Falls Church News-Press 8-8-2019

August 8 — 14, 2019

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Inside This Week F.C. Woman Struck & Killed by Stolen Car

A Falls Church woman was killed when she was struck by a stolen car while walking with a boy in a crosswalk near Poplar Heights Pool last Saturday afternoon.

See News Briefs, page 9

The Best Of Finalists are here!

See pages 12–13.

City Vehicle Tax Bills Will Be Sent Soon

New Downtown Pocket Park an Immediate Hit, Add-Ons Slated Closing the Door

EDA, Its Initiator, Votes to Name It ‘Mr. Brown’s Park’

by Nicholas F. Benton

Falls Church News-Press

The City of Falls Church vehicle personal property tax bills will be mailed to residents starting at the end of August or early September and will be due and payable on Oct. 5.

See News Briefs, page 9

State Appointee, GMHS Alum Dies in Accident

Samuel Hughes Melton, 52 of Bristol, Virginia, appointed in 2017 by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to be the state’s Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, died the result of a traffic accident in Augusta County in southern Virginia last week.

See News Briefs, page 9

AFTER 40 YEARS of business in the City of Falls Church, Hole in the Wall Books, the cozy used bookshop on W. Broad Street, is closing its doors at the end of the month. See story, page 5. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen)

Leaders Urge Priority Action to Fill Vacancy Left by Mad Fox

by Nicholas F. Benton

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The City of Falls Church’s economic development team confirmed Tuesday night that finding a replacement for the recently-closed Mad Fox Brewing Company is “an absolute strategic priority for the City,” and that point being made clear, they said, to those marketing the site, some viable potential new tenants are already stepping forward. One, in particular, they said, another

brewpub operation, a small chain, is showing a keen interest.

James Snyder and Becky Witsman of the City’s development team confirmed this at Tuesday’s meeting of the Economic Development Authority at City Hall, and it was also echoed by City Councilman Phil Duncan, who was present as the chair of the Council’s Economic Development subcommittee that had already discussed and OK’d action on the matter at its meeting last week.

The sudden shuttering of Mad Fox at its pristine location in the center of the 400 block of W. Broad Street came as a shock to many last month, although its financial woes were known to insiders for some time. Still, in its nine years, the establishment had been a major factor in evolving the City’s self-image from a residential suburban village to a more urban, vibrant place, hosting Chamber of Commerce and other

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Members of the City of Falls Church’s quasi-autonomous Economic Development Authority Tuesday night treated themselves a lusty round of applause for accomplishing the Little City’s latest hot spot, the newly-renovated “pocket park” in the 100 block of West Broad Street.

Meanwhile, the momentum is growing to name the park “Mr. Brown’s Park,” to honor three generations of the Brown family, including the late Hugh Brown who passed away in November, the last heir of the family hardware store business that has been located a few doors down for over 125 years. The Economic Development Authority (EDA), credited with initiating the effort to redevelop the park space, voted unanimously to recommend the name to the City Council Tuesday night.

Witnesses have described the activity at the new park space as a veritable bevy of casual human activity, especially on weekend evenings, where folks can be seen with their families enjoying the modest amenities, including an artificial turf and ample benches, chairs and tables. Located in a block with multiple local eateries, including an ice cream shop, the site allows for citizens to linger and enjoy the warm summer evenings in downtown Falls Church.

Already there are plans for expanded uses for the park space, including a live music stage with a

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Thompson Italian Opening Next Wednesday on N. Washington St.

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local group luncheons and holding many public events that spilled over into the small public plaza adjacent the space that featured live music.

City leaders do not want the process of that transformation to lose steam because of Mad Fox’s closing, and in fact, as Duncan pointed out, the City is taking a more aggressive role in prompting commercial property owners to do more to get their vacant retail spaces filled up on West Broad. That goes for the recently-closed Locker Room Sports Bar space, as well.

But as the Mill Creek developers of the 4.3-acre Founders Row mixed-use project continue to dig deeper holes into the 900 block of West Broad in anticipation of hundreds of new apartments, “senior living” spaces, restaurants and a multi-screen movie theater, changes are happening up the street at the Falls Plaza shopping center, with a Jersey Mike’s going into the former Chef Express site, Tasty Dumpling going to the former Pita Pouch, Rania’s Love Vegetarian going into the former Zinga space and Plaka Grill moving to the former Native Foods Cafe site by November, as

Witsman spelled out to the EDA members Tuesday.

The biggest piece of good news, however, is the imminent opening of the long-awaited new Italian restaurant at the location of the former Argia’s Restaurant at 124 N. Washington St. Thompson Italian, a snappy incarnation of the original hopes and dreams of previous Argia’s owners, has announced that it will open its doors to the public next Wednesday, Aug. 14, and the anticipation has risen to a small roar throughout the D.C. region.

The former RPM Italian executive chef Gabe Thompson has brought his considerable reputation, having commandeered the kitchens of some of Manhattan’s top Italian restaurants, to the site.

For him and his wife, pastry chef Katherine, the restaurant will be their first in the D.C. area, and it is expected to draw major attention from throughout the region.

(In other words, start booking your reservations now.)

In an interview by Tierney Plumb on Eater DC, the Thompsons describe their effort as a “family affair” with solid roots in the Falls Church area, as Katherine explained that her mother ran an art studio in

Falls Church in the 1990s and her dad taught art in Arlington County public schools. Her artistic parents played a major role in designing the new interior of the restaurant, which is blue-toned and includes “abstract art, neon signage and reimagined concert posters” that fit in with its location adjacent the popular State Theatre live music venue.

In New York City, the Thompsons were part of the team that opened Dell-anima in the West Village in 2007, and became chef partners at three popular Italian restaurants across Manhattan, L’Artusi, Anfora and L’Apicio. Before that, Gabe Thompson was at Le Bernardin and Katherine at Per Se. Their new restaurant here will feature “a modern take on Italian food.” There will be “eight types of pasta (in full and half portions) to start, like a ricotta gnocchi with 24-hour braised Rosetta Farm lamb, and a short fish and meat section that will include market fish with clams, corn and guanciale,” according to Plumb.

The bar will have four draft lines, with one reserved for prosecco, with “lots of local distilleries and breweries on the list.”

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Meanwhile, the new restaurant’s neighbor, Clare and Don’s Beach Shack, is continuing its dispute with the City over responsibility for storm drainage lines leading out of the restaurant, and a face-to-face meeting with City officials is set for Friday.

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canopy and mural on the blank wall adjacent it. Some in the City’s Planning Department have suggested a mural might have a beach scene to enhance the casual ambiance of the space.

As for naming the space “Mr. Brown’s Park,” it was noted that an informal public survey inviting suggestions drew overwhelming support for naming it, in one form or another, for the Brown legacy.

Snyder showed an artist rendering for what signage designating the park might look like, an arcshaped sign like the ones that now identify two other parks further up W. Broad, with estimates that such a sign could be acquired for just above $9,000.

In conjunction with the modest investment the City has made in the renovation of the space, it has hired a part-time park coordinator, Naomi Goodwin, to oversee the maintenance and further improvements there, including some public event programming that is already scheduled.

Free classes in August being held there include “high intensity interval training,” yoga, “sprinkler

fun,” “cardio dance,” “pop up” and “introduction to kettleballs,” all the events being hosted by local businesses.

The EDA’s Erik Pelton announced Tuesday that he and City Council member Letty Hardi, another initiator of the project, will be meeting soon with local business owners in the block about plans for the block and to elicit their suggestions.

The attitude of the local business owners has changed dramatically from the time when petitions filled with their signatures opposing the pocket park idea were brought to the City Council.

Initially, they reacted against what they saw as a major deficit in parking that the project would create.

But the project was revamped to avoid any loss of parking, and in fact the City brought forward more modest improvement plans along with plans for a parking study of the area aimed at maximizing public parking.

That parking study will begin in the fall, spearheaded by the EDA’s Ed Saltzberg, and Snyder reported that plans for the milling and paving of the parking spaces behind the pocket park and on-

street retailers in the 100 block’s north side has been estimated to cost around $32,000, a project that would provide an additional 10 parking spaces.

Pelton also proposed that, with the completion of that job, that a painted walkway running the length of the parking area from N. Washington to Maple be added to enhance the “walkability” of the area.

The subject of a mid-block crosswalk in that block was also raised at the EDA meeting, along with the idea of turning one lane of the westbound W. Broad in that block into angled parking and Uber/Lyft dropoff spaces in the evenings, when the traffic flows drop off.

The parking study would encompass a larger area of the City’s downtown, including new areas as the boundaries of the district ranging from the Founders Row project in the 900 block of W. Broad to the Lincoln at Tinner Hill in the 400 block of S. Washington St. That, and plans for a “wayfinder study” to mull ways to make getting around town easier and more pedestrian friendly, will be topics at the EDA’s next meeting

THE FALLS CHURCH Economic Development Authority, chaired by Bob Young (center), held its monthly meeting in the Dogwood Room of the newly-renovated City Hall Tuesday night. At left, Erik Pelton is shown gesturing. (News-Press photo) on Sept. 10.

Witsman said a meeting with officials at the Kaiser facility in the block behind about expanding their willingness to allow free public parking use of their structured parking facility was amiable, but no commitments were made to allow more parking than currently is permitted.

The EDA discussed what a role for it might be in the pursuit of affordable housing in the City, something that confronts the City with increasing urgency. Saltzberg

proposed the establishment of a “blue ribbon” committee of top city officials and experts to develop an overall plan for moving forward.

EDA Chair Bob Young reiterated the disappointment that attended the effort a decade ago to marshall the resources for a senior affordable housing project in the downtown area. Many groups who weighed in on that effort, he said, are upset to this day that a City Council decision, by a one-vote margin, killed the project then.

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Simply Taking The Guns Away

The September/October 2019 issue of Discover magazine cites the deplorable data. While 39,773 Americans lost their lives to firearms in 2017, since 1968, 1.625 million Americans have died from gunfire, more than the accumulated American deaths in all wars since the country’s founding more than 200 years ago.

The magazine’s article on the subject, ‘The Science of Gun Violence,” by Russ Juskalian, notes that firearm deaths in the U.S. in the last decade have begun to exceed deaths by motor vehicle accidents, over the course of 10 years, standing at 374,340 deaths from cars in the last decade to 342,439 from guns.

One terrible consequence of the gun lobby’s relentless efforts, sadly backed by most Republican lawmakers, is that there has been almost no money spent to determine the collateral impacts of deaths by firearms, or of solutions to mitigate the extraordinary rate, compared to almost every other form of fatality that the population suffers, whether from (as among the top causes) heart disease, cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, influenza, poisoning, sepsis or motor vehicles. Research funding per life lost stands at $63 per gun fatality, compared to all the others that range from $1,000 to $30,000, the median being $4,852, the article reports.

But in 2017, 60 percent of firearm deaths were suicides, being 23,854 people, most of them married white males over 50 with physical health issues. On the other hand, black men under 20 dying from homicides lowered that demographic group’s life expectancy by more than four years.

Women make up about 10 percent of all U.S. gun deaths, and “are far more likely than men to be killed by an intimate partner.” Overall, the rate of gun deaths in the U.S. is 25 times higher than in other high-income countries, and handguns are by far the most likely kind of firearm to cause a fatality.

The article notes that “perhaps the most striking about the gaps in current gun violence data is how little we know about the shootings that don’t result in death,” even though firearm injuries represent the vast majority of firearm casualties, at about 130,000 per year. The impact of gun violence, fatal or not, on what individuals and their families may experience as physical, psychological and financial repercussions is also not known.

Taking a science-driven public health approach can make a huge difference, as has been seen in other types of risk. Since the 1950s, the per-mile fatality rate from vehicles has fallen by 80 percent. In the U.S., limited data shows that while only about 13 percent of all suicide attempts succeed (with the vast majority of those trying it never making a second try), in those involving firearms, almost 90 percent result in death.

Simply taking the guns away, studies have shown, makes the biggest difference. Ironically, older white males stand the most to gain from gun control.

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Montgomery Co. Actions Not Relevant to City of F.C. Editor, To attempt to use the approval of accessory dwellings in Montgomery County, Maryland, as a courageous example to be embraced by the City of Falls Church is absurd and misguided.

There can be no logical comparison between Montgomery County, which has 491 square miles of land with a population in 2018 of

1,052,567, and the City of Falls Church which has 2.2 square miles and a population of about 14,000.

Montgomery County’s actions have no relevance for what should be done in our City.

In your July 24 editorial in support of these accessory dwellings, you assert that anyone who opposes such accessory dwellings is reactionary and fears “being

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brought to justice in the face of insurgency.” You disparage single family detached home neighborhoods and state that they have the practical effect of racial discrimination. And then, you go so far as to make reference to Jim Crow racism and assert that zoning ordinances are used to perpetuate prejudicial practices. Your words convey a shocking bigotry and hateful characterization of people who you know nothing about and who have every right to disagree with your opinion. Before championing small accessory dwellings as a means to eliminate prejudicial practices, one might want to take

into consideration that historically in the south small accessory dwellings were for the enslaved.

The reason for any zoning change in our City should not be based on a biased and misguided interpretation of justice which actually shows a prejudice of its own. The City of Falls Church does need courageous decisions by our elected officials, beginning with saying “no” to accessory dwellings. Courage is shown in making decisions that are not hasty imitation but are thoughtfully researched and carefully

Letter Continues on Page 16

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Real ID Now Available from Virginia’s DMV B� T�� C������

Have you heard about the VA DMV’s Real ID driver’s license or Real ID card?

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is now issuing a more secure license called a Real ID driver’s license, but many people are not aware of this option, and how it might affect them. It’s a result of the Real ID Act which is a federal law passed by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The act affects how states issue driver’s licenses and ID cards if they are going to be accepted for federal purposes, such as boarding domestic flights, entering secure military bases or visiting federal government buildings that require an ID. The law is intended to prevent identity fraud and applicants are required to provide proof of identity and legal U.S. residency to obtain the new ID. The Real ID is optional. You can get either a Real ID driver’s license or ID card, and those will be identified by a star in the upper right hand corner, or you can get a standard driver’s license or ID, and it will say in the upper right hand corner “Federal Limits Apply”. In full disclosure, I am not a DMV employee, and I haven’t been formally trained in Real ID credentials.

Starting Oct. 1, 2020, you will need to have the Real ID driver’s license to fly domestically, go into federal government buildings or onto U.S. military bases

or you’ll need to have a regular driver’s license and a second form of federally approved form of identification, which for most people, would be a current U.S. passport, or a U.S. passport card. There are

“The law is intended to prevent identity fraud and applicants are required to provide proof of identity and legal U.S. residency to obtain the new ID.”

many other forms of IDs and clearances that could be used instead of a U.S. passport, such as DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST), a U.S. military ID (active duty, retired military, dependents and DoD civilians), a foreign government-issued passport, a Canadian driver’s license among others.

Virginia began issuing the new Real ID licenses on Oct. 1, 2018 and is working to replace as many as 2.7 million driver’s licenses before Oct. 1, 2020. The large undertaking has resulted in longer lines and

wait times at its DMV Offices. As of late May, Virginia had issued about 365,000 Real IDs. Officials say the important part of making the process more efficient is to come to the DMV prepared and have all the proper documents with you. You cannot apply for the Real ID credentials on-line, they must be applied for only in-person at one of the DMV offices or mobile locations. The documents that you submit are scanned and sent to Richmond for processing. To get more details about what you need to bring, go to the VA DMV website www.dmvnow. com. You can call the DMV at (804) 4977100.

Documents required include one proof of identity, one proof of your full Social Security number and two proofs of residency. One of the two proofs of residency can be your Virginia driver’s license if your address is current. A U.S. birth certificate or valid U.S. passport can be used as proof of identity. You can provide your Social Security card or a W-2, SSA-1099 or a payroll stub to prove a Social Security number, if you can’t locate your actual Social Security card. Proof of residency can be established with documents such as a deed, mortgage, monthly mortgage statement, bank statement, utility bill (less than three months old and issued to the applicant, cell phone bills are not accepted), voter registration card, a residential lease, or mail from a federal, state or local government agency,

such as a real estate bill or a car tax bill.

Do you know that the Virginia DMV visits Falls Church City at the City Hall building, located at 300 Park Avenue, five times a month via two different service options, and that you can get your Real ID driver’s license or ID card right here? The first type of DMV service that visits City Hall four consecutive times a month is called the DMV Connect service (Aug. 12 – 15 are the next dates). The service is now regularly located in the Laurel Meeting Room, inside of the recently renovated City Hall building, on the LC level. The DMV Connect service is here the second Monday through Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

I also host the popular DMV2Go Mobile Unit on the second Friday of every month; it’s located in front of City Hall from 9 a.m. –4 p.m. (Aug. 9 is the next visit). The DMV2Go Bus is a full-service handicapped accessible DMV Office on wheels. If you have an eligible child, they can take their Learner’s Permit test on the DMV2Go Bus, testing stops at 3:30 p.m. Need a schedule of 2019 DMV dates, or more information? We have DMV handouts in the Commissioner’s Office, or you can call 703-248-5450 or email us at: commissioner@fallschurchva. gov. Now go get Real!

Tom Clinton is the Commissioner of the Revenue for the City of Falls Church.

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Last Week’s Question:

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HOLE IN THE WALL BOOKS and its narrow aisles lined with tightly-packed shelves filled with used books and comics will close its doors at the end of the month after 40 years in the City of Falls Church. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen)

After 40 Year Run, Hole in the Wall Books Closes Its Doors This Month

by Matt Delaney

Falls Church News-Press

Hole in the Wall Books, the cozy used book shop located within a faded blue house on Broad Street, will be closing up shop for good at the end of the month, concluding a 40-year run in the City of Falls Church that brought the right amount of reliability and eccentricity to make the store into an institution.

“The decision to close is personal,” says Edie Nally, who along with her husband and owner, Michael, have been running Hole in the Wall since 1979.

Edie and Michael haven’t been able to travel together to see their children since their youngest graduated high school in the mid2000s. A rare chance to see their son, who lives in Raleigh, last September reminded the couple how long it had been, and with Edie in her mid 60s and Michael in his early 70s, they felt the time had come to retire. A 150-mile, round trip commute to and from the family’s home near Luray made the decision all the easier.

“The last time I saw my granddaughter was when she was 18 months old; she just recently turned four,” Edie said, while adding that the children do visit them as often as they can in west-

ern Virginia. “Someone always has to be around to take care of the store, so we’re looking forward to seeing them together.”

What will leave with the Nallys may be the closest thing to a stereotypical mom-and-pop shop in Falls Church.

Sturdy wooden shelves have book sections delineated by hand-written paper slivers. The subtle creak of the floorboards is covered up by the hum of fans and window air-conditioning units. A cracker-barrel aesthetic on the inside is the canvas for an assortment of tchotchkes, including a Pink Panther stuffed animal staring, superhero insignias and a picture of fictional character, Elric of Melniboné, to name just a few. And a small pillar of mementos from patrons’ vacations to annual Christmas cards indicate the relationships Edie, ever the social butterfly, fosters when guests come to the register.

All these elements give Hole in the Wall a vintage feel akin to its spring 1979 opening, which appeared to be a culmination of Michael’s lifelong passion.

Edie says the first book Michael read was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” at age four. He would go on to work at bookstores by the time he was in his late teens

and early 20s before leasing half of Record & Tape Exchange’s space to open Hole in the Wall in its current location. When the record store’s owner decided to leave, Hole in the Wall would set down roots in Falls Church for the next 40 years.

While the Nallys had to move out west for quality of life purposes, they remained loyal to Falls Church. Used books have always been Hole in the Wall’s mainstay along with comic books, which Edie estimated accounts for nearly half of its business after they added it to the store’s repertoire in 1981 Helping the Nallys boost their comic book inventory is longtime friend, author and former contractor with the store, Ted White.

White, who also serves as the copy editor for the News-Press, sold a large collection of his used comics to Michael, including such prizes as Spider-Man’s debut in Marvel’s “Amazing Fantasy” #15 from 1962.

As Hole in the Wall grew so did its comic book distribution, which is where Michael reached out for White’s assistance again.

White serviced comic book racks that Hole in the Wall was a vendor for — going around Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland to restock empty racks

EDIE NALLY (right) and her husband, Hole in the Wall books owner Michael, will shutter their used book store they opened in Falls Church in 1979. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen) or recycle out old editions for new ones. The gig lasted from 1986 to 1994, or about the time that Edie took over as the store’s face, while, as White remarks, a growingly reclusive Michael was able to dedicate his time to his real interest in book finding. Michael built a shed by his rural home to house the treasures from his expeditions, with some trips going as far north as New England.

To White, the store appeared well-liked by regular citizens but somewhat ignored by the powersthat-be.

“The City gave it no recognition and it received no promotion from the chamber of commerce.

It’s like that member of the family you don’t talk about,” White said. “The store did have a significant customer base though — kids would hang out there and talk. A good number of people did have a relationship with the store and they’re going to miss it when it closes.”

The feeling is mutual. Edie says the hardest part about closing is leaving behind the bonds she made with customers.

Whether it was listening to someone talk about the starry night sky in Montana or proudly chatting about how one of her Christmas card patrons recently presented in front of the Supreme Court, she believes the interactions she gets on a frequent basis only come “at the seat of the world’s empire.”

“I’m gonna miss the people the most,” Edie said, noting that the intersection of a cosmopolitan essence balanced by a small town demeanor are what kept Hole in the Wall in Falls Church. “Singlehandedly the most educated, nicest, coolest people on the planet live here.”

Hole in the Wall Books will officially close on Saturday, Aug. 31. Excess inventory that isn’t donated can be found on AbeBooks.com.

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NEWS BRIEFS Falls Church Woman Killed After Struck by Stolen Car Saturday A Falls Church woman was killed when she was struck by a stolen car while walking with a boy in a crosswalk near Poplar Heights Pool last Saturday afternoon. Fairfax County Police say 60-year-old Betty Ana Bernstein-Zabza and a child were walking on a pedestrian pathway adjacent to Shreve Road when they entered a crosswalk and were hit by a stolen pickup truck driven by 46-year-old David Alan Francis of South Riding. Bernstein-Zabza was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead and the juvenile was treated for minor injuries. Francis ran from the scene but was apprehended and arrested a short time later and charged with felony hit and run. Police believe speed and drugs were factors in causing Francis to lose control of the truck and hit the two victims. According to a Fox 5 report, Bernstein-Zabza, a longtime advisor for the U.S. State Department, was walking with her 12-year-old son on a path near Shreve Road when police say Francis, who was speeding around the corner, lost control of the stolen truck before crashing into the pedestrians. Investigators believe Francis stole the truck from a garage in Chantilly earlier Saturday and crashed five different times before the fatal crash in Falls Church.

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Northam Appointee Fatality Was Graduate of GMHS Samuel Hughes Melton, age 52 of Bristol, Virginia, appointed in 2017 by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to be the state’s Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, died the result of a traffic accident in Augusta County in southern Virginia Aug. 2. Melton was a 1985 graduate of Falls Church’s George Mason High School. Born in Miami, Florida, he was the son of Howard Ivy Melton and Betty Hughes Melton. He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Hughes Melton. Melton graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he studied German and Interdisciplinary Studies. He then went on to study at the UVA School of Medicine, where he served as class president and stayed at UVA to complete his family medicine residency, where he served as house staff president. Following residency, he served in the US Army at Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg. He then opened C-Health, PC in Lebanon, Virginia where he cared for patients in Russell County. He became board certified in Addiction Medicine and cared for his patients with substance use disorders at HighPower, PC in Lebanon. He was awarded the 2011 Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians. He became the chief medical officer at the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia as Chief Medical Officer for the Virginia facilities of Legacy Mountain States Health Alliance. He received the Servant’s Heart Award, the highest patient service award granted by Ballad Health. During this time, he received his Master’s in Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at UVA. In 2015, Melton was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Health Department. After two years in this position, he was appointed by Virginia Governor Northam to the position of Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, Aug. 11, at Fellowship Chapel, 201 Crockett St. in Bristol, Virginia. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. and will end at 5 p.m., followed by a service at 5 p.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the UVA Cancer Center, Betty Hughes Melton Memorial Fund. Donations can be mailed to UVA Health Foundation, PO Box 400807, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4807, or made online at www.giving.uvahealth.com. Condolences can be sent to the family at www. hillandwood.com.

Vehicle Tax Bills Due by Oct. 5 The City of Falls Church vehicle personal property tax bills will be mailed out around the end of August or early September and will be due and payable on Oct. 5, 2019, the Commissioner of the Revenue announced this week. In order for those bills to be as accurate as possible and to receive a decal in advance, any changes to owner vehicle status should be reported by contacting the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue at 703248-5450 or commissioner@fallschurchva.gov or by using the online registration portal at www.fallschurchva.gov/vehiclereg. The DMV does not automatically do this for you nor does the car dealership. The City can help residents register a new vehicle, remove a sold vehicle from your tax record or answer questions. All vehicles garaged or normally parked in the City of Falls Church are required to display a registration decal. This is evidence of Personal Property Tax Compliance and is not the same as a parking permit or a building parking permit. Failure to display a decal within 60 days of the vehicle entering the City may result in a $50 citation by police enforcement.

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LEARNINGRX TYSONS CORNER AND LEARNINGRX RESTON, brain training centers were presented with a 2019 Customer Service Award at the company’s national convention held in Colorado Springs for its seventh consecutive year. The award is given to centers that have shown a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. Pictured (left to right) are Irene Ward, center director of LearningRx Reston; Kim Hanson, CEO of LearningRx and Maureen Loftus, executive director of LearningRx Tysons Corner and LearningRx Reston. (Photo: ASHA Public Relations)

ART AND FRAME OF FALLS CHURCH featured artist was Michael Heenan (center), pictured with City of Falls Church Mayor David Tarter (left) and councilman Phil Duncan. Heenan’s first solo show was a success as seven paintings were purchased. His work will be up for the month of August and all are pieces are for sale.

(Photo: Courtesy Bev Rocco)

American Legion Hosts Baseball Outing for Vets Falls Church American Legion Post 130 invites all area U.S. military veterans to join the Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Washington Nationals’ Sunday, Sept. 1 “Heroes’ Day” game between the Nationals and the Miami Marlins. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m.

Post 130 spokesman Harry Shovlin (Army) says “All veterans

and their guests are invited to join us. You need not have served in a combat zone or overseas. As long as you swore allegiance to the United States and have worn the uniform of one of the branches of the United States military, you are welcome. You’re also welcome if you wore the uniform of one of our allies.”

Post 130 member Ken Feltman (Marines) said “We have 80 tickets. Twenty have been paid for by a donor and are reserved for

veterans who might have trouble affording a ticket and transportation. Please let us know about any deserving vet.”

The remaining 60 tickets are available for local vets at the reduced price of $40, with $10 of that price going toward food, drinks and gear of your choice.

Contact the Legion at 703-5331945 to order tickets.

The seats are near refreshments, washrooms and a souvenir area. No veteran will have far to go. Also important: If any veterans want to talk about their military experience, that’s fine.

If not, don’t worry. They will not be alone. Every veteran, every uniformed service, women, men, LGBTQ, should feel at home at the game.

Shovlin asks that any veteran who can drive other veterans to the game leave a message for him at the Legion by calling 703-533-

1945. “We’re trying to provide buses. Others may go by Metro.

Let us know what you want,” Shovlin added The Legion’s next event for veterans will be a reception honoring non-commissioned officers from all services. Also in the planning stages is an event honoring minorities in the military.

Psychic Fair Hosted For Fanatics & the Curious Many of the best psychics, mediums, healers and readers of all types, along with related arts and crafts vendors from Virginia and the surrounding areas will gather for the Virginia Psychic Fair at the Arlington-Fairfax Elks Lodge (8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax) on Sunday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

For both those who are serious and for those who are just curious.

75 percent of tables offer some type of readings while the other 25 percent of tables offer related arts, crafts, books, oils, crystals, information and more 40 Tables all under one roof for this indoor event. Free Parking.

Many of the vendors will be giving Fair Specials and Discounts. Some of the tables will accept credit cards. Snacks and soft drinks will be available.

Pre-pay price is $5; Day of the event or at the door is $10 (cash only) For tickets, visit va-psychicfair.eventbrite.com

Fairfax Schools Wins Grant for Justice High Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is one of five school divisions in Virginia awarded a high school program implementation grant for the

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CELEBRATING NATIONAL DAY OUT with some good ol’fashioned community fun was the Jefferson Village Civic Association at Jefferson Village park on Tuesday. evening. The warm, breezy weather gave attendees just the right amount of time to down their free ice cream, with a playground on site as well so the children could immediately run out their sugar rushes before returning home. (P�����: N���-P����) 2019-20 school year. The grants were awarded to support implementation of previously planned innovative programs.

FCPS was awarded $50,000 for a program at Justice High School to implement a curriculum to meet the instructional needs of English learners with little formal education. The program will provide these students with opportunities for mentoring, career exploration, and internships, while the instructional program focuses on literacy, numeracy, and workforce readiness.

The grants are designed to promote Virginia’s five Cs: critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and

citizenship, while preparing students for careers and postsecondary education.

The 2018 General Assembly authorized up to $500,000 in competitive grants in 2019 for school divisions to plan high school program innovations approved by the Virginia Department of Education, or to implement previously approved plans.

The legislature defined the essential elements of high school program innovation as including student centered learning, with progress based on proficiency; real-world connections aligned with local workforce needs and emphasizing transitions to college or career or both; and varying

models for educator supports and staffing.

New Principal Joins Haycock Elementary Scott Bloom, who currently serves as the principal at Freedom Hill Elementary School, has been named the new principal of Haycock Elementary School, effective Aug. 15.

Bloom joined Fairfax County Public Schools in 2012 as principal of Freedom Hill; prior to that, he served as an assistant principal in Prince William County and South Carolina. He began his career as an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania

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and Prince William County. At Freedom Hill, Bloom supported STEM and project-based learning, Responsive Classroom and the Positivity Project while establishing a welcoming and inclusive school culture. He has experience administering advanced academic programs and special education programs, along with a robust after-school program and welcomes parent and family involvement in school activities.

Bloom earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Susquehanna University and a master of arts degree in Educational Leadership from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania.

He also holds an endorsement in

Educational Administration and Supervision, PreK-12.

Sun & Moon Hosts August Open House Sun & Moon Taiji One will host a tai chi open house with free trial tai chi class on Monday, Aug. 12 from 8 – 9 p.m. The event is open to those who want to experience the health benefits of tai chi. The event will take place at the Falls Church location (Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do, Falls Plaza Shopping Center, 1136 W. Broad St., Falls Church). RSVP is required. Call 301-512-5071 or e-mail SunAndMoonTaijiOne@ gmail.com to reserve a spot.

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WHO’S THE BEST? The finalists for the 2019 BEST OF FALLS CHURCH reader vote are here! Cast your vote now at BESTOFFC.COM. Winners will be featured in a special BEST OF FALLS CHURCH edi�on of the News-Press on August 29!

2019 Best of Falls Church Finalists: FOOD & DINING

BURGER: Dogwood Tavern • Elevation Burger • Five Guys Burgers & Fries Ireland’s Four Provinces • Lazy Mike’s Deli PIZZA: Flippin’ Pizza • Ledo Pizza • Northside Social Paisano’s Pizza • Pizzeria Orso SANDWICH: Dogwood Tavern • Lazy Mike’s Deli • Lost Dog Cafe Northside Social • Panera Bread FRIED CHICKEN: Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken • BB.Q Chicken Dogwood Tavern • Liberty Barbecue • Popeyes ROTISSERIE-STYLE CHICKEN: Crisp & Juicy • Harris Teeter Plaka Grill • Spin Pollo • Super Chicken SEAFOOD: 2941 Restaurant • Chasin’ Tails • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Dogwood Tavern • Hot n Juicy Crawfish VEGAN: Bakeshop • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Loving Hut • Spacebar SUSHI: Koi Koi Sushi & Roll • Maneki Neko • Takumi • Yume Sushi MEDITERRANEAN: Fava Pot • Moby Dick House of Kabob • Plaka Grill Yayla Bistro • Sfizi Cafe ITALIAN: Anthony’s Restaurant • Italian Cafe • Pistone’s Italian Inn Pizzeria Orso • Sfizi Cafe VIETNAMESE: Four Sisters Restaurant • Huong Viet Restaurant Pho 88 • Pho Sate • Present LATIN AMERICAN: El Patron • El Tio Grill Luzmila’s • Super Chicken • Taco Bamba BREAKFAST: Cabose Commons • Cafe Kindred Lazy Mike’s Deli • Northside Social • Original Pancake House BRUNCH: Cafe Kindred • Dogwood Tavern Ireland’s Four Provinces • Liberty Barbecue • Northside Social HAPPY HOUR: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Ireland’s Four Provinces Northside Social

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BAR FOOD: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Spacebar SPORTS BAR: Dogfish Head Alehouse • Dogwood Tavern Glory Days • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Open Road BEER LIST: Audacious Aleworks • Caboose Commons • Dogwood Tavern Dominion Wine & Beer • Spacebar WINE LIST: 2941 Restaurant • Dominion Wine & Beer • Idylwood Grill Northside Social • Sfizi Cafe COFFEE SHOP: Cafe Kindred • Famille Cafe • Northside Social Rare Bird Coffee Roasters • Starbucks BAKERY: Bakeshop • Cafe Kindred • The Happy Tart Northside Social • Panera Bread FROZEN TREATS: Baskin Robbins • Kiln & Custard • Lazy Mike’s Deli Lil City Creamery • Sweet Frog FARMERS MARKET VENDOR: Chris’ Marketplace • Fresh Crunch Pickles Grace’s Pastries • Kate’s Crepes • Toigo Orchards KID-FRIENDLY DINING: Caboose Commons • Cafe Kindred Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Liberty Barbecue • Pizzeria Orso SPECIAL OCCASION DINING: 2941 Restaurant • Idylwood Grill • La Côte d’Or Café TRIO Grill • Yayla Bistro OUTSIDE EATING: Clare & Don’s Beach Shack • Dogwood Tavern Famille Cafe • Ireland’s Four Provinces • Northside Social DELIVERY FOOD: Hunan Cafe • Lost Dog Cafe • Lucky Thai Saffron Indian Cuisine • Sweet Rice CATERING: Cafe Kindred • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Root & Stem Catering NEW RESTAURANT: Bakeshop • Caboose Commons Dominion Wine & Beer • Famille Cafe • Yume Sushi

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WHO’S THE BEST? 2019 Best of Falls Church Finalists: RETAIL, SERVICES & MORE

ACCOUNTING FIRM: Bay Business Group • Diener & Associates Johnson & Associates • Levin & Associates • Robert Radan, CPA ARCHITECT: DuBro Architects & Builders • Hemphill & Associates Lee Design Studio • Moore Architects • Winn Design + Build LAWYER: Baskin, Jackson & Lasso • The Law Offices of Charles W. O’Donnell Gayle B. Matthews • Needham Mitnick & Pollack PLC • Erik Pelton BANK/CREDIT UNION: Apple Federal Credit Union • Burke & Herbert Navy Federal Credit Union • Suntrust • Wells Fargo REAL ESTATE AGENT: JD Callander • Chris Earman • Tori McKinney Kelly Millspaugh Thompson • Susan Tull O’Reilly REAL ESTATE GROUP: Chrissy + Lisa • JD Callander & Associates Re/Max West End • Rock Star Realty • Weichert Realtors PROPERTY MANAGER: Century 21 Gawen Realty, Inc. Town & Country Properties • Weichert Realtors DOCTOR: Scott Bartram • Ritu Cuttica • Philip O’Donnell • Andrea Schmeig • Gordon Theisz PEDIATRICIAN: Amin Barakat • Capital Area Pediatrics • Diane Halpin Northern Virginia Pediatrics • Sleepy Hollow Pediatrics DENTIST: William V. Dougherty • Peterson Huang Mark Miller • Johana Nieto • West Falls Church Dental CHIROPRACTOR: Joshua Brooks • Ilana Goldberg • Ted Perih • Ray Solano • Quality Chiropractic EYEWEAR: For Eyes • Hour Eyes • MyEyeDr. Point of View Eyewear • Northern Virginia Doctors of Optometry HANDYMAN: Doug’s Handyman Service • EW Johnson Mechanical Handyman Services of Northern Virginia • Harry Shovlin • Pete Trevisan HOME IMPROVEMENT: Brown’s Hardware • DuBro Architects & Builders Foxcraft Design Group • Sislers Stone • Winn Design + Build INSURANCE COMPANY: Foundation Insurance • GEICO State Farm • Town & Country Insurance • USAA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: Chesterbrook Residences Goodwin House • The Kensington Falls Church • Sunrise of Falls Church DRY CLEANERS: Betty Brite Cleaners • Classic Cleaners Dry Clean NOVA • Hillwood Cleaners • Spectrum Cleaners CAR DEALER: Beyer Automotive • Bill Page Honda Bill Page Toyota • Koons Ford Falls Church AUTO SERVICE: Drive European • Herb’s Auto Repair Integrity Tire & Auto • Mr. Tire • Smokey’s Garage BARBERSHOP: Father & Son Barber Shop • Jess Haircuts The Neighborhood Barbershop • Smitty’s Barbershop • Snip Snip Barber Shop HAIR SALON: Hair Cuttery • Kess Hair & Skincare Miki for Hair • Nash Hair Design • Perfect Endings

NAIL SALON: Aislinn Nails & Spa • Indulge Nails & Spa Nail Bonita • Nothing in Between Nail Salon • Rex Day Spa MASSAGE: Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa • Ladan Spa Falls Church Massage Envy • Jessica Rimer • Stress Knot FITNESS/SPORTS SHOP: Bikenetic • Conte’s Bike Shop • ProBike FC • Road Runner Sports FITNESS STUDIO: Advantage Fitness • CycleBar • Jazzercize Falls Church Orangetheory Fitness • Pure Barre Falls Church GYM: 24 Hour Fitness • Advantage Fitness • Gold’s Gym Orangetheory Fitness • Planet Fitness PHYSICAL THERAPY: Alliance Physical Therapy • Bodies in Motion • Body Dynamics SUMMER PROGRAM: City of Falls Church Recreation & Parks Congo Camp at Congressional School • Creative Cauldron Claymagination Art Camp at Clay Cafe Studios • Tom Dolan Swim School PRIVATE SCHOOL: CommuniKids • Congressional School Falls Church Montessori • Grace Christian Academy • Saint James Catholic School PRESCHOOL: Columbia Baptist Child Development Center • CommuniKids Congressional School • Falls Church Episcopal Day School • Falls Church Preschool DAYCARE: CommuniKids • Congressional School • Easter Seals Falls Church City Public Schools • Falls Church Montessori EVENT SPACE: Caboose Commons • Falls Church Arts Famille Cafe • Hilton Garden Inn • The State Theatre LIVE MUSIC: Caboose Commons • Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Ireland’s Four Provinces • JV’s Restaurant • The State Theatre SHOPPING CENTER: Eden Center • Falls Plaza • Lincoln at Tinner Hill • Mosaic District PLACE TO BUY A GIFT: Botanologica • Dominion Jewelers • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Galleria Florist • Stylish Patina JEWELRY STORE: Bedazzled • Dominion Jewelers • Dupont Central Jewelry BOUTIQUE: Botanologica • Galleria Florist Lemon Lane Consignment • New to You • Stylish Patina SPECIALTY STORE: Botanologica • Brown’s Hardware • Doodlehopper 4 Kids Galleria Florist • Stylish Patina BOOK STORE: Barnes & Noble • Hole in the Wall Books • One More Page Books COMIC BOOK STORE: Hole in the Wall Books • Victory Comics GROCERY STORE: Aldi • Giant • Harris Teeter • Trader Joe’s • Whole Foods BEER/WINE SHOP: Caboose Commons • Dominion Wine & Beer Harris Teeter • Trader Joe’s CITY EVENT: Taste of Falls Church at the Fall Festival • Farmers Market Memorial Day Parade & Festival • Sunset Cinema • Tinner Hill Music Festival NEW BUSINESS: Audacious Aleworks • Bakeshop • Caboose Commons Famille Cafe • Tom Dolan Swim School

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church

By Supervisor Penny Gross

When I was growing up in the west, guns were commonplace. Hunting and fishing were popular activities, and many homes had sporting rifles.

Indeed, I remember clearly my father’s beautifully crafted, and locked, gun cabinet, which had glass in the door to show off the polished and carved gunstocks. Decades later, the cabinet and its contents still are locked up, now in my brother’s house. I doubt they’ve been fired in decades.

I was on the women’s rifle team in college. We used the ROTC firing range, in a dark little Quonset hut, probably left over from World War II. Sandbags provided soundproofing, and the paper targets (bullseyes, not torsos) were guided to the far end of the range by a clothesline-like gadget. Firing of the M-1 rifles was from a prone position; the pungent odor of metal bullet slicing through metal barrel increased with every shot. My scores were good enough to earn the Sharpshooters pin from the National Rifle Association, but I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn today! The team developed great respect for firearms, and the heavy responsibility that accompanies their use.

We never may know what drove the young men in El Paso and Dayton, and those in previous mass shootings, to open fire and murder dozens of innocent men, women, and children. Speculation as to why will persist, but one thing is clear: these mass shootings are abhorrent, intolerable, and unspeakably tragic. The FBI, ATF, and other federal, state and local agencies will investigate and explain, and then we all wonder when, not if, it will happen again.

Legislation can help in some areas — back-

ground checks for purchase of firearms, outlawing bump stocks and other modifications that make firearms even more powerful and lethal, for instance.

Congress and state legislatures must stop dawdling and enact enforceable statutes now. Under Virginia law, counties lack the authority to adopt regulations for most firearms, so it is up to the General Assembly to enact such protections. Their dismal failure to do anything in the special session in July certainly is exacerbated by last weekend’s mass murders.

We are not helpless, though. The rhetoric coming from the Trump Administration, and others, arguably plays a significant, and sad, role in the public dialogue. There are other powerful voices, and they are ours. El Paso and Dayton residents, and many other affected communities — Sandy Hook, Pittsburgh, Annapolis, Virginia Beach, Orlando, Roseburg — have demonstrated, in their profound sorrow, the strength of their communities, and the determination to remain resilient. Time after time, their positive statements ring out, in support of families, friends, and strangers. And that’s what we all must do — change the rhetoric, and the mindset, from negative to positive, build on the strengths of our diverse community, raise our children to love, not fear, and recognize the humanity in every person. Easy to say, perhaps, but not all that hard to do. If it’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, then let’s get those candles (or cellphone flashlights) going.

We’re all in this together.  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 As we mourn the victims of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings and call for practical gun violence prevention laws to be enacted on the state and national level, we must also call for an end to the harmful policies and comments issued by President Trump and his administration. The climate of fear and antiimmigrant (no matter the status) sentiments allows our worst selves to surface and commit the acts of violence and hatred which have multiplied significantly and shockingly across our country since 2016.

In addition to hateful rhetoric characterizing immigrants as “invaders,” the President’s ongoing efforts to ban immigrants and asylum-seekers from particular countries normalizes the rationale for violent hate crimes. After all, when pernicious points of view become lawful, the targeted violence comes a little closer to being condoned as based upon prejudices which have been normalized. The recent restrictions on asylum-seekers barring almost anyone who attempts to cross our southern border to seek asylum are an example of this.

The repeated attacks upon immigrant survivors which erode legal protections and brand them as ‘attackers’ are an immoral violation of the principals our country was founded upon.

We must look for opportunities to speak out in support of those families, individuals and unaccompanied children who seek safety and protection. But this is not all we can and should do. At the state level we can pass and enforce laws welcoming immigrants and sheltering these victims of violence and terror. I have introduced such legislation for the past seven years. Each

year the debate allowed by the majority party is more and more limited until this year, the 2019 session, when no presentation or discussion was allowed at all by the Republican majority in the House of Delegates. The fact that the Speaker of the House felt comfortable denying any mention of hate crimes, repression of asylum-seekers or shutting down of opportunities for immigrants to become contributing members of our society, shows that repressing any mention of immigrants/asylum-seekers is acceptable even in the People’s House, the House of Delegates.

This is not acceptable. Virginia is better than this. Because we are prevented from legislating what we know is right is not a reason to be silent, not a reason to stand by while discrimination runs rampant and hate crimes are on the rise.

We have shown that grassroots action makes a difference.

When we cannot change votes, we must change seats. We must step up to reclaim our General Assembly. Enough is truly enough!

(Examples of my legislation supporting immigrants and asylum-seekers: 2014 HB59 DACA; 2015,HB1479DACA, HB2234 driving privileges for undocumented; 2016 HB695 driving privileges for asylum-seekers, HB179 VA Human Rights Act; 2017, HB1419 driving privileges; 2018, HB10,Hate Crimes Reporting Act, HB12, driving privileges; 2019 HB2579, Hate Crimes Reporting Act.)  Delegate Kory represents the 38th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. She may be emailed at DelKKory@house. virginia.gov.

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Calling Out White Supremacy

The horrifying mass killings of last weekend in El Paso and Dayton and the repulsively repetitive words but no action from the President and Republicans could not have illustrated better what former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe describes in his new book, “Beyond Charlottesville, Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism,” that came out last week.

McAuliffe has launched a speaking tour to underscore the grim story told in the book, about the white nationalist riot that took place in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017 resulting in one murder. It’s also as much about President Trump’s abject failure to take a stand on that occasion even as McAuliffe pleaded with him FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS to do so.

The parallels between that seminal event, which it could be argued, under the auspices of a Trump White House, kicked off a new escalated phase in the rise of white nationalist violence, and last weekend are stunning. The only difference is that last weekend took over 40 innocent lives, and the Charlottesville “inaugural” three, which includes two state troopers who died in a helicopter accident.

McAuliffe spelled out the ugly parameters of Charlottesville before a standing room only audience at the Poetry and Prose bookstore in D.C. last week. I was there when his presentation was interrupted by another angry and chanting group, not of white nationalists in this case but of opponents of police violence, who shut down discourse themselves, with chants of “cops and Klan go hand in hand.”

They claimed to be protesting McAuliffe’s vow to dedicate profits from his book to state police benevolence efforts, arguing that the police at the scene of the August 12 riots were sympathetic with the white nationalists and harrassing counter- protesters.

Still, drowned out in the process was the ability of the large audience to better understand what McAuliffe was describing about the descent of over 1,000 white nationalists from 35 states into Charlottesville on the ostensible occasion of the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He described how these white nationalists were advised via the Internet to come armed and “ready to hurt people.”

On the Friday night before the rally, he described how the 1,000 protesters entered the city in a march carrying torches and chanting horrible anti-semitic and racist epithets. Although the rally had been scheduled for noon Saturday, the white supremacist “militias” began organizing at 8 a.m. and 979 state police had to be called to the scene.

After one protester, recently found guilty of murder for his action, plowed his vehicle into a crowd assembled to oppose the white nationalists, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, McAuliffe declared a state of emergency at 11:21 a.m. and the protesters were given 11 minutes to vacate the site of what had become a riot.

McAuliffe actually opens the narrative of the book with the exchange that subsequently occurred between he and President Trump by phone. As McAuliffe made his way to the scene from his home in McLean, Trump was on a golf course in New Jersey.

“When I hung up with President Trump that day, there was no question in my mind that he was going to do the right thing,” McAuliffe opens the book. “Foolish me, I was convinced that he was going to clearly condemn the white supremacists and neo-Nazis who had come out of the shadows to march through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, in broad daylight, armed and dangerous, screaming some of the most obscene, sickening language I’ve ever heard in my life.”

McAuliffe went from there to describe his disbelief when the President, after the urgent phone call, did absolutely nothing for hours.

When Trump finally did speak, he said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence,” but then added, “On many sides, on many sides.”

McAuliffe reacted, “What was he talking about? On many sides?

The president and I had only talked about one side, the side with the heavily armed white supremacists and neo-Nazis on a mission of hate and violence, not on the other side with peaceful protesters taking a stand against hate and division.”  Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

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Our Man in Arlington

By Charlie Clark

Tucked inside the Clarendon fire station on N. 10th St. is a special closed-off room. By longstanding arrangement with the county, it is dedicated to honoring the station’s decades of reliance on volunteer firefighters.

Today’s professionally staffed Fire Station 4 deploys “no active volunteers, but retains a volunteer presence,” I was told by Capt.

Richard Slusher III. The walls where longtime volunteers continue to meet are lined with photos of flaming houses and plaques that recall an era when Arlington relied on volunteer firemen to spring into action at all hours when tragedy threatened.

A stalwart of that era was Eugene Gordon, still an ambassador for the station at age 96, who has made a second home at Fire Station 4 for 79 years. When I visited him at the Greenspring Retirement Community, he greeted me in a cap and shirt bearing emblems for Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department No. 4. His apartment’s front door is decorated with model firetrucks and a Pentagon 9/11 patch.

Gordon showed me a wooden plaque honoring him for seven decades of service to the station he first signed onto on Sept. 21, 1942. A separate certificate from 2014 proclaims him as Sergeant at Arms Emeritus.

Arlington’s firehouses, though

utilitarian in ambience, have hosted historical drama. Fire Station 8 in Halls Hill played a central role in ending segregation, and the Clarendon station in 1974 made news when the nation’s first full-time female firefighter, Judy Brewer, was assigned there.

Gordon embodies the willingness of average Arlingtonians to donate their time while holding down a day job in exchange for rewards he calls mostly social.

“We had no TVs, no smart phones, no computers,” he said.

“But it was easy to get young people to volunteer because there were lots of dinners and dances.”

As a 19-year-old who grew up in the Clarendon neighborhood on what was Alexandria Ave. (now 9th St.), Gordon enlisted in the Navy after World War II broke out.

His goal was to be an aerial gunner. But after training in Maryland and Florida, he flunked the eye test. As a machinist mate on liberty, he began helping out at the station, where there were five paid firemen and some 20 volunteers.

Back then, “We had no radios, though Clarendon was first to get one,” Gordon said. So volunteers would hear a siren from home and hustle on foot to, say, a coal plant in Rosslyn. “There was no way to tell if the fire was out before you got there.” Many home fires were caused by someone smoking in bed, he noted, and firemen could never be sure a mattress wasn’t

continuing to burn.

Gordon’s paying jobs included making venetian blinds and installing asbestos insulation. But he valued his fireman’s life for its sense of community — the fastpitch softball leagues, the group outings to Washington Redskins games.

Chuck Satterfield, the station’s president who joined in 1962, called Gordon “a mainstay” whose “counsel we always take.”

Both men express astonishment at how neighborhoods like Clarendon and Ballston have evolved from “shotgun cottages” to high-rises, as Satterfield put it, causing both of them to occasionally get lost in their own hometown.

Gordon laments that today’s firehouses “have trouble finding” volunteers. Though he no longer drives, he appreciates that his car repair shop honored volunteer firemen. “They gave me 10 percent off.” *** Just learned that a former U.S. senator took her first breath in Arlington.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who served from 1997-2015, was born here in 1955 when her father, future New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, was serving at the Pentagon with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

This is reported in the recent memoir “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History,” by current New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the senator’s brother.

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Longtime F.C. Resident Tom W. Gittins, Sr. Dies Thomas W. Gittins, Sr., longtime resident of the City of Falls Church, died last month.

Tom Gittins was president of Gittins and Associates, Inc., a consulting services firm specializing in international programs and projects, special project activities, organizational development and capacity building, meeting planning and management, strategic planning, program evaluation, organization and institution representation. Clients included colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, overseas institutions, foundations and corporations.

He worked throughout the United States and around the world with NGOs in organizational development and management, strategic planning, volunteer leadership development, professional staff training, program development, resource development and capacity building.

Gittins earned a B.A. in Sociology and Economics, senior class president, as a graduate of Cornell University Tom joined the administration there as assistant director of alumni relations. He then moved on to a career as an insurance broker in Delaware, from which he took a leave of absence to become associate

director and director of Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic as the youngest Peace Corps staff person in the world. Following that, he left the insurance business and returned to Washington, D.C. where he served as chief of operations for the Latin America Bureau of Peace Corps.

Tom left the Peace Corps to become executive vice president and CEO of Sister Cities International, a private, nonprofit national association of U.S. cities and citizen volunteer committees that have sister city affiliations with cities overseas for the purpose of international professional, educational, cultural, technical, municipal and business exchange. Under his leadership, the program grew to include U.S. city linkages from approximately 400 cities to over 1,000 and city affiliations throughout the world between U.S. cities and cities in more than 120 other countries.

During his administration, he led the- growth and development of the U.S. Sister Cities program to the point where it is one of the most highly respected and effective private, communitybased, citizen exchange mechanisms anywhere, with a proven track record for innovation and achievement. In coordination with

the U.S. Information Agency, Tom pioneered innovative sister city training and problem-solving programs for municipal professionals and NGO and community leaders in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, contributing to societal and economic transformations in many communities.

Tom was a founding member of the International Exchange Association, a consortium of citizen exchange organizations in the United States; of the International Leadership Institute for international volunteer leadership; of Fondo Quisqueya, a foundation providing education and training opportunities to needy candi-

dates in the Dominican Republic; and of the Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy.

He was a member of advisory committees to President Reagan and to President Carter and served as a public member of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Selection Board. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the U.S.Ukraine Foundation, Global Ties U.S., Sister Cities International, and served as Chairman of Delphi International, as Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of Citizenship, and on the Board of Trustees of World Learning. He was most recently the Washington Representative for the Network for Citizen Diplomacy.

Meeting his wife Suzanne in Ithaca, New York over 60 years ago she and Tom were the first to build a beach rental house at Whalehead Beach, North of Duck, North Carolina where they spent many a summer, reminding them of the times spent in the Dominican Republic.

Loving the water the Gittins family enjoyed being members of High Point Pool 47 years cheering on the swim team and Tom serving on the board of directors. Tom enjoyed many a meal at

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Classical music, the oldies, Felix the Cat, the squirrel My Guy, books on tape, cowboy movies, traveling to over 35 countries, and his family, and so much more have been the loves of his life.

Tom leaves behind a wife, Suzanne (Sue), two children (Tom and Dianne), and their respective partners, Gina and Suzanne, and two grandchildren, Grant and Kyle, as well as a broad network of friends and colleagues in the Washington, DC area and around the world.

Friends are invited to join the family to honor and celebrate the amazing life of Tom Gittins at Ireland’s Four Provinces, 105 West Broad Street, Falls Church.

Light food and beverages will be available from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 12, with a brief program beginning at 4:30 p.m, during which persons will be invited to share a short anecdote about this great husband, dad, pop-pop and friend.

In lieu of flowers, you are asked to consider making a donation to Fondo Quisqueya, www.fondoq. org, a charity Gittins helped found to support low-income youth in the Dominican Republic.

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enacted to benefit the citizens that these officials were elected to serve. Courage is recognizing that people who disagree with your own opinion should not be automatically seen as reactionary or prejudiced. And, courage is recognizing that what is done in a county of over a million residents is not a model for the “Little City” with a population of 14,000.

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B������� N��� � N���� Thompson Italian Set to Open Next Wednesday Falls Church’s newest restaurant, Thompson Italian, plans to open next week on Wednesday, Aug. 14, in Argia’s former space at 224 N. Washington Street. The family restaurant owned and operated by seasoned restaurateurs will be open from 5 – 10 p.m. every night except Tuesdays. The menu will include fresh pasta, hand-spun gelato and seasonal dishes. For more information, visit www.thompsonitalian.com.

F.C. Distillers Honors Mad Fox in August Falls Church Distillers is hosting “A Salute to Mad Fox Brewing Company” and carrying several Mad Fox beers on tap through the month of August, or as long as supplies last.

The event is in honor of Bill Madden and Mad Fox Brewing Company which closed in July after nine years in business. Falls Church Distillers, the only fully licensed restaurant and full mixed beverage craft distillery in Virginia, is located at 442 S. Washington St. in Falls Church.

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Back-to-School Contest at Code Ninjas Code Ninjas Falls Church is holding a back-to-school contest through August in which families can win a $500 prize pack which includes an iPad and a $1,000 donation for their school, by submitting a creative photo or video of their child “Being a Ninja.” The first 25 entries that tag the center on social media will win a “Parent’s Night Out,” a kids-only evening of STEM and coding activities at the state-of-the-art center in Falls Church. Code Ninjas Falls Church is a local franchise of Code Ninjas, the fastest growing national children’s coding program, which opened in May. The center, which teaches children computer coding and problem-solving skills through interactive STEM activities, such as game design and robotics, is located at 510 S. Washington Street Suite F. For details about the contest, the current camp programs, or fall programming, visit www.codeninjas.com/locations/va-falls-church.

NoVa Mental Health Foundation Raising Money With Flower Bulb Sales The Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation is raising money through an online partnership with the Three Rivers Wreath and Plant Company. From now until Sept. 15, 50 percent of flower bulb purchases made at threeriversfundraising.com/fund/nvmhf-fall2019 will benefit the foundation that provides grants to those who need financial assistance to pay for treatment goods and services. Bulbs will be delivered before the end of September, in time for fall planting. For more information about the Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation, visit www.novamentalhealth.org.

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1st Batch of Taste of Falls Church Participants Announced Bakeshop, Café Kindred, Dogwood Tavern, Famille Cafe, Hot N Juicy Crawfish, Open Road, Peet’s Coffee, Ramen Factory 42, Rare Bird Coffee Roasters, Robek’s Fresh Juices and Smoothies, Sweet Rice and Taco Bamba Taqueria will participate in Taste of Falls Church at the Falls Church Festival on Falls Church City Hall grounds Saturday, Sept.

14. In addition to the restaurant tastes, the event will include live music, children’s amusements, crafters and other vendors. Restaurants and food providers interested in participating in the Taste portion of the event can contact Scarlett Williams at sawilliams@fallschurchva.gov.  Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.

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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

Pop Up with Pure Barre.

Interested attendees are asked to arrive by 9:45 a.m. with a mat.

Spots are limited so participants should be sure to RSVP at the link available at fallschurchva. gov under the “Calendar” tab.

Downtown Park (100 block W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711).

Down in the Pond. Ages 6 to 10.

Interested attendees can find out what lives at the bottom of their

local pond. Water boatmen, backswimmers and water scorpions are just a few of the critters the group might encounter while dipnetting in the Long Branch ponds.

Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington).

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034.

Playtime with Early Literacy Center Toys. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required.

Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.

Morning Yoga at the Downtown Park. Interested attendees can enjoy a free class with Karma Yoga on today at the new park in downtown Falls Church. Attendees are asked to bring their own mat.

Downtown Park (100 block of W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9 – 10 a.m. 703-248-5210 (TTY 711).

ESL Conversation Group. A general conversation group (for adults) learning English as a second language. Meets every Monday at regular time. Drop-in. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 12

Great Books Discussion. A “Great Books” discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday most months. This week’s book

Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13

is “The Stranger” by Albert Camus. Open to all and no registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Tiny Tot. Each program will engage children with hands-on learning and may include a variety of activities like songs, crafts, finger plays and mini-hikes. Adults must remain during the entire program.

Ages 1 – 3. $5 fee due upon registration. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 10 – 10:45 a.m. 703-228-3403.

Lego in the Library. For all ages.

Drop-in program. For more information contact the Youth Services desk by phone 703-2485034 or in person. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 3 – 4:30 p.m.

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Creative Cauldron (410 S Maple Ave., Falls Church). $18 – $22. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 “Shear Madness.” First seen in Boston in 1980, and opening here at the Kennedy Center in 1987, the show reinvents itself every performance— pulling from the news of the day, and on-goings of the DMV, to improvise timely witticisms and gags. Set today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon, this record-breaking comedy is Washington’s hilarious whodunit.

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After more than 12,000 performances, the show has stayed in great shape. The Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW Washington, D.C.) $50. 8 p.m. kennedy-center.org.

“Treasure Island.” This classic coming-of-age tale follows Jane Hawkins, an orphan who longs for adventure, as she is swept up on a wild hunt for buried treasure with a ruthless band of buccaneers. Along the way, Jane’s bravery, morality, and sense of self are put to the test as she learns about her past and the path she wants to follow. Synetic Theatre (1800 S. Bell St, Arlington) $24 – $60. 8 p.m. synetictheater.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 “Ann.” Punchline-packed speeches reveal the feisty and unadulterated life of legendary Texas Governor Ann Richards. Written

by Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Holland Taylor (“The Practice,” “Two and a Half Men”), “Ann” is a comical and inspiring production based on the colorful and complex woman whose sense of humor was bigger than the state which she represented.

Jayne Atkinson (“House of Cards,” “Criminal Minds”) reprises her well-received performance in this intimate, no-holds-barred comedy chronicling Richards’ legacy and how she was determined to make her mark on the world.

Arena Stage (1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington, D.C.) $56 – $95.

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LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 The Boys of Summer Tour 2019 Live & In Concert. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $39 – $125. 3 p.m.

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Brook Yoder. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

Driven to Clarity. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-2378333.

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Grant-Lee Phillips with Braddock Station Garrison. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Karaoke. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186.

Jose Ramirez Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Half Pint Harry. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

Mike Tash & Mary Shaver. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-2419504.

The Hunts with Dawson Hollow.

Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $30. 8 p.m. 703255-1566.

Rossini’s The Barber of Seville — Wolf Trap Opera. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25. 8:15 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Ken Wenzel. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m.

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Saved by the 90’s — A Party with the Bayside Tigers. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $17 – $20. 9 p.m.

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Big Bad Juju Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504.

Soul Gravity. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church).

10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 BG & The Mojo Hands. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

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Cactus Liquors. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $25. 7 p.m. 703255-1566.

Carly Harvey Live at the Distillery. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-8589186.

Something Shiny. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

MONDAY, AUGUST 12

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (encore performance the following night at the same time and price). Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45. 8 p.m. 703-2551900.

Van Alden. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $20.

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The Duskwhales CD Release Show with Nah. + Griefcat.

Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566.

Life is a Cabaret (A charitable fundraiser to benefit disadvantaged children). The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $35 – $45. 8:30 p.m. 703-237-0300.

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Dixieland Direct. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Open Mic. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington Street, Ste A Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-8589186.

IRITS. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703532-9283.

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The Bachelor Boys Band + Sound Society Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 8 p.m.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 Stray Cats — 40th Anniversary Tour. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $35. 8 p.m. 703-2551900.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 Pickin’ Grinnin’ & A-Sinnin’ for Vernon’s Birthday Party. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.

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(TR19-20) RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO UPDATE AND REPLACE CHAPTER 2, “DEMOGRAPHICS” WITH “PEOPLE, HOUSING, AND JOBS: DEMOGRAPHICS CHAPTER OF THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN”

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City Council Votes to Place ‘Tyranny of Minority’ Referendum on Nov. Ballot

F.C. Financial Chief Warns City’s ‘Gang of 8’ of Tough Next Budget

In a surprise move Monday, the Falls Church City Council authorized a referendum for the November 1999 ballot that will ask City voters whether or not there should be a super majority of six (out of seven) City Council votes to approve any development in Cherry Hill Park.

The referendum proposal was submitted by Vice Mayor Sam Maybury.

A tightly-worded, double-sided single page memo issued last week by the City of Falls Church’s Chief Financial Officer John Tuohy cautioned that losses in the market investments of both the City and Virginia’s pension and retirement funds could drive a significant, unavoidable increase in the costs that will covered by local taxpayers, beginning with next year’s fiscal budget.

Longtime F.C. Resident Mary Kay Cheek Dies at 80 Mary Kay (Rutt) Cheek, 80, longtime resident of the City of Falls Church, passed away on Saturday, July 20, at the Hospice House in Charlottesville, with her husband of 59 years at her side.

Mary Kay was born on April 30, 1939, in Sterling, Illinois, the daughter of the late Raymond Orville and Gladys Marie (Kosier) Rutt.

She grew up in Evanston, Illinois and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from DePauw University in Indiana. She married her highschool sweetheart, Paul Cheek, in 1960.

Mary Kay and Paul moved to Falls Church in 1965, where they raised their four children on Seaton Circle. Mary Kay was active in the community and enriched many lives through her involvement as a scout leader, art teacher to adults and children,

preschool and elementary school teacher and Sunday school teacher at Falls Church Presbyterian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first child, Paul, who died at birth.

Survivors include her husband Paul Armstrong Cheek of Palmyra; her children: Katherine Adele Williams (Matthew), Sarah Marie Barth (Kristopher), Joseph Merritt Cheek (Suzanne), Mary Elizabeth Pincombe (Matthew) and 11 grandchildren: Adam Barth, Olivia Pincombe, Joseph Barth, Abigail Cheek, Grace Cheek, Erin Barth, Paul Pincombe, Jacob Williams, Dalia Williams, Owen Cheek and Lily Cheek.

A funeral service was held on July 24, 2019 at South Plains Presbyterian Church in Keswick, Virginia.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday, Aug. 16

JAX LOVES TO BE WARM AND COZY, whether it’s dozing off in a window on a sunny day or warming her paws up by the fireplace. A true Jax-in-a-box, the Blake family’s kitty who resides in Springfield sits inside any and every crate she can (and can’t) fit inside. Now, the News-Press needs to launch another investigation into how these Springfieldians are making their way onto our pages. Editorial malfeasance must be afoot...

MARY KAY CHEEK at 2 p.m. at the Falls Church Presbyterian Church (225 E. Broad St., Falls Church). All are welcome to attend to share stories and remembrances of Mary Kay. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Piedmont (www. hopva.org).

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CRIME REPORT Week of July 29 – Aug. 4, 2019 Destruction of Property, Park Ave/N Spring St, July 29, 2:11 PM, telephone wires were pulled down by a tractor trailer truck which left the scene.

Tampering with Auto, 1200 blk W Broad St, July 29, between 3:45 and 4:54 PM, a vehicle was keyed.

Investigation continues.

Smoking Violations, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Aug 2, 12:45 AM, a male, 41, of Falls Church, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking in a Restaurant.

Destruction of Property, 300 blk W Broad St, Aug 2, 4:30 PM, unknown suspect(s) broke the window of a vehicle. Investigation continues.

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Law Offenses, 400 blk S Maple, Aug 2, 5:27 PM, juveniles with Airsoft guns shooting at individuals on the street and in nearby building. No injuries were reported. Investigation continues.

Drunk in Public, 100 blk N Washington St, Aug 3, 12:16 AM, a male, 29, of Reston, VA, was arrested for Drunk in Public.

Driving Under the Influence, 1200 bk W Broad St, Aug 3, 6:11, a male, 49, of Arlington, VA, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (2nd in 5 yrs), Refusal and Eluding.

Simple Assault, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Aug 4, 2:48 PM, the manager of a business was pushed by a customer. Investigation continues.

Drunk in Public, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, August 4, 10:17 PM, a male, 49, of Roanoke, VA, was arrested for Drunk in Public.

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