter: I’ll leave that to others. I hope I’ve made a small difference in my community. I love Falls Church, it’s been a great pleasure and honor to participate in Falls Church government. It’s been a group effort though. We on Council work together and so whatever accomplishments we’ve had are shared by everyone on Council and frankly everyone in the community. So, I’m not sure what legacy I’ll have but hopefully I’ll be able to make a small difference on my community. N-P: What do you think the greatest challenge is moving forward for Falls Church? Tarter: Our greatest challenge is managing and paying for the ambitious Capital Improvement projects that we have in the near future: the school, library, City Hall, the other things we want to do. It’s a very ambitious program. It’s going to be very expensive, so we’ve got to make sure we execute properly. I want to make sure everyone’s involved in the decisions that are coming and people have enough information to make good decisions and to offer good input. We really have to be on the top of our game and make sure that everything goes well, we don’t have cost overruns and that we get the most from our 10 acres, if that’s the decision of the community, to go forward with the referendum. We really have to be smart with how we go forward, but I think the biggest challenge is really, again, paying for and getting these capital improvements done in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
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fire units and that the new plan would improve the access further. The Council voted to delay action Monday to await receipt of a letter that is expected from the Park Authority promising its cooperation to make the access work even better. The final vote was delayed until the Council’s next business meeting Sept. 11. In the second item, a longdelayed action was finally addressed by the Council, which followed the recommendations of the City staff and the Planning Commission to approve the proposal from the family of longtime Council member and former mayor David Snyder and the Columbia Baptist Church to add parking space for the church and permit the construction of a second home on the Snyder property. As a Council member, Snyder recused himself from any involvement in the debate or the vote on the matter. That plan drew opposition
from those who complained that a precedent was being set by granting a zoning amendment for a single applicant, but the welldevised plan was a cooperative effort between the Snyder family and the church, and sidewalk and landscaping improvements offered to accompany the change provided the neighborhood with tangible improvements. Therefore, the Council voted on a required pair of measures both in favor, 3-1, with Vice Mayor Marybeth Connelly and Council members Phil Duncan and Karen Oliver voting “yes,” Council member Letty Hardi voting “no,” with Councilman Dan Sze absent and Mayor David Tarter and Councilman Snyder recusing themselves. The Snyder-Columbia Baptist proposal was by motivated by the Snyders’ desire to have the second home built on their property and lived in by their adult daughter. While approved strictly upon the merits of the particular case involved, and while it does not
LO CA L conform, per se, with any of the prevailing notions that would permit homeowners to build small ancillary units on their properties, a concept known as “granny flats” and by other names, it may inspire others in the City to follow that lead for other reasons. It is a development that many advocates of affordable housing and simply of places to permit families to stay together — whether in cases of an elderly inlaw or a recent college graduate seeking to find somewhere in the city where they grew up — agree would be a constructive step, in the same spirit as the Railroad Avenue cottages that, as smaller dwelling units, would be attractive to older adults whose children have grown and left home, to downsize out of single family homes.
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Be it noted that, from the standpoint of the other end of the country (where our editor was when it happened), and most places globally for that matter, the operative word in identifying the location of the deadly white supremacist riot in Charlottesville last weekend was Virginia. So it is doubly valuable that all jurisdictions in Virginia go on record condemning what happened, and happily, the Falls Church City Council did not hesitate in this regard. It adopted a resolution at the outset of its meeting Monday that, unlike the President, was unambiguous “in support of the values of equality, inclusion, diversity and the rule of law.” It identified independent cities like Falls Church in the commonwealth as “communities of hope, diversity and progress,” and contrasted that to “white nationalism, white supremacism and neo-Nazism” that “are real threats to the social fabric of commonwealth and our country,” being “in conflict with out nation’s principles of liberty and justice for all.” So, it added, “now is the time to reject hatred, stand up for democracy and stand together against those who threaten our brothers and sisters.” Augmenting this, local activist for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Liz Hume, wrote to the Council saying, “Alarmingly, we see the progression of ‘fringe groups’ that are infiltrating mainstream institutions and are gaining legitimacy by hiding behind anodyne descriptions like ‘alt-right.’ The remedy for the kind of creeping hatred represented by this movement is a full-throated and open protest by ordinary people who refuse to allow their societies to be divided by extremism.” She wrote concerning the City’s annual Civil War Day held in May where Confederate flags, increasingly a symbol of the “alt-right’s” hate and racism, are routinely on display and a Robert E. Lee impersonator hob-nobbed with event participants and was pictured on the City’s website. Kudos for Council member Phil Duncan for raising this for future discussion Monday. The News-Press protested the Lee impersonator last spring. Overall, especially in recent years, the City has a stellar record of renouncing the legacy of racist hatred and bigotry of all kinds. Its support for the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, reclaiming the history of the nation’s first rural chapter of the NAACP here, the naming of the middle school for early African-American activist educator Mary Ellen Henderson and the Falls Church Episcopal Church’s formal ceremony in February seeking repentance and honoring the “enslaved people whose skills and labor helped build the historic Falls Church” are great examples. Also, the City’s historical commission stopped recommending naming new projects for slave-holding British land grant recipients, and one building was instead named for John Read, a Union soldier located here who was singled out for martyrdom by the Confederacy for educating African-American children. More can, should and will be done. A community cannot welcome diversity and equality and permit remnants of the opposite to persist.
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Editor, In the wake of the events in Charlottesville, The Falls Church provides an example of how to help heal the wounds of slavery. In February of 2017 — nearly 250 years after it was built — the Church humbly acknowledged those slaves who — in the bondage of a shameful system in America’s history — built the structure that still stands today. A plaque now commemorates these
enslaved souls. In cities across the south, the descendants of those very same slaves have to relive a horrific each and every day in the shadows of monuments dedicated to the men who fought to keep them in chains. The Civil Rights Act was passed 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It took another 45 years for an African-American to reach the highest office in the land. We are
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still in a state of reconciliation in this country and the small, yet significant act, by the congregation of The Falls Church may be a watershed moment this country needs. If we are to commemorate those who fought for the confederacy, then let us commemorate every building, bridge and structure that was constructed by enslaved people. We have yet to fully reconcile in a way that honors those who helped build this country (and much of the property and wealth accumulated by the families who owned them). The Falls Church’s act reminds us that we aren’t a perfect union, but are pursuing to be one. It allows our children to ask questions about injustices that
took place. It provides a sliver of dignity and decency to a larger portion of Americans to counter those monuments that keep the wounds of slavery open. I’m not in favor of tearing down statues of the past, but of building ones that lead to better dialogue. Last week the White House had an opportunity to help bring the country together. It failed in doing so. Perhaps the best place to commemorate the enslaved should be the very house the President resides in: The White House. Wouldn’t it then truly be “the People’s House”? Chris Greame Falls Church
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What we saw this past Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, was a despicable spectacle of racial bigotry and hatred in full display, for the world to see. Recognizing that four statues in Charlottesville celebrated the racism, xenophobia and a time when slavery of African Americans was acceptable, the City decided to remove the statues. The events of last weekend make very clear that 152 years after the end of the bloody civil war against the United States, crucial lessons have not been learned and wounds that have not healed. The violence, racism and bigotry at the heart of the Charlottesville event are alarming and sad. But they are made worse by this country’s current president who does not see the difference between those who hate and those who aspire to a better future. A president who will not distance himself from David Duke, the former head of the Ku Klux Klan and the others who perpetrated the violence in Charlottesville. David Duke, however, openly connects his aims with those of the president in stating, “This represents a turning point for the people in this country. We are determined to take our country back. We’re going to fulfill the PROMISES of Donald Trump. And, that’s what we believe. That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he
said he was going to take our country back, and that’s what we got to do.” A turning point? What promises did Donald Trump make to these white supremacist groups? Trump’s beliefs and associations undergird his reactions and statements. The “alt
“We can win, but we all have to come together to win this battle for the soul of our country. This is a wake up call for our nation.” right” has no place being in the White House advising the president on policy and national security. The presence of “alt right” members Bannon, Miller and Gorka, among others, in the White House makes our nation less secure. Not since Woodrow Wilson has there been a president as divisive on race as the current president. I have two major observations about what happened this past weekend. First, these white supremacists are not old men, but are rather young men and women, mostly in their 20s, 30s and 40s. This means that, like in radical Islam, these young men and women have been “radi-
calized” to hate blacks, Jews and others who are not like them. Hate is a learned behavior. And the most shocking picture I saw from the weekend was of little girl, no more than three, dressed in full KKK regalia. Another observation worthy of noting is that those standing against the white supremacists are not mostly black. Rather those seeking to reconcile the divisiveness in this country are a multiracial, diverse mix of persons. They are uniting to stand up to the hate and bigotry of the Klan, the neo-Nazis, Skinheads and other hate groups. What this tells me is that a broad based coalition of American citizens is fighting the white supremacists. Therefore, I believe that the white supremacists are outnumbered in this fight. We can win, but we all have to come together to win this battle for the soul of our country. This is a wake up call for our nation. A call to lay to rest the legacy of slavery, racial bigotry, white supremacy that were to end with the Civil War, but have been kept alive by celebrating the heroes of that war that we still see as statues, in parks and on school walls. It is far past time to leave those names in the history books and to honor instead, in statues and other memorials, the men and women who inspire all of us to love, not hate. The white supremacist groups showed up in Charlottesville heavily armed with
guns, hate and dangerous rhetoric. In my opinion, this nation will not meet the shining destiny envisioned by the founding fathers until hate, violence and malevolence are overcome. We cannot move forward until we have dealt with our past. Putting the Civil War, and its heroes in proper perspective is imperative for our nation’s progress. Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of our country and was also a founder of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. When he penned the Declaration of Independence, he released into the cosmos words that have such great meaning that they transcend race and time. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Even though he held slaves, through his words, he set this nation on a path where those words have inspired us to move forward together. It is my hope that Charlottesville will in fact be a turning point, one that galvanizes what is best in all of us to champion the transcendent, universal aspirations of all Americans. Edwin Henderson is the founder and executive director of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation.
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Editor, For years, I’ve talked to Little City Falls Churchillians who believe all abortion must end. They crusade ad nauseam to interfere in the lives of women they don’t know because their fundamentalist religion doesn’t allow them to believe anyone outside their faith is entitled to free will. This fundamentalist righteousness makes me wonder what pro-lifers are doing about the murders that took place during the Klan rally. Fundamentalists: if life is really important to you, why are you sitting on your behinds? Why are you not outraged at what Number 45 and his party have created to placate your religious beliefs? Is 45 and his party your vision of Christianity? Are you so wrapped up in your insatiable desire to control the sexual lives of people you don’t know, have never supped with, and will never support financially, that your eyes are blinded to the real sanctity of life? Why is a fertilized egg so much more important to you than living, breathing people who were killed because you encourage 45 to speak out against everyone you and he hate? If you have an ounce of courage or a scintilla of morality left within your souls, I urge you to stand up for justice, fight for equality and scream until this wicked government, which is using you and your God as its tool, ends. Scot Walker Falls Church
Cottage Project Will Improve Fire Dept. Response
Editor, As a supporter of the railroad cottages project, I felt compelled to respond to last week’s Letter to the Editor concerning fire safety at the new cottages. Firstly, the F.C. Fire Department and the fire marshall will review the plans for fire department access to the properties to be certain that their requirements will be met. Secondly, in assuming the cottages will be built with the quick-acting residential fire sprinkler systems, the residents will be fully protected should a fire occur. The residential sprinklers are designed to control and/or extinguish any fire at it point of origin. Nationwide, statistics indicate that no person had died in a fire with operating residential sprinkler systems. Jim Coyle Falls Church
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NEWS BRIEFS Northam, Gillespie Speak Out on Charlottesville In response to the City of Charlottesville’s decision Tuesday to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park, Virginia Lieutenant Gov. and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Ralph Northam released the following statement: “I support City of Charlottesville's decision to remove the Robert E. Lee statue. I believe these statutes should be taken down and moved into museums. As governor, I am going to be a vocal advocate for that approach and work with localities on this issue. "We should also do more to elevate the parts of our history that have all too often been underrepresented. That means memorializing civil rights advocates like Barbara Johns and Oliver Hill, who helped move our Commonwealth closer towards equality." Northam’s opponent in the race for governor, Republican Ed Gillespie said in a statement, “I know that for many of my fellow Virginians, statues of Confederate soldiers are offensive and should come down. I know that for many others, they are a reminder of heritage and we cannot erase history by taking them down. In my view, the approach underway in the city of Richmond is a good example for other cities and counties to follow. While not removing statues, they are weighing how to put them in proper historical context. There is a balance that can be struck here, one that recognizes the outsized role Virginia has played in our history, while acknowledging that we have not always been on its right side.”
Gov. McAuliffe Assails Trump’s Remarks Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe released a statement after President Trump’s press conference Tuesday afternoon: “Neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white supremacists came to Charlottesville heavily armed, spewing hatred and looking for a fight. One of them murdered a young woman in an act of domestic terrorism, and two of our finest officers were killed in a tragic accident while serving to protect this community. This was not 'both sides.' Our Commonwealth and nation are still reeling from one of the largest outpourings of hatred and violence we have experienced in recent history. We need real leadership, starting with our President. Leaders from every corner of this nation and every partisan point of view have denounced these people and their acts in plain terms without hesitation or dissembling. The American people need the same from their President and we need it now.”
Police Warn of Phone Scammers The City of Falls Church Police Department has recently received complaints about phone call scams relating to kidnappings, unpaid bills or taxes, and missed court appearances. According to the police, community members should make a plan to educate themselves, verify information, and report these scams when appropriate. "Your best bet course of action is to be aware of the scams and not give in," said Police Chief Mary Gavin in a statement. "It's especially important spread the word to neighbors who might be susceptible to scams. The best way to stop these scams from happening is to just hang up. If the scams don't work, the scammers will move on." There are a number of resources on the internet about recent phone call scams, the police report. One important note is that scammers have been using new phone technology to manipulate caller IDs and to make customers believe that the call originated from a legitimate company's phone system. The phone number could also look like it is coming from a local area code, or even a familiar number. Scammers might even be using a victim’s own phone number as a spoof. When receiving a phone call where someone unknown to a victim asks for information or money, that call should be hung up immediately. A particularly alarming scam is about a kidnapping. The scammer makes one think a child or grandchild has been kidnapped with an immediate ransom required for safe return. An actor screams in the background to create panic. The scammers use aggressive tactics and won’t let the you hang up until money has been transferred. Anyone receiving this call should hang up the phone and verify that the child is, indeed, safe and where expected to be.”
FCNP Recognized By Va. School Boards Association The Virginia School Boards Association announced this week that the Falls Church News-Press’ Nicholas Benton has been recognized for his “support of the Falls Church School Board’s work and the public school students in the Falls Church community,” and will receive a commendation certificate from the association. In a statement, the association thanked Benton for his “commitment to the students in your division, aiding in focusing on the goal of providing the best public schools we can for the children who attend them.”
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Community News & Notes Mason Student Recognized As One of US’s Premier Poets The National Student Poets Program (NSPP) has announced its sixth class of youth poets. Five teenagers have been chosen from among thousands of award-winning poets to receive the country’s highest honor for youth poets presenting original work, including Falls Church native Annie Castillo, a junior at George Mason High School. As the country’s students head back to school, Castillo will be heading to Washington, D.C. for her pinning ceremony at the Library of Congress on Thursday, August 31, attending a private workshop with 21st U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and giving a public reading at the
National Book Festival. These events kick off Castillo’s year of service as a National Student Poet. Castillo’s poetry often revolves around the complexity of adolescence, self-discovery, gender and nature. “It is time to celebrate our National Student Poets — let them call out the now verses of America,” Herrera said. “Welcome these unique visionaries. They will journey through our cities and lands with their hearts and hands brimming with the new idea. Moving, calling out — tender lightning — lighting who we are. Bravo!” To be considered as a National Student Poet, students must receive a medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The National Student Poets Program is an initia-
tive of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Benefit Concert for Local Non-Profit Homestretch Philomela – Women’s Choir for Women’s Voices presents “Still I Rise, ” a benefit concert for Homestretch, non-profit organization that helps homeless parents with children to move from crisis to financial independence to longterm stability, to be held at Falls Church Episcopal (115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church) at 7:30 p.m. A reception will follow. Still I Rise is composed of
EDUCATING STUDENTS about social justice is a summer camp held at BASIS Independent McLean. The Social Justice Summer Camp covered major events that changed the course of history in the U.S., from the Jim Crow South to the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s to analyzing the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s non-violent demonstrations as well. (PHOTO: BASIS INDEPENDENT MCLEAN)
songs, poetry and narration of empowerment for and about women and the under r epresented, including those who rose to inspire and change American History and who confronted the issues of slavery, immigration, family planning, labor and workforce and voting rights. For more information about Philomela please visit their website at PhilomelaVoices.org.
Senatorial Roundtable Slated for Oct. 2 The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce will host a unique roundtable discussion and luncheon featuring Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. This event offers community members and active citizens
the opportunity to hear Virginia’s U.S. Senate delegation discuss their work to support the regional economy and the growth of our Commonwealth. Julie Carey from NBC4 in Washington, D.C. will moderate the discussion. The dialogue will cover several issues of interest to the regional business community including transportation and infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security assets, tax reform, trade policy, health care and emerging and current innovative business sectors where Northern Virginia can take a leadership role throughout the entire state. The event will be held Monday, October 2, 11:30 – 1:00 p.m at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park. Visit cvent.com for more information on the event and to register.
THE OPENING of Falls Church Arts’ “East Meets West” show on August 19 will feature East Asian brush painting by Carla Jaranson, the National President of the Sumi-e Society of America. The show is being held in collaboration with local chapters of the Society and will exhibit both Sumi-e paintings by Society members and Western-style and Asian-inspired watercolors by Falls Church Arts artists. Visitors to this “Meet the Artists” event will be invited to experiment with the Sumi-e brush and technique (Photo: Courtesy Barb Cram)
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ners at NVFS to ensure a smooth transition and build on the work they have done at BCCS. We look forward to working with the community as we bring our philosophy of hope and hospitality, dignity and respect, and welcoming the unwelcomed to this area of the County.” New Hope Housing is bringing 40 years of experience in shelter services and 20 years of operating permanent supportive housing for persons who have experienced homeless for many years. Individuals or groups interested in volunteering at the Bailey’s Shelter this fall can contact admin@newhopehousing.org for more information.
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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States ensures freedom of religion, speech, and the press, but it goes on to include the “right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” In the iconic college community of Charlottesville last week, freedom of speech and the right to assemble were exercised by many, but the “peaceably” part was left out. One woman was killed, and more than a dozen injured, when a young man, identified as a neo-Nazi, purposely drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians. Governor Terry McAuliffe, his usually jovial face tightened by controlled rage, said that hatemongers are not welcome in the Commonwealth. Other leaders, like Mr. Trump and Prince William Board Chairman Corey Stewart, were less incensed, blaming the violent outcome on “all sides” (Trump) and “left-wing nut cases” (Stewart). The comments by the latter two men miss the point: hate never is acceptable, and must be condemned, not skirted by platitudes. Mr. Trump had sterner words about hate groups two days after the fact, but the lag time was unexplained, and unacceptable. The Constitution protects speech; however, it doesn’t include a grammar lesson about what words to use, or how to style one’s commentary. When hateful words and ideas are not condemned, loudly and immediately, by elected leaders and others in leadership positions, the haters utilize that First Amendment as their right to spew the hateful message of the day, or week, or month. They may have the right, but they are, simply put, flat-out wrong.
Protesting government positions or policies, in an effort to change them, is a time-honored American tradition. The memorable women’s protest marches across the country, that began on the day following Mr. Trump’s inauguration, sadly, have resulted in derision via tweet and doubling down by the White House, giving neo-Nazis, the KKK and other hate groups energy and encouragement. Will those questionable “Make America Great Again” ball caps now say “Make America Hate Again?” A constituent once asked me, in a meeting about a proposal for a Vietnamese temple that he opposed, “Is this what I fought for in Vietnam?” My response was very simple and direct: “Yes, religious freedom is one of the things you fought for.” Millions of military service personnel have taken an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies foreign and domestic.” We usually know who our foreign enemies are, but do we know who our domestic enemies are? Sadly, as Charlottesville learned last week, haters can show up anywhere, and then hide behind the First Amendment, and deny that their actions incited violence. Hate speech isn’t free speech, and we must condemn it everywhere – in the public arena, as well as private living rooms. Silence encourages complicity. Call it what it is — hate. All of us must speak out against it — now and always. Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Richmond Report The Simon family is on our annual beach vacation this week. Before I left for vacation, I had my Falls Church News-Press column all ready to go: a back to school column on education issues, student debt and Fairfax County’s school board special election on August 29 (absentee voting is underway, and don’t forget to vote Tuesday after next!). Every year since I started my own business, we’ve rented a house in Rehoboth or Lewes Delaware, because it’s the beach closest to home. Midweek or middle of the night I can usually make the trip in about two hours forty minutes. As a small business owner, I needed to be able to buzz back to Falls Church on short notice to deal with an emergency, or to handle a case for a really important client. The business has grown since then, to the point that I can take a week off without interruption. I have very capable partners and associates who can handle just about anything, and the phone in my pocket is more powerful than the laptop I used to tote around back then. Legislative work is rarely an emergency this time of year, so I don’t worry about it too much. Then Saturday came. On the drive east I couldn’t tear myself away from my Twitter feed. It was full of news and images from Charlottesville. (I had Rachel drive.) The first clue that this would be no ordinary demonstration came Friday night, when a group of tiki torch-bearing marchers paraded through the university town chanting white supremacist slogans. On Saturday, a coalition of neo-Nazi white supremacists and neo-confederates gathered in Charlottesville under the guise of a “Unite the Right” rally, ostensibly organized to protest the potential removal of a confederate monument. Counter demonstrations were also planned. By now you’ve probably all read the news accounts of the violent clashes that seemed to continue to escalate all morning, until a white supremacist from Ohio drove his car through a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others. Virginia State Police Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates also died when their helicopter crashed while they were attempting to monitor the rallies from the air. I was glad to see Virginia
Republican leaders, unlike the President, have condemned the overt displays of racism and white supremacy on display in Charlottesville last weekend. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. These demonstrators obviously got the idea somewhere that such displays are now acceptable. They feel comfortable enough to chant “Jews will not replace us” unmasked in front of video cameras. It is time that the same leaders who denounced the waving of Nazi swastika flags recognize the racism inherent in many of the policies and proposals we’ve seen during the first months of the Trump administration. Policies we’ve seen advocated for in Virginia for years before that. The president’s Muslim travel ban. Proposals to monitor and track immigrants who settle in Virginia. Virginia’s voter suppression laws (passed under the guise of voter fraud prevention) that disproportionately disenfranchise communities of color. Redistricting bills that courts have found were drawn to deliberately limit African Americans’ voice in Congress and the state legislature. In the past few days, I have received over 1,000 emails from every corner of Virginia, unequivocally condemning these hateful acts and calling for legislation to track hate crimes and a state task force designed to promote policies welcoming everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status or citizenship. I know my Republican colleagues are getting the same emails. I hope they are listening. Since my very first session, I’ve introduced or sponsored legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, to promote fair housing, uphold marriage equality, and prohibit discrimination based on religious beliefs. To make voting easier for everyone. To reform Virginia’s criminal justice system to end practices that resulted in the labeling of one in four African American men in Virginia felons depriving them of their civil rights. These are the issues I am passionate about because it is the right thing to do and because I believe these are the issues that you, my constituents, want me to be passionate about. As your Delegate I’ll continue to work for what’s right, to work for you, to work for all of us.
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The tear-down trend in our home-sales market continues apace. But a few mighty oaks may slow the demolitions that are putting much real estate beyond the financial reach of average local American dreamers. Arlington’s tree stewards — a label far more sophisticated than the epithet tree-hugger — last month banded together under the banner of the Arlington Tree Action Group. I sat in with several dozen from neighborhoods across the county in a leafy private home alongside the lush setting of Donaldson Run. The county government that views itself as green will be hearing from them. “It breaks our hearts to see old [Civil War-era] trees torn down,” said one. “Big developments are destroying the beauty of Arlington,” said another. A big decision to loosen zoning requirements “made by a few people in the county a decade ago is being carried out despite new information and citizen concern.” Group members know that Arlington’s Urban Forestry Commission and well-intentioned staff are devoted to environmental protections of the canopy so vital to air quality and water drainage – not to mention aesthetic grandeur. There’s a feeling that powerful market forces exploited by builders have tied the hands of county leaders who, some say, are addicted to tax revenues from newly built luxury homes. In the Penrose
neighborhood, one participant said, two acres of virgin forest were bulldozed, inviting in mice and rats. One Yorktown High School student said tree protection was a good place for Arlington to start to address climate change. Solutions aren’t simple. The action group would start by assembling a critical mass to apply pressure. “Some very active negative publicity” for developers who clear-cut trees, for example. Requiring permits to chop trees of a certain size; challenging builders whose homes exceed the 40 percent lot allowance; prodding the county to appoint a tree ombudsman; creating a builder-financed tree preservation fund. The tree group will blitz the Planning Commission, and members are filing comments on the current updating of the public spaces master plan. County Board Vice Chair Katie Cristol told me she’s sympathetic, citing tear-down moratoria elsewhere. “Unfortunately, current provisions in the county code – which includes a tree preservation ordinance — maximize the state’s enabling authority for tree preservation,” Cristol said. “I don’t think this means our hands are tied, only that we have to be more creative in giving alternatives to an activity we cannot outright ban. If residents, or new owners, of a property can more easily add value to an existing structure, they will have options other than a
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CRIME REPORT Week of August 7 – 13, 2017
Hit and Run, 6763 Wilson Blvd (Planet Fitness Parking Lot), August 7, 7:45 PM, a parked vehicle was struck by another vehicle which left the scene. Using information provided by witnesses, the suspect was contacted and provided insurance information. Hit and Run, 132 W Broad St (Dogwood Tavern Parking Lot), August 8, 00:17 AM, a parked vehicle was struck by a large blue truck which left the scene. Witness provided information. Investigation continues. Larceny – Theft from Building, 1000 E Broad St (24 Hour Fitness), sometime between 6 and 8 PM on August 7, a wallet was taken from an unsecured locker. Investigation continues. Residential Burglary, 6500 blk N
11th St, August 8, between 6:20 AM and 4 PM, the front door of a residence was kicked in and items of value were taken. Investigation continues. Larceny – Theft from Building, 100 blk Chanel Ter, sometime between July 28 and August 9, items of value were taken from a residence. No sign of forced entry. Investigation continues. Drinking in Public, 100 blk of S Washington St, August 9, 11:00 PM, a male, 61, of Falls Church, was issued a summons for Drinking in Public. Urinating in Public, 101 W Broad St (George Mason Sq), August 9, 11:04 PM, a male, 67, no fixed address, was arrested for Urinating in Public. Larceny – Theft from Vehicle, 300 blk Grove Ave, sometime between midnight and 5 AM on August 10, unknown suspect entered an unlocked vehicle
AUGUST 17 – 23, 2017 | PAGE 15 tear-down.” That means accessory dwellings and zoning improvements for non-conforming homes. Such ideas are echoed by board candidate Erik Gutshall, who has made middle-class housing a theme. There is a connection between losing tree canopy and housing stock, he said. Most doable now is exploring “voluntary incentives.” Example: “You petition the county with an application to have it designate one or more trees on your yard as `specimen trees.’ That protects them from removal or injury even after the home is sold,” he said. Gutshall would also investigate real estate tax breaks within property assessments for homeowners who preserve trees. Builders could be given credit for keeping trees as part of their stormwater management plan. “We can’t change the fundamental equation,” Gutshall said. “But there’s more we can do on the margins.” To honor God’s trees. *** Perhaps you missed the fun confessions early this summer on the nostalgia website “I Grew Up in Arlington, Va.” A challenge was posted: Recall where you had your first drink. Among the unforgotten recollections: “Mine was behind the High’s in Westover.” “It was probably Fort Scott Park, Boons Farm or Schlitz!” “Overlee pool in the woods behind the houses on 23rd St.” My favorite: “Purloined bourbon out of a plastic ketchup dispenser while walking to Bailey’s Crossroads Fair Lanes” bowling alley. and removed items of value. Larceny – Theft from Building, 1000 E Broad St (24 Hour Fitness), sometime between 6:30 and 8 PM on August 7, a wallet was taken from an unsecured locker. Investigation continues. Smoking Violation, 6779 Wilson Blvd (Café Vu), August 12, 10:42 AM, a male, 34, of Woodbridge, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking Inside a Restaurant. Larceny – Theft from Building, 444 W Broad St (Spectrum Parking Garage), sometime before August 6, a small motorized Ford Mustang car for kids was stolen from a parking space. Destruction of Property, 600 Roosevelt Blvd (Madison Condominiums), August 13, 12:55 PM, officers responded to assist fire investigators for a car leaking gasoline. A hole had been intentionally drilled into the vehicle’s tank. Investigation continues. OTHER ARRESTS August 10, a male, 54, of Sterling, VA, was served a summons which had been issued August 7 for a Shoplifting Charge at 1230 W Broad St (Giant).
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Just Keep on Digging, Mr. Mueller
Keep digging, Mr. Mueller. Keep digging! With all the atmospherics. With the threat of a nuclear war. With the threat of a race war. With all this, the damning evidence that our nation’s president is a pliable and compromised de facto agent of a hostile foreign power remains the most important subject of the day, and, by the way, if Special Prosecutor Mueller does his job, it is that which may finally bring a merciful end to our ongoing collective nightmare. Trump’s “altered consciousness” rant on Tuesday, the loud and endless defense of his white supremacist base called a press conference, was his latest rug-chewing diversion from the relentless digging, dig, dig, digging that is headed at the innermost chambers of FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS Trump’s heartless heart. When Mueller and his minions of dedicated law enforcement specialists get there, they’re going to cast open the hollow tin door to that cold and clammy empty chamber, but after, of course, gathering up all the paper trails while getting there that could put Trump behind bars for life, a deserved fate to be extended and exceeded only by whatever lies ahead in his personal eternity. This morally-empty vessel is a tool of menacing, hate-driven power centers in Moscow and other places who succeeded in planting their man in the White House by and through the process of fueling the kind of hate-filled racism and bigotry that was manifested in Charlottesville last weekend. The rise of the new-Nazi fascist right must come as no surprise, any more than the election of Trump last fall. We’ve seen it coming and with Trump’s manipulated election, it’s been given an ample supply of bullhorns and blatant entitlements. It is not going to wither away. Because of Putin and those in high places here and abroad who’ve made their moral decisions to side with his global insurgency, we’re going to see a lot more of this. History is not on our side, unfortunately. If you take the long view, mob rule and tyranny are more often the human race’s governments of choice, with smatterings of mass-genocidal wars mixed in. We’re getting big enough to actually kill our home planet now, something that will undoubtedly be viewed with sadness by our erstwhile allies out there in the universe. “They weren’t able to pull it together, after all,” they’ll lament as they see the last lights flicker out on Planet Earth. “We could have had such fun.” History may not be on our side, but that spark in the human spirit that aspires for the good and the just — that’s all we’ve got going for us. It took centuries from the early flickerings of the Golden Renaissance and centuries of subsequent repressions for an Enlightenment flame to grow that fueled a political revolution based on the radical ideas of human equality and a constitutional democracy in one corner of this planet. Great institutions were put into place and great ideals and motives were derived from them that, roughly speaking, brought us to this point. The push back from men in power, operating out of greed and selfishness, has always been there. Now, they’ve advanced their juggernaut further than maybe at any earlier point since the Civil War in our national history. The so-called “alt-right” is the creation of Putin and his ilk, set in motion when Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover cut the “detente” deal with the Soviets to allow tens of thousands of ruthless Russian thugs into the U.S. to take over the organized crime networks and marginal political movements formerly of the “left” and “right” variety, both. Their common theme was a heartless thuggery, a loveless, postmodern nihilist “no right or wrong, only power” operational ethic. There became no organized “left” by 1980. What some thought was the left was really an agents provocateur “burn baby burn” anarchist phalanx. Labor unions were neutered. Self-serving amorality overran Washington under Reagan and Wall Street. This was the world that raised Trump and guided his allegiances since the early 1990s with carrot-and-stick Russian money. Anyone wanting to save the world from this has to assert a radical humanity, an unprecedented level of universal human caring and compassion.
Nicholas F. Benton
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When the President Is Un-American
Remember back in 2008, when Sarah Palin used to talk about the “real America”? She meant rural and small-town residents — white residents, it went without saying — who supposedly embodied the nation’s true essence. She was harshly condemned for those remarks, and rightly so — and not just because the real, real America is a multiracial, multicultural land of great metropolitan areas as well as small towns. More fundamentally, what makes America America is that it is built around an idea: the idea that all men are created equal, and are entitled to basic human rights. Take away that idea and we’re just a giant version of a twoNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE bit autocracy. And maybe that is what we have, in fact, become. For Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn the murderous white supremacists in Charlottesville finally confirms what has become increasingly obvious: The current president of the United States isn’t a real American. Real Americans understand that our nation is built around values, not the “blood and soil” of the marchers’ chants; what makes you an American is your attempt to live up to those values, not the place or race your ancestors came from. And when we fall short in our effort to live up to our ideals, as we all too often do, at least we realize and acknowledge our failure. But the man who began his political ascent by falsely questioning Barack Obama’s place of birth — a blood-and-soil argument if ever there was one — clearly cares nothing about the openness and inclusiveness that have always been essential parts of who we are as a nation. Real Americans understand that our nation was born in a rebellion against tyranny. They feel an instinctive aversion to tyrants everywhere, and an underlying sympathy for democratic regimes, even those with whom we may currently have disputes. But the present occupant of the White House has made no secret of preferring the company, not of democratic leaders, but of authoritarian rulers — not just Vladimir Putin, but people like Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Rodrigo Duterte, the homicidal leader of the Philippines. When Trump visited Saudi Arabia, his commerce secretary exulted in the absence of hostile demonstrations, an absence ensured by the repressiveness of the regime. Real Americans expect public officials to be humbled by the responsibility that comes with the
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job. They’re not supposed to be boastful blowhards, constantly claiming credit for things they haven’t done — like Trump bragging about job creation that has continued at more or less the same pace as under his predecessor — or which never even happened, like his mythical victory in the popular vote. Real Americans understand that being a powerful public figure means facing criticism. That comes with the job, and you’re supposed to tolerate that criticism even if you feel it’s unfair. Foreign autocrats may rage against unflattering news reports, threaten to inflict financial harm on publications they dislike, talk about imprisoning journalists; American leaders aren’t supposed to sound like that. Finally, real Americans who manage to achieve high office realize that they are servants of the people, meant to use their position for the public good. In practice, human nature being what it is, many officials have in fact taken financial advantage of their office. But we’ve always understood that this was wrong — and presidents, in particular, are supposed to be above such things. Now we have a leader who is transparently exploiting his office for personal enrichment, in ways that all too obviously amount in practice to influence-buying by domestic malefactors and foreign governments alike. In short, these days we have a president who is really, truly, deeply un-American, someone who doesn’t share the values and ideals that made this country special. In fact, he’s so deeply alienated from the American idea that he can’t even bring himself to fake it. We all know that Trump feels comfortable with white supremacists, but it’s amazing that he won’t even give them a light tap on the wrist. We all know that Putin is Trump’s kind of guy, but it’s remarkable that Trump won’t even pretend to be outraged at Putin’s meddling with our election. Speaking of which: I have no more idea than anyone else what Robert Mueller’s probe into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, questionable financial ties, possible obstruction of justice and more will find. Trump is acting very much like someone with something big to hide, but we don’t yet know exactly what that something is. Whatever role foreign influence may have played and may still be playing, however, we don’t need to wonder whether an anti-American cabal, hostile to everything we stand for, determined to undermine everything that truly makes this country great, has seized power in Washington. It has: it’s called the Trump administration.
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 DIY LED Bracelets. Make bracelets using duct tape with the option of adding copper tape and LED lights for flare. For teens rising grades 6-12. Registration is required and is open at the Youth Services Desk by phone or in person; registration will not be accepted by e-mail. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034. Falls Church Rotary Club Meeting. The Falls Church Rotary Club’s speaker at today’s bi-monthly dinner meeting will be “Doc” Robert Barham, CEO and Co-Founder of Xtraordinary Outcomes, who will speak about his strategies and self-improvement coaching ideas. Dinner costs $15 and all visitors are welcome. Harvest Moon Restaurant (7260 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church) 6:30 p.m. 202-268-5089.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 Dance with Your Baby at the Library. Enjoy songs and movement for children ages 0 to 18 months to give mothers a chance to bond and exercise. Registration opens two weeks prior to each program date. Participants must register for each class. Register with the Youth Services desk by phone or in person. Mary Riley Styles (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. 703248-5034.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 Wes Iseli’s Magic & Illusion Show. Wes Iseli’s Magic & Illusion show comes to entertain at Mary Riley Styles Library this Saturday. This is a fast paced show loaded with audience participation, comedy routines, animal effects and lots of surprises. Best for ages 2-6. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church) 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Volunteers Needed for Football Weigh-Ins. Falls Church High School is requesting volunteers to come out and help assist with the second weekend of the weigh-in process leading up to the start of the Jaguars’ football season. Volunteers can help by operating concession stands, which involves grilling hot dogs and hamburgers, setting up and running the snack bar and helping clean up both the snack bar and the grill by the end of the day. Volunteers can also help by being parking attendants who direct attendees to open parking spots and also keep a tally of the lot’s capacity. Each volunteer is expected to work two and half hours during a shift. Falls Church High School (7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church) 8 a.m. – noon. Contact fchsboosternews@gmail. com for more information.
MONDAY, AUGUST 21 Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Attendees can drop-in – no registration is
required. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. Mary Riley Styles (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-2485034. Playtime with Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy to infants and children through play. Immediately follows Preschool Storytime, also held at the library. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 703248-5034. ESL Conversation Group. General conversation group for adults learning English as a second language. Meets every Monday at the regular time. No resistration required and is free to attend for any and all interested participants. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 “Wig Out!” When Eric falls for the handsome Wilson on the subway, he doesn’t know what he’s in for. Because Wilson is also Nina, a rising drag star in The House of Light, and when a competing house calls a ball for midnight, Eric is drawn into battle. Part turf war, part pageant, all conquest, “Wig Out!” is a mesmerizing trip into the heart of African-American drag ball culture by way of Ovid, Jay-Z, and Destiny’s Child. From the acclaimed author of “The Brother/Sister Trilogy” and “Choir Boy” comes a dazzling spectacle. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $50. 8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.
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“A Grand Night for Singing.” In thirty years, NextStop has never produced a single work by Rodgers and Hammerstein. What better way to start than with a musical that takes all of R&H’s most iconic songs and gives them clever and unexpected meanings? Karen Vincent, last seen in her Helen-Hayes nominated performance as Kate in “Kiss Me Kate,” returns to NextStop’s stage. It is the ultimate light-hearted, tender, and uplifting theatrical experience.. NextStop Theatre (269 Sunset Park Dr., Herndon) 8 p.m. $40. web.ovationtix.com.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 “BIG FISH.” “BIG FISH” centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest. Edward’s larger-than- life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales. Overflowing with heart and humor, “BIG FISH” reminds us why we love going to the theatre – for an experience that’s richer, funnier and more extraordinary than life itself. Keegan Theatre (1742 Church St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $45. 3 p.m. keegantheatre. com.
LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, 2 THURSDAY,FEBRUARY AUGUST 17 Mary-El Duo. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Brad Rhodes. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333. Thrillbilly’s. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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Andrew Acosta Band. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert: Two Telecaster Masters in Concert. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $25. 8 p.m. 703-2551566. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and The O’Jays. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna). $35 – $85. 8:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. Albert Cummings. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $18 – $22. 8:30 p.m. 703-237-0300. Cactus Liquors. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Sean Fleming. Ireland’s Four Provinces (105 W. Broad St., Falls Church) 9 p.m. 703-534-8999. Rajas of Rhythm. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 Big Tow. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-5329283. 5x5 Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Toni Romiti + KoraTheArtist. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566.
ANDREW ACOSTA BAND will be at Clare & Don’s Beach Shack in Falls Church on Friday. (Photo: Vicki Coe)
Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-2419504. Innertwined. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. Emo Night Brooklyn: Virginia Tour. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 10 p.m. 703-255-1566.
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David Sedaris. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna). $25 – $55. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
Bentwood Rockers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
Sean Fleming. Ireland’s Four Provinces (105 W. Broad St., Falls Church) 9 p.m. 703-534-8999.
The Beach Boys. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna). $35 – $85. 3 p.m. 703-255-1900.
On the Border – The Ultimate Eagles Tribute. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $12 – $15. 9 p.m. 703237-0300.
Josh Allen Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.
Jamell Richardson Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd.,
Aloha Sundae with Ramon & Friends. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 5:30 p.m. 703-532-
9283. Tobin James Band with Special Guest Think Deep and Dexstarity. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $25. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. Skyla Burrell Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
MONDAY, AUGUST 21 Wolf Blues Jam Weekly Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22
Kenny Loggins. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna). $35 – $70. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Mark Wenner and The Blues Warriors. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 Stu Larsen “Resolute” Record Release Show + Ken Yates. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566. War, Los Lonely Boys. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna). $30 – $65. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
Acoustic Soul. Ireland’s Four Provinces (105 W. Broad St., Falls Church) 7:30 p.m. 703-534-8999.
Open Mic with Bob Hume, Martha Capone & the Band. JV’s Restaurant (666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington) 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.
Jammin Java Local Scene: Sweetnova + Osama Malik + Imaginary Friends. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
Open Mic Night with Alex Parez (Sign-up starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. in main lounge). Iota Club & Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.
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Late-Riser Makes Breakfast Every Day for a Week BY EMILY YOUNG TAMPA BAY TIMES
I am not a breakfast person. Let me clarify: I love breakfast food. Fluffy buttermilk pancakes? Brioche French toast? Buttery English scones? I could eat them all day. But for a night owl like me, rising early, preparing food and consuming it before work or other activities is almost impossible. I imagine some of you can relate. For me, most breakfasts consist of a packaged yogurt, swallowed five minutes before I rush out the door. Recently, I purchased a bottle of Siggi’s Drinkable Yogurt. I’ve actually become too lazy to chew. This has to stop. My challenge: I will cook — and eat — breakfast every morning this week. That means rising early enough to actually enjoy the first meal of the day. Wolfing down a snack is out of the question; I am only allowed to make one drinkable meal. SUNDAY: Burrata Avocado Toast Does it count as breakfast if you eat it at 2 p.m.? I intend to start my week right. I even select the perfect Sunday morning recipe: buttermilk pancakes. Instead, I sleep until 10
a.m., down a yogurt and rush out the door to an appointment. By the time I eat an actual meal, it’s way past lunch. Instead of the buttermilk pancakes, I prepare burrata avocado toast. It takes less than 10 minutes, with virtually no cleanup. That makes it a perfect breakfast meal if you’re a late-riser like me. Since the toast is slathered in burrata cheese, topped with avocados and tomatoes, then drizzled in balsamic glaze, you need a thick slab of bread to absorb the various juices. I didn’t feel like tracking down the artisan bread that the recipe called for (see above: I’m lazy), so I substituted a whole wheat bagel. I also used extra-virgin olive oil instead of a balsamic glaze. The result? Amazing. Peppery olive oil complements the sweet creaminess of burrata and the richness of diced avocados. It’s both healthy and satisfying. I eat it again for dinner. MONDAY: Quinoa Breakfast Cereal Here’s how I imagine people who eat breakfast quinoa: Before the sun rises, they strap on a pair of bright running shoes and train for a triathlon. When they come home, they eat their quinoa cereal,
lift an absurd amount of weights and take a cold shower. Then they go to their 9 a.m. jobs. Quinoa: the superhero’s breakfast. That’s what I tell myself while my quinoa boils on the stove. It smells disturbingly like asparagus cooking. I like asparagus, but I don’t want to eat asparagus cereal. As I stir, my wooden spoon uncovers something that looks like a sloughed-off snakeskin. Burnt milk? My boyfriend, Ben, advises me to toss the entire batch. We start over. This time, the milk bubbles over. There is a reason I don’t cook before noon. Once again, the sloughed-off snake skin oozes to the surface. Since we’ve used up all our quinoa, we can’t start over, so we attempt to pick it out. “I worry that if we keep stirring out the snake skin, we won’t have any food,” Ben says. It’s a legitimate fear. Even with three generous tablespoons of brown sugar, the cereal has an unappetizingly green flavor — like “horse food,” my mom says. The round beads of quinoa remind me of beige caviar. I choke down all of it, because I’m hoping it gives me powers. It does not. I make a burrata bagel.
TUESDAY: Yogurt I gulp down a coconut yogurt and race out the door. Hello, failure, my old friend. WEDNESDAY: Mango Buttermilk Smoothie Ripe mango lends tropical tanginess to a light and refreshing drink. I actually exercise before work. Forget quinoa – this smoothie must be superhero food. I also like that it’s drinkable. THURSDAY: Tropical Fruit Salad I have to confess: I made this at 9 p.m., rather than 9 a.m. What can I say? I may have broken my own rules, but breakfast food eaten at night tastes so much better. (For my actual breakfast, I scarfed down a slab of tasteless peanut butter toast.) If you’ve never eaten coconut chips on a pineapple and strawberry salad, you’re in for a treat. This recipe tastes like an island paradise. My only regret is that I accidentally put in way too much lime juice, which made the salad taste a little more like a margarita than I had anticipated. Another tip: While preparing the salad, resist the urge to stick your tongue in the shell of a juiced lime. It does not taste good, and your tongue will burn for an hour. In the future, I would make this salad again, but
with much less lime juice and an addition of honey, to sweeten it. FRIDAY: Avocado Bagel There is no burrata this time, as I have eaten it all. This is simply an avocado unceremoniously smashed onto a bagel. It’s not a yogurt, so I’m counting it as a win. SATURDAY: Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes It’s the perfect Saturday morning breakfast: fluffy buttermilk pancakes with melted butter, drizzled in warm maple syrup. They’re rich, yet light. I ate my first pancake straight off the frying pan, sans butter or syrup, and it was the best I’ve ever tasted. Plus, I managed to cook this before noon. Triumph! THE VERDICT Here’s what I learned from my week of breakfasts: You have to set achievable goals. Although the buttermilk pancakes were the best recipe, I’ll be most likely to remake the Burrata Avocado Toast, because it was both delicious and easy. If you’re a late-riser, you don’t have to cook yourself something fancy to enjoy a good breakfast. Just find recipes that take less than 10 minutes to make, and set yourself up for success. Also, it’s okay to treat yourself to a classic breakfast. Even if quinoa is a superfood, I’d choose fluffy pancakes every time.
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Margaret Jones, Falls Church’s Preeminent ‘World Citizen,’ Dies
1st Court Ruling After Defection Favors Continuing Episcopalians
Foreign service professional and activist on many fronts in the Falls Church community since the 1960s. Margaret Jones died at her home here last Thursday following a lengthy illness. She was 76. She was known as Peg to her friends and the entire Falls Church community that benefitted from her keen interest and involvement in the arts, education and good participatory government.
In the first official court ruling concerning the defection from the Virginia Episcopal Diocese by 11 churches last December, A Fairfax Circuit Court judge ruled against dismissal of lawsuits by the diocese and the national Episcopal Church last Friday. It was a victory for the Episcopal Church against the defectors that include a majority of voting members at the historic Falls Church that have continued to occupy the church’s property.
Local Resident, Activist Howard Hjort Dies Born in Plentywood, Montana to Dewey and Alice Hjort, Howard Hjort’s childhood was spent on a grain and livestock farm alongside siblings Richard, Doug and Judy. After a stint in the U.S. Army, Howard was hired as a student trainee by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during his first year at Montana State University. He proved to be an asset, and USDA chose to fund his Master’s and Ph.D. coursework in agricultural economics. Howard began his career in Washington, D.C. as a staff economist, where he worked intermittently until 1981, gaining recognition from the Carter administration for his significant strides in agricultural analysis, planning and evaluation. At the onset of what would prove to be a lifelong effort towards global community outreach, Howard set out for New Delhi with five kids in tow, to assist the Ford Foundation in implementing India’s family planning program. Trading the badminton net for a volleyball net, Howard then moved to Rome in 1984 to lead the Policy Analysis Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). From 1992-97, Howard served as Deputy Director-General for FAO, during which he welcomed the birth of his sixth child and brought together colleagues, friends and family for weekly
volleyball gatherings featuring an abundance of food, wine and hospitality. At the conclusion of his service to FAO, former DirectorGeneral Jacques Diouf said, “For his efficiency, for his loyalty and for the services he rendered to this Organization, I would like again to express my great admiration, appreciation and thanks to him. I pay my greatest compliment to this distinguished international civil servant.” Indeed, Howard never strayed from his duty as a civil servant, and continued working with FAO as a consultant, researching issues such as food security, nutrition, and worldwide access to clean water. It was during a consultancy in Israeli-occupied territories that Howard was inspired to share his knowledge of the region in a weekly news roundup, gaining an ever-growing, dedicated following.
Howard was a staunch social justice activist, with a strong belief in the power of faith, inclusivity, and humor under all circumstances. He was a member of the Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC), where he dedicated himself to the Board of Social Action and Mission, the Open and Affirming Committee, the Potomac Association, and the UCC Palestine-Israel Network. In 2013, Howard was part of a small contingent of church members who travelled to Israel and Palestine to begin a partnership with the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. He also enjoyed a weekly tea time with a church member of limited mobility, and for many years, coordinated the church’s Bread for the World advocacy day on Capitol Hill. He will be dearly missed by his wife Marinetta; children Valerie, Kim, Bradley, Sheri (Baker), Kristofer, and Giulia; daughter-inlaw Heather Birch; grandchildren Giles Hjort-Tyson and J. Andrew Hjort-Michel; Kaitlin, Allison and Kirstin Baker; Tripp and Tommy Hjort; step-grandsons Colin and Connor Birch; great-grandchildren Makaila, Holden and Harper Baker-Gray; Caydence, Kierra, and Brielle Brown; J. Alexander Hjort-Michel; Maxwell and Lukas Hjort-Tyson; former spouse Ellen O’Brien; and his beloved dog, Muffy.
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RESEMBLING HER NAMESAKE (minus an abundance of fur) is the Bonner family’s eight-year-old Pekingese, Tofu. She’s been the world over as she came with the family from Beijing and finds American birds and squirrels pretty fun to chase around. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.
F.C.’s Stephen Wisemiller Dies at 61 Stephen Lee Wisemiller of Falls Church passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 3. Beloved husband of 16 years to Sherry Morgan Wisemiller. He is survived by his dear mother, Mary Theresa Wisemiller, brother Barry James Wisemiller, sisters Mitzie (Glenn) Larsen and Joanne (Rick) Gentry, nieces and nephews, Michael Gentry, Lauren Wisemiller Assefa, Meghan Larsen, Danielle Wisemiller, Madison Larsen, Connor Larsen, Bryce Gentry, Kaylee Gentry, Eli Wisemiller, Dean Wisemiller and great-niece Quinn Gentry. Steve is preceded in death by his father, Eugene Wisemiller and his sister, Jeannie Wisemiller. Born in Washington, D.C.,
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Lovely 4 BD/2.5 BA brick home on cul de sal in desirable Broadmont neighborhood. Less than a mile to metro and huge private lot. Offered at $800,000
Lovely 1 BD/1 BA + den just steps from Dunn Loring Metro, and minutes to the Mosaic District. Offered at $250,000
1305 Seaton Circle | Falls Church City
Situated on quiet cul de sac in desirable Virginia Forest. Featuring 5 BD/3 BA, updated kitchen and master bath, three finished levels and large private deck overlooking landscaped lot. Offered at $830,000
710 W Broad St, Falls Church VA 22046 ~ 703-596-5303 Each Office Independently Owned and Operated
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Coming Soon! Vintage Charmer in Clarendon! Walk to everything that matters. Two Bedrooms plus one bedroom apartment, two full baths, Hardwood floors, separate dining room,large kitchen. Living room with Fireplace, One bedroom has dressing room with built-ins, the other has door to sunroom. Full basement. Screened porch overlooks spacious yard. One car garage. Call for price.
SOLD 2200 N. Westmoreland St. #531 Arlington, VA 22213 Beautiful 1BR+Den on the Penthouse level in the WestLee! Pecan Floors, High Ceilings, Granite Counters and SS Kitchen! MUST SEE! Sold Price $398,000.
SOLD 259 Gundry Drive Falls Church VA 22046
Completely updated 3 level townhouse in Winter Hill. 3BR/2 Full Bath/2 Half Baths, Open Kitchen, Updated Baths New SS appliances, HVAC & Hot Water Heater, Fresh Paint Sales Price $642,000. SOLD PRICE $648,000
4633 B 28th Rd S Arlington VA 22205
Beautiful 2 level condo 2BR/1BA in The Arlington. Updated floors. Wood burning fireplace. Sales Price $310,000.
UNDER CONTRACT 200 N Maple Ave #401 Falls Church VA 22046 Beautiful and spacious 1BR condo in FCC! Fresh paint. Large, open space on 4th floor in fantastic location! Enjoy the pool before the end of summer! Sales Price $247,500