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Inside This Week World War II Hero Roger Neighborgall Dies World War II hero, long time City of Falls Church resident and community activist Roger Neighborgall died Tuesday on his 93rd birthday after a short illness. See page 4
Fall Food & Dining Special Section Inside
Tet Trung Thu mooncakes, a farmers market family and the Eden Center’s best bánh mi are all featured inside this special Food & Dining edition of the News-Press. Plus, the Taste of Falls Church is this Saturday!
Fairfax Commissioners OK F.C.’s Mt.Daniel Expansion Plan At Last
Scaled Back to 660 Students, Latest Plan Won Over Key Vote
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
2016
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David Brooks: The Avalanche of Distrust
I’m beginning to think this whole sordid campaign is being blown along by an acrid gust of distrust. The two main candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are remarkably distrustful. See page 12
Press Pass with The Dhol Foundation
Dhol Foundation founder Johnny Kalsi takes journeys between making albums and records his stories from those journeys in the form of audio anecdotes. See page 29
DEREK MAY, PROJECT MANAGER for Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services, hailed the accreditation standards that the Falls Church Police Department attained before the F.C. City Council this Monday. At the far right is Police Chief Mary Gavin. (Photo: News-Press)
Va. Criminal Justice Head Hails Stellar F.C. Police Accreditation
by Nicholas F. Benton
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“Everybody wants to be Falls Church because they are just that good.” So proclaimed Derek May, the project manager for Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services, in reporting the re-accreditation of the City’s police department at Monday’s F.C. City Council meeting. Falls Church, he said, “is a darn good place.” Falls Church Police Chief
told the Council that she is “tickled pink” by the news, which underscored the department’s professionalism. Council member David Snyder said, “I couldn’t be prouder of our police department and its approach to the community in a positive and constructive way.” At the Sept. 12 Council Meeting, the City’s Police Department was awarded the Certification of Accreditation in recognition of their successful completion of the certification
process through the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission. According to a statement from City Hall, to obtain accreditation, a law enforcement agency must meet all applicable program standards, maintain their accreditation files on an ongoing basis, and provide annual verifications of compliance as required by the commission. For an agency to maintain accredited
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By a unanimous vote with one abstention last night, the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved the application by the Falls Church City Public Schools to expand and renovate the Mt. Daniel Elementary School located a few blocks outside the City in the McLean area of the county. The recommendation of approval by Dranesville District Commissioner John Ulfelder was key as it is the habit of commissioners to go along with the recommendation of one of them concerning matters in the jurisdiction of that one. Falls Church School Superintendent Toni Jones told the News-Press after the vote last night that she “is extremely pleased,” and appreciative of Ulfelder’s “ongoing willingess to work with us to get to this point.” At the beginning of the commission’s consideration of the item, Ulfelder remained poker faced on a matter that many people felt in the last analysis it would not approve. But Ulfelder then cited changes the Falls Church Schools made to its request last month, including to reduce the maximum number of students from 742 to 660, and then slipped in the announcement of his support, in concurrence with the county’s Planning Staff. The decision came well over a year after the initial submission and ends a tough and anguishing process for the Falls Church Schools, which announced another major enrollment increase as fall semester classes began this week.
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ROGER NEIGHBORGALL SPEAKING to Falls Church Boy Scout Troop 895 in 2012. (Photo: News-Press)
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World War II hero, long time City of Falls Church resident and community activist, including as president of the Friends of the W&OD Trail, Roger Neighborgall died Tuesday on his 93rd birthday after a short illness. Neighborgall was hospitalized following a bad fall in late July and had moved from the hospital to a residential rehab facility where three and a half weeks ago he developed severe stomach pains and was diagnosed with age related systemic dysfunction exacerbated by the inactivity associated with the slow process of his physical therapy and recovery from the injury, according to his daughter Christa Hyland writing on a Caring Bridge website, and was subsequently under hospice care. Neighborgall was always an active participant in Falls Church Veterans Day and Memorial Day services and was the Grand Marshal of the Memorial Day Parade in 2006. He ran unsuccessfully for a Falls Church City Council seat in the 1990s. He was a member of the U.S. Army Rangers 5th Ranger Battalion that crossed the English Channel on D-Day and tasked
with scaling a 100-foot cliff near the Pointe Du Hoc promontory so that they could get to the Germans’ big guns. He later fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he met Gen. George Patton, and won a Silver Star for his heroism. He was born on September 13, 1923 in Garrett, Indiana. He was a freshman at Duke University when Pearl Harbor was bombed and the enrolled in the 69th Division of 5th Ranger Battalion that same year at age 18. In a statement submitted to the News-Press Wednesday on Neighborgall’s passing, Falls Church City Council member David Snyder said, “With Roger’s passing, the world and the nation have lost a genuine hero, who with his comrades, risked all and changed history for the good. We in Falls Church have lost one of our greatest, most esteemed and most selfless citizens who served our community in so many ways.” Neighborgall continued to play tennis into his 90s, and was president of the Northern Virginia Tennis League. He told Adam Bernstein of the Washington Post in a 2005 interview that, having spent his entire career in marketing, “the thought of retirement baffles him.” After the war, he gained a college degree and was employed by
the American Car and Foundry for 10 years where he ended up in technical marketing as a vice president of the company, followed by employment with a firm for which he traveled around the U.S. before he located to Northern Virginia in the 1960s. He was continuing in the last decade as vice president of Noesis, an engineering firm and defense contractor in Arlington and was president of the Ranger Battalions Association of World War II with a membership of surviving Ranger veterans of about 300. Up to this year, as president of the Friends of the W&OD Trail, he made frequent appearances before the Falls Church City Council to announce events and fundraisers and to MC at W&OD events. According to the Bernstein article, after decades of rarely discussing his wartime experiences, it was Neighborgall’s wife Linda, also an outspoken community activist in Falls Church who also ran unsuccessfully for public office, who convinced him to attend ceremonies honoring the 60th anniversary of D-Day held in France in 2004. His hero’s welcome there prompted him to tell his war stories to students and civic associations. He also shared his stories with the History Channel.
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status, an intensive on-site assessment of its policies and operations is required every four years to assure that the agency remains in compliance. It added that all accreditation programs are designed to verify an agency’s compliance with the professional standards applicable to their discipline or profession. “This is one of the only means by which citizens and government leaders can be assured that an agency is maintaining a high level of performance and service to the community. By achieving and maintaining their accredited status, the Falls Church Police Department has demonstrated their commitment to excellence and their willingness to be evaluated to the highest standards of the law enforcement profession.” In a white paper prepared by Chief Gavin’s office for presentation to the Falls Church City Council last year, the City’s department was compared against the final report of the Presidential Task Force for 21st Century Policing published in May 2015. Speaking of accreditation, the report cited its importance for establishing and confirming “best practices.” In an interview with the NewsPress last summer, Chief Gavin said that central to the F.C. police department internal conversations related to the notion that officers perceive themselves to be “guardians” of the public, rather than “warriors.” The chief’s white paper noted that in the goal of “Building Trust and Legitimacy” that “citizens in our community must believe in
and trust the system, a system which the community can identify with, a system grounded with the purpose of serving and protecting all equally with a Guardian Mindset.” It spoke to the “Departmental culture as well as in each and every officer’s actions” such that “the values and ethics of a department will guide the decision making process of each and every officer” impacting officers’ “discretion accompanied by the awesome use of authority granted to them by the community.” It noted that “the four central principles for creating trust in an officer’s interaction” include “treating people with dignity and respect, giving individuals voice during an encounter, being neutral and transparent in decision making, and conveying trustworthy motives.” “Law enforcement culture should embrace a guardian mindset as...a great deal of power is given to those called guardians. Only those with the most impeccable character are chosen to bear the responsibility of protecting the democracy,” the paper stated. In a recent interview with the News-Press, Chief Gavin said there has been a lot of discussion within her department of contrasting the preferred “guardian” concept to that of a “warrior” identity. She said pillars of their mission include the sanctity of life and an emphasis on de-escalation in the face of crises, to slow and calm things down, as contrasted to “just going on calls and arresting people.” The “paradigm shift” involves an officer responding, rather than simply reacting to a threat, espe-
cially when use of force may be required. Force situations, of which there were about 50 last year, she said, involve grabs and cuffs, tasers, billy clubs and guns. In the case of tasers, they were used five or six times in the last year, and Chief Gavin added, “They save lives, I can tell you that” in potentially deadly force situations. Chief Gavin said that she does not favor, or deploy, body cameras on officers because of the privacy rights of victims, among other things. But for over a decade the
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Falls Church department has had in-car cameras and audible boxes on the shoulders of the officers. Defibrillators are also in each car, and that saved at least one life in the City in the last year. The said department policy is not only to allow, but to encourage bystanders at an incident to use their videotaping capabilities. “It’s their first amendment right, for one thing, and it also removes defensiveness,” she said. “We’re always going to be taped and we welcome it.” She said that with advances in technology, the public expectation is that officers are “smarter, live up to high expectations, show an ability to adapt and exhibit transparency.” But the good news is that the crime rate is down partly due to social media where “everyone’s a reporter and can’t get the facts out
fast enough.” With the Falls Church department since 2007 after 22 years in Arlington, Chief Gavin commands a force of 32 officers with two who’ve been hired but are now in training at the police academy. She said she’s proud of the diversity on the force, including “a good mix” of ages, ranging from 22 to near retirement age. Officers on the force also hail from distant places like Nepal, South Africa and Russia. Cooperation with neighboring jurisdictions is also key, as Falls Church currently has no “specialty units” of its own. But as the City’s population grows (it is now the fastest growing jurisdiction in the state), the pressure to meet the demand for more staffing will continue to grow.
Mt. Daniel Expansion Gets OK Continued from Page 1
The board and Superintendent Jones had come under sharp criticism from some quarters in the City for the delays and threat of denial of the application, given that voters had approved a referendum to bond for the improvements and the bonds were sold in early 2015. But they were vindicated last night based on a relentless effort to work with and persuade the commissioners. What made the effort particularly daunting was the staunch opposition to the application by the influential McLean Citizens Association that was repeated in the July 28 public hearing. Ulfelder serves on the commission as the appointee of Dranesville Supervisor John Foust. As recently as last Sunday, Foust had told the News-Press that the interests of the neighborhood residents who live there come first. But Ulfelder cited the changes to its application that the Falls Church Schools made after the July 21 hearing, including the promise of a cap on enrollment at 660 students, compared to the earlier request to allow 792 there. He said changes “materially improved the application,” and that was the first signal he’d support it. He noted that the height was lowered
from 60 to 41 feet, with a lot of new parking places (from 64 to 105), a “kiss-and-ride” drop off and turning circle, a promise to permanently remove the two classroom trailers upon completion of the construction restrictions, a limit to the classroom hours to no earlier than 8:45 a.m. or later than 4 p.m. He then said he agreed with the county planning staff that the applications conforms with the county’s Comprehensive Plan. He then added that while it is a public school of a neighboring jurisdiction, it is still a public school. He cited the fact that Falls Church Mayor David Tarter, School Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones and Mt. Daniel principal Erin Kelly had all come before the commissioners in July to promise compliance with the terms and conditions extended. Commissioner Earl Flannigan of the Mt. Vernon District said he could not support the motion of approval because of problems in his own district where students must attend a school outside their district. But he said he’d only abstain. Commission James Hart cited the long history of difficult efforts to make necessary improvements to the Mt. Daniel campus, including with an earlier need for expansion in the 1990s.
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The news of the signing of the lease for Mike’s Deli to move into the old Long John Silver’s location on West Broad (actually a few feet outside the City of Falls Church limits, so it has a Fairfax County Leesburg Pike address) is good news for a couple of reasons. It means that not only will this popular business continue on, but it signals that the massive 4.3-acre Mason Row project is still on, as well. That’s because Mike’s Deli is one of the small businesses slated to be displaced by the Mason Row project and the move signals that the project remains a go. A lot of rumors have been floating around town that maybe after all it took to win Council final approval last January, Mason Row wouldn’t happen after all, or perhaps not for eons. But the new and powerful primary developers, Mill Creek, formerly Trammel Crow, have the chops to get it done and are moving ahead with due speed. Some of the rumors had the movie theater complex dropping out. But not only is that not true, the company in line to come in is asking for an additional screen or two, and if they bail, there is reportedly a queue of competitor chains who would be eager to step up. Also, the proposed hotel on the site will be a higher brand than originally announced. All this means that, with its 322 rental units, hotel, movie theater complex and 20,000 square feet for two or more restaurants, 9,400 square feet for service retail for a total of 33 percent commercial to residential use, and ample parking, the project will add to the City’s coffers “net net” (subtracting costs for school children, for example) between $1.1 and $1.8 million a year in tax revenues. That’s compared to the $190,000 the City gets in tax revenues from what’s on those acres now. It only gets better from here, as well. The City’s 38 acres adjacent the West Falls Church Metro has the potential to link up with the WMATA property, the Northern Virginia Graduate Center, and even Federal Realty with its adjacent West Broad strip shopping centers for something really, really big and prosperous. All that said, this will remain modest compared to the 34 major projects that are either slated for or under construction in Tysons Corner, including more movie theaters, a big new performing arts center about to be announced, mega-supermarkets and housing to accommodate population growth from its current 20,000 or so to 100,000. A bunch of rentals are already going up, and with a revival of the condo market to follow. The current slow-down in federal government contracting doesn’t seem to be throwing cold water on any of this for now, at least. Very rapidly, the biggest challenge is becoming to make all this affordable for the general public. Will Falls Church lead the way in facing that one?
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Editor, I was shocked to read in Mayor Tarter’s “State of the City” interview that “the City is going to be spending about a million dollars on... traffic calming” at Big Chimneys Park (presumably, its north end by West Broad Street). Good grief, Annandale Road there has about 200 meters between extant three-way stop sign and a traffic light (at Maple),
and hardly such traffic as needs to be “calmed.” A million dollars here, a million there, and pretty soon you’re talking Real Money – to borrow an old quotation. We grow tired of the continual wagging of the dog by the lofty visions for our schools – whose expensive, betterthan-others status seems to be a beginning premise to everything, as opposed to living with-
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Editor, I am making an early endorsement in support of Tom Clinton for Commissioner of the Revenue, Falls Church. Last week during one of our 90+ degree days, I came across Mr. Clinton in the City Hall parking lot as he was assisting a senior citizen (aged 78, I’m told). Armed
with solvents and scrapers, he was removing some outdated adhesive tax and/or parking labels from the car. Mr Clinton was wearing professional business attire (dress shirt, necktie) while working (and sweating) to aid a citizen in need. Mr Clinton’s effort were not for show: there was no audience and no photo op. He was just genuinely helping a resident-in-need with no expectation of recognition. Government officials seldom get credit for efforts over and beyond what is required. Mr. Clinton has my vote and full endorsement: we need more like him. G T Bowman Falls Church
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I don’t remember anything from my first visit to the Waldorf Astoria, the famous New York City hotel. I don’t remember anything because I was only seven weeks old and it was eighty years ago. I was with my mother, who brought me with her in August 1936 from our farm near Blue Earth, Minn., when she was named the nation’s outstanding rural newspaper correspondent and won a weeklong trip to New York and Washington. But I know from the widespread coverage of her stay at the Waldorf where she – and I – met in her suite with a dozen reporters and photographers from ABC and CBS and all the New York newspapers, that she was treated as a celebrity. The New York Times said “Rural Journalist Not Awed By City,” and the Herald Tribune, under a photograph of her holding me, said “Lights of City Fail to Dazzle Rural Writer.” “Mrs. Eisele was brought to see New York for the first time yesterday, and with her came her third son Albert, who was born on June 28, the same day she learned she had won the prize for a column about threshing she wrote for a newspaper in Fairmont, Minn., the Herald Tribune reported. Described as a “plain but exceedingly intelligent woman,” the paper said “she was whisked to a suite in the Waldorf Astoria, where she met a group of men who, like herself, earn their living by writ-
ing about the trivial of the day.” Speaking with traces of her native South Carolina accent and holding me, until I raised a fuss because of photographers’ flashbulbs and was handed off to the nurse
“Asked to compare journalism and life in the big city and rural America, she said she didn’t see much difference. ‘You write what you see and we write what we see,’ the Times reported.” who accompanied us from Minnesota, she quickly disproved the stereotyped notion of the country bumpkin reporter. Asked to compare journalism and life in the big city and rural America, she said she didn’t see much difference. “You write what you see and we write what we see,” the Times reported. “Of course, you see a more sophisticated kind of life here; we see
the simpler things. But I think we’re trying fundamentally to do the same thing. I think that a journalist’s highest function is to present life as he and she sees it.” The next day, she met with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and the daughter of President Roosevelt; visited Radio City, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Empire State building and the Statue of Liberty; and went night clubbing at the Stork Club and window shopping on Fifth Avenue. Three of the nation’s most influential columnists – Walter Winchell, Westbrook Pegler and Dorothy Kilgallen – even devoted entire columns to her. That’s why I decided to mark the 80th anniversary of her 1936 trip, and recapture some of the memories as reported in the press coverage, by taking my two daughters to stay at the Waldorf on August 23. The hotel graciously provided an elaborate two-bedroom suite in the Tower at half price and we were welcomed by the staff, which was aware this was a special occasion. The 30th-floor suite was impressive, to say the least. The Chrysler building loomed out of its windows, there was a huge lobby and even bigger main suite, a dining room and kitchen, and two large bedrooms. We guessed it was once occupied by General Douglas MacArthur or perhaps Marilyn Monroe. We retraced many of my mother’s steps, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which
she said disappointed her by its gothic vastness; the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, where her Irish father landed as an immigrant in the 1880s, and rubbed shoulders with countless people on Fifth Avenue and other crowded streets. And we had dinner at one of the city’s more than 25,000 restaurants, a pricey Italian grill, with several of my older daughter’s New York friends. My mother, who died in 1984 at the age of 86, echoed the classic judgment of many visitors to New York by declaring that “I wouldn’t want to live here. I have my inspirations from the soil and I have to stay there to get them.” But she added that it was “bigger and more wonderful that I ever dreamed of.” As we returned to our one-dimensional city of Washington from the multi-dimensional city of New York on our Amtrak train and watched Manhattan’s skyscrapers recede in the distance, we toasted my mother. But my daughters, both of them writers, and I agreed she was badly mistaken when asked on that August day in 1936 what her baby son would be when he grew up. “Little Albert, she promised, would not be a writer,” the Herald Tribune reported. “I’ll be satisfied to make a good plain dirt farmer out of him. I don’t want him ever to get the writer’s itch.” Al Eisele is the co-founder and former editor of The Hill newspaper.
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THESE KINDERGARTNERS REFERENCED the character of David from No, David and its sequels as a starting point for a conversation about making great choices during their first week at Mt. Daniel School. The Caldecott Honor book features a mischievous 5-year-old. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS Photo/Haley Kalb)
AN ATTENDEE AT THE TAILGATE PARTY before the George Mason High School football game against Sidwell Friends School reaches out to touch Mt. Daniel School’s mascot. (Photo: Carol Sly)
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School News & Notes F.C. Residents Earn Academic Honors Across the Nation Several Falls Church residents recently earned academic honors from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation. Stuart Griswold made the dean’s list at Becker College, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average with no grade below a B- and no incomplete or withdrawing/failing grades. Joshua Hernandez made the dean’s list at Troy University. Jill O’Gara made the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average to make the list. Julia Rodriguez made the dean’s list at Champlain College, where students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average to make the list. Aaron Michael Stehlik graduated from Baylor University with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree.
George Mason HS Offers Dual Enrollment Physics Course In conjunction with Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason High School is offering a dual enrollment physics course this year. The course has an emphasis on writing, lab work, and rigorous problem solving using advanced math and allows
Mason students to earn eight credits of lab science through Northern Virginia Community College. Last week, the students visited the library to meet with Mason teacher Bryan Harris before their units of study in kinematics and dynamics, heat and sound, electricity and magnetism, light and nuclear physics.
Mustang Student Parking Deadline is Sept. 19 George Mason High School students who park in the school’s parking lot must purchase a parking pass. Forms for the parking pass are in the school’s Finance Office and are due with the $250 fee for the parking pass before Monday, Sept. 19. Falls Church City Public Schools said in its Morning Announcements that parking regulations will be strictly enforced beginning that day. Cars not displaying a current sticker risk towing. Checks for the parking pass can be made out to “George Mason High School.” Passes are for one of the two designated student lots only. Students may not park in faculty lots.
MEHMS Students Can Now Take Intro to Fashion Course Some eighth graders at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School are enrolled in a new Introduction
to Fashion Careers course this semester. In the course, students will explore all aspects of the fashion industry including fashion illustration, sewing/construction, merchandising and fashion history and trends. They will create a wearable art project and hear from guest speakers in different areas of the industry. The semester-long course earns high school credit.
Enrollment Grows Nearly 6.6% for New School Year Enrollment for the 2016-17 in the Falls Church City Public Schools has grown at all schools with a division-wide rate of growth of nearly 6.6 percent on the first day of school, with an additional 167 students enrolling, according to statistics from the school system. Kindergarten is currently the only grade over Falls Church School Board policy limits with 24 students in a class, two over the 22 student limit. But all grades with the exception of 6th grade are at or very near the upper limit. In addition to actual new bodies in seats, nearly one in every five students is new to the school system this year. This has caused first week issues for transportation as bus routes have to be readjusted to account for many new and changed addresses in addition to the influx of new students. For more information, visit fccps.org.
New TJ Band Teachers Put on Demonstration for Students Two new band teachers at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Charisse Rodriguez and Kayondra Reid, put on a demonstration for fourth graders at the school on Monday, Sept. 12. The purpose of the demonstration and assembly was to demonstrate different instruments and explain how to sign up for band. Then, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, there was an Instrument Petting Zoo in the TJ gym. Students and parents heard a brief presentation, then students had the chance to try out different instruments with help from band students at George Mason High School.
Mason Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions Slated for Oct. 1 One team, five athletes and one coach will be honored by the George Mason High School Athletic Hall of Fame during ceremonies to be held in the
Mustang Gym at the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School at 7130 Leesburg Pike on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 5:30 p.m. The honorees include: the 1966 boys’ cross-country team, football, basketball and track team member Travis Greene (2006), crosscountry and track runner Susanna Sullivan (2008), wrestler David Ray (2009), basketball and soccer player Nicole Mitchell (2010), basketball, track and lacrosse team member Chantal Thomas (2010) and girls basketball coach Norma Lanier. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the event. Tickets are $15 per person to help cover the cost of the food and ceremonies. They can be purchased in advance by contacting Joel Hamme at 703-534-0161, joel. hamme@ppsv.com or 902 Lanier Place, Falls Church, VA 22046. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Checks should be made payable to the “George Mason High School Athletic Boosters Association.”
NEW TJ BAND TEACHERS Charisse Rodriguez on trombone and Kayondra Reid on clarinet put on a demonstration for fourth graders on Monday, Sept. 12. On Wednesday, the school had an Instrument Petting Zoo for potential band members. (Photo: FCCPS Photo/Paul Swanson)
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Man Attempts to Rob F.C. SunTrust Bank, Gets Apprehended Instead An adult male allegedly attempted to rob the SunTrust Bank at 603 W. Broad Street in Falls Church between 2 – 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, but was unsuccessful by all measures, according to information from the Falls Church Police Department. Police said that the man entered the bank on Sept. 14, slipped one of the tellers a note and implied he had a weapon, but he did not. A bank employee notified the Falls Church Police Department and the suspect, who received no money, attempted to flee the bank through the back door. Officers caught the man 30 feet from the back door. No one was hurt and police determined there is not a threat to the public. The Falls Church Police Department has not released the identity of the man who was apprehended.
Frank Predicts Clinton Win in McLean Talk Former long-serving U.S. Rep. Barney Frank spoke at a home in McLean Saturday and predicted that Hillary Clinton would be elected in November, and added that while Democrats could easily gain control of the U.S. Senate, they may also grab a majority in House because of the unpopularity of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In that regard, he noted the importance of the race in McLean’s 10th Congressional District where two-term incumbent Barbara THE HOME OF MARK LOWHAM (left), Joe Russo (right) and their children, Comstock is facing a serious AT Alexander and Elizabeth, U.S. Democratic congressional candidate LuAnn challenge from Democratic Bennett (center) discussed her chances of upending incumbent Republican business woman LuAnn Barbara Comstock in the 10th District adjacent Falls Church this fall. Bennett’s Bennett. The Democratic special guest at the event were retired U.S. Reps. Barney Frank and Jim Moran. National Committee, Frank (Photo: News-Press) noted, is weighing in very heavily in the race. In addition to recruiting him to speak there last week, in an upcoming event House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is due to appear on Bennett’s behalf. Frank said he’s concerned about the potential impact of fringe candidates on the election and stressed that one of the most important issues in the race is the selection of new U.S. Supreme Court justices that the next president will make.
Sept. 25 Concerts vs. Gun Violence in F.C. A national “Concert Across America to End Gun Violence” will be held in over 200 locations nationwide on Sunday, Sept. 25. They will all be connected by way of social media and online. Four venues will be in Falls Church from 5 – 8 p.m., including Clare and Don’s Beach Shack where Ramon Camarillo, a Hawaiian musician, will perform, Argia’s Italian Restaurant, where jazz guitarist Josh Walker and the George Mason High School jazz band will perform, Applebee’s Restaurant, where guitarist and singer Andrew Acosta will perform, and the Lil City Creamery, where the 60s-music Yeonas Brothers Band will perform. At Monday’s F.C. City Council meeting a proclamation was signed by Mayor David Tarter commemorating Sept. 25 as a National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.
Del. Simon Commemorates Kieran Sharpe Long time Falls Church City Council and School Board member Kieran Sharpe was honored by Del. Marcus Simon at the F.C. Council meeting Monday night. Sharpe was presented by Simon with a large framed letter of commendation from the Virginia House of Delegates, with the Senate concurring. Over 26 years Sharpe served a term on the City Council, was on the School Board from 1998 to 2015, a co-founder of Homestretch, Inc., a non-profit that trains and places homeless families into homes, and the Fairfax Partnership for Youth.
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Community News & Notes F.C. League of Women Voters Hosts Community Forum
open to the public. For more information, visit lwv.org.
The League of Women Voters of Falls Church is hosting a community forum about the state constitution amendment dealing with labor rights that will appear on the November 8 election ballot called “Right to Work Laws vs. Encouraging Collective Bargaining” on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street. The program will feature Stanley Greer, senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research and editor of the National Right to Work Committee Newsletter, and Daniel Duncan, executive secretary-treasurer of the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. After brief presentations, the forum will be opened for comments, questions and discussion. The community forum is free and
‘Ruthless! The Musical’ Set To Open at Creative Cauldron Creative Cauldron is gearing up to present the regional premier of the award-winning cult hit “Ruthless! The Musical,” with book and lyrics by Joel Paley, music by Marvin Laird,and direction by Creative Cauldron artistic associate Matt Conner. The show, which is the opening production of Creative Cauldron’s 2016-2017 season, will open on October 6 and run through October 30 at Art Space Falls Church at 410 S. Maple Street. “It’s a hilarious, off-beat send up that puts all the backstage drama downstage center,” Conner said. “Anyone who loves musicals will die laughing.” The production will star Sophia Manicone, Katie McManus and Iyona Blake. The original Off-Broadway run of “Ruthless! The Musical” was
nominated for five Drama Desk Awards in 1991-1992 and won for Outstanding Lyrics. It also won the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical and also helped launch the careers of Natalie Portman and Britney Spears as understudies in the role of Tina Denmark. The musical re-launched OffBroadway in 2015 under the direction of Paley. For more information or to buy tickets, visit creativecauldron.org.
Local Real Estate Agent Hosts Home Tours in Lake Barcroft Local real estate agent Ken Trotter of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is hosting a tour of two homes that are on Lake Barcroft in late September starting with a home at 3260 Ridgeway Terrace in Falls Church. The art of David Goslin, whose work is inspired by the Washington Color School, will be featured at the tour of that
home. There will also wine and d’oeuvres and live music at the home. Boats will also be leaving from the home at regular intervals to travel to 3431 Greentree Drive in Falls Church for the tour of the second home. The second home is a French Provincial home nestled at the edge of Lake Barcroft. Awardwinning artist Bobbi Pratte will be at that house to discuss her art. Elizabeth Brogley of Brogley’s is staging the properties for the event. For more information about the event, visit dcregionhouses. com. For more information on the properties being shown, visit 3620Ridgeway.com or 3431GreentreeDrive.com.
City of F.C. Seeks Volunteers For Boards & Commissions The City of Falls Church is seeking City residents to volunteer to serve on various boards and commissions. Applications for the
board and commission positions are being accepted until the end of the month. Vacancies advertised for more than one month may be filled during each subsequent month before that month’s end. The following boards and commissions have openings: Board of Equalization, Board of Zoning Appeals, City Employee Review Board, Economic Development Authority, Falls Church Cable Access Corporation Board, Historic Architectural Review Board, Historical Commission, Planning Commission, Towing Advisory Board, Fairfax Area Disability Services Board, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia and Long Term Care Coordinating Council. For more information or to get an application, Contact the City Clerk’s Office at 703-248-5014 (TTY 711), cityclerk@fallschurchva.gov or visit fallschurchva. gov/BC.
Falls Church Rotary Club president Erica Brouillette, newly-inducted Rotarian Rhonda Bent Rabetsivahiny holding her daughter Aina Elizabeth, assistant district governor Suzanne McDougall and membership chair AT THE FIRSTFRIDAY OF FALLS CHURCH event on Friday, Sept. 2, wood carver Stephanie Arnold stand together following the Thursday, Sept. 1 Falls Jeff Jacobs, featured artist Keith Waters, flutist Michelle Williams, and, pre- Church Rotary Club meeting. McDougall described the District’s plans for senting new Falls Church t-shirts of Good Point Embroidery and Screen the 2016-17 Rotary year and inducted Bent Rabetsivahiny whose memberPrinting, Julio Quiroga. (Photo: Courtesy of Tom Gittins) ship was sponsored by Arnold. (Photo: Courtesy of Dr. John Karickhoff)
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F.C. Site Registering Girls for After School Running Program
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Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia is now registering girls at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School for its curriculum-based after school programs: Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole. By using a curriculum that creatively integrates running with life lessons, Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia aims to support girls in grades 3 – 8 in developing the confidence and character they need to become strong, healthy women. Girls on the Run is offering discounts for active duty and retired military families. In addition, the organization is bringing back special discounts for families registering two or more siblings. Financial aid is also available based on household income. Families can register for Girls on the Run by visiting gotrnova.org until Monday, Sept. 19. In order to see if the program is offered as your school, visit gotrnova.org/images/new-families/Fall_2016_Site_List_9-7-16. pdf. If your school is not listed, there is still time to start a team.
The City of Falls Church Habitat Restoration Team is hosting a habitat restoration event for Cherry Hill Park at 312 Park Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. – noon. Habitat restoration includes on-going removal of invasive vegetation and replanting with native species when plants are available. Event organizers suggest that participants wear comfortable clothes, boots or heavy shoes and gloves. Supplies will be provided by the City of Falls Church. For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/940/ E n v i r o n m e n t a l - Vo l u n t e e r Opportunities, email melanite@ verizon.net or call 703-5386961.
Mary Riley Styles Library Hosts Monthly Book Sale Mary Riley Styles Public Library at 120 N. Virginia Avenue is hosting its monthly book sale this weekend, starting on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The library will have used adult and children’s books for sale in the library’s conference room. The book sale will continue on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 1 – 5 p.m. For more information, call 703-248-5030 or email mrspl@ fallschurchva.gov.
One More Page Hosts Author Ann Patchett in Arlington One More Page Books and the Arlington Public Library are hosting an event with acclaimed author Ann Patchett for a discussion and signing of her new book Commonwealth at Kenmore Middle School, located at 200 S. Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. Commonwealth, which is Patchett’s newest book, spans five decades and explores how a chance encounter in California reverberates throughout the lives of four parents and six children spending their summers in Virginia. Told with equal measures humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation and the ownership of stories, a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that
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The Arlington Players Gears Up for ‘Man of La Mancha’ The Arlington Players are preparing to put on its production of “Man of La Mancha,” which opens on Friday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, located at 125 S. Old Glebe Road, Arlington. Director Clare Shaffer makes her Arlington Players debut with this bold new vision of a beloved classic musical, featuring a diverse, non-traditional cast of all ages, races and backgrounds. “We could not be more excited to be sharing this wonderful musical with the Arlington community,” Shaffer said. “‘Man of La Mancha’ is a story very much about community. It’s about community building in the face of adversity. It’s about sharing stories and what that means to a group of people.” The Tony Award-winning musical “Man of La Mancha” is a play within a play, based on Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s Don Quixote. It’s the story of an old man whose impossible dream takes over his mind. The Arlington Players’ production of “Man of La Mancha” will run from September 23 – October 8 with shows at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.
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The Avalanche of Distrust I’m beginning to think this whole sordid campaign is being blown along by an acrid gust of distrust. The two main candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are remarkably distrustful. They have set the modern standards for withholding information – his not releasing tax and health records, her not holding regular news conferences or quickly disclosing her pneumonia diagnosis. Both have a problem with spontaneous, reciprocal communication with a hint of vulnerability. Both ultimately hew to a distrustful, stark, combative, zero-sum view of life – the idea that making it in this world is an unforgiving slog and that, given other people’s selfish natures, vulnerability is dangerous. Trump’s convention speech was the perfect embodiment of the politics of distrust. American families, he argued, are under NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE threat from foreigners who are as violent and menacing as they are insidious. Clinton’s “Basket of Deplorables” riff comes from the same spiritual place. We have in our country, she jibed, millions of bigots, racists, xenophobes and haters – people who are so blackhearted that they are, as she put it, “irredeemable.” The parishioners at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, felt that even the man who murdered their close friends was redeemable, but Clinton has written off vast chunks of her fellow citizens as beyond hope and redemption. But these nominees didn’t emerge in a vacuum. Distrustful politicians were nominated by an increasingly distrustful nation. A generation ago about half of all Americans felt they could trust the people around them, but now less than a third think other people are trustworthy. Young people are the most distrustful of all; only about 19 percent of millennials believe other people can be trusted. But across all age groups there is a rising culture of paranoia and conspiracy-mongering. We set out a decade ago to democratize the Middle East, but we’ve ended up Middle Easternizing our democracy. The true thing about distrust, in politics and in life generally, is that it is self-destructive. Distrustful people end up isolating themselves, alienating others and corroding their inner natures. Over the past few decades, the decline in social trust has correlated to an epidemic of loneliness. In 1985, 10 percent of Americans said they had no close friend with whom they could discuss important matters. By 2004, 25 percent had no such friend. When you refuse to lay yourself before others, others won’t lay themselves before you. An AARP study of Americans ages 45 and up found that 35 percent suffer from chronic loneliness, compared with 20 percent in a similar survey a decade ago. Suicide rates, which closely correlate with loneliness, have been spiking since 1999. The culture of distrust isn’t the only isolating factor, but it plays a role. The rise of distrust correlates with a decline in community bonds and a surge of unmerited cynicism. Only 31 percent of millennials say there is a great deal of difference between the two political parties. Only 52 percent of adults say they are extremely proud to be Americans, down from 70 percent in 2003. The rise of distrust has corroded intimacy. When you go on social media you see people who long for friendship. People are posting and liking private photos on public places like Snapchat and Facebook. But the pervasive atmosphere of distrust undermines actual intimacy, which involves progressive self-disclosure, vulnerability, emotional risk and spontaneous and unpredictable face-to-face conversations. Instead, what you see in social media is often the illusion of intimacy. The sharing is tightly curated – in a way carefully designed to mitigate actual intimacy. There is, as Stephen Marche once put it, “a phony nonchalance.” It’s possible to have weeks of affirming online banter without ever doing a trust-fall into another’s arms. As Garry Shandling once joked, “My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem, but they don’t really know me.” Distrust leads to these self-reinforcing spirals. As Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University observed recently, in distrustful societies parents are less likely to teach their children about tolerance and respect for others. More distrust leads to tighter regulations, which leads to slower growth, which leads to sour mentalities and more distrust. Furthermore, fear is the great enemy of intimacy. But the loss of intimacy makes society more isolated. Isolation leads to more fear. More fear leads to fear-mongering leaders. And before long you wind up in this death spiral. The great religions and the wisest political philosophies have always counseled going the other way. They’ve always advised that real strength is found in comradeship, and there’s no possibility of that if you are building walls. They have generally believed that even in the midst of an avalanche of calumny, somebody’s got to greet distrust with vulnerability, skepticism with innocence, cynicism with faith and hostility with affection. Our candidates aren’t doing it, but that really is the realistic path to strength.
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Thugs & Kisses First of all, let’s get this straight: The Russian Federation of 2016 is not the Soviet Union of 1986. True, it covers most of the same territory and is run by some of the same thugs. But the Marxist ideology is gone, and so is the superpower status. We’re talking about a more or less ordinary corrupt petrostate here, although admittedly a big one that happens to have nukes. I mention all of this because Donald Trump’s effusive praise for Vladimir Putin – which actually reflects a fairly common sentiment on the right – seems to have confused some people. On one side, some express puzzlement over the spectacle of right-wingers – the kind of people who NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE used to yell “America, love it or leave it!” – praising a Russian regime. On the other side, a few people on the left are anti-antiPutinists, denouncing criticism of Trump’s Putin-love as “red-baiting.” But today’s Russia isn’t communist, or even leftist; it’s just an authoritarian state, with a cult of personality around its strongman, that showers benefits on an immensely wealthy oligarchy while brutally suppressing opposition and criticism. And that, of course, is what many on the right admire. Am I being unfair? Could praise for Russia’s de facto dictator reflect appreciation of his substantive achievements? Well, let’s talk about what the Putin regime has, in fact, accomplished, starting with economics. Putin came to power at the end of 1999, as Russia was recovering from a severe financial crisis, and his first eight years were marked by rapid economic growth. This growth can, however, be explained with just one word: oil. For Russia is, as I said, a petrostate: Fuels account for more than two-thirds of its exports, manufactures barely a fifth. And oil prices more than tripled between early 1999 and 2000; a few years later they more than tripled again. Then they plunged, and so did the Russian economy, which has done very badly in the past few years. Putin would actually have something to boast about if he had managed to diversify Russia’s exports. And this should have been possible: The old regime left behind a large cadre of highly skilled workers. In fact, Russian émigrés have been a key force behind Israel’s remarkable technology boom – and the Putin government appears to have no trouble recruit-
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ing talented hackers to break into Democratic National Committee files. But Russia wasn’t going to realize its technology potential under a regime where business success depends mainly on political connections. So Putin’s economic management is nothing to write home about. What about other aspects of his leadership? Russia does, of course, have a big military, which it has used to annex Crimea and support rebels in eastern Ukraine. But this muscle-flexing has made Russia weaker, not stronger. Crimea, in particular, isn’t much of a conquest: it’s a territory with fewer people than either Queens or Brooklyn, and in economic terms it’s a liability rather than an asset, since the Russian takeover has undermined tourism, its previous mainstay. An aside: Weirdly, some people think there’s a contradiction between Democratic mocking of the Trump/ Putin bromance and President Barack Obama’s mocking of Mitt Romney, four years ago, for calling Russia our “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” But there isn’t: Russia has a horrible regime, but as Obama said, it’s a “regional power,” not a superpower like the old Soviet Union. Finally, what about soft power, the ability to persuade through the attractiveness of one’s culture and values? Russia has very little – except, maybe, among right-wingers who find Putin’s macho posturing and ruthlessness attractive. Which brings us back to the significance of the Putin cult, and the way this cult has been eagerly joined by the Republican nominee for president. There are good reasons to worry about Trump’s personal connections to the Putin regime (or to oligarchs close to that regime, which is effectively the same thing.) How crucial has Russian money been in sustaining Trump’s ramshackle business empire? There are hints that it may have been very important indeed, but given Trump’s secretiveness and his refusal to release his taxes, nobody really knows. Beyond that, however, admiring Putin means admiring someone who has contempt for democracy and civil liberties. Or more accurately, it means admiring someone precisely because of that contempt. When Trump and others praise Putin as a “strong leader,” they don’t mean that he has made Russia great again, because he hasn’t. He has accomplished little on the economic front, and his conquests, such as they are, are fairly pitiful. What he has done, however, is crush his domestic rivals: Oppose the Putin regime, and you’re likely to end up imprisoned or dead. Strong!
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The Millers Travel from Afar for F.C. Farmers Market by Patricia Leslie
Falls Church News-Press
Regulars at the Falls Church Farmers Market at 300 Park Avenue know where to find Valentine’s Country Bakery and Meats every Saturday: Near center stage where its “grass fed, free range, no antibiotics, no growth hormones, no steroids, all natural” meats are sold in nicely-wrapped, heavy pieces of plastic with professional labels affixed. Valentine’s sells all kinds of quiches, pies, pastries, cookies, breads and real butter, too. And eggs of many colors – brown, white, blue, green – all from free-range chickens who get to eat pastry leftovers from time-to-time and are happy chickens which produce happy eggs. Donovan Miller, the son of the husband and wife team who started Valentine’s in 1995, the year before Donovan was born, runs the Saturday show in Falls Church with his sister, Veronica, while their father tends the Farmers market in Reston. (“Sometimes we switch it up,” Donovan said.) To a city girl, Donovan gave a quick lesson in chickens and eggs but he didn’t say which came first: “Different breeds of chickens lay different colors of eggs,” he explained patiently. “The Leghorn chicken lays white eggs, the Rhode Island Red lays brown, and the Ameraucana, green.” (What about those blue eggs? Where do they come from? Are they from blue birds?) The Millers recycle egg cartons, too. Bring them on! Every week they go to five area farmers markets and have been
coming to Falls Church six or seven years. They have the packing and loading assembly pretty well down to a science. The night before market days, the Millers go to bed almost with the chickens, around 8 or 9 p.m. They get up around 3 a.m. to load the vans (takes about an hour per van) and get ready for the 90-minute trip to Falls Church so they can arrive on time for the market opening at 8. From their home between Orange and Madison, Virginia, which is below Culpeper, Donovan and Veronica’s mother, Darletta Miller, talked on the phone about the business. She met Valentine Miller (yes, the source of the business name) at a nursing home in Virginia where she had gone to volunteer to cook for a year, and her future husband was in nurses’ training. Before that, Darletta managed a bakery in Maryland, and Valentine Miller helped his father on the family farm. The couple began their business with just baked goods and decided later to add meat. “It was a big step since we didn’t know how it would go, and it really increased the work,” she said. The Millers have decreased their pastry output to keep up with the meat business. The business “has grown a lot,” she said. Darletta Miller has been baking for years and still loves it. Donovan and Veronica help their mother bake while their dad takes care of the animals and visits the slaughter house where the animals are butchered and packaged (everything has to be inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture). The Millers sell beef, pork, lamb, veal and chicken, but
VERONICA MILLER OF VALENTINE’S Country Bakery and Meats helps a customer at the Falls Church Farmers Market, where Valentine’s have been selling their goods for close to seven years. (Photo: Patricia Leslie/News-Press)
Donovan’s favorite is not listed on the slick brochure which touts their products. His favorite is rabbit, an unorthodox choice. “Well, it’s lean and has a lot of protein. It’s kinda like chicken, but it’s got its own taste and texture,” he drawled. “It’s one of the leanest meats out there.” The Millers raise their own animals on 500 to 600 acres and have a bevy of animals. “I couldn’t tell you how many animals we have,” Darletta said. When the market closes at noon, and it’s time to go home, it take the Millers about half the
time to pack up since they sell about all of what they’ve brought and have few, if any, leftovers which they mostly give to family and friends. Do the Millers “crash” after Farmers market day? Darletta Miller laughed. “Yes, we crash! On Saturday [after the family gets home from the markets] we go in the living room and put our feet up, and we party. We have a real good time,” she said. “It’s family time and time to relax.” Sunday mornings finds the family at the Gospel Light Mennonite Church, and the remainder of the
day is devoted to rest and relaxation. “We’re busy all week and have to keep up,” she said. “There are always things to do on the farm.” On Labor Day Mrs. Miller was cleaning house. “My customers tell me I can never quit baking because they love what I make. It’s rewarding to go to the markets and see the people enjoy what we make.” The chickens do, too. “Sometimes, the chickens get a little of [the leftovers]. They love baked goods but they don’t get them very often.” Sigh. None of us do!
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CHA KIM PHUNG BAKERY owner Vinh Tran and Phong Ly prepare mooncakes in the kitchen of Tran’s bakery. (Photo: Drew Costley/News-Press)
Mooncakes Fly Off Shelves Ahead Of Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Drew Costley
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Falls Church’s Eden Center is gearing up for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Tet Trung Thu, with a celebration set for this Saturday at the shopping center. While the holiday is technically held today (the 15th day of the eighth month in the Han
calander), several bakeries and delis in the shopping center have been preparing for more than a month now, taking and fulfilling orders for mooncakes, the traditional small pastries eaten during the festival. Mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product, are sold seasonally by nearly all of the Eden Center shops that carry them. They are
PHONG LY IMPRINTS a mooncake in the kitchen of Cha Kim Phung bakery. He has been making moon cakes for over 25 years. (Photo: Drew Costley/News-Press)
considered an indispensable delicacy by those who recognize the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. “The Moon Festival is a traditional celebration for the harvest moon,” said Vinh Tran, the owner of Eden Center’s Cha Kim Phung Bakery. “And every year, when the Autumn moon comes, the people celebrate by eating a lot of mooncake and they pray to the gods every year. That’s our tradition and celebration.” In order to relate it to those who are unfamiliar with the celebration in the U.S., Claire Nguyen, who works at Song Long Deli in the Eden Center, said that it’s “basically like Thanksgiving in America.” She said that people give mooncakes as gifts throughout the year and bring them over to houses they are invited to during the celebration. “I would buy a few boxes to give my close family and friends,” Nguyen said. “I don’t necessarily have to go to their house. Maybe they have some guests. It just depends on each family. These days people aren’t that traditional, but they still do carry the simple ways of gifting [mooncakes].” “This is a tradition is from a long, long time ago. Back in the old time,” Tran said. “The mooncake is eaten every time they harvest, during the harvest moon. They harvest the crops and they celebrate by eating mooncake. And it’s been happening from then until now.” Typically, mooncakes are round, slightly less than four inches
in diameter and between one and one and a half inches thick. The cakes are filled with one of several different ingredients, like sweet bean, lotus seed, jujube or five kernel paste, and the crust can have a chewy, flaky or tender texture. The process for preparing the ingredients for mooncakes and making the mooncakes themselves can take several hours or days. “Making mooncakes is a very long process with a lot of very difficult techniques,” Tran said. In their finished form, mooncakes are usually cut into small wedges and accompanied by tea. Once the mooncake is assembled, usually into a dough ball with filling for its center, the mooncake is pressed into its circle shape and imprinted with different Chinese characters. Traditionally, the mooncakes have imprints of the Chinese characters for “harmony” or “longevity,” and some have additional decorations like imprints of the moon, flowers, vines or a rabbit. But because of globalization the designs on the imprint of mooncakes have become diversified. Although almost all of the shops in the Eden Center order theirs from outside distributors, Tran and his team at Cha Kim Phung create mooncakes in house. Because of that, they are able to offer potential customers over 30 different variations of the pastry and make them to order. They have been making their own mooncakes for over 20 years.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 | PAGE S-6 “We do very special orders and we make the mooncake from scratch, we grind the ingredients to make the paste and we mold the cakes,” Tran said. “Everything we do here is very, very good and we can compete with some other mooncake distributors nationwide. The thing is, the people love our cake because we make them fresh and the ingredients are fresh as well.” Customers can choose from the different varieties that Cha Kim Phung has using an order form that is at the front of the store. Tran said that they sell thousands of cakes every year during the month leading up to the MidAutumn Moon Festival. That volume keeps his kitchen staff busy – he said they make up to 600 or 700 mooncakes each day around this time of year. In order to keep track of which filling is in each mooncake, Cha Kim Phung stamps a number on each mooncake with a purplish red ink. Nguyen said that Song Deli carries over 15 different flavors of mooncake and get theirs from an outside distributor. She said that they also sell thousands of mooncakes around this time of year. “There’s bean, there’s durian, there’s mixed,” she said. “There’s a lot of different flavorings. We offer a large variety here.” This past Monday, only a few days away from the festival, there were just a few boxes, each of which contains four mooncakes, left in the shop.
VINH TRAN HOLDS a box of four mooncakes. Tran’s bakery makes its mooncakes in house. (Photo: Drew Costley/News-Press)
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Where to Find Eden Center’s Best Bánh Mi by Jody Fellows
Falls Church News-Press
Eden Center, the 200,000 square-foot strip mall near Seven Corners, is a hustling, bustling mecca filled with food, shopping and all sorts of treasures. And while it’s actually within City limits, chances are it places a distant third when it comes to visits from City residents when compared to the farther out Mosaic District and Tysons. But while the Vietnamese shopping center may not be able to compete when it comes to name recognition, it runs circles around the other two on the tasty, little sandwich front. Yes, I’m talking about bánh mi. The Little City’s Eden Center is home to more bánh mi per square foot than just about anywhere else on the east coast. There are eight shops in Eden Center that serve bánh mi, the simple-yet-flavor-packed sandwiches born of French colonialism in Indochina. Technically, bánh mi refers to just the bread, a special baguette resembling a mini loaf of French bread with a flaky, crusty outside and softer, pillowy inside, but now the term is most commonly used for the Vietnamese sandwich as a whole. The types of bánh mi vary but most include some kind of meat, pickled daikon and carrots, cilantro, cucumber, hot peppers, a swipe of pate, butter and/or mayonnaise. The dặc biệt, or special combination, is a standard on
every menu and made up of some mix of Vietnamese cold cuts like ham, headcheese (just about all the parts of a pig’s head: ears, tendons, skins, etc.) and pate. Don’t be put off by the sound of headcheese – it’s delicious. For the less adventurous, the xiu mai (Vietnamese meatballs) and xa xiu (barbecue pork) are two perfect starter sandwiches also found just about everywhere. And while most bánh mi include some type of pork, it can also be made with beef, fish, tofu, chicken and more. With all the options at Eden Center, only two of the mall’s shops bake their own baguettes. Bánh Mi So 1 and Cha Kim Phung Bakery both make bánh mi in-house with So 1 also supplying baguettes to other Eden stores like Phu Quy Deli Delight and Phuoc Loc Deli. The rest of the delis and bakeries rely on daily delivery from outside suppliers. In an effort to discover all the bánh mi Eden Center has to offer, I visited each of the center’s sandwich shops – multiple times – over the past month. During my run, I consumed copious amounts of headcheese, enough pate for at least 10 fancy dinner parties and surpassed way more than my daily recommended intake of carbs. (Forutnately, bánh mi is easy on the wallet with sandwiches ranging from $3-4 and most shops have deals if you buy five or more)
THE SPECIAL COMBINATION, or dặc biệt, at Huong Binh Bakery. (Photo: Jody Fellows) After my Eden Center tour, here are my favorite spots to chow down on bánh mi:
HUONG BINH BAKERY & DELI
6781 Wilson Boulevard Huong Binh Bakery is unique in that it offers three types of bread for its bánh mi. With the choice of “roll,” “baguette” and “traditional,” I tried each and
found the traditional to be the top pick and the most “bánh milike” of the three. Huong Binh makes one of Eden Center’s better combination bánh mis, or dặc biệt, filled with Vietnamese ham and headcheese and generously slathered with pate and housemade mayo. I wasn’t a big fan of the bánh mi ga with shredded chicken but did enjoy the grilled pork or bánh mi nem nướng. Though everything was fresh and crisp, they tend to overstuff the bread with garnishes here so be prepared to do a little topping maintenance before chowing down. (Of note, rather than long slices of cucumber, they use chips here which do stay in the sandwich better). As a bonus, each bánh mi comes with a small pepper wrapped along inside. I made the mistake of taking a bite of one before eating. Don’t do what I did.
NHU LAN
6763 Wilson Boulevard #14 (inside Eden Mall)
NHU LAN’S BANH MI XIU MAI filled with Vietnamese meatballs and “secret butter” is one of the best sandwiches in Falls Church’s Eden Center. (Photo: Jody Fellows)
Hidden inside the Eden Mall, Nhu Lan is, hands down, my favorite of all Eden’s bánh mi shops. I love it so much, I have trouble anointing one of its sandwiches as my favorite. The bánh mi xiu mai, with its housemade pork meatballs hit with a hint of sweetness and dressed up with sprigs of cilantro, daikon, carrots and jalapeno, is outstanding,
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OUTSIDE OF EDEN They’re not in Eden Center but these three banh mi spots also call Falls Church home plus each bake their baguettes in-house daily.
BA LE BAKERY
2822 Graham Road The late night strip mall hangout on Graham Road is open 24 hours and can satisfy a bánh mi fix at any hour of the day.
BANH MI DC SANDWICH
3101 Graham Road
With 23 types of sandwiches and the best baguettes around, DC Sandwich is at the top of the bánh mi rankings.
LEE’S SANDWICHES
3037 Annandale Road
The newest entry into Falls Church bánh mi, the self-procalimed “word’s largest bánh mi chain” opened in May and is also open round the clock. –J.F.
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as is the bánh mi nem filled with chunks of salty, pickled pork. The dark horse, however, is #5, the bánh mi bi with finely shredded strands of pork skin and meat. All of the sandwiches come with a healthy dose of what Nhu Lan calls its “secret butter,” a delicious housemade mayonnaise mixture cut with butter that soaks into the baguette and will leave you licking your fingers after the sandwich is gone.
SONG LONG DELI
6769 Wilson Boulevard
Song Long is one of only two spots at the mall where you can actually sit down and eat bánh mi inside. Routinely busy around lunch and dinner times as crowds seek out its popular sandwiches and bubble teas, I found the best time to stop in is around 2 or 3 p.m. when the store is nearly empty. In addition to the rare instance of seating, Song Long is also the only place in Eden Center with bánh mì bò nướng xã, or lemongrass beef bánh mi.
THE LEMONGRASS BEEF BÁNH MI and some bubble tea from Song Long Deli (left) and the #1 combo known as dặc biệt from Phu Quy Deli Delight. (P�����: J��� F������) Packed into a roll brushed with melted butter along with pickled daikon, carrots, cilantro and hot peppers, the beef brings flavor not found in most other bánh mi and its my top pick from the menu here. I also really enjoyed the bánh mi heo nuong with grilled pork and, for the meatfree crowd, there’s the bánh mi chay with tofu skins.
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PHU QUY DELI DELIGHT
6799 Wilson Boulevard
While most bánh mi tend to be modestly meat-filled, I found Phu Quy’s portions a bit more generous. Another contender for best dặc biệt in Eden Center, the #1 combination was my favorite with tasty cold cuts paired with a good amount of pate and butter. The baguettes are sup-
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plied daily from Bánh Mi So 1 next door, so while the bread is always fresh, there is a chance they might run out (on one evening visit, I was informed they had exhausted their bread supply for the day). Also, with both indoor and outdoor seating, Phy Quy has the most seating of any of the bánh mi shops, though tables tend to fill up quickly, especially on weekends.
Other Eden Center bánh mi sandwich shops include Bánh Mi So 1, Cha Kim Phung Bakery, Phu Hung and Saigon Bakery & Deli. TO NOTE: Banh Ta, one of my favorite Eden Center spots for bánh mi, is currently undergoing renovations with plans to reopen as Little Viet Garden this October or November.
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Mike’s Deli Relocating to Former Long John Silver’s Space The sandwich and ice cream shop Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae has signed a lease to relocate to the former Long John Silver’s space on Route 7, owners David and Rebecca Tax confirmed to the NewsPress Monday. The Falls Church eatery, named “best sandwich” spot by News-Press readers for a fifth consecutive year last month, is currently in operation next to 7-Eleven at 112 N. West St. in the City but that building, as well as the surrounding area, is slated for redevelopment as part of the 4.3-acre “Mason Row” mixed-use project approved by the F.C. City Council earlier this year. The deli’s future location at 7049 Leesburg Pike, owned by Beyer Automotive Group, was home to Long John Silver’s for over 30 years until the fast food seafood restaurant shuttered in April of last year. Mike’s Deli’s Rebecca Tax, who also owns Clare & Don’s Beach Shack along with her brother, David, told the NewsPress there isn’t a time frame yet for reloca-
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tion but she imagines it will be before next summer. Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae 112 North West Street | Falls Church mikesdeliatlazysundae.com.com
Rare Bird Coffee Looks to Open by End of Month Rare Bird Coffee Roasters is hoping to open by the end of the month on West Broad Street, manager Lara Berenji told the News-Press this week. The specialty roastery is moving its operation from Washington, D.C. to the Little City in the former space of Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt. The new shop will offer brewed coffee, an espresso bar, fresh-roasted coffee beans, Teaism teas and baked goods from Village Sweet Bakery, Natalia’s Elegant Creations and pie by-the-slice from Acme Pie Co. In addition to coffee and treats, the coffee shop will host artist show openings, with the first show, “Rare Birds On the Line” by Melanie Gritzka del Villar, set for early October. Rare Bird Coffee Roasters will also have a booth at the Taste of Falls
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Locker Room Sports Bar Debuts New Game Room
New additions include new pool tables, and league regulation dart boards along with 18 beer taps and 22 HD televisions. A new Bloody Mary bar is now available on Sundays. The game room grand opening kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, and will feature live entertainment and a DJ with proceeds benefitting both the Alzheimer’s Foundation and women’s breast cancer research.
The Locker Room Sports Bar & Grill has added a new addition to its space and will be hosting a grand opening of its new game room at the end of the month.
The Locker Room Sports Bar & Grill 502 West Broad Street | Falls Church thelockerroomsportsbarandgrill.com – Jody Fellows
Church at the Fall Festival this Saturday. Rare Bird Coffee Roasters 230 West Broad Street | Falls Church rarebirdcoffee.com
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Judges Talk Taste of F.C. Prep, Favorites & More
This year’s Taste of Falls Church judges talked to the News-Press about their favorite foods, memorable meals and how they’re preparing for Saturday’s big event
Nader Baroukh, Former City of Falls Church Mayor 1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? No preparation really. Just showing up with a healthy appetite! I hope to bring some friends along to help. 2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? I think I’ll punt on that one and say I like them all. 3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? It’s not so unusual, but I love sushi. 4. What is your favorite ingredient? Chocolate makes everything better. 5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? Vegetables. Anything green. 6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? Scrambled. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? With or without dining, Bruce Springsteen live in concert. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? I have not worked on my cooking in the past year and it has gotten worse. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? Beef Bourguignon by Julia Child. My wife’s empty promises that she will make this dish for me continue.
Chris Capannola, Head Coach of the George Mason High School Boys Basketball Team
Lori Lafave, Member of the Falls Church Recreation & Parks Advisory Board
1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I’ll prepare by not eating breakfast.
1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I will starve myself, so I’m prepared to eat.
2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? My favorite is Trio. Although it’s not in Falls Church City, it’s close and it’s fantastic.
2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? Sfizi.
3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? I had Vietnamese food for the first time. It was outstanding. 4. What is your favorite ingredient? Garlic. 5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? My father used to make tripe. It was awful. 6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? Fried or scrambled. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? Good conversation is always the best dinner entertainment. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? My wife’s chicken cutlets. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? Sauce, cooked by my mother. The best I’ve ever had.
10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? Ming Tsai.
10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? Mario Batali.
11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? Unhealthy – ice cream. Healthy – I think I had some vegetables the other day.
11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? I make my own vegetable smoothies every morning, very healthy. Had chicken wings last weekend.
12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? A smoked steak that my friends made.
12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? Oysters at a restaurant in National Harbor.
3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? It is a regional dish in Upstate New York called Michigans. It was fantastic. 4. What is your favorite ingredient? Olive oil. 5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? Oh, liver! 6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? Poached. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? During extended family meals, my kids usually put on a show and there is always music and dancing. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? Homemade macaroni and cheese. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? Grandma Blanche’s beef and sliders. 10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? Rachel Ray. 11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? The healthiest things I’ve eaten in the past month is like a salad, a good salad. And the unhealthiest I’ve eaten is ice cream. 12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? At the beach we caught blue crabs off the pier and then steamed them. So it was an aweseome, fresh Chesapeake blue crab dinner.
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Nikki Graves Henderson, Director of History Projects for The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
Patty Cigna, Buyer’s Agent at Rock Star Realty
Caitlin Acosta, Assistant at Rock Star Realty
1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I’ll fast all week and Iʼll walk to errands in town. On Saturday, Iʼll ride my bike to preview of the new National African American Museum in D.C., swim back to Falls Church, then take a short nap before the eating begins!
1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I will be doing jumping jacks and lunges in preparation to eat a lot.
1. How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I’m going to be fasting the night before in preparation for eating a lot of food at the Taste of Falls Church.
2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? I really like Cafe Kindred.
2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? I’m going to have to say Mad Fox.
3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? Nothing new.
3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? The strangest thing that I’ve had recently was oysters, which were introduced to me by Tori [McKinney] in New Orleans. They were delicious. I now order them everytime I see them on the menu.
3. What’s the most unusual food you’ve eaten recently and how was it? I had a sushi burrito from Rolls By U in Clarendon. It was pretty good. It was kind of hard to eat.
4. What is your favorite ingredient? Butter, butter and...did I mention butter?
4. What is your favorite ingredient? Cilantro.
5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? Liver.
5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? Asparagus. And it’s still asparagus. I had a bad encouter with it. Ever since then I’ve been scarred.
2. What’s your favorite restaurant that has opened in Falls Church in the past five years? Uhh, did I mention I once fasted for 21 days under the direction of Dick Gregoryʼs nutritionist?
6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? Scrambled with onions, green peppers and cheese. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? Breakfast while camping and watching the sunrise over the Chesapeake Bay or dining while moon watching over the Atlantic Ocean on a cruise ship’s private deck. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? Iʼm famous for my cheese grits, shrimp and grits, fish and grits, chicken and grits and steak and grits. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? My mother’s turkey and dressing. 10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? None. 11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? Healthiest: vine-ripened fruit. Unhealthiest: sʼmores made in our firepit. We experimented with different gourmet chocolates. 12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? My hometown Detroit classics: corned beef sandwich and White Castle cheeseburgers.
6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? I only eat them scrambled. I won’t eat them any other way. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? I’ve been to a drag brunch in D.C. It’s the one at a French bistro and they even had a peacock costume at one point. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? I would do pudding shots. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? BBQ brisket by Bobby Flay. 10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? Bobby Flay.
4. What is your favorite ingredient? Goat cheese is basically the nectar of the gods, so I’m going to go with that. 5. What was your least favorite food when you were a child? Eggplant. 6. How do you prefer your eggs cooked? I like mine fried, over hard. Very very hard. 7. What is the best entertainment you’ve experienced while dining (live music, theater, conversation, television, etc.)? I’ve been to a drag brunch before. That was pretty entertaining. 8. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? I do like to cook sometimes and my favorite dish to make is maque choux. It’s a traditional dish from Louisiana. It’s a cajun dish that’s inspired by Native Americans, too. 9. If you could have one dish prepared by one person, what and who would it be? I’m going to say lasagna, cooked by mom, Jody Acosta. 10. Who is your favorite celebrity chef or cook? Emeril Lagasse.
11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? The healthiest things I’ve had is a kale salad. The unhealthiest is two huge scoops of ice cream, chocolate and vanilla.
11. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you’ve eaten in the past month? The most unhealthy things I’ve eaten is [corndogs]. I recently had three corndogs in one day. I went to the boardwalk and you can’t find corndogs just anywhere, so I was taking advantage of it while it was there. And the healthiest thing is probably anything but corndogs.
12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? The Shipyard Beer that’s only available once during the year. It’s pumpkin beer. I got it from Whole Foods.
12. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? I had a BBQ pork banh mi from Ba Le today and it was delicious. I had it with extra sriracha.
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Cooking at Home Like the Pros
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Chefs from three of Falls Church’s most popular restaurants share their recipes, giving News-Press readers the chance to cook like the pros in their very own kitchen.
Taco Bamba Chef Victor Albisu’s Taco Bamba Taco Taco Bamba, 2190 Pimmit Dr. • 703-639-050 • tacobambarestaraunt.com
Ingredients: • 1 pound of skirt steak • 1/2 pound of Mexican chorizo • 3 diced avocados • 2 chopped grilled jalapenos • 1 diced burned red onion • 1 bunch chopped cilantro
Directions: 1. Bring red wine vinegar, sugar and salt to a boil. Marinate the julienned red onions in vinegar mixture and allow the onions to pickle, about 30 mins 2. Heat a grill or cast iron pan to medium high heat. Before dicing the ingredients for the guacamole place the avocado, onion, jalapenos and lime on the grill and allow them to char. Once the vegetables are charred remove them from the grill,
• Juice of 1 grilled Lime • 4 Tblsp ground cotija cheese • 4 Tblsp store bought chicharones or pork rinds • 1 julienned red onion • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar • 1/4 cup sugar
dice and mix with cilantro and season with salt and pepper. Mash with a spoon until it is to your desired consistency. 3. Season the skirt steak with salt and pepper and place on the same grill along with the chorizo. Once the steak has cooked to your desired temperature remove and allow it to rest, about two minutes. Once the chorizo has cooked through remove and slice into 1/4 inch rounds.
Chef Albisu’s Taco Bamba Taco leads off the restaurant’s Tacos Nuestros menu and is one of the reasons the eatery is nationally ranked. (Photo: Jody Fellows)
4. Warm the corn tortillas on the grill or cast iron pan, spoon the guacamole on to the tortilla, Slice the skirt steak
The Happy Tart Chef Emma Cech’s Parisian Macarons The Happy Tart, 410 S. Maple Dr. #110 • 571-395-8280 • happytartbakery.com
Ingredients: • 7 oz. egg whites (approximately the whites from seven eggs)
Cafe Kindred Chef Jen Demetrio’s Roast Beef Sandwich with Over Easy Egg Cafe Kindred, 450 N. Washington St. • 571-327-2215 • cafekindred.com
• 6 oz. sugar • 8 oz. almond flour • 8 oz. confectioners sugar
Directions: 1. Whip egg whites with the whisk attachment of a stand mixer until the meringue hold peaks. 2. Slowly add sugar 1 tblspn at a time until all the sugar has been incorporated, and the meringue is glossy. 3. Combine almond flour and confectioners sugar and whisk together. If the sugar is lumpy, pass it through a sieve. 4. Using a rubber spatula, fold almond flour mix into meringue. Continue folding until the batter flows back to form a flat surface when the spatula is pulled through it. Another test is to allow batter to fall from the spatula onto the surface of the batter. It should form a ribbon that disappears in 2-3 minutes. You want to have enough body in the batter to hold its shape when piped, but not so much that the macaron will be puffy. 5. If you want to add food color, add the color drop by drop until you achieve the desired shade. 6. Place batter into a piping bag with a round tip that is 5/8 inch in diameter. 7. Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet. 8. Pipe circles that are 1/8 inch tall and 1.5 inch wide. The macarons should be 1 inch apart. 9. Repeat until all batter is used. 10. Place cookie sheets on counter until macarons are dry and leathery on top. The time for this to occur will depend on the weather – longer with high humidity, shorter on dryer days – however, it will take at least an hour or two. 11. Preheat oven to 250F. 12. Place Macarons in oven for 10-15 minutes. Macarons are done when the tops are dry and hard.
and layer it over the guacamole, add the chorizo, cotija, chicharones, and pickled red onions.
Chef Cech’s Parisian Macrons can be purchased in store with fancy packaging, or made at home following her recipe. (Courtesy Photo)
13. Remove cookie sheets from oven and allow to cool. 14. Peel Macarons from parchment and fill.
Macaron Filling: 1. Jam: Pair up macarons and fill one side with a teaspoon of jam. This can be done carefully with a teaspoon or with a piping bag. Place the lid on the macaron and you are ready to enjoy! 2. Ganache: Make chocolate ganache by heating 6 oz. of heavy cream or coconut milk in a sauce pan until almost boiling. Pour over 6 oz. of chopped high quality chocolate. Whisk until a smooth glossy consistency. Spread out on a parchment lined cookie sheet and place on the counter to cool. When the ganache can hold its shape, but has not solidified you want to pipe a teaspoon into the center of your paired macarons. Place the lid on top of the macaron, pushing gently to spread the ganache filling.
Ingredients: • 9 oz. beef, roasted rare • 4 slices rustic ciabatta loaf, • 2 Ea plum tomatoes, sliced cut into 1 inch thick pieces 1/4 inch thick • 4 Ea garlic cloves • 1 cup baby spinach • 1/4 cup mayonnaise • 2 Ea eggs • 2 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, • Salt & pepper to taste sliced thin Directions: 1. First to make the garlic mayo: a. Roast garlic cloves with olive oil, salt, and pepper, in a 375°F oven until golden brown. b. Mix with mayo when cooled and set aside. 2. On a flat top grill, toast both sides of all bread slices. 3. Grill tomato slices on the grill for 30 seconds on each side. 4. On a separate oven-safe pan, set up your roast beef into two sections. 5. Top beef with grilled tomatoes, then divide cheddar among the two beef set-ups. Place in a 350°F oven until the cheese melts. 6. Spread garlic mayo onto the slices of bread. 7. Carefully slide the beef, tomatoes, and melted cheese onto the bread prepared with mayo, then add spinach. 8. In a saucepan, fry 2 eggs until over easy; season with salt and pepper. 9. Slide eggs onto spinach, then top with bread. 10. Cut in half right before eating and enjoy!
Chef Demetrio’s roast beef sandwich with over easy egg is on Cafe Kindred’s lunch menu. (Photo: Drew Costley)
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How Trump Will Go Down
Despite all the sound and fury that our badly compromised major cable TV media organizations have their talking heads gabbing and gasping about these days, the two major facets that are doing to tank the campaign of Donald Trump are still yet to be tossed into the mix. Yes, money, money, money, money, the true love of Trump’s life, is going to do him in. That’s the first thing. Then it’s those pesky debates coming up. What’s it they say about those who live by the sword? In Trump’s case, his unbridled and uncontrollable love of the filthy lucre has set him up for one mighty fall. Of course, this is why he won’t release his tax records, because they will show everything about how much of a fraud this man is. If he won’t release them voluntarily, FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS then one can speculate about those nasty hackers out there who probably already have them. They don’t all love Trump the way the Russians do. Newsweek’s big slam expose this week is another blow to Trump. Its cover story by Kurt Eichenwald, “How the Trump Organization’s Foreign Business Ties Could Upend U.S. National Security,” says this: “A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals...It reveals a web of contractual entanglements that could not be just canceled. If Trump moves into the White House and his family continues to receive any benefit from the company, during or even after his presidency, almost every foreign policy decision he makes will raise serious conflicts of interest and ethical quagmires.” Then there is the exploration into the public records of the socalled Trump Foundation, showing another amazing set of ethical disasters. Among other things, the foundation paid $20,000 for an enormous portrait of Trump himself. His foundation was set up to take money from other people to spend it on his own ego and advancement. Correspondent Drew Griffin in a conversation with Anderson Cooper on CNN Tuesday night, reported, “In most cases, if not all the recent ones, Trump takes the money that’s been donated to his foundation, puts his name on it and gives it to other people. So he uses other people’s money to make donations to others.” Griffin noted, “For two years, the Trump Foundation gave liberally to the Palm Beach Police Foundation and the group holds its policeman ball at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago actually charged the Police Foundation for using the ballroom. The tax records show the Police Foundation paid Trump more than $500,000 for just two balls held at the club.” As President Obama noted at a Philadelphia rally Tuesday, try comparing the Trump Foundation to the massive social good the Clinton Foundation continues to do. “One candidate’s family foundation has saved countless lives around the world. The other candidate’s foundation took money other people gave to his charity, and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself,” he stated. Add to this the sub-contractor entities that are suing Trump for nonpayment of services, and the official investigations now underway about Trump buying the favor of the Florida attorney general Pam Bondi to scuttle a probe of the scam Trump University. The list goes on. On the other side, the Obama economic policies that Clinton generally wants to continue and enhance have resulted in astounding numbers for income growth across America, and in his speech on September 11, Obama sharply contrasted a world view based on noble ideals to, generally, the kind of division that Trump has stoked in the population. The best way to fight the forces of terror in the world, he said, is to “reaffirm our character as a nation, a people drawn from every corner of the world, every color, every religion, every background...for we know that our diversity, our patchwork heritage, is not a weakness, it is still and always will be, one of our greatest strengths...This is the America that was attacked on that September morning. This is the America that we must remain true to.”
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Nicholas F. Benton
Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
About The ‘Basket of Deplorables’ Let’s get straight to it: Hillary Clinton’s comments Friday at a fundraiser that half of Donald Trump’s supporters could be put in a “basket of deplorables” wasn’t a smart political play. Candidates do themselves a tremendous disservice when they attack voters rather than campaigns. Here is Clinton’s full quote: “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic – you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people – now 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, meanspirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks – they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.” Then, she continued: “But the other basket – and I know this because I see friends from all over America here – I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas – as well as, you know, New York and NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE California – but that other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from. They don’t buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won’t wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroin, feel like they’re in a dead end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.” That second basket got too little attention. What Clinton said was impolitic, but it was not incorrect. There are things a politician cannot say. Luckily, I’m not a politician. Trump is a deplorable candidate – to put it charitably – and anyone who helps him advance his racial, religious and ethnic bigotry is part of that bigotry. And anyone who elevates a sexist is part of that sexism. The same goes for xenophobia. Furthermore, one doesn’t have to actively hate to contribute to a culture that allows hate to flourish. It doesn’t matter how lovely your family, how honorable your work or service, how devout your faith – if you place ideological adherence or economic self interest above the moral imperative to condemn and denounce
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a demagogue, then you are deplorable. And there is some evidence that Trump’s supporters don’t simply have a passive, tacit acceptance of an undesirable platform, but instead have an active set of beliefs that support what is deplorable in Trump. In state after state that Trump won during the primaries, he won a majority or near majority of voters who supported a temporary ban on Muslims entering this country and who supported deporting immigrants who are in this country illegally. In June a Reuters/Ipsos poll found: “Nearly half of Trump’s supporters described African-Americans as more ‘violent’ than whites. The same proportion described African-Americans as more ‘criminal’ than whites, while 40 percent described them as more ‘lazy’ than whites.” A Pew poll released in February found that 65 percent of Republicans believe the next president should “speak bluntly even if critical of Islam as a whole” when talking about Islamic extremists. Another Reuters/Ipsos online poll in July found that 58 percent of Trump supporters have a “somewhat unfavorable” view of Islam and 78 percent believe Islam was more likely to encourage acts of terrorism. A February Public Policy Polling survey found “Trump’s support in South Carolina is built on a base of voters among whom religious and racial intolerance pervades.” What the poll found about those South Carolina supporters’ beliefs was truly shocking. Eighty percent of likely Trump primary voters supported Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims. Sixtytwo percent supported creating a national database of Muslims and 40 percent supported shutting down mosques in the United States. Thirty-eight percent wished the South had won the Civil War. Thirtythree percent thought the practice of Islam should be illegal in this country. Thirty-two percent supported the policy of Japanese internment during World War II. And thirty-one percent would support a ban on homosexuals entering the country. On Saturday, Clinton issued a statement pointing out that “I regret saying ‘half’ – that was wrong.” Place the percentage where you will – or don’t – but the fact is indisputable. I understand that people recoil at the notion that they are part of a pejorative basket. I understand the reflexive resistance to having your negative beliefs disrobed and your sense of self dressed down. I understand your outrage, but I’m unmoved by it. If the basket fits...
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
Delegate Marcus Simon’s
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
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with a starter cut, it took three of us a few minutes to cut through the remaining board; the result, admittedly, was less than expert carpentry! Commercial reinvestment, especially in the county’s designated revitalization areas, has many benefits for the community. Shopping at local merchants closer to home saves time, energy, and greenhouse gases. A portion of the state sales tax is credited to the point-of-sale jurisdiction, so shopping in Fairfax County provides additional revenue that can offset the tax burden on the residential real estate taxpayer. Why shop in another jurisdiction and contribute to its tax base? Shop in Fairfax County! The Annandale Shopping Center has announced that Aldi, a European discount grocery chain, will open a store next year in the space formerly occupied by Bloom, a defunct Food Lion brand. A new occupant for the location at Columbia Pike and Gallows Road has long been an open question for residents. Now we know. The next few weekends are filled with plans for neighborhood block parties and fall picnics. Please be extra careful when driving on local streets. Some may be blocked off from traffic, but others may simply have more folks enjoying neighborhood camaraderie on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. The speed limit on residential streets is 25 mph.
One of the few rainstorms this month didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the Grand Opening of the newly renovated and expanded Home Depot at Seven Corners last week. The store needed more space for its design center – appliances, lighting, kitchen and bath fixtures – and moved into the former Room Store space at the center. The existing store’s footprint was reconfigured, and a new ramp installed to account for the grade change between the two units. A new entry to the design center welcomes shoppers without having to go through the main store. Hard to believe, perhaps, but Home Depot began its journey at Seven Corners in 1997. The new store reflects a substantial re-investment in the community that was not without its challenges. Fairfax County determined that the proposed expansion required that Home Depot go through an extensive regulatory and community process for approvals, including the Baileys Crossroads Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation, the Mason District Land Use Committee, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Supervisors. According to Home Depot staff and management, the effort was worth it, since the Seven Corners Home Depot is one of the highest grossing Home Depots in the mid-Atlantic. Home Depot openings are a good deal more than the usual ribbon cutting. In fact, the traditional ribbon was replaced by a large 2 x 8 board, signed by all the store staff. The challenge was to use a handheld power saw to cleave the board in two. Even
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For over two years, the I-66 project has been a major topic of conversation in our community. Perhaps even longer than that if you consider previous concerns over traffic and commuting. After many community meetings and plan revisions, the Governor and senior VDOT officials unveiled the first phase of the project, the installation of tolling infrastructure on I-66 inside the beltway. While this is not how I might have chosen to kick off the improvement project (I’d have preferred we break ground on the new lane from the Dulles Connector Road to Ballston first), the project is moving forward. To many, the unveiling of the tolling infrastructure is an ominous signal that the end is near for the clean fuel plates exemption which has allowed single occupancy vehicles to use the HOV lanes inside the Beltway during rush hour. This hybrid exception encouraged residents to purchase these innovative and exceptionally fuel efficient vehicles early on when the technology was new and relatively expensive. Given our high traffic area, I know many hybrid vehicle owners have enjoyed taking advantage of the HOV exception. I know this because many of them have asked me to help delay the sunset of the clean fuel plate exemption. Some Background The state entered into an agreement in 1994 with the FHWA that allows Clean Fuel Vehicles (Hybrids) to use the HOV lanes along I-66, inside and outside the Capital Beltway, as long as the state could demonstrate that allowing those cars on the HOV lanes wouldn’t cause the minimum average speed to decrease below 45mph at least ninety percent of the time. Unfortunately, increased traffic and congestion has resulted in data to showing that the average speed cannot be maintained for ninety percent of the time. As an interim step, the state stopped issuing new clean fuel plates in 2011 but grandfathered in holders of the plates who got them before 2011. Traffic has continued to degrade, however, triggering a sunset clause to the hybrid car exemption. In addition to traffic management, some have argued the
program is a necessary incentive to encourage ownership of more fuel efficient cars, reducing carbon emissions and generally helping the environment. I’m not convinced of the environmental benefits of continuing this particular program. Why should we allow someone driving a Camry hybrid, for instance, which gets 26 mpg, to take up capacity on the HOV/HOT lanes (more cars equal higher tolls for everyone else) while someone driving a less expense conventional drive vehicle like the Ford Focus, getting up to 35 mpg, can’t use the lanes or has to pay the higher tolls? Why are we creating an incentive for this one particular technology? Simply giving hybrids a special exemption, while it may have been a good idea at the time, no longer makes sense to me. Of course, if it didn’t do anyone any harm, why not let the hybrids keep using the road like they always have? The problem is that It costs everyone else who uses the road higher tolls because toll pricing is based on the volume of traffic. I am sure that it’s disappointing to see this program, which has saved so much time and money over the years, go away. The truth is, I’m not a big fan of toll lanes and privatizing our roads at all. I’d love to see these roads remain free for everyone. We just haven’t seen the political will to raise gas taxes to pay for infrastructure improvements we desperately need. Unfortunately, the current hybrid exemption vehicle program is not compatible with the HOT lane concept which VDOT has adopted and is moving forward with. Given the new reality, I don’t think it’s fair to everyone else who uses these roads to have to pay higher tolls to benefit a savvy class of early adopters. I haven’t come to this position lightly. I’ve listened carefully to the arguments on both sides and done my best to keep an open mind. I understand that this is an issue on which intelligent and thoughtful people can disagree, and that some of my colleagues whom I almost always agree with are on the other side of this argument. Senator Simon represents the 35th District in the Virginia State Senate. He may be emailed at district35@senate.virginia.gov.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
LACK OF EYE CONTACT IS A SIGN OF AUTISM. Learn the others at autismspeaks.org/signs
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If there is a first family of Arlington, it would be the Balls. These landowners going back to the Revolutionary War lent their name to our crossroads neighborhood of Ballston. Last month I got the chance to pose questions to fifth-generation descendent Barbara Ball Savage. She’s the daughter of the illustrious Frank Ball (1885-1966), the early 20th-century attorney, state senator and historian who raised Barbara and her three siblings in our county’s iconic Glebe House. Now those are deep-dyed Arlingtonians. When Barbara was born on Election Day 1923 (to a mother from the landed Shreve family), her father Frank was a progressive candidate for state Senate working against the powerful Byrd Machine. (Ironically, he became Senate seatmates with Harry Flood Byrd.) He would later push to end the poll tax. His earlier years as commonwealth’s attorney meant he prosecuted hard criminals at a time when Rosslyn was so dangerous, the Virginia farmers bringing produce to D.C. markets were terrified to pass through, Barbara said. The Ku Klux Klan went after him. Her father became first president of the Arlington Bar Association, joined the State Welfare Board, and helped launch a Depression-era Arlington newspaper The Chronicle. Like his forebears, Frank Ball Sr. was also a life-long
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pillar of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. It’s the county’s oldest, founded before the Civil War by an assembly of Arlington gentry – Ball, Marcey, Wunder, Minor, Birch, Payne and Veitch. In his 1965 church history, Ball tells of finding bones in the cemetery that he suspected were those of Union soldiers. He found it odd that none of tombstones are so identified even though federal troops “destroyed the pews’ to set up a hospital after the battles of Bull Run. Ball honors Sue Landon Vaughn, the founder of Memorial Day who rests at Mt. Olivet, on whose grave Ball family members continue placing flowers. His other nifty Arlington memories include sightings of President Woodrow Wilson traveling by car to the Washington Golf and Country Club. “Many times I have seen him stop along the road and ask pedestrians to climb in and have a ride,” Ball wrote. In his preface, Ball gives his address as The Glebe, Arlington, Virginia. That two-century-old octagonal building on North 17th St. (featured on phone books of my youth) bequeathed Barbara Ball fond memories of “seven outside doors that were never locked.” In 1956, it hosted the first meeting of Arlington Historical Society. Barbara Ball attended Thomas Nelson Page School (now Science Focus) and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in 1946. “The whole county was so proud of W-L; it was the cen-
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CRIME REPORT Did you know that of cancers affecting both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer? But this is one cancer you can prevent. Screening tests help find polyps so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. So, if you’re 50 or older, do everything you can to prevent colorectal cancer. Screening really does save lives!
Week of Sept. 5 - 11, 2016 Public Drunkenness, 312 Park Ave. (Cherry Hill Park) On Sep. 6, a male, 35, no fixed address, was
arrested for Public Drunkenness. Simple Assault, 1000 block W. Broad St. On Sep. 7, an unknown male assaulted the victim after a traffic altercation. There were no serious
ter of so much when Arlington was rural,” she said. She met her future husband, an FBI agent, at George Washington University and later sold gifts at National Orthopaedic Hospital. Barbara Ball gave me a tattered copy of the Arlington Daily from Jan. 5, 1950. The front page carried a photo of Frank Ball Sr. presiding over a luncheon feting Jim Thorpe, in town to receive the Washington Touchdown Club’s “Greatest World Athlete Award.” Ball’s ancestral graves can be visited at Washington Blvd. and Kirkwood Rd. (Other Ball tombstones from the 18th century line the yard of Central United Methodist Church on Fairfax Dr.) But with only daughters in the young generations, she confirmed, the Ball name for direct descendants has effectively ended. *** A favorite Arlington teacher died last Thursday. Betty Ann Armstrong, who taught me fifth and sixth grade at James Madison Elementary, also proved a powerhouse in a later countywide curriculum job. Raised in Weldon, N.C., she was memorable for her lean frame, tall brunette hairdo and skills in basketball and kickball. I still strive for her exacting standards in double-checking my writing and math. News of her passing from lung cancer at her Arlington home prompted a flurry of email reminisces from former students now in their 60s. She showed unforgettable classroom poise in handling everything from silly pranks to the Kennedy assassination. injuries. Driving Under the Influence, 6600 block Wilson Blvd. On Aug 29, a male, 48, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Public Drunkenness, 301 W. Broad St. (Harris Teeter) On Sep. 8, a male, 32, of Arlington, was arrested for Public Drunkenness. Public Drunkenness, 100 block Hillwood Ave. On Sep. 9, a male, 31, no fixed address, was arrested for Public Drunkenness. Assault, 500 block N. Washington St. On Sep. 10, an unknown male assaulted the victim while in a vehicle. There were no serious injuries.
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Driving Under the Influence, 100 block N. Fairfax St. On Sep. 10, police responded to the area for motor vehicle crash. One of the drivers, a male, 24, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Drinking while Driving.
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Mustang Volleyball Rallies for Win Over William Monroe HS
by Matthew Hochberg
Falls Church News-Press
THE MUSTANGS FACED OFF against Rappahannock County High School in its season opener and came away with a 34-0 win. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS Photos)
GMHS Varsity Football 2-0 To Start Out Regular Season by Matthew Hochberg
Falls Church News-Press
George Mason’s High School varsity football team battled Sidwell Friends on Friday night, before the Mustangs took charge in the second half. Down 29-20 going into the third quarter, Mason took their energy to another level and scored 29 unanswered points, shutting out their opponent en route to a 49-29 victory. “We made a few defensive adjustments at halftime,” head coach Tony Green said. “Our whole team stepped up to get the win.” This win, which put Mason at 2-0 on the season, is certainly notable. Last season, Sidwell Friends defeated the Mustangs 40-22 before winning a State Athletic Association Class A title. The D.C.-based team returned five offensive starters from last year’s roster. Yet, with six seniors for the Mustangs, there was no shortage of experience for the home team either. Led by running back Dustin Green, a member of last season’s All-District offensive second team and offensive lineman Patrick Lin, another All-District returner under coach Green, the team’s seniors are rounded out by center Mackenzie Steeves, offensive linemen/defensive linemen Eduardo Pacheco and Alexander
Ross, and offensive lineman/linebacker Daniel Reinfurt. Despite trailing heading into the final two quarters of play, Green thought his players kept calm and did not show any nerves. “They didn’t panic,” he said. “This is a carry over from last year. Our players listened to their coaches.” While the high-scoring 49 points is notable, what may have been the keys of the game were the three rare onside kick recoveries. On three different kickoffs, Mason’s squib kicks not only ensured Sidwell Friends’ top returners wouldn’t be able to get
their hands on the ball, but even got the home team immediately back on offense. Moving forward, if the Mustangs can continue to score the football and remain calm when their opponents are gaining momentum, this season may turn out to be another quality one. Some more successful squib kicks wouldn’t hurt, either. The Mustangs won its season opener in a 34-0 blowout of Rappahannock County High School at Rappahannock County. They travel to Luray High School on Friday, Sept. 16 for a matchup against the Bulldogs.
Back-and-forth went the match, drawing sounds of excitement and agony from George Mason High School’s student section of more than thirty, most of whom were on their feet for the duration of the girls’ varsity volleyball’s five-set contest. Finally, in a match that lasted almost two hours, the Mustangs defeated William Monroe 3-2 in the thriller. After trailing early and dropping the first two sets, Mason stormed back to win the next three. And for head coach Hillary Trebels, it was the team’s three seniors, hitter Shaun Roddock, defensive specialist Jesusa Mariel Andrea Dilao and setter Kathryn Karstens who played a big part in making the difference. “At this point last year if we were down, we would just give up,” Trebels said. “Having those older, more mature kids who have been through it is really important.” Mason fell 18-25 in the first set and 24-26 in the second. It appeared as though William Monroe was about to exit Mary Ellen Henderson’s gym with a sweep, bringing over their momen-
Mason Field Hockey Loses 3-1 to Generals by Jeffrey Wojtala
Special to the News-Press
SENIOR RUNNING BACK DUSTIN GREEN reaches out for a pitch during the Mustangs game against Rappahannock County. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS Photos)
tum to set three. The Mustangs, though, looking to improve to 2-1 on the young season, refused to give up so quickly. The home team jumped out to an 8-2 lead with roaring cheers from the student section along with the parents. Mason did not trail once that entire set, beating out their opponent 25-16. Just like that, the energy had turned. Mason won the fourth set comfortably before heading into the final game of the evening. After a close start, they pulled away 11-4 before ultimately securing the victory 16-14. Despite the victory, Trebels does want the team to fix some minor issues moving forward. “We’ve had our successes but we just have to be more consistent when it comes to serving,” she said, referring to some of the unforced errors which occurred more so in the first two sets. “We practice it so much, it’s definitely a focus.” Yet, even with an imperfect match, the comeback victory made it that much more thrilling. “I’m really impressed with their perseverance,” Trebels said. “One of our seniors came off and said, ‘that’s fortitude.’”
George Mason High School’s varsity field hockey team suffered its first loss of the season against Washington-Lee High School on Monday, Sept. 12. The Generals beat the Mustangs 3-1. The Generals defense kept the Mason attack unbalanced for much of the first half and after eight consecutive penalty corners Mason found themselves down 1-0 at the half. The Generals started the second half with the ball and renewed their push towards the Mason net, only to be thwarted time and time again by the strong Mason defensive crew. Mason also got chances in the Generals’ end of the field and managed three penalty corners
of their own. But the Generals padded their lead with a goal at the 17 minute mark and a third at 9:21 to put Mason down by three with nine minutes to go. Less than a minute later, Mason’s Celine Diz found the back of the net at the 8:31 mark. Mason began an earnest drive to tie the score with five minutes left. The Mason girls had one last chance with a minute to go in the game, when the Generals committed a foot foul and the Mustangs had one last chance at a penalty corner. The ball was well played but Mason could not keep the ball inside the circle and were unable to take advantage of the penalty corner. The Mustangs take on Wakefield High School at home on Thursday, Sept. 15.
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The Dhol Foundation founder Johnny Kalsi takes journeys between making albums and records his stories from those journeys in the form of audio anecdotes. The Dhol Foundation, a ten-piece multi-instrumental collective hailing from England, mixes the thunderous beats of the dhol drum, a double-sided drum that originates from 15th century India, with music from all over the world. “What I do is I take my time making an album every three or four years,” Kalsi said. “And in the journey that I’ve had in that three or four years I actually play with many different bands, get exposed to many different people from all walks of life who play different instruments. So I invite them in for a collaborative track for my album…. We just have an amazing time. “And actually what happens is the next time I make an album is that I’m showing people the journey that I’ve had over the last three or four THE DHOL FOUNDATION. (C������� P����) years, which is quite nice. I bring those flavors on the album. So whatever journey I’ve had a dhol is, they get an idea of what The Dhol over those years I make them into memories Foundation does musically. The musical journey that The Dhol on my albums.” Kalsi and The Dhol Foundation are cur- Foundation is set to take on Stick to the Drum rently on a new journey, embarking on its will include a stop in western Ireland with first North American tour as a group. Kalsi a feature from fiddle player Declan Foley, a compared the group’s tour to the seminal moc- Punjabi singer from India, a Bhangra singkumentary film “This Is Spinal Tap,” because er from Birmingham, England and Grammy the tour bus company they were going to use Award-winning singer-songwriter and activist dropped out at the last minute, forcing them Angelique Kidjo. Kalsi said that because the drum – the dhol drum in his case – underpins to hustle for another means of getting around. They settled on a bus that Kalsi said looks cultures from all over the world, usually as siglike it’s from the 1970s or 80s, hence the refer- nal for harvest, it serves as musical unifier. “The version of the dhol drum that we play ence. The group is coming to Washington, D.C. comes from Northern India, Punjab. Punjab on Friday, Sept. 23 for a show at Tropicalia. Also, The Dhol Foundation is working on means land of five rivers. Because it has five its fifth album, Stick to the Drum, which Kalsi rivers, the soil is very fertile. Many of the expects will be released in the early 2017. He people who live there are landworkers, they’re said that every album has the word drum in it farmers,” Kalsi said. “And this instrument was because even if they don’t understand what used to keep the farmers going in the fields. It
was used to play and accompany while they did folk dancing. The folk dancing of Punjab is very agriculturally influenced. “They’ll do an action that’s baling the hay or they’ll do an action that’s cutting the corn... So it’s traditional and it’s an integral part of the folk dance of Punjab. The DNA of Bhangra [the folk dance] is in the drum. So you can’t get away from that. But what I wanted to do is show the diversity and show a broader horizon for this drum and expose it to different types of music. And I strongly believe that music has no language. It has no barriers….Over the eras the dhol is one instrument that developed and evolved...and it’s quite interesting. Every barrel-shaped drum with two skins has one thing in common: harvest. Anywhere in the world.” • For more information about The Dhol Foundation, visit dholfoundation.com.
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Community Events
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Book Discussion Group. An adult book discussion group will discuss A Kiss Before by Ira Levin. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. 703-573-1060. Movie Night at the Library. Woodrow Wilson Library will screen “Zootopia.” Woodrow Wilson Library (6101 Knollwood Dr., Falls Church). Free. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 703-820-8774.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Sunset Cinema. Free film screenings of various family friendly movies are shown throughout September. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics. The film being screened is “Zootopia.” Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7:45 – 9:45 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/ sunsetcinema.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Farmers Market. F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors offer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5077. Taste of Falls Church at the Fall Festival. Features include live entertainment, pony
rides, amusement rides, crafters, businesses and civic organizations, and cuisine from city kitchens. The children’s activity tent offers craft projects. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/FallFestival.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
The Falls Church Education Foundation’s 12th Annual Run for the Schools 5K/1 Mile. The Falls Church Education Foundation’s annual fundraiser run will kick off at Cherry Hill and features a course that trails through Falls Church City. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. fcedf.org/runfortheschools.org. League of Women Voters of Falls Church Community Forum: State Constitution Amendment – Right to Work vs. Encouraging Collective Bargaining. This program will present an overview of the issues around the proposed state constitutional amendment that will appear on the November 8 election ballot dealing with labor issues. After brief presentations, the forum will be opened for comments, questions and discussion. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4:30 p.m. lwv.org.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Paws to Read with Jam-Jam. Children ages 5 and up can get some reading practice with a trained therapy dog. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 3:30 – 5 p.m. 703-573-1060. Game Day. Come learn and play board and card games at Woodrow Wilson Library. Woodrow Wilson Library (6101 Knollwood Dr., Falls Church). Free. 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. 703-820-8774. Really Big Numbers. Based on the book by Richard Evan Schwartz. Students in grades 2 – 6 explore the sheer magnitude of numbers. Just how far up do numbers go? How big is a Googol? Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 5 – 6 p.m. 703-573-1060.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
1-on-1 Computer & Internet Tutoring. Learn how to download eBooks and eMagazines, search the internet, customize email, use social media, word process and more. Free personalized session by appointment. Stop by the Reference Desk or call 703-2485035. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Baby and Me Storytime. Stories and activities for children ages birth – 23 months. Must be accompanied by caregiver. Woodrow Wilson Library (6101 Knollwood Dr., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-820-8774. Paws to Read. Children can come and read with a canine companion. Readers rising grades K-6th. Registration Required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5034. Kids’ Chess Club. Children between the ages 7 – 14 can learn to play chess. All skill levels are welcome. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. 703-5731060.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Small Wonders Storytime. Stories, songs and activities for preschoolaged children. Thomas Jefferson Library (7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 a.m. 703790-8088. Kids’ Chess Club. Children between the ages 7 – 15 can learn to play chess. All skill levels are welcome. Woodrow Wilson Library (6101 Knollwood Dr., Falls Church). Free. 4 – 5 p.m. 703-820-8774.
Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
“Hand To God.” In a church basement in a small Texas town, the teens of Christian puppetry Ministry gather to bring the Word to the Flock. But one puppet takes on a foulmouthed, demonic life of its own – unleashing the community’s barely repressed lust and rage. Like nothing you’ve seen before, this blasphemous Broadway hit is a ruthless comedy about sex, sinners, and sock puppets. This is the opening night of this production, which was written by Robert Askins and is directed by Joanie Schultz. Through Sept. 18. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $45. 8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
“Cloud 9.” Nearly four decades after its startling
debut, the audacious, playful take on sexual politics of “Cloud 9” resonates anew with its prescient exploration of power and perception. The repression of colonial Africa and the liberation of late-1970s London intersect in Caryl Churchill’s revolutionary masterwork. Bending time, gender, and genre, this nimble modern classic embraces the confusion and complication of identity: What forces de�ine who we are – and at what cost? Through Oct. 16. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $69. 8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
“Satchmo at the Waldorf: Mosaic Theater Company of DC.” It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and Louis Armstrong has just played one of the �inal performances of his extraordinary career. Backstage, he
recounts events that transformed him into the world-famous “Satchmo.” With no-nonsense manager Joe Glaser, his Jewish manager, at his side, and Miles Davis, his �iercest colleague and critic, challenging his standing in African American culture, Armstrong keeps steady through an era of enormous social change… but at what cost? Through Sept. 25. Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $60. 8 p.m. atlasarts. org.
“Shear Madness.” Set today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon, this record-breaking comedy is Washington’s hilarious whodunit. After more than 12,000 performances, the show has stayed in great shape. Performances are ongoing. Through Oct. 2. The Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $50. 9 p.m. kennedycenter.org.
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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 B���� Y����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. A���� O���� ���� A��� C������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. T�� P���������� ���� J���� O. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $39.50. 7:30 p.m. 703549-7500. W������ S������ ���� D��� C����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. T�����������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
J�C D��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. E������� ���� M������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20 in advance; $12 – $20 day of the show. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. E��� G�����. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $39.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. C����� ���� F������� ��� B�� S����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $23. 8 p.m. 202265-0930. G�� I� A� A��������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 in advance; $18 day of the show (Mainstage). 8 p.m. 202-6677960.
C����� L������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
G���� N����� ���� V��� S���� ��� M������ S����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $15. 1 p.m. 703-255-1566. B�� T�� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. G����-L�� P�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 5:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. J�� L����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. M������ S���� ���� L���� T��������. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $29.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. P�������� ���� ��� V��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12 in advance; $15 day of the show (Mainstage). 8 p.m. 202-6677960. R.I.P. 2P�� – 20 Y���� �� W��� C���� H��-H�� ���� DJ ���’�. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 9 p.m. 202-265-0930. N�� K������� ���� A����� � T�� U�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $22 in advance; $15 – $22 day of the show. 9 p.m. 703-255-1566. W���� R���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9:15 p.m. 703-241-9504.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 J��� A���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. C���������� ���� S����������. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $25. 6 p.m. 703237-0300. T�� M����� ���� P��������� ��� S��� M������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. B���� �� S���� ���� H�� A���� ��� A��� G. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202265-0930. T������� ���� D��� ��� T�� R������������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. G��� P������ � U���� G��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500. C������ M���� ��� B���� ���� D���� D���� ��� P�� S�������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
M��� A������ R��� A���� ��������� T����, S�����, S����� A���, A���� A�� F���, C���� T���, 12 S����� ��� T������. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $37. 5 p.m. 703-237-0300. D�������� ���� B���� N���� ��� O��� S������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in
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advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. O������� R���� ���� L�������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
S�� H��� ���� S�����, K���� O���� ��� T�� B���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $13 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. M��� W����� ��� T�� B���� W�������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
A� E������ ���� P������� C���� P������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 6 p.m. 703-2551566. L��� ���� T������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. L�� “S������” P���� ��� S�������� S���� S����� ���� Y���. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $25. 7 p.m. 703-237-0300. A��� G���� ���� O���� S�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 (Backstage). 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. T�� M������� T����� B���. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $45. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500. J����� R���������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-241-9504.
P������� A����... Friday, September 23 – Deadline: Affordable Dwelling Unit Lottery Applications for Lincoln at Tinner Hill. The City of Falls Church Housing and Human Services
department will hold a lottery for 14 Affordable Dwelling Units (ADUs) on Wednesday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m. and applications for the lottery are due by the close of business on Friday, Sept. 23. Falls Church Department of Housing and Human Services (300 Park Ave. G2 Level, Falls Church). 5 p.m. hhsinfo@fallschurchva.gov.
Friday, September 23 – Sunset Cinema. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics. The film being screened is “The Jungle Book.” Cherry Hill
Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7:45 – 9:45 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/sunsetcinema.
Saturday, September 24 – Farmers Market Chef Series. The Falls Church Farmers Market will feature a chef demo from the culinary staff at Lebanese Taverna.
City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 – 11 a.m. fallschurchva.gov/FarmersMarket.
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Lasso Accepts Law Firm Position, to Leave as City Manager in 2 Months
N. Va. Economic Outlook: Cooler, But More Jobs & Condo Rebound
Falls Church City Manager David R. Lasso has been selected to join the Virginia office of Venable, Baetjer, and Howard. He will step down as City Manager in the next two months. Lasso was appointed City Manager in February 1993, having served as acting City Manager from September 1992 to February 1993 and from September 1989 to June 1990.
Read between the powerpoints, so to speak, and renowned regional economic prognosticator Dr. Stephen Fuller is still touting condos, and if he’s right that could be very good news for the City of Falls Church.
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Falls Church Hampton Inn Hosting Grand Opening Today The Hampton Inn & Suites Falls Church is hosting a grand opening on Thursday, September 15 from 4:30 – 7 p.m. at their new location at 6430 Arlington Boulevard. Tours of the hotel and amenities will be available along with refreshments, live music, and art. An official ribbon cutting will be held at 6 p.m. To RSVP or for more information about the hotel, email hotel manager Carmen Edmonds at carmen.edmonds@ baywoodhotels.com. The Hampton Inn & Suites is a sponsor of the Ronald McDonald House Charities National Capital Region.
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Kensington, TITLE Boxing Supporting Parkinson Foundation
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Two local businesses are supporting The Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area’s Walk Off Parkinson’s on Sunday, September 18 at Nationals Stadium. The Kensington Falls Church, expected to open in early 2017, is sponsoring the event while TITLE Boxing Club of Falls Church, which offers free private Parkinson’s focused exercise classes, is hosting a team. Walk Off Parkinson’s is a free familyfriendly walk and fundraising program to support those in the community impacted by Parkinson’s Disease. It includes a self-paced walk ending with a victory lap on the field at National’s Park, children’s activities, and exercise, boxing, dance, and yoga demonstrations. For more information, visit parkinsonfoundation.org, thekensingtonfallschurch.com and fallschurch.titleboxingclub.com.
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and stops people from moving. With the help of people like you, the National MS Society addresses the challenges of each person whose life is affected by MS and helps them stay connected to the great big moving world.
F.C. Chamber Network Luncheon Hosting Panel on Immigrant Business Owners The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce is hosting a networking luncheon on Tuesday, September 20 featuring a panel of speakers who will share their stories of moving to and starting a business in the United States. The panel discussion is part of the Chamber’s Diversity Inclusion Effort designed to help educate the community about the challenges faced by immigrant business owners. Tickets with advanced reservations are $27 for Chamber members and $32 for nonmembers. An additional $5 will be charged for walk-ins should space be available. To register or for more information, visit FallsChurchChamber.org and click on the events calendar.
The Spanish Steps Apartment on Via della Mercede Offers Special Promotion The Spanish Steps Apartment on Via della Mercede, a luxury vacation apartment in the heart of Rome, Italy, is offering a special promotion for readers of the Falls Church News-Press. Through December 31, 2016, book a stay and mention “Falls Church” and the owners – two long-time Falls Church residents – will donate $100 to your choice of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library Foundation Trust or the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department. To book or for more info, visit SpanishStepsApartment.com. 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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4 BR/3BA cape cod home. Excellent Falls Church Location. 3 finished levels, updated kitchen, Hdw fls, fenced yard and 1 car garage. Sales price $695,000.
7601 Burford Drive, McLean VA 22102 UNDER CONTRACT
Lovely and spacious floor plan in this beautiful home. 5BR/3.5BA home on full acre of land in Langley HS pyramid. Sales price $1,150,000.
Beautiful rambler on gorgeous, tree lined street. 4BR/3BA on .30 acres of landscaped yard. Completely updated. Detached garage with finished loft space. Sales price $950,000.
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5BR/3.5BA center hall colonial. Close to West FC Metro. 2 car garage, large yard. Hancock, Longfellow, McLean. Sales price $949,000.
1097 Pensive Lane, Great Falls, VA 22066
Beautiful home on .91 acres- lush backyard. 5BR/3.5BA with beautifully refinished hdw fls. Fresh paint & new carpet in basement. Sales price $889,000.