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Inside This Week Taste of Falls Church Is This Saturday

All the details on this weekend’s 40th annual Fall Festival and Taste of Falls Church are inside a special Food & Dining pull out in this edition, plus features on crawfish, burgers, a small-town grocery store and more. 2015

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F.C. Schools to Seek More Delay In Fairfax Co. Ruling on Mt. Daniel

Jones Says More Time Needed to Answer Questions by Nicholas F. Benton

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F.C. Solar Company Wins $225K Award

ConnectDER LLC, a Falls Church-based solar energy equipment company, won first prize in the energy category and $225,000 in Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition See News Briefs, page 8

David Brooks: The Biden Formation Story Every presidential candidate needs a narrative to explain how his or her character was formed. See page 12

Press Pass with Brad Roberts

Brad Roberts, lead singer and guitarist for Crash Test Dummies, is returning to the road for his first tour since Ellen Reid retired from the group in 2010. See page 33

BREAKING THE GROUND, aka a “groundbreaking,” at the W. Broad Street site of the former Burger King was a large delegation of Falls Church dignitaries ceremonially launching the construction of a new senior living mixed use project, The Kensington. (Photo: News-Press)

Kensington Groundbreaking Marks Shift in New Housing

by Nicholas F. Benton

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Index Editorial..................6 Letters................6, 9 News & Notes.10-11 Comment..12-15, 27 Business News....30 Food & Dining.S-1–S-12

Sports..................32 Calendar.........28-29 Classified Ads .....36 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........37 Critter Corner.......38

The rousing groundbreaking ceremony held last week for The Kensington, the City of Falls Church’s latest large scale mixed use project that will now rise out of underutilized land in its commercially-zoned corridors, symbolically signaled a new prevailing theme for new residential development in the City. The Kensington is designed for senior citizens, while other projects in the queue for City Hall approval, such as Mason

Row and anticipated submissions for the City’s newly acquired land that is currently home to its high school and middle school, suggest that designing rental apartment homes for younger couples, singles, the elderly and others seeking greater affordability reflect the “new normal” of the national economy, overall, and what people most likely to want to live in Falls Church are looking for. For years in The Little City, residential meant single family homes, and there have been over 4,000 built, and counting. In the

post-war 1940s, the first deviation from that came with what was called Tyler Gardens, on the model of what boomed nationally as GI loan housing, and is now called Winter Hill, having converted to condominiums in the early 1970s. There were a few other cases, such as Park Towers, the Merrill House, the Broadfalls, Oakwood and Roosevelt apartments, but it wasn’t until 2003 that the tide turned in a significant way for the City with the completion of

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Dr. Toni Jones, superintendent of the Falls Church City Public Schools, announced yesterday that at the Fairfax County Planning Commission meeting set for tonight, the City Schools will seek a postponement by the Planners of action on the schools’ request for approval of expansion and renovation plans for Mt. Daniel Elementary School. Dr. Jones’ complete statement follows: “On Thursday evening Falls Church City Public Schools will be requesting that the Fairfax County Planning Commission defer the vote on the Mount Daniel Elementary expansion project. While we are disappointed to be at this juncture, we understand this extension is necessary and will allow for additional information to be submitted to the Planning Commission in response to questions already received. The additional time will also be needed to answer any questions from the Planning Commission which arise from this additional information. “Additional time is needed for a professional transportation consultant to review and comment on the current traffic counts and analysis to identify appropriate measures to address the concerns raised at the public hearing regarding access and traffic circulation. Such review could not begin until school was back in session and the typical school-generated traffic resumed. Adequate time also is needed for the construction team to provide responses to

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Kensington Groundbreaking Marks a New Trend Continued from Page 1

its first major mixed use project, The Broadway. That was followed by The Byron, The Spectrum, the Read Building, Pearson Square, Northgate and a couple others located just yards beyond the City limits, all completed in the past decade, with two more now risen out of the ground – the Rushmark home to a future Harris Teeter and the Lincoln at Tinner Hill on S. Maple – to be ready for occupancy within the next year. The first few featured luxury condominiums, but when the market for those fell out with the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, condos fell out of favor and everyone began building rental apartments, including Pearson Square, which won City Hall approval for converting that project from condos to apartments. While concerns the new condos and rentals would flood the City’s schools and wind up costing taxpayers money to educate the new kids, the opposite has turned out to be the case, as studies by the School system and City Hall’s economic development office have shown. The six recently-completed mixed use projects are now yielding about $7.1 million in tax revenues to the City annually, equiva-

lent to over 20 cents on real estate tax rate. For every school aged child living in the projects, the average yield is $38,688 apiece, well more than twice the $15,703 it costs to educate them. (By contrast, the average single family home contributes only $10,400 for each child it has in the school system). In sum, for the City’s economic development office, “In aggregate, mixed use development has proven itself a reliable generator of millions of dollars each year in new tax revenue and positive net fiscal impact for the City. Pupils generated by these projects account for a fraction of the growth in the City’s school population, which comes primarily from the turnover in single family homes from older owners to younger families.” But even so, the latest trend is to even smaller living units in apartment projects, even with the prospect, mentioned in a Washington Post editorial last week, that “efficiency units” could be a solution for affordable housing, seniors and young couples and singles entering the job market for the first time. Mason Row’s developers have said their smaller average apartments will have an appeal to those who will also be eager to utilize the W&OD bike trail across the street from where it is planned to go.

As for the Kensington, and its ground breaking last week, principal developer Ed Novak of Nova Habitat, no stranger to what’s gone on in Falls Church the last dozen years, noted to the gathered assembly of Falls Church officials and A-Listers that it was 14 years to the day that the City Council approved the first of the new generation of mixed use projects, The Broadway. He said, “Exactly 14 years ago today, on September 10, 2001, at 11 p.m. in the evening, the Falls Church City Council voted to approve for NovaHabitat a special exception for The Broadway, across the street from us. It was to become the first mixed use project in the City.” He added, “For those of you who were around then, you may recall that the property, known as the ‘Ad Com site’ had been previously approved for a Marriott assisted living residence. When Marriott abandoned those plans due to a downturn in market conditions, I agreed to buy the site and proposed The Broadway in its place...So here we are in 2015, and I submit the City is far better off.” “The Kensington will produce three times the total tax revenue and over six times the property tax revenue of the Burger King it replaces. It will produce nearly

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F.C. City Schools Seek Another Delay in Mt. Daniel Decision

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Commissioners’ questions and concerns. “We will continue to keep our community informed as we learn more. Thank you for your patience as we work with the planning commission to address their questions about the project. It is our sincere intent to continue working with our entire community in Falls Church, and our Fairfax neighbors who live in and around Mount Daniel.” While it will remain with the county’s Planning Commission to grant the request tonight, an added concern to those mentioned by Dr. Jones in her statement has to involve the fall elections. With the powerful McLean Community Association having come out strongly against the Mt. Daniel plan, it is no secret that anyone crossing that group could pay a dear political price this November. Specifically, it could make things tough for incumbent Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust, a Democrat who is facing a strong challenge from

Republican Jennifer Chronis, who announced this week that she’s raised $107,000 for her campaign. Planning Commissioner John Ulfelder represents Dranesville District on his commission and he is an appointee of Foust. He and Foust both have to feel enormous pressure from the McLean Citizens Association that will not be relieved until after the November election at the earliest. It is not yet known whether that pressure will compel Ulfelder to deny the F.C. Schools’ request for a deferral tonight, and to proceed to a vote tonight. The intervention of the citizens group against the Mt. Daniel project threw the F.C. Schools’ expectations completely off track in June. Plans to begin construction in June, on the expectation of a smooth approval process, had to be postponed. The fact that the county’s planning staff approved the project led the F.C. Schools to believe it would be smooth, especially given that neighbors to the nine acre site seemed to prefer the expansion to a sale of the property

SUPERINTENDENT OF FALLS CHURCH City Schools, Dr. Toni Jones announced that she is seeking a postponement of action by the Fairfax County Planning Commission on the plan to invest $15.5 million on renovation and expansion of Mt. Daniel Elementary School, located three blocks outside City limits in Fairfax County. (Photo: News-Press) for more residential development. The McLean Citizens Association’s sudden opposition is based on the notion that the plans are to put too much on the site. The schools’ plan was to expand the school to handle grades 1 and

2 by increasing its capacity from 436 to 792 students. At least one Falls Church City Councilman indicated this week that if the project were either rejected or deferred longer, he’d begin agitate for a new policy of

keeping all new school construction inside the City’s own limits. But a postponement tonight would not impact the project itself, since no work on it can begin until the conclusion of the current school year in June 2016.

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‘Mason Row’ A Great Plan

The impressive changes that the proposed developers of the Mason Row project presented to the Falls Church City Council last week have excited many citizens for a variety of reasons. First of all, it will bring a lot of fresh loot into the City coffers, an estimated net increase on those 4.3 acres of $1.7 million annually, equal to five cents on the real estate tax rate. Secondly, it brings to the Little City some amenities that most everyone can enjoy, including a multi-screen movie theater, a second quality hotel, and lots of new retail, including some fancy restaurants. All of these things will be within walking or biking distance of most citizens. Of all the projects that have already been built, are on the drawing boards or are in the late stages of completion, including the Rushmark’s Harris Teeter building and the Lincoln at Tinner Hill property, Mason Row promises to be the most interesting and exciting, not to mention most beneficial to City taxpayers. As the fall election cycle kicks into gear, there are more and more falsehoods that are being peddled to citizens that are just that – falsehoods. The matter of economic development is too important to the long-term sustainability of the City and its quality schools, and to the citizens’ ongoing capacity to determine the quality of life in their neighborhoods through an active and accessible local government directly accountable to them. In reality, good projects like Mason Row need to be welcomed. It is one thing to work for improve such a project, as Mason Row has, but that doesn’t mean the goal should be to stall it in order to torpedo it. Not at all. The aspects of Falls Church community life mentioned here are too often taken for granted by some citizens who, as naysayers, are ready to fling dissembling criticisms against City Hall, and the School Board for that matter, as if they are filled with shady and corrupt Tammany Hall thugs. The reality is that, in a small community with the high level of well-educated citizens and its premium on participatory democracy, it is highly unlikely that anything like this is taking place. It’s easy to say that the data coming out of City Hall about mixed use development, for example, and other economic initiatives are simply wrong, without being able to document a thing. It’s easy to try to play on a propensity among some for paranoia, and it becomes easier still when the economy overall is stagnant and it is harder for people to make ends meet. In this context, we urge citizens to be vigilant and critical in the good sense. Don’t take what anyone trying to influence the upcoming City Council and School Board elections is saying at face value. There is a lot of disinformation floating around. Guessing, hunches and unfounded, undocumented claims are just that, and are no substitute for the important business of public elections and governing in the public interest.

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Editor, Do we have quirky confusion? The Falls Church Republican Committee has been asked if we Republicans, or our chairman, Ken Feltman, are behind the advertisements being run in the NewsPress under the banner “Smart Lil City Theorem.” The ads appear to be leading up to endorsements in the upcoming City Council and School Board elections. There would be no confusion

if the ads indicated who is behind them. Usually, political ads are required by federal law and laws in many states to state who paid for the ad. I think most readers would like to know that information. In March GOP Chairman Ken Feltman wrote a guest commentary for the News-Press titled, “Falls Church City: Just a Little Bit Quirky?” Sometimes, Ken can be seen around Falls Church wearing a shirt with that slogan printed on it.

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Ken might qualify as quirky at times but so are many others in both parties. Does that make him a suspect? When I asked Ken what he knew about the quirky blind ads, he denied responsibility and said he did not know who is behind the ads. I asked our treasurer. Like so many Republicans, tight-fisted Treasurer Margarette Shovlin is a known quirky-person. She said no Republican Committee funds have gone or will go for the quirky political ads. So there must be other quirky people loose in Falls Church. We Republicans have not been able to corner the quirky market. Is this just coincidental use of the same word that is causing confusion? No matter who is using the

word quirky in local political ads, the Republican Committee and Ken Feltman deserve no credit or blame. Mark Rhoads Media Director, Falls Church City Republican Central Committee

Concern Over Style, Design of New F.C. Development Editor, I’d like to comment about the incredible amount of building that is going on in and around the City of Falls Church. I assume all of

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Missing My Sunday Morning Runs in Falls Church B� T�� D��

We hardly ever spoke and we didn’t know each other’s names until the last time we saw one another. But every Sunday morning, and many Saturday mornings, for at least 12 years, we saw each other on our runs. We would wave and go about our business, which was completing our runs. We ran around the grounds of Falls Church High School. He would mostly run endless laps around the track while I would run the stadium steps and then do loops around the school property. I recently retired and relocated to Southern California and the person I miss most is that runner (I can’t remember his name because like I said, we never really knew each other’s names.) I’m 65 and he was about five younger. He was an Asian man who I learned only near the end of our acquaintance was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Defense. I think he worked at the Pentagon because I saw a Pentagon parking permit on his car. Over the years, if our runs ended at the same time or we met coming or going in the school’s parking lot, we would exchange a few words. I knew he was a family man, wanted to retire and move back to Oregon where he was born and raised, and started to run. The only other

thing I knew about him was that he was a real runner, like me. He started running when he was about 14, competed through school and just continued to run, just like me. He ran everyday, just like me, so I knew him well. As I sit here writing this I’m getting

“I recently retired and relocated to Southern California and the person I miss most is that runner.”

a little sad thinking of him. My eyes are a little teary. If there is any reason why I would want to return to the Washington, D.C. area it would be to go to Falls Church High School on a Sunday about 9 a.m. and run, and hopefully see him running, too. I might start to cry. He might start to cry, too, because like I said, he was a real runner, like me, and that’s all I needed to know. When we did speak, I had told him I

was going to retire and move away so he knew when the time was coming. On my last run at Falls Church High school, on a beautiful March 22, 2015 Sunday morning, he gave me what is the greatest compliment one runner could give another and that was to stop his run before he was finished and say good bye. We didn’t hug, or cry but I remember telling him to remember that I will always be out there running, too, just like him. For the first time, we exchanged our names. We knew we would miss seeing each other, but we never said it out loud. We really didn’t have to say anything because we both knew. We shook hands, he turned away and started running. I watched him for a minute, got in my car and drove home. It was sad because I knew I would never again run at Falls Church High School, and I would never see him again, either. I will never forget him. I hope somehow he sees this. I know he feels the same way. No matter what the weather — freezing cold, snowy winter mornings or brutally hot Washington, D.C. summer mornings — we would both be out there running. On beautiful days, we would be out there, too. He would do his laps dressed in his usual running gear, I would pass by going the other direction and we would wave. That was the usual extent of

our contact — a wave. When I saw him I knew the world was in the right place. When I didn’t see him, the world was a little off. When he wasn’t there, I asked myself, “Where is he?” For years it was the same thing — a simple wave. We would both be out there for at least an hour, sometimes way longer. On nice days, other people would be there, too. On days when the weather was lousy, it would be just the two of us. Those bad days sealed the deal and it was then that we both knew each other. We didn’t have to say anything. The wave was enough and it said everything. On Sunday mornings now I go out and run in the Southern California desert. I don’t see anyone. The Santa Ana Mountains are beautiful. The lake is beautiful and the weather is always great. On my Sunday morning runs my mind always spends some time thinking of him. Because of the time difference, I think he has probably been finished for a couple of hours. There is no question in my mind, though, that he ran this Sunday morning, too. Even though I’m 2,800 miles away, I can see him running. I know what he’s doing and where he is. I know how he’s feeling. I know he’s tired but he keeps going. In my mind, I’m still giving him a wave, and I know he’s waving back.

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NEWS BRIEFS F.C. Named ‘Community Wildlife Habitat’ Leading a nationwide trend in community concern for habitat loss, the City of Falls Church has been officially designated a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat. The community is invited to a recognition event on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. on the steps of Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Avenue). In its statement, the NWF commended the dedicated residents of City of Falls Church and the Healthy Habitat Project team for their wildlife conservation efforts and for coming together for a common purpose – to create a community where people and wildlife can flourish. “The City of Falls Church stands out as a model for other communities to emulate. The knowledge and inspiration that this project has generated will lead City of Falls Church residents and visitors to take better care of their natural world,” the NWF statement said. The City of Falls Church Healthy Habitat Project is sponsored by the Environmental Services Council and is endorsed by the City Council. It was initiated in 2005 and includes several City departments – Public Works, Recreation and Parks, and the Mary Riley Styles Public Library – community organizations like the Village Preservation and Improvement Society, citizen volunteers, and individual homeowners. Contributors in F.C. have included: 139 homeowners certified their backyards as wildlife habitats with the NWF, the Mary Riley Styles Public Library sponsored educational events and displays promoting the project, City staff regularly promoted the project through the City website and environmental publications. the City built five rain gardens and has done continual restoration of many of the City parks so they could be certified as wildlife habitats, Individual citizens have organized invasive plant pulls, composting workshops, and educational workshops in conjunction with City staff. “Providing a home for wildlife in our cities – whether it’s at home, or in schools, businesses or parks – is the demonstration of a healthy and active eco-system.”

Local Solar Company Wins $225K Award ConnectDER LLC, a Falls Church-based solar energy equipment company, won first prize in the energy category and $225,000 in Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition, according to a press release announcing the winners last week. In total, the competition provided $850,000 to five companies in the bioscience and energy sectors who were looking to expand their business in Virginia. “It is critical to support, attract and retain entrepreneurs in Virginia as startup firms are an important source of job sector growth in urban, rural and suburban communities,” McAuliffe said in a press release announcing the winners. “Virginia Velocity is one of our strategies to catalyze entrepreneurism and build a new Virginia economy.” Another local company, McLean-based Personalized Cancer Therapy, Inc., won the second place prize in the bioscience category, for which they were awarded $175,000. The company guides advanced stage cancer patients and their physicians to the best personalized cancer treatment options available by bridging the gap between the latest advances in molecular analysis and patient therapy. “The Commonwealth boasts tremendous assets that allow our talent to not only create, but sustain businesses, and Virginia Velocity gives us the opportunity to recognize those assets,” Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones said in a press release. “The competition also gives us the opportunity to reflect on what we need to do to cement Virginia’s reputation as the best place in the country for entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses.”

Falls Church to Celebrate Car Free Day Next Tuesday The City of Falls Church has announced it will celebrate Car Free Day next Tuesday, September 22 and encourage residents and commuters to show support for reduced traffic and cleaner air. Care Free Day Falls Church is part of a worldwide event organized by the Commuter Connections regional transportation network coordinated by Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Nicholas Ramfos, director of the network, says he hopes commuters will make a positive impact by using transit, sharing the ride, bicycling, walking, or working from home instead of driving alone. Information on travel options and ridematching for commuters and travelers is available at www.carfreemetrodc.org. Participants can make carpooling plans and learn about other transportation opportunities to decrease the number of single-occupant vehicles on the road.

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TO LETTERS THE EDITOR Continued from Page 6 these projects and their designs have been approved and there is not much that can be done to change anything. My great concern is the style and design of the buildings that will change the face and look of Falls Church. I drive by the construction at the old post office (sorry I do not know all of the official names of these projects) and the pictures that are now on the fence of the Burger King site and cringe. I am an artist and taught art (mostly sculpture) for 35 years and to my eye the buildings that are rising are the most dull, boring, plain, uninspiring structures that I have seen in a long time. Who ever approved these buildings must think that changing the color of the brick here and there is great architecture. Some tan bricks here, some brown bricks on a different row, Wow! In some cases a row of bricks are sticking out an inch, Wow! If you look in any travel or architecture magazine some of the apartment buildings that are going up around the United States and the rest of the world are fantastic and become landmarks that put a unique stamp on a city or neighborhood. For the projects that have not broken ground yet, it would be nice to evaluate the designs and erect something so that when you drive by it you will take notice of its interest and beauty. My definition of great architecture is when people want to have their picture taken in front of it. Jeffrey Meizlik Falls Church

in stark contrast to the actions of Planned Parenthood, which collects money from clients, our taxes, and fees from the trafficking of human body parts while falsely claiming to “solve” tragic social problems by violence. T. D. Blodgett Falls Church

Men & Women Should Use Birth Control, Not Abortion Editor, I would like to help Scot Walker with his wondering over Planned Parenthood protestors in last week’s Letter to the Editor. Men and women should accept responsibility for their acts, by using birth control which is readily available to all, even free. Then Mr. Walker would not have to waste his time wondering. I am not Catholic, do not demonstrate, but I am a Christian who chooses life over death! Shirley Martin Falls Church

Renaming J.E.B. Stuart High Won’t Solve Our Problems

LE TTE RS People’s Fairfax County branch really think for one minute by changing the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School to the Thurgood Marshall High School is going to help reduce crime and violence in our county? Is this now going to be the norm every time a crime is committed by the use of a gun, by renaming a school, building or removing a statue that it will help deter violence. The Civil War, regardless how painful it was, did take place. J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson lead the Confederacy and represented the South and fought for what they believed in. Renaming a school because of actions of a deranged individual in a black church in Charleston, S.C. is not going to solve our racial or crime problems. Doug Goodgion Falls Church

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Community News & Notes Creative Cauldron Holds Auditions for ‘Madeline’ Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theater Ensemble is gearing up to hold auditions for its annual holiday production of one of the adventures of Ludwig Bemelmans’ classic character Madeline. This year’s production is “Madeline and the Gypsies” and auditions for the play will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 between 1 – 3 p.m. The Learning Theater Ensemble is casting the roles of 12 little girls between the ages 8 – 14, Madeline’s friend Pepito, the Spanish Ambassador’s son and clowns and circus performers. Everyone auditioning should bring sheet music for a song of their choice and be prepared to move. The cost for participation in the production is $450, but selection for participation is through

audition only. Those auditioning must be available for all of the rehearsals and performances. For more information, visit creativecauldron.org/learningtheater_115. html.

Fall Composting Workshop Scheduled for Sept. 27 Master Gardener Sandy Tarpinian will be teaching a yard waste composting workshop at Cherry Hill Park at 312 Park Avenue on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 2 – 4 p.m. Topics that will be covered at the workshop include leaf mulching in your yard, yard waste composting, hands-on composting demonstration, making compost tea, proper food waste composting and vermicomposting. All participants in the workshop will have their names placed into a raffle to win a free compost bin. Two compost bins will be

given away. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to reserve a space, email Tarpinian at shoptarp@gmail.com, call her 703-536-7186 or visit fallschurchva.gov/520/CompostingWorkshops.

Accordion Society Concert To Feature Beverly Curnow The Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society’s next concert, which is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m., will feature virtuoso accordionist Beverly Roberts Curnow. Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, located at 3435 Sleepy Hollow Road, Falls Church, will host the concert. Curnow, who won both the U.S. National and World Accordion Championships in 1965, serves on the governing board of the American Accodionists’

AT THE THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 Falls Church Rotary Club meeting, Northern Virginia Rotary District Governor, Janet Brown, presented the theme banner for the Rotary year which began in July 2015, “Be a Gift to the World,” explaining that everyone has special gifts to offer for Rotary Service. Shown above at the meeting at the Harvest Moon are club member Past District Governor Horace McCormack, Assistant Governor Ronnie Chantker, District Governor Janet Brown, Past District Governor Tin Tin Raschid and Falls Church Rotary Club President Gregory Viola II (rear). (Photo: Courtesy of John C. Lu)

Association. A reception will follow her concert at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church. Admission to the concert is free for members of the Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society and children under the age of 12 and $8 for everyone else. For more information, visit washingtonaccordions.org or call 703-919-5701.

Monarch Butterflies to Be Released at Farmers’ Market Cindy Wackerbath, an educator with the Monarch Teach Network, announced in an email to the News-Press that there will be a release of monarch butterflies at the Falls Church Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Sept. 19. The release will occur at 10:30 a.m. on the corner of Little Falls Street and Park Avenue, weather permitting. The monarch butterflies will be migrating to Mexico and arriving there on approximately November

1, but they need way stations for their trip. For directions on how to create a way station, visit monarchwatch.org. The release is being coordinated by volunteers with the Monarch Teacher Network.

Dulin United Methodist Hosts Blessing Of Animals Dulin United Methodist Church at 513 E. Broad Street is hosting its annual Blessing of Animals event on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. The church is inviting members of the public to bring their pets to the front lawn of the church to get them blessed by Dulin’s pastor Dave Kirkland. There will be music and more at the event. Dulin Church is accepting donations at the event to benefit the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For more information, visit dulinchurch.org or call 703-532-8060.

U.S. REP. DON BEYER (left) chatted with candidates running in this fall’s municipal election in Falls Church at the F.C. Democratic Committee’s annual ice cream social at Cherry Hill Park last week. The candidates shown here are (left to right) Council candidate Phil Duncan, School Board candidate Erin Gill (with one of her three sons), Council candidates Letty Hardi and Mayor David Tarter. (Photo: News-Press)

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Shepherd’s Center Hosts Lunch and Life Event

The Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna will be hosting entertainment and lunch for sale on Sept. 21 at noon for their Lunch and Life series. Entertainment will be provided by The Cameo Jewels, who will showcase a variety of talents, as these ladies have all been in beauty pageants, including the Mrs. Senior America pageant. Lunch is $10 and free blood pressure testing will be available at 11 a.m. before the event. This event will take place at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church’s Desales Hall, located at 8601 Wolf Trap Road, Vienna. For more information or to reserve a space at the luncheon, call 703281-0538.

New Dominion Chorale Begins 25th Season New Dominion Chorale, under the direction of founder and artistic director Thomas Beveridge, will open its 25th season with a performance of Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle,” the chorale announced last week in a press release. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at the Rachel Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Rossini’s mass is a full-length concert work for chorus, solo vocal quartet, two pianos and organ. The vocal soloists, all well-known opera singers from the Washington area, are soprano Leah Crowne, mezzo-soprano Melissa Kornacki, tenor Joshua Baumgardner, and bass Bob McDonald. The concert will also feature three of the area’s most distinguished keyboard artists: pianists Thomas Pandolfi and Jeffrey Chappell and organist Todd Fickley.

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Tickets are available at the door of the Schlesinger Center, located at 4915 East Campus Lane, Alexandria and online at newdominion.org. Ticket prices are $30 for general admission, $25 for seniors and $15 for youth ages 5 – 25. Group tickets are available for groups of 10 or more at $20 per ticket. For more information, visit newdominion.org or call 703442-9404.

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NoVa Community College Hosts 3rd Annual Art Show Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale campus is showcasing its third annual art show in the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center. The show will be on display until Sept. 27. 19 students, faculty and staff have contributed to the show, including ceramics, paintings and sculptures. Artists will be available to speak to the public concerning their art and the exhibit is free and open to all. The gallery will be open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday. For more information, visit nvcc. edu or call 703-323-3496.

Master Gardeners Host Autumnfest in Arlington The Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Arlington/Alexandria are hosting the Glencarlyn Library Garden AutumnFest on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Glencarlyn Libary is located at 300 S. Kensington St., Arlington. The event is free and will take place rain or shine. Featured events will include free tastes of treats and drinks made from herbs grown in the garden, a naturalist with critters, a balloon artist, and Master Gardener-led mini-workshops on native plants, plants that attract pollinators, and landscaping with edible plants.

VIRGINIA LIEUTENANT Governor and likely 2017 candidate for governor Ralph Northam (right) listens as State Sen. Adam Ebbin makes a point during an event at the Potomac overlook home of Tom DePasquale, son of long-time City resident parents, in Mt. Vernon Sunday. (P��: N��-P��). A wide variety of Virginiagrown plants will also be available for sale. For more information, call Judy Funderburk at 703671-5310.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Hosts Service of Remembrance St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, located at 4250 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, is hosting a service to remember on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m., to honor and celebrate the lives of loved-ones who have died. The dead will be honored and remembered whether the death was recent or long ago. The service will include readings, music, prayer, and candlelight. All are welcome to attend the free event regardless of religious denomination. For more information, visit saint-peters.org or call 703-536-6606.

Schlesinger Center Celebrates 15th Anniversary The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, located on the campus of the Northern Virginia Community

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College’s Alexandria campus, is celebrating 15 years of art, creativity and education with an exhibit titled “PAINTING THE LINE, drawing the paint,” a show that will include works by Ann Schlesinger, daughter of Jim and Rachel Schlesinger. “It’s wonderful that NOVA is celebrating 15 years of the Schlesinger Center, and I’m honored that they invited me to have an exhibition of my paintings,” Ann Schlesinger said in a press release about the anniversary celebration. “For me, this is an opportunity to pay tribute to my parents, Rachel and Jim Schlesinger, both of whom were wonderful people, and who believed in and contributed immensely to the community of which they were a part.” The special exhibit opened on Friday, Sept. 11 and will be on display through Nov. 8 with a reception from 4 – 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. The reception is free and open to the public and those in attendance will have the opportunity to speak with Ann about her art work and how her parents influ-

enced her art and impacted the community. Gallery hours are MondayFriday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and during performances. For more information, visit nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter.

Tysons Barnes & Noble Hosts Brian Wilson CD Signing Legendary producer and cofounder of the Beach Boys Brian Wilson will be at the Barnes & Noble in Tysons Corner Center from 5:30 – 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, to sign copies of the soundtrack to “Love & Mercy,” the 2014 biopic about his life. He’ll also sign copies of his new CD No Pier Pressure. Immediately following Wilson’s appearance, the AMC Theater in Tysons will host a screening of “Love & Mercy.” The Campaign to Change Direction is sponsoring the screening. To RSVP for the screening, email changedirection@giveanhour.org. For more information about Wilson’s Barnes & Noble appearance, call Martha Steenstra at 703-506-6756.

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The Biden Formation Story Last month I wrote that Joe Biden should not run for president this year. The electorate is in an anti-establishment mood, and as a longtime insider, Biden, I argued, would suffer from the same disadvantages Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are now enduring, without any of their advantages. It would end badly. But then came Biden’s moment with Stephen Colbert. His discussion of his own grief over his son Beau’s death was beautiful and genuine and revealed the golden heart that everybody knows is at the core of the man. Biden talked about Beau. “My son was better than me. And he was better than me in almost every way.” He gestured toward how fluid grief is, how it goes round and round, hides for a few hours and then suddenly overwhelms. But there was something else embedNEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE ded in that Colbert moment: a formation story. Every presidential candidate needs a narrative to explain how his or her character was formed. They needs a storyline that begins outside of politics with some experience or life-defining crucible moment that then defines the nature of their public service. Candidates like John F. Kennedy and John McCain were formed by war. Candidates like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were formed by their rise from broken homes and their dedication to lift others and heal divisions. Without a clear formation story, a candidate is just a hodgepodge of positions and logos. Democrats this year are looking for a formation story that proves commitment. This is a party that is moving boldly leftward. Its voters want to know their candidate has the inner drive to push through structural changes, not just half measures. Bernie Sanders has such a story. From his days at the University of Chicago onward, he has been a pile driver for progressive causes, regardless of the prevailing winds. Hillary Clinton hasn’t yet presented a clear formation story. She talks about being a grandmother, which humanizes her, but doesn’t explain how she got to be the person she is. With Colbert, one saw the kernel of a Biden formation story that could connect not only with Democratic voters but with other voters as well. It is a story of dual loss: his wife and daughter decades ago and his son this year. Out of that loss comes a great empathy, a connection to those who are suffering in this economy and this world. Out of that loss comes a hypercharged sense of mission. Out of that loss comes a liberation from the fear of failure that dogs most politicians, and causes them to dodge, prevaricate and spin. People who have suffered a loss often want to connect their tragedy to some larger redemptive mission. Biden could plausibly and genuinely emerge sadder but more empathetic and more driven. That would be not only a natural reaction, but also the basis for a compelling campaign. Biden would then benefit from the greater verbal self-discipline he has developed while vice president and from the fact that this year, as Donald Trump proves, voters seem tolerant of free-talkers. Democratic voters aren’t the only ones looking for a strong formation story. Republicans are looking for one, too, but the nature of the Republican race is different. If Democrats are arguing over what positions to fight for, Republicans are arguing about how to fight. Republican presidential candidates have found that the strongest way to win favor on the stump is to attack the leaders of their party in Congress for being timid and inept. Many Republican voters are alienated from their party’s leadership. They’re looking for a candidate who can lead a mutiny. Donald Trump’s mutiny story is pretty clear. In doing business deal after business deal, he mastered the skills needed to take on the morons who are now running the party and the world. Ben Carson’s story is clear, too. Through his faith and through his medical career he developed the purity of heart and the discipline of will required to walk into Washington without being corrupted by the rottenness found there. The Republican desire for a mutiny has kept Trump and Carson aloft longer than most people supposed. I still think they will implode. Their followers need them to be the superheroes they are portraying themselves to be. But politics is hard, especially for beginners, and sooner or later they will flounder and look like they’re in over their heads. At that point it’s all over. At that point, a Bush, Rubio, Kasich or Walker will have an opening to tell a different and more positive story. On the Democratic side, a Biden run would be more formidable than I thought last month. You need emotion to beat emotion. With Stephen Colbert he revealed a story and suggested a campaign that is moving, compelling and in tune with the moment.

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Labour’s Dead Center Jeremy Corbyn, a longtime leftist dissident, has won a stunning victory in the contest for leadership of Britain’s Labour Party. Political pundits say that this means doom for Labour’s electoral prospects; they could be right, although I’m not the only person wondering why commentators who completely failed to predict the Corbyn phenomenon have so much confidence in their analyses of what it means. But I won’t try to get into that game. What I want to do instead is talk about one crucial piece of background to the Corbyn surge — the implosion of Labour’s moderates. On economic policy, in particular, the striking thing about the leadership contest was that NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE every candidate other than Corbyn essentially supported the Conservative government’s austerity policies. Worse, they all implicitly accepted the bogus justification for those policies, in effect pleading guilty to policy crimes that Labour did not, in fact, commit. If you want a U.S. analogy, it’s as if all the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination in 2004 had gone around declaring, “We were weak on national security, and 9/11 was our fault.” Would we have been surprised if Democratic primary voters had turned to a candidate who rejected that canard, whatever other views he or she held? In the British case, the false accusations against Labour involve fiscal policy, specifically claims that the Labour governments that ruled Britain from 1997 to 2010 spent far beyond their means, creating a deficit and debt crisis that caused the broader economic crisis. The fiscal crisis, in turn, supposedly left no alternative to severe cuts in spending, especially spending that helps the poor. These claims have, one must admit, been picked up and echoed by almost all British news media. It’s not just that the media have failed to subject Conservative claims to hard scrutiny, they have reported them as facts. It has been an amazing thing to watch — because every piece of this conventional narrative is completely false. Was the last Labour government fiscally irresponsible? Britain had a modest budget deficit on the eve of the economic crisis of 2008, but as a share of GDP it wasn’t very high — about the same, as it turns out, as the U.S. budget deficit at the same time. British

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government debt was lower, as a share of GDP, than it had been when Labour took office a decade earlier, and was lower than in any other major advanced economy except Canada. It’s now sometimes claimed that the true fiscal position was much worse than the deficit numbers indicated, because the British economy was inflated by an unsustainable bubble that boosted revenues. But nobody claimed that at the time. On the contrary, independent assessments, for example by the International Monetary Fund, suggested that it might be a good idea to trim the deficit a bit, but saw no sign of a government living wildly beyond its means. It’s true that British deficits soared after 2008, but that was a result of the crisis, not a cause. Debt is also up, but it’s still well below levels that have prevailed for much of Britain’s modern history. And there has never been any hint that investors, as opposed to politicians, were worried about Britain’s solvency: Interest rates on British debt have stayed very low. This means both that the supposed fiscal crisis never created any actual economic problem and that there was never any need for a sharp turn to austerity. In short, the whole narrative about Labour’s culpability for the economic crisis and the urgency of austerity is nonsense. But it is nonsense that was consistently reported by British media as fact. And all of Corbyn’s rivals for Labour leadership bought fully into that conventional nonsense, in effect accepting the Conservative case that their party did a terrible job of managing the economy, which simply isn’t true. So as I said, Corbyn’s triumph isn’t that surprising given the determination of moderate Labour politicians to accept false claims about past malfeasance. This still leaves the question of why Labour’s moderates have been so hapless. Consider the contrast with the United States, where deficit scolds dominated Beltway discourse in 2010-11 but never managed to dictate the terms of political debate, and where mainstream Democrats no longer sound like Republicanslite. Part of the answer is that the U.S. news media haven’t been as committed to fiscal fantasies, although that just pushes the question back a step. Beyond that, however, Labour’s political establishment seems to lack all conviction, for reasons I don’t fully understand. And this means that the Corbyn upset isn’t about a sudden left turn on the part of Labour supporters. It’s mainly about the strange, sad moral and intellectual collapse of Labour moderates.

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‘Trump Bullies Like An 8th Grade Girl’

Yet another brilliant column by the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank yesterday, “Standing Up to Election Bullying,” applies the lessons of an anti-bullying website, StopBullying.gov, run by the Department of Health and Human Services, to Donald Trump. Proposing to substitute the name of Trump to all the site’s references to perpetrators of bullying, he shows how Trump fits the definition to a tee (with his use of threats, rumors, verbal attacks, exclusion and especially name calling, as in ‘stupid,” “fool,” “loser,” “clown”), and also how all his GOP presidential hopeful opponents, as well as the media and the public, have failed so far to respond appropriately. Milbank writes, “StopBullying.gov helps us to understand why the initial FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS strategy of Jeb Bush and others to ignore Trump’s taunts was a failure: ‘Not saying anything could make it worse for everyone. The candidate who is bullying will think it is OK to keep treating others that way.’” He also cites cases of “enabling” (Cruz, Fox News’ Roger Ailes and the GOP’s chairman Reince Priebus) and describes the website’s recommendations for dealing with a bully. Because “‘those who bully are encouraged by the attention that they receive from bystanders,’ those who witness bullying can ‘blatantly state that they don’t think bullying is entertaining or funny.’” Another column yesterday by Olivia Nuzzi of The Daily Beast cites anti-bullying experts who assign a somewhat more specific label on Trump’s behavior. He’s like, in their view “an eighth grade girl!” Expert Rosalind Wiseman, Nuzzi reports, “knows a child bully when she sees one, having written a series of books on the topic, most famously Queen Bees and Wannabees, about middle-school girls’ viciousness and upon which the movie “Mean Girls” is based. Nuzzi adds, “But Wiseman wasn’t talking to me about some unruly kid who threw rocks at a mathlete or called his frenemy names in a Burn Book. She was talking about a 69-year-old man from Queens who is seeking the Republican nomination for president of the United States. She was talking, of course, about Donald Trump.” Nuzzi quotes Wiseman again saying, “He’s absolutely operating as an intelligent, manipulative bully who truly does not care about the consequences of his actions. He delights in his own ability to manipulate and to show that nobody can stop him.” “Wiseman told me that usually, with the eighth-grade girls, there is a moment of reckoning that gets them to reform their behavior. But Trump, due to his wealth and privilege, has never had such a moment, because there have rarely been consequences for the things he says and does. ‘For Trump, all of this is working too well.’” Advice for other candidates? “The way to beat him for good,” Nuzzi quotes another expert Naomi Drew, “is to counter Trump’s insults with substantive talk over trash talk.” But I disagree with that. It’s not enough. A deeper concern goes to why so many in our present American culture can’t see through this bullying charade and aren’t repulsed by it. The disgusting pattern of insults against women and minorities, in particular, are scoffed at admiringly by too many impotent males and slavish females, way more than one or two decades ago, and certainly than in the 1960s, when the nation was beginning to shape up to stand against the injustices associated with sexism and racism. The disrespect and disdain Trump propounds against women is way beyond the pale. It is not funny or clever, it has no place in front of a live microphone. It empowers brutes at all levels of our overstressed society to emulate his words and apply it to their actions, which may become violent and deadly when use of such insults fuels seething rage. You can’t ignore the way that Trump is defecating on our national political discourse. It has to be met with mature and forceful measures to reign him in. An aggressive campaign to elevate the proper role of women in our culture needs to be re-energized. How better to frustrate all the sexism that Trump embodies than to elect a woman the next president of the U.S.!

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Bernie Sanders & The Black Vote COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke Saturday to a half-empty gymnasium at Benedict College in South Carolina. The school is historically black, but the crowd appeared to be largely white. This underscores the severe challenge facing the Sanders campaign: African-American voters have yet to fully connect to the man and the message. An August Gallup Poll found that Hillary Clinton’s favorability among African-Americans was 80 percent, while Sanders’ was 23 percent. Two-thirds of blacks were unfamiliar with Sanders. This could pose a problem after the contests in overwhelmingly white Iowa and New Hampshire give way to contests in Southern states with much more sizable black populations. South Carolina will be the first test. According to The New York Times, 55 percent of South Carolina Democratic primary voters were black in 2008. Yet current polls show Clinton with a massive lead over Sanders in the state. That’s why it’s important not only for Sanders to spend more time in the state, but also to pick a venue NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE like Benedict College. But appearing at the college, a favorite speaking spot for Democratic primary candidates trying to boost their black vote in the state, is by no means a sure path to victory. Bill Bradley spoke there in 2000 when running against Al Gore. Gore crushed Bradley with 92 percent of the caucus vote. Al Sharpton and Wesley Clark spoke at the school in 2004, and both lost the state. In 2008, Clinton visited the school the day before the primary. She only won one county in the state. Sanders is hoping for better. There is an earnest, if snappy, aura to Sanders that is laudable and refreshing. One doesn’t sense the stench of ambition or the revolting unctuousness of incessant calculation. There is an idealistic crusader in the man, possibly to the point of being quixotic, but at least it doesn’t come off as corrupted by money or power or a God complex. Sanders’ message of revolutionary change to save a flailing middle class and challenge the sprawling influence of what he calls “the billionaire class” has struck a nerve with a fervid following. I spoke with Sanders by phone about his campaign’s need to reach more African-American voters, and I asked if he was worried about this need to broaden his appeal. While he resisted the word “worried,” he did

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acknowledge that: “Clearly, if we are going to do well nationally, it’s absolutely imperative that we aggressively reach out and bring the African-American community and the Latino community into our campaign, and that is exactly what we’re working on right now.” Sanders seemed to understand the challenge ahead of him. He has to win the African-Americans who supported Obama and do so against Clinton’s enormous name identification and the deep connections the Clinton machine has built in the state. And then there’s Biden. But Sanders’ ability to win Obama’s supporters may have been made difficult by his associations. On Saturday, Sanders campaigned with Dr. Cornel West, who recently issued an endorsement of Sanders. West’s critique of the president has been so blistering and unyielding – he has called Obama “counterfeit,” the “black face of the American empire,” a verb-ed neologism of the n-word – that it has bordered on petulance and self-parody. Sanders must bank on his strongest suit: policies. In June, his campaign issued a press release, “Sanders’ Agenda for America Helps Minorities,” that touted his civil rights record as well as including economic remedies like raising the minimum wage and providing tuition-free college. Part of his problem is that he hasn’t been able to properly promote his message of helping minorities. I asked him if he believes that the coverage he has gotten has been fair and equitable. Rather than complaining about the quantity of coverage, he complained about the quality, what he called “the soap opera aspect of politics.” He explained: “So if I go up on a stage and I slip on a banana peel, do you think that will make the front page of the paper? Will it be on CNN? Probably will. Meanwhile, I have talked in 20 different speeches that 51 percent of young African-American kids are unemployed and underemployed. Do you know how much coverage that’s gotten? How much?” He answered his own question: “Every single speech that I give I talk about that. I don’t know that it’s made the newspapers yet.” Well actually, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post have published articles that included essentially that statistic from Sanders. In addition, NPR, ABC News, Newsweek, the Huffington Post, The Week, National Review, RealClearPolitics, Salon, Vox and Alternet have published similar articles as well. But, I guess I get his point: He needs more – more quality and quantity to reach this essential audience.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

Stormwater management was the focus of the Chesapeake Bay Commission at its quarterly meeting, held last week in Alexandria. The Commission is a tri-state legislative assembly (Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania) created in 1980. Its members are senators and delegates from the three states, plus the governors and three citizen members. The Commission undertakes research about Bay restoration, which guides possible state legislative actions in the three member states. The Chesapeake Bay is important, both environmentally and economically, to the 64,000 square mile watershed that extends north into New York, and west into West Virginia. The bay is the nation’s largest estuary, drains thousands of miles of local streams, and supports thousands of jobs, from fishing to manufacturing. One of the challenges to restoration of the bay environment is urban stormwater – polluted runoff from storms that can cause flooding, basement backups, loss of property from stream erosion, and contamination of drinking water supplies. Many of the bay’s communities are required to have a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit that governs how stormwater is managed. MS4s are negotiated by the state government under direction by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and are very specific about discharges, possible violations, fines, and the like. Local governments often must amend their land use policies to comply with MS4 permits. However, not all of the work being done to restore the bay and sustain clean water is well aligned. Priorities at the federal, state, and local level must be better coordinated and understood. That was my message to the Commission last Friday. We may be local, subject to federal and state

regulation, but most of the implementation of clean water infrastructure is done at the local level, and supported by local taxpayers and ratepayers. That’s why a second part of my message to the Commission was for additional funding. Fairfax County implemented a stormwater fee, collected on county real estate tax bills. The almost three-cent tax rate is constrained, but allows a few more stormwater projects to be accomplished each year. However, the Commonwealth would see more efficient and effective results, especially in smaller jurisdictions, with additional funding from the state. The Governor’s recently announced budget surplus, fortunately, will provide some funding, since state law requires a percentage of the surplus to be put in the Water Quality Improvement Fund which, in turn, can be available for grants to localities. Long-term costs are challenging. Removing a pound of phosphorus from a local lake or stream costs $16,600. This week’s gold price, per ounce, was about $1100 an ounce, or $17,600 per pound. I doubt anyone would equate phosphorus with gold, but it’s expensive either way. Local stormwater utility fee funding mechanisms must be protected and preserved, free from tampering at the state level. If localities are required by their MS4 permits to build and maintain infrastructure, then localities also need the tools and authority to develop programs, engineer them, finance them, and build them. Otherwise, bay restoration will be doomed to failure – and failure is not an option..  Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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Richmond Report Earlier this year chairman Sharon Bulova invited me to serve on the Fairfax County Ad Hoc Police Practices Review Commission. My hope was that, as a member of the House Militia Police and Public Safety committee I would be in a position to pursue any legislative changes recommended by the commission. As it turned out, I was asked to Chair the Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Training Subcommittee, an area I hadn’t had a great deal of previous experience with. I was fortunate to work with a dedicated and extremely expert group of Fairfax County residents on my subcommittee, and I have learned a lot about the mental health services we offer in Fairfax as well those that we can improve upon. I plan to take this new knowledge and growing expertise and make improving the way Virginia delivers mental health services a priority in Richmond next year. I will also be a champion for encouraging all localities to embrace a “Diversion First” strategy. On August 17, I gave my subcommittee’s report to the full Commission, including 26 recommendations for improving mental health services that will better serve our residents while strengthening the relationship between public safety and the community. A Little Background Nationwide, police officers have become the first responders when a citizen is in the midst of a psychiatric crisis. This is certainly true in Fairfax County, where the Police Department responds annually to over 5,000 calls for service related to individuals living with a mental illness who need assistance. The Fairfax County Community Services Board also has a mobile crisis unit, staffed by mental health professionals, to respond to individuals in crisis, but this single unit in a county of about 1.2 million people is insufficient to meet the need and often the police must fill in the gap. When police are first responders, or when they assist the unit, they are often called upon to help de-escalate situations or provide safety, security, or transport for the individuals involved. When individuals living with a serious mental illness are arrested in Fairfax County, and are not diverted under existing policies, they become inmates of the

Fairfax Adult Detention Center. This situation is a local example of a national phenomenon in which jails and prisons have become the largest psychiatric facilities in our nation. There are nearly 14 times as many people with mental illnesses in jails and prisons in the U.S. as there are in all state psychiatric hospitals combined. Each year, roughly 2.2 million people experiencing serious mental illnesses requiring immediate treatment are arrested and booked into jails nationwide. Jails are not designed or adequately equipped and staffed to provide the treatment they need. Mental Health & CIT Subcommittee Recommendations The Mental Health & CIT Subcommittee strongly and unanimously recommended that Fairfax County make implementation of the Memphis Model of Crisis Intervention Team training a priority. Full implementation will require, at a minimum, the opening of strategically located crisis assessment sites, expanded use of mobile crisis units, and the creation of a mental health court docket by the judiciary. The subcommittee’s review of best practices shows that the Memphis Model approach can better use tax dollars, reduce police shootings and use of force, reduce officer injuries, help restore public trust in law enforcement, treat those with mental illness in a more appropriate and humane manner, and help ease unnecessary suffering. Implementing the Memphis Model in the optimal manner will require a commitment on the part of the entire community to changing our approach to residents living with mental illness. This includes law enforcement, the Community Services Board, mental health providers, the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, public defenders, Fairfax judges, the Board of Supervisors, state legislators, families with loved ones with mental illnesses, consumers, community organizations, hospitals, faith communities and our citizens to work together collaboratively to improve public safety and end tragedies that should and can be prevented.  Delegate Simon represents the 53rd District in the Virginia House of Delegates. He may be emailed at DelMSimon@house. virginia.gov

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10 Years In, F.C. Burger Joint Elevates to New Heights BY PATRICIA LESLIE

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A free burger is on the menu for all teachers, law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, active duty military and nurses next week at Elevation Burger when the organic fast food chain kicks off its tenth anniversary celebration. Falls Church plays a key role in the commemoration since the first Elevation Burger opened doors here on September 19, 2005. Now, ten years later, the franchise has 55 locations around the globe and plans for more. Falls Church was chosen as the birthplace because it was the right place at the right time. The original storefront is the current storefront at the corner of Tinner Hill, 442 South Washington Street, where organic beef and chicken burgers and sandwiches are served. Elevation Burger’s founder, Hans Hess, said he was living in Arlington in 2005, “looking for the right place” to open his restaurant and without “much luck in D.C., I decided to go out to the suburbs and saw the ‘For Lease’ sign in the window.” The building’s owner Bob Young, shared Hess’s enthusiasm for his product, and off Hess ran. He “wanted to do something that had never been done,” according to Hess. Since 1999 when he left California, where he grew up, Hess had searched for the right tasty burger. His life’s route brought him to the Washington, D.C. region, where he worked for a year as a legislative aide for Rep. Jim Barcia (D-Michigan). “We really hit it off,” Hess said in a phone interview. Working on Capitol Hill meant a lot of reading about public policy issues, including housing and

urban development (which led him to real estate consulting) and concern about antibiotics in food. Hess studied the problems of the American beef supply chain and realized an opportunity to work with ranchers and farmers who treated cattle humanely, whose animals were free of antibiotics and other chemicals, that would make for delicious burgers made from clean, organic, grassfed beef. Hess and his wife, April, spent three years experimenting and perfecting a burger made without hormones, steroids, pesticides, or “genetically modified” ingredients. Hess applied his science education at California Polytechnic State University to his development of a lighter and healthier potato strip cooked in “hearthealthy” olive oil. The “Fresh Fry” was born. And Hess said that the inspiration for the name of the franchise came a rock song. “It was originally from a U2 song, ‘Elevation,’” Hess said. “It was a great metaphor for what I wanted to do, to ‘elevate’ a burger” to a status which would meet his tasting and environmentally sound requirements. Parents and teachers, take note: When he was five or six, Hess remembers “becoming environmentally conscious and being aware of the things we can do to take care of the Earth.” A founder of EnviroCab, which uses all-hybrid taxis, a company Hess has since sold, Hess wrote “if there is a secret to success, it must be to choose to devote your time and energy to things that excite you and really make a difference.” Late one afternoon last week, customer Emily Black of Fairfax stopped in Elevation after her dance class to order a vegan burg-

A YOUNGSTER CHOWS DOWN at Elevation Burger’s original store at 442 South Washington Street. Born out of an ethos that was developed when Hess was “�ive or six years old,” Elevation Burger has grown into a national chain. (P��: P�� L��/N��-P��) er with lettuce and pickles. She said Elevation “has a good vegan option,” an opinion shared by Margie Jervis from Falls Church who came in to buy a burger to “carry me over” until her late dinner. “I am not a vegan,” said Jervis, the costume and set designer for Creative Cauldron across the street, “but I don’t like to eat a lot of ground beef. The options here are really appealing for a good lunch” and they fit her “healthconscious” choices.

Gall bladder surgery helped seal the deal for the Falls Church Elevation Burger manager, Dean Ladson, to join the team. After her operation, Ladson’s wife often felt discomfort after eating at many restaurants, he said, but not at Elevation Burger. Their four-year-old “has stopped eating at McDonald’s,” Ladson said. “Falls Church has really been good to us,” Hess said. “I just want to thank the folks in Falls Church who have understood the

organization and embraced our approach. Falls Church is a really unique place.” To get a free burger, official identification is needed. Monday is the free day for active duty military; Tuesday, for teachers; Wednesday, law enforcement; Thursday, firefighters and EMS; and Friday, for nurses. Elevation Burgers in Arlington, Fairfax, Tysons, Ashburn, Vienna, Crofton, Potomac and at the National Harbor are participating in the free burger promotion.

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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, Falls Church City Council

Lee Marple, Falls Church City Resident

Melissa Teates, Falls Church Planning Commission

Gordon Theisz, Family Medicine In Falls Church

How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I’m coming hungry. No preparation really. Just showing up with a healthy appetite!

How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? Wake up early and get a good workout in to build up a huge appetite. I want to be able to fully enjoy this experience.

How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I will skip breakfast, because food is always better when you are hungry and bring water to cleanse my palate.

How has Falls Church’s dining scene changed since you’ve been here? It’s amazing how many restaurants the people of Falls Church have to choose from compared to when we first moved here 15 years ago. Not only the quantity, but also the quality of the Falls Church dining scene has improved. And if you like frozen yogurt, you live in the right place!

How has Falls Church’s dining scene changed since you’ve been here? A lot. We have added much more variety such as Pizzeria Orso, Clare & Don’s, spacebar and Plaka Grill. The best part, though, is my favorites are still here, too, like 4Ps, Maneki Neko and Blancas.

How will you prepare for the Taste of Falls Church? I am considering a week-long fast, but I hate missing a meal, so I will likely just overeat at the festival and later break a promise to eat less afterward.

How has Falls Church’s dining scene changed since you’ve been here? The dining scene has gotten better and better. We have many great restaurants in the City and I look forward to more joining our wonderful community. What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten and how was it? It wasn’t really unusual, but I had the best super white tuna sushi that I thoroughly enjoyed. I had never had it before and it was delicious. What was your favorite food when you were a child? My Mom said it was Persian Chicken Kabob. What’s your favorite breakfast food? Good coffee and eggs. How do you prefer to be entertained while dining (live music, theatre, conversation, television, etc.)? Live music. Music and good food make a great combination. If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? I am a terrible cook. I can’t get my head around entering a cooking contest, unless it was a contest for Worst Cooks of Falls Church. If you could have one dish cooked by one person, what and who would it be? Beef Bourguignon cooked by Julia Child. My wife has made empty promises that she will make this dish for me going back to 2011. Who is your favorite chef or cook? My wife, Bernadette. What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you eat on a regular basis? Healthiest: Dried fruit and nuts. Unhealthiest: Lots and lots of ice cream! My 2 ½ year old daughter, Mia Grace, likes to ask for it after every meal and even knows the direction we need to go to get it when we are out and about. What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? Sushi. I can’t get enough sushi.

What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten and how was it? Durian on a recent trip to Asia – it tastes better than it smells! It’s hard getting past that smell to even be able to experience the taste, but I recommend it. What’s your favorite flavor or seasoning? The spicier the better! I figure that if you are sweating as you’re eating, you’re burning off the calories as you consume them, right? (My youngest daughter’s not convinced.) What was your favorite food when you were a child? Pizza. My first job, and still my dream job, was working in a pizza shop. I always loved when people called in orders just before closing and didn’t make it in time to pick up the pizza. Yum. What’s your favorite breakfast food? Pancakes. At least once a year our family has a pancake-eating contest during the IHOP All-You-Can-Eat pancake promotion. My son still thinks he can eat as much as me, and my wife and daughters enjoy watching the battle. How do you prefer to be entertained while dining? There’s nothing better than having a nice meal surrounded by family and friends with good conversation, talking about anything and everything. It’s amazing how many of the world’s problems we can solve over a good meal! If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? It would have to be on a grill, because that’s the only way I cook.

What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten and how was it? Whole tempura sardines (eyes and all) and they were wonderful if you like a crispy outside and moist rich inside. What’s your favorite flavor or seasoning? I am pretty traditional with garlic, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper being my favorite flavors for cooking. What was your favorite food when you were a child? I grew up with Southern foods, so I loved greens, slow cooked green beans, and fried chicken. What’s your favorite breakfast food? Nothing beats a good breakfast sandwich with eggs, cheese and bacon.

How has Falls Church’s dining scene changed since you’ve been here? When I first moved to Falls Church, the best bar in town was the Star Bar where 4P’s resides now. I never went, but there also was a ThaiMexican restaurant where Clare and Don’s sits. We used to overeat at the Chinese Buffet next to McDonald’s where there is now a Rite Aid. There was a great sandwich shop in a house where Papa John’s is located. We went to Anthony’s, but of course now it isn’t where it used to be. What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten and how was it? I ate a hamburger at McDonald’s and it didn’t satisfy like the hamburger options we now have in FC. What’s your favorite flavor or seasoning? Hot fudge. What was your favorite food when you were a child? Hot fudge. What’s your favorite breakfast food? Hot fudge.

How do you prefer to be entertained while dining? I love live music of all types. It seems to make a meal more like a party.

How do you prefer to be entertained while dining? Live music is my favorite – it makes me happy and everything tastes better.

- If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? Eggplant & Fresh Tomato Ratatouille over Penne with Grilled Shrimp.

If you had to prepare one dish for a cooking contest, what would you choose? Pancakes.

If you could have one dish cooked by one person, what and who would it be? Duck three ways by Chef Morimoto. One of the best dishes I have ever eaten.

If you could have one dish cooked by one person, what and who would it be? Grilled pork chops, Brussels sprouts, squash casserol and peach cobbler, prepared by Melissa Teates.

Who is your favorite chef or cook? Jeffrey Zakarian. I like his food sensibility and mischievous attitude.

Who is your favorite chef or cook? Melissa Teates, who should be on Chopped or Hell’s Kitchen.

What’s the healthiest and unhealthiest thing you eat on a regular basis? Healthiest: Kale Salad with Beets. Unhealthiest: Bacon, Egg and Cheese breakfast sandwich.

What is the most memorable thing you’ve eaten in the past month? I had a great hot fudge sundae at Brewster’s while on vacation in Virginia Beach.

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PATRICK FLEMING AND TAMARA POWELL are the new owners and operators of The Local Market, a locally-sourced grocery store in the City of Falls Church. (Photo: Jody fellows)

F.C.’s Fleming, Powell Take Over Local Market, Aren’t Scared of Harris Teeter by Jody Fellows

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For the past two months, Patrick Fleming and Tamara Powell have been spending their days picking through fruits and vegetables, attending produce auctions at country farms and stocking shelves. It’s quite a change from their previous routines. Fleming, after 15 years in the defense industry, and Powell, who spent 14 years bartending and managing at Dogwood Tavern (all the way back to when it was Broad Street Grill), are the new owners and operators of The Local Market, taking over the small grocery store selling local fruits, vegetables, breads, meats, dairy and more in Falls Church. Deciding to move on from their previous jobs, they each found themselves searching for their next venture around the same time. Fleming, who moved to the City in 1997, and Powell, an alum of George Marshall High School, have known each other for close to two decades and, over the years, had talked and dreamed about possible business ideas around the area. “I’ve always had an entrepreneurial twinge,” says Fleming, who says he spent days walking around the City exploring buildings and scanning directories to find out about local companies. “Ever since I moved here, I had the romantic notion to become hyper-local.” So, during a card game when he overheard The

Local Market’s previous owner, Tom Coates, mention he wanted to get out of the business, he seized the opportunity. “I grew up farming in Missouri, so agriculture was appealing,” says Fleming. “And I knew Tammy would be perfect for it.” Powell was equally attracted to the notion. “It’s quite similar to my old job,” she says. “I’m still in my town. I still see my customer base. I get to see my neighbors and it incorporates a bunch of things I like: driving big trucks, eating food and cooking food,” she says. “I like being the bridge between the country and Falls Church.” So now, the two, along with Fleming’s wife, Mary Elizabeth, are the owners of the little market at 234 West Broad Street, selling locallysourced groceries to The Little City. The store, sandwiched between

Paisano’s and the Antique Annex, is bursting with produce – a table running down the center is filled to the brim with everything from peaches, apples and a multitude of berries to corn, tomatoes and all kinds of peppers. On the surrounding shelves, there’s bread, coffee, cookies, pies and canned goods while freezers house items like bacon and sausages, along with a sizable gluten-free selection. And just about all of it comes from a nearby farmer or supplier. The eggs are from Whiffletree and sweet peppers from Powers – two farms out of Warrenton – along with local-as-you-can-get cookies from F.C.’s-own Kendall Barrett and hot sauce and premade meals from the City’s Mercy Bloomgarden. And twice a week, Fleming drives up to two-and-ahalf hours away to auctions in the

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Shenandoah Valley and Loveville, Maryland to bid on lots of produce. The most recent score from the auction, a lot of pumpkins, is now for sale at the market. “It’s exciting that it’s feasible to pick an ear of corn in the morning and have it on your dinner plate that night,” says Fleming. And rather than compete with the City’s weekly farmers market, since many of its vendors also carry products in their store, Fleming and Powell see it as a synergistic relationship. “Last Saturday was really fun,” he says. “I walked over to the market to have a meeting with a salmon guy and next to him was a pasta vendor we do business with. Next to him was Beanetics, one of our coffee suppliers, and then Mercy Bloomgarden, who sells hot sauces and salsas with us was next to them. I said “hi” to her and, then, next to her was a guy playing a fiddle who turned out to be a farmer we had talked to before about selling stuff. I chatted with him and he, in turn, introduced me to another farmer.” It’s hard to get more local than that. While running a small business full-time can be quite the challenge, both Fleming and Powell have been adjusting to the transition. Since they took over on July 8, at least one of them has been at the store during business hours, seven days a week. With opening and closing, that’s 14-hour days, not including time spent driving to and from farms to pick up inventory. (In fact, during an interview just up the street at Starbucks, it was the first time both had been out of the store at the same time during business hours. “I’m nervous,” Fleming said.) Despite the long hours, Powell says she’s adapting well to the new venture. “It’s been a little easier than expected,” she says, though Fleming says the opposite. “I think it’s been a little harder,” he says, citing early difficulty finding a rhythm to ordering and stocking the store. One thing they both agree on

is their feelings towards Harris Teeter, which will be opening a 60,000 square-foot store just across the street next year. Neither are scared of the big box grocery. “We knew Harris Teeter was coming when we started this,” says Fleming, who thinks it will be more help than harm. “It gives us an opportunity to be more unique. We’re not going to beat them at the big grocery store game. We’ll be an ‘also,’ not an ‘instead of.’” Powell agrees and says while customers can go to bigger grocery stores for off-season fruits like bananas and pineapples in winter, she says they’ll focus on more seasonal products like root vegetables, meats, dairy and cheese at The Local Market during the colder months. “It’ll just be a little less colorful,” she says. “But that makes it all the more worthwhile to enjoy it come springtime.” With all the new development and impending influx of foot traffic, the only thing that makes them anxious is the question of customer flexibility and patience when it comes to inventory challenges. Unlike a big grocery store, The Local Market can’t over order products – it doesn’t have the space or the capacity for loss like a Giant or Whole Foods does. “Occasionally, we’ll run out of your kind of milk,” says Fleming. “But hopefully, you’ll buy it down the street today and come back to us next time.” Powell adds, “We’ll call customers who are looking for a product when we get it back in stock.” Fleming overheard two market regulars chatting in the store one day. “They started talking about shopping and the one woman said, ‘Oh, but this isn’t shopping, this is family,’” Fleming recounts with a smile. That’s a customer he and Powell know will be back and the kind of response they hope to continue to get from the service they’re providing to the people of Falls Church. “The single most-satisfying part of this whole venture is the honor of being a part of people’s weekly lives,” says Fleming. “You can’t get more personal than that.”

TAMARA POWELL helps a customer select peaches (left) and Patrick Fleming inspects the store’s sweet corn. (Photos: Jody fellows)

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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.

Pizzeria Orso Chef Bertrand Chemel’s Cannellini Bean Bruschetta Pizzeria Orso, 400 S. Maple Ave. • 703-226-3460 • pizzeriaorso.com

Ingredients (serves 6): • 6 slices sourdough or rustic bread, 1/2 inch thick • 2 cups dry cannellini beans (soaked in water overnight at room temp) • 1 butternut squash • 3 sprigs of thyme • 2 fresh or dry bay leaves • 1/4 small onion • 1 carrot Directions: 1. Peel the onion, carrot, celery and garlic. 2. Slice the onion, carrot, celery into 1/8 of inch. Cut the garlic into four pieces. 3. Warm up 3 Tbsp of olive oil in medium sauce pan, slowly cook onion, carrot, celery for about 8 minutes, add the rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, oregano, garlic and beans. 4. Cover with water 3 times the volume of the soaked beans. 5. Cook slowly until beans are tender, season with salt to taste. Strain the beans,

• 1 celery stalk • 6 Tbsp olive oil • 6 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese • 2 sprigs rosemary • 1 sprig oregano • truffle oil • 2 garlic cloves • 4 sage leaves • salt and black pepper to taste

reserve the liquid for the puree. 6. Take 1/3 of the cooked beans and place into a food processor or a blender. 7. Puree beans by adding some of the cooking liquid into the beans, blend at full speed, season with salt and truffle oil to taste. Puree should be the consistency of peanut butter. 8. Combine the creamy bean puree into the rest of the cooked beans then set them aside. 9. Peel butternut squash. With a mando-

Chef Bertrand Chemel’s cannellini bean bruschetta will be available on Pizzeria Orso’s new menu beginning next week. (Photo: Jody Fellows)

lin, make fine slices of butternut squash. 10. In a medium sautee pan at medium heat, warm up 3 Tbsp of olive oil and fry sage leaves, pan sear the butternut squash, both sides for about 2 minutes each side.

2941 Restaurant Pastry Chef Caitlin Dysart’s Pear Pavlova 2941 Restaurant, 2941 Fairview Park Drive • 703-270-1500 • 2941.com

Ingredients (serves 8): For Brown Sugar Meringue: • 4 egg whites, room temperature • 1 pinch of salt • 1 pinch of black pepper • 2/3 cup light brown sugar • 1/4 cup sugar

11. Grill the sourdough bread, spread the beans, place the butternut squash on the beans, season the squash with fresh black pepper. 12. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and enjoy!

Dogwood Tavern Chef Will Sullivan’s Bayou Crab Dip

Dogwood Tavern, 132 W. Broad St. • 703-237-8333 • dogwoodtavern.com

• 1 tsp white vinegar • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Ingredients: • 12 oz. of crab meat • 4 scallions, sliced thin • 12 oz. of cream cheese • 6 oz. sour cream • 1/4 parmesan cheese • 1/4 Tbsp. horseradish

For Poached Pears: • 4 Bartlett pears • 2 cups water • 2 cups red wine • 2 cups sugar • 1 cinnamon stick

Directions: For the Brown Sugar Meringue: 1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 2. Using either standing or hand-held mixer, whisk egg whites, salt, pepper and brown sugar on low speed until combined. Raise speed to medium and beat until soft peaks form, about 7 to 10 minutes. 3. Gradually add the sugar to the egg whites while whisking. Beat the meringue until stiff peaks form. 4. Whisk in vanilla and vinegar. 5. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. 6. Using a large spoon, transfer meringue to the cookie sheet in spoonfuls. Leave 3 inches between each spoonful of meringue. Using the back of a smaller spoon, create and indentation in each meringue; the meringue should be cloud-shaped. For the Poached Pears: 1. Peel the pears and slice in half. 2. Combine water, red wine, sugar and cinnamon stick in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Carefully place pear halves into the water.

• 1/4 Tbsp. Colman’s dry mustard powder • 1/4 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce • 3/4 Tbsp. Old Bay • 1/4 Tbsp. salt

Directions: 1. Mix all ingredients except for crab and scallions very well 2. Fold crab and scallions into the mixture until fully combined 3. Serve with toasted baguette or crackers. Award-winning pastry chef Caitlin Dysart has created her own version of the Australian dessert called pavlova. Traditionally made with strawberries and whipped cream, Dysart’s version replaces the berries with red wine-poached pears. (Photo: Kyle Schmitz)

3. Cook pears in the simmering water until tender and easily pierced with a knife. Remove pears from the hot liquid; cool the two separately. Once cool, store the pears in the liquid. The pears can be kept, refrigerated, up to four days. Assembly: 1. Remove the pears from the poaching liquid. 2. Use a melon baller or small spoon to core pears. 3. Place a meringue in a bowl and top with half a pear. 4. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Chef Sullivan’s crab dip is on the menu as an appetizer at Dogwood Tavern. (Photo: Drew Costley)

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Mad Fox’s Hoppy Oktoberfest Returns With 50+ IPA/Seasonal Selections Mad Fox Brewing Company’s 4th Annual Hoppy Oktoberfest is slated for Saturday, Sept. 19 from noon – 6 p.m. The outdoor event is free with family-friendly activities and live music from The Justin Trawick Band. In addition to Mad Fox’s Hitzig Frau Oktoberfest and some other Mad Fox favorites, the current brewery and beer lineup includes 3 Stars’ Dissonance and Ghost IPA beers; DC Brau’s The Public and Oktoberfest beers; Devils Backbone Brewing Company’s Eight Point IPA and Oktoberfest beers; Gordon Biersch’s Festbier and IPL beers; and Spencer Devon Brewing Company’s Ellerslie Farm Harvest Ale and Lauck’s Island West Coast IPA beers. Also, there will be three imported German Oktoberfest beers: Ayinger, Warsteiner and Paulaner. And the Oktoberfest food menu from Chef Travis will feature such classics with a Mad Fox twist: Grilled locally sourced beer-poached bratwurst with Bavarian mustard and kraut, Warm German potato salad, bacon and parsley, and vinaigrette and Pretzel twist with Bavarian mustard. A Mad Fox tasting glass can be purchased with eight tickets for $25 or two glasses can be purchased with 20 tickets for $50. Additional tickets are $2 each and can be used for a single beer tasting or towards food purchase. For more information, visit madfoxbrewing.com. Mad Fox Brewing Company 444 W. Broad St. | Falls Church madfoxbrewing.com

Chef Shea from Lebanese Taverna Set to Demo at Farmers’ Market Chef Grace Abi-Najm Shea from Lebanese Taverna will be the next chef featured in the Farmers’ Market

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Chef Demo series on Saturday, Sept. 19. According to the organizer of the Farmers’ Market Chef Demo series, Kathleen Nixon, the whole AbiNajm family gets involved with these demonstrations in the Falls Church Farmers Market as Lebanese cooking revolves around fresh ingredients from the farmers market. The demonstration will be held from 9 – 11 a.m. at the Falls Church Farmers’ Market and tastes and recipes will be available throughout the morning. Falls Church Farmers’ Market 300 Park Ave. | Falls Church fallschurchva.gov/550/Chef-Series

Elevation Burger Celebrates 10-Years With Help from Community Leaders Yesterday a celebration of the first 10 years of Elevation Burger was held in its original Falls Church location on S. Washington Street. A large crush of local dignitaries were invited to have lunch, led by Mayor Dave Tarter and City Manager Wyatt Shields. Elevation Burger’s Hans Hess, its founder and chairman, was present at the shindig, as was Tom Gittins, a local Chamber of Commerce member and local business leader. The company, which specializes in providing organic and envrionmentally-friendly fast food, has expanded to 55 locations throughout the region, nation and world, with plans for more locations on the horizon. See our report on the founding of Elevation Burger and its growth over the past decade on page S-5 of this special edition. Elevation Burger 442 S. Washington Street | Falls Church elevationburger.com – Compiled from staff reports

(R TO L) MAYOR DAVE TARTER, City Manager Wyatt Shields, Falls Church Chamber of Commerce member and local business leader Tom Gittins and Elevation Burger’s founder and chairman Hans Hess eat together during the company’s celebration of its 10-year anniversary. (P��: N��-P��)

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Falls Church Crawfish: Tale of the Tape

B� J�� F�� Pinch the tail. Suck the head. Get messy. That’s the way to tackle mudbugs, crayfish, crawdads or however you choose to refer to those mini-lobsters. When Hot N Juicy opened its doors on West Broad Street earlier this April, it marked the third restaurant within a three-mile radius around Falls Church to serve up the bayou favorite. Chasin’ Tails was first on the scene, debuting just over the City line in Arlington in 2012, followed by New Orleans Cajun Seafood in Seven Corners a year later. In the midst of this crawfish invasion, we broke down each of the three Falls Church area joints by cost, flavors, spice level, crawfish size, supplied mix-ins and more. (An F.C. crawfish tip: while each joint claims to take their spice level seriously, Chasin’ Tails and Hot N Juicy can’t compare to the spicy inferno served up at New Orleans Cajun Seafood. Trust us.)

Chasin’ Tails

2200 North Westmoreland Street Arlington chasintailscrawfish.com

Hot N Juicy Crawfish 116 West Broad Street Falls Church hotnjuicycrawfish.com

2012

2015

$12 per lb.

New Orleans Cajun Seafood 6168 Arlington Boulevard Falls Church neworleanscajunseafoodva.com

2013

PRICE PRICE PRICE FLAVORS FLAVORS FLAVORS SPICE SPICE SPICE SIZE SIZE SIZE SIDES SIDES SIDES $10.75 per lb.

Original Cajun, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Butter, “Oh Dang!”

Louisiana, Juicy Cajun, Garlic Butter, Lemon Pepepr, Hot n Juicy

Cajun, New Orleans Spiced, Butter, Garlic Butter, Mix’ins

Mild, Medium, Hot, N’awlins Hot

Baby spice, mild, medium, spicy, extra spicy

mild, medium, spicy, fire hot, crazy spicy

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medium

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$1.50 for Corn (2 pcs); $1 for potato (2 pcs); $3.50 for 1/4 lb. sausage free corn + Potato w/ 1 lb. of crawfish; Free sausage w/ 2 lbs.

75¢ for Corn; 75¢ for potato; $2.75 for 1/2 dozen sausage slices free Corn + Potato with 2 lbs. of crawfish

$1 for Corn + Potato; $2.50 for sausage

Paper-covered tables, bibs supplied, fishbowl cocktails

Plastic- covered Tables, GLOVES & Bibs Supplied

EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS

*Oh Dang!, Hot N Juicy and Mix’ins are a combination of all available flavors

Bare Tables, Gloves Supplied, Buy 5 lbs. of crawfish get 1 lb. free

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The 14th anniversary of September 11th was a somber day of remembrance. The terrorist attack brought out the best of America, as our collective shock forced us to drop our poisonous partisanship and come together as a nation. For a fleeting moment, we had the sympathy and support of the world. Had wise leaders ruled America, this global embrace could have been channeled for our long-term benefit. Unfortunately, we had George W. Bush and Dick Cheney at the helm, who had grand designs for exploiting 911 to invade Iraq. There is still much speculation about the reasons for our Iraqi misadventure. It could be that Bush was trying to out do his daddy, who elected not to overthrow Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War, after he rightfully concluded it would lead to chaos. Other people hypothesize that the U.S. invaded to control Iraqi oil reserves – or to enrich Cheney’s Halliburton. While the precise reasons remain murky, it is clear that Bush, and Cheney in particular, manipulated intelligence, conflated Saddam Hussein, who had nothing to do with the 911 attacks, and Osama bin Laden, who did, and used this as a ploy for a senseless invasion. Contrary to the fable we are often sold, that no one knew what would happen, there were many Americans who doubted the cooked up “intelligence” and questioned the expertly marketed drumbeat to war. Loudmouth super-patriots, who unctuously waved the flag and bullied anyone who wasn’t traveling in the express lane to battle, consistently drowned out the voices of reason. The wise were branded wimpy, the smart called stupid, the right castigated as wrong and those who predicted catastrophe were smeared as collaborators. This had a chilling effect on the national debate, and led many reporters to stop asking tough questions, lest they be labeled liberals or Islamic sympathizers. The subsequent trail of blood and tears speaks for itself. Fourteen years later, the unrepentant war mongering thugs are up to their same old tricks. On the anniversary of 911, “Entourage” actor Adrian Grenier marked the day with an Instagram post that remembered not just the American victims but also the multitude of “innocent Iraqis” who were murdered in the American assault of a nation that had never attacked us. Grenier’s historically accurate post included a drawing of the original twin towers with the text: “R.I.P. the 2,996 Americans who died in 9-11. R.I.P. the 1,455,590 innocent Iraqis who died during the U.S. invasion for something they didn’t do.” According to Mediaite, Grenier received an avalanche of online hate, and quickly deleted his post. He has not recognized this incident since the offending graphic vanished. What is astounding is that Grenier’s act of historically accurate decency was met by such enmity. The actions of these fake patriots are what one might find in Putin’s police state Russia. These dictatorial 911 police, made sure they “corrected” Grenier and replaced his controversial opinion with soothing, “conservatively correct” pictures of firefighters raising the American flag. No doubt, Grenier was spooked into historical revisionism by the vitriolic online McCarthyism, and his management team was likely concerned that Grenier might be tarred as “unpatriotic” and blacklisted. Can we say “Dixie Chicks”? This incident reminds me of the dark, ugly chapter in American history when this talented country band was ostracized after announcing onstage that they were embarrassed that George W. Bush was our president. Many country radio stations stopped playing their songs, while extremists destroyed their records and CDs. This is the same ignorant, war loving-mob that harassed, browbeat, and intimidated America into the disastrous Iraq war in the first place. Thanks to their supposed love of country, we have chaos in the Mideast, immigrants flooding Europe and the creation of ISIS which filled the vacuum after Bush disbanded the Iraqi army and placed the new government in the hands of bitter Shiite partisans. The big winner in this mess was Iran, which this same crazy crowd now wants us to attack. What Adrian Grenier initially said was brave and compassionate. He should not have allowed these fake patriotic parrots to squawk and bully him into distancing himself from his intelligent, independent views. Many of these loutish hooligans would, no doubt, call themselves Christians. But would Jesus value the life of an innocent American over an innocent Iraqi? Their view is nothing more than jingoism dressed up in the name of Jesus. Similar to the show “Entourage,” the ruinous Bush/Cheney legacy is protected by emotionally stunted, sycophantic flunkies who pathologically deny reality and live in a privileged bubble of the bizarre.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

It’s Demolition Derby time for Arlington’s churning housing stock. On every residential block, it seems, there’s a tear-down on ever-more-valuable land. Ranch and Cape Cod homes erected during our county’s postWorld War II boom increasingly are deemed obsolete. Demolition permits, county figures show, rose from 91 applications in the first half of 2013, to 129 for the same period in 2014, and 124 for the first six months of 2015. One tear-down in progress on North Potomac Street that I happened by poignantly exposed the wallpaper of some kid’s bedroom that surely was once held dear. All this crashing of bricks and dust means steady work for prospering homebuilders. But many Arlingtonians are less than thrilled. They watch $400,000 or $600,000 homes give way to $1.3 million formula mansions that tower over more-modest neighbors. “Can middle-income people in their 30s, first-time buyers, still live in Arlington?” asks Margie Bell, who gets letters weekly from builders seeking to buy her home. “Many people I have talked to who sold directly to developers never even talked to a Realtor or considered the impact of their decision,” she says. Paul Donaldson, an agent with RE/MAX Allegiance, says the shift toward luxury dwellings harms neighborhood cohesion. “These people don’t need the space, it’s the status,” he told me as we toured a

new eight-bedroom customized home. (It is being shown fully furnished, with a rented grand piano, and includes a home theater.) Most of these wealthy new arrivals are seldom home, he says. “You never see them walking around.” “I don’t think anyone minds when a rambler is popped up to a two-story home,” Donaldson adds. “But there are things builders could do that wouldn’t change the neighborhood character.” The one Arlington builder who returned my call, New Dimensions Inc. president Jennifer Landers, says her company works with landowners to keep the new dwelling affordable, adding that it’s not easy in the current market to unload an expensive home. Bell asked county board member Libby Garvey for solutions. She forwarded a staff-created list of reasons why there is little policymakers can do. Property owners can sell to whomever they choose, it said, and “encouraging owners to sell to first-time buyers will likely have little impact; sellers and real estate agents’ primary considerations are the sale price and the amount of risk associated with an offer.” The missive acknowledged that many builders follow “the letter of the law” rather than consider neighborhood character. But because historic preservationists worry about losing vintage homes, the tear-down trend is being monitored. Bell was disappointed. “The county can do something creative to encourage preserving just-right sized houses, though I know they prefer the extra tax dollars for the huge houses,” she says. She

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CRIME REPORT Week of Sept. 7 - 13, 2015 Underage Possession of Alcohol and Trespass, 7124 Leesburg Pike (George Mason High School) On Sep. 7, a male, 18, of the City of Falls Church, was arrested and released on summons for Underage Possession of Alcohol and Trespass. Larceny from Building, 6751 Wilson Blvd. (Good Fortune) On Sep. 7, wooden pallets were stolen from the store. Smoking Violation, 6751 Wilson Blvd. #16 (Le Mirage) On Sep. 7, a male, 36, of Fairfax, was cited for Smoking In a Non-Designated Area. Robbery, 308 S. Washington St. (SmashBurger) On Sep. 7, the sus-

favors a public service campaign to encourage homeowners to resist promiscuous offers from builders that emphasize “no hassle, no commission” and list with an agent more sensitive to buyers’ needs. The issue isn’t going away. County board candidate Katie Cristol, who loves to label herself a Millennial, told a Sept. 8 forum the most common complaint she hears is from longtime homeowners who say they couldn’t afford to buy here today. “The economics of teardowns versus preservation,” she said, “don’t make it easy for property owners to improve their homes to age in place, or for new owners to get a foothold.” **** African-American educator Talmadge Williams assured me three years ago it was a done deal. And though the Arlington history activist didn’t live to see it, the plan to attach the name of Freedmans Village to the refurbished automobile bridge at Washington Blvd. and Columbia Pike came to pass, on Sept. 10. Gov. Terry McAuliffe arrived to dedicate the bronze medallions honoring the community of former and fugitive slaves that endured from 1863-1900 on the abolished estate of Robert E. Lee. Arlington Black Heritage Museum president Craig Syphax spoke, as did Arlington Historical Society former president John Richardson and county board members. In the attention-to-detail department, county preservation staff announced a recommendation that Freedmans Village be spelled without the usual apostrophe, more in keeping with 19thcentury practice.

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Smoking Violation, 6795 Wilson Blvd. #1E (Café Metro) On Sep. 13, a male, 26, of Falls Church was cited 1.812 in. in a Non-Designated for Smoking Area.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

Adventures in Learning Registration and Open House. The Shepherd’s Center of Oakton Vienna will host an open house of its classes for senior citizens, including tai chi, bridge and current affairs classes. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (2709 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton). Free. 10 a.m. – noon. 703-281-0538. Networking. This workshop will highlight the benefits and uses for networking, as well as learning to distinguish yourself to employers, how to develop contacts and more. Arlington Employment Center (2100 Washington Blvd. 1st Floor, Arlington). Free. 1 – 3 p.m. 703-247-2125. 1-on-1 Computer and Internet Tutoring. Learn how to download eBooks and eMagazines, search the Internet, use social media and more. Personalized sessions by appointment. Mary Riley Styles Public Library (120 N Virginia Ave, Falls Church). Free. 2 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5034. Ballston Fresh Farm Market. Just across from the Ballston Metro Stop is Welburn Square, the host to this farmers’ market. Vendors sell goats’ milk cheeses and yogurt smoothies, tree and field fruit, vegetables, honey and

beeswax beauty products, crab cakes and dips, eggs, meat, pies, preserves, cut ﬂowers, breads, pastries and more. Welburn Square (901 North Taylor Street, Arlington). 3 – 7 p.m. 703-6441194.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

Art Show. Consumer Art will be on display by local artists; cash only please. This is an annual event with a tradition of showcasing talents and works of citizens of Northern Virginia. Sequoia 3 (2120 Washington Blvd Arlington). Free. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 703-228-4903. Author/Composer Event. Composer and author Nick Jaina will sing songs and share from his collection of stories Get It While You Can. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com. Prospective Membership Social. The Kiwanis Club of Tysons Corner/ McLean is sponsoring a social for prospective members as part of their month-long membership drive. GlowGolf (8430-C Old Keene Mill Ct., Springﬁeld). Free. 7 p.m. tysonscornerkiwanis.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

F.C. Farmers’ Market and Chef Series Demo. Vendors oﬀer

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fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants and wine. Chef Shea from Lebanese Taverna will be demonstrating from 9 – 11 a.m. with tastes and recipies available all morning long. 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. Enjoy samples of the city’s ﬁnest foods while surrounded by live entertainment, pony rides, amusement rides, crafters, businesses and civic organizations and cuisine from city kitchens. Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 703-248-5077.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

The Falls Church Education Foundation’s 11th 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. Author Event. One More Page will host a launch party Art Taylor and his new book On the Road with Del & Louise. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland

St. #101, Arlington). Free. 5 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Playtime with the Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play every Monday & Tuesday. For birth to ﬁve years old. Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-2485034. Preschool Storytime. Stories, ﬁnger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Preschool Storytime. Songs, movement and stories for ages 18-36 months. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave. Falls Church). 10:30—11:15 a.m. 703248-5034.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Author Talk. Thierry Sagnier discusses and signs The Fortunate Few. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 7 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

“The Fix.” When a popular presidential candidate dies in his mistress’s arms, his ambitious wife, Violet, immediately declares that if she can’t be the wife of the president, then she’ll be the mother of the president – and thrusts their lackluster son Cal into the spotlight in Dempsey and Rowe’s outrageous musical comedy “The Fix.” With the help of her strategic brother-in-law, Violet transforms her son into the perfect citizen and ideal politician. Through Sept. 20. Signature Theatre (4200 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington). $40 – $72. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.org.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

“Night Falls on the Blue Planet.” Renee has had a rough couple of years. Screw

that: Renee has had a rough life, shaped by alcoholism and estrangement. All that changes when she gets a massage and discovers that her body is a world unto itself. With help from her younger sister she starts to map and explore a lifetime of trauma: but is she healing, or is she vanishing into her own world? Will her exploration heal her relationship with her older sister, or widen their divide? Through Sept. 27. Anacostia Playhouse (2020 Shannon Pl. NE, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. theatrealliance.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

“Calendar Girls.” Veteran director Bob Sams leads an award-winning cast and crew in bringing this production to the Alden stage. Based on a true story, “Calendar Girls” was adapted from the �ilm of the same name and has

become one of the most popular plays in British theater history. Through Oct. 3. The Alden (1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean). $18 – $20. 8 p.m. mcleanplayers.org.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

“Chimerica.” This epic play tracks two decades of US-China relations alongside lives forever changed by the crosswinds of politics and history. In 1989, Joe, a young American journalist, photographs a protester facing down four tanks in Tiananmen Square. In 2012, with election season bringing US-China relations into the spotlight, Joe decides to seek out the subject of his most famous image – just as an old friend from China reaches out with an agenda of his own. Through Oct. 18. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $49 – $65. 7:30 p.m. studiotheatre.org.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 M�� M�D��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. L�� B��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-5329283. R�� DIIV. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 7 p.m. 202265-0930. F�� T�� N�� C��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10 in advance; $12 day of the show. 7:30 p.m. 202667-7960. D�� M��’� T�� J��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $55. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500. C�� L��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. O�� P��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 M�� M�� L�� B�� P��: R�� H�� F�� H�� L�� L�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 6:30 p.m. 703255-1566. B�� K�� T�� M�� F�� J��’ J��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. V�� R�� + G��. 9:30

(815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $18. 8 p.m. 202-265-0930. A�� C�� B�� D�� C�� B��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. S�� L�� F�� C��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 in advance; $20 day of the show. 9 p.m. 202667-7960. T�� K�� D�� D��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $15. 9 p.m. 703-5228340. B�� A�� BLUE��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $18 in advance; $15 – $18 day of the show. 9 p.m. 703255-1566. T�� N�� Y�� N�� R��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12 in advance; $15 day of the show. 9 p.m. 202-667-7960. Z��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 S�� C�� S��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $25. 5 p.m. 703-255-1566. M�� H��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. B�� T�� C��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-5497500.

B�� O �� D�� W�� N�� M��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $20. 8:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. P�� T�� B�� N�� C � �� RSB �� T�� M��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 9 p.m. 703-5228340. F�� U��. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. J��/F�� DJ M�� S�� DJ M�� S��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $7. 10 p.m. 202-667-7960.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 M�� C��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-532-9283. S�� D�� K��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20 in advance; $18 – $20 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. O�� S�� R��. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. T�� D�� G�� P�� E��. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $40. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. R�� L�� B�� S��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $15. 7:30 p.m. 703-5228340. L�� G�� T�� G�� B��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $45. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.

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J E D�� F �� M��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646. S�� T�� C�� H�� B�� T�� S��. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 J�� F�� H��-R�� C�� P��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $10. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. T�� C�� L�� S��. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646. B�� B��. Iota Club and Café (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 J�� C�� T�� G��, K�� L�� H�� D�� L��. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $20 in advance; $17 – $20 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 B�� R�� (�� C�� T�� D��). Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18 – $20. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566. J�� M�� C�� G�� T�� (J�� A��). Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 7:30 p.m. 202-667-7960. S�� E�� T�� D�� T�� M��. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $59.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.

P�� A��... Sunday, September 27 – Yard Waste Composting Event. Learn how to compost! Topics include: leaf mulching in your yard, yard waste composting, hands-on

composting demonstration, making compost tea, proper food waste composting, and vermicomposting. All participants will have their names placed in a raﬄe to win a free compost bin. Two lucky participants will win! Cherry Hill Park Picnic Shelter (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 2 – 4 p.m. fallschurchva. gov/520/Composting-Workshops.

Saturday, October 3 – Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event. Properly dispose of used or leftover contents of consumer products that are either toxic, ignitable,

corrosive or reactive. Property Yard (7100 Gordon Road, Falls Church). Free with proof of residency. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/437/Hazardous-Waste.

Saturday, October 10 – Farm Day. This family event features blacksmith demonstrations, horse-drawn hayrides, pumpkin painting, scarecrow making and a

petting zoo. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. fallschurchva.gov/FarmDay.

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B�� N�� N�� Pancake House ‘Dine Out for People’ Benefit Set for Sept. 24 The Original Pancake House is hosting Dine Out for People with Disabilities to benefit The Arc of Northern Virginia on Thursday, September 24 from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.. The restaurant will donate 15 percent of its proceeds throughout the day to the nonprofit organization that supports people and families living with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities. The Original Pancake House is located at 7395 Lee Highway in Falls Church. For more information, visit www.thearcofnova.org.

Sunstone Hires New Graduate Counseling Intern Sunstone Counseling has announced that Amy Bouldin has been hired as a graduate counseling intern from George Mason University. Graduate Counseling Interns are available at Sunstone Counseling to help provide therapy for people who need a reduced rate to access services. Bouldin will work with individuals, couples, families, and groups to help with a variety of issues including coping with loved ones’ medical diagnoses/mental health issues, depression and anxiety, sexuality/sexual health issues, relationship difficulties, life transitions, grief and loss, and difficult family dynamics. Sunstone Counseling has offices in Old Town Alexandria and in Falls Church. For more information, visit www. sunstonecounselors.com.

F.C. Fire Department Seeks Donations for Silent Auction

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The Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department is seeking donations from the local business community for its Fire Prevention Week Open House Silent Auction which will be held at Fire Station 6 on Saturday, October 10th, 2015. Annually, the Fire Station Open House draws approximately 1,500 local residents and young families. Fundraising from this event will support important training opportunities and annual physicals for volunteer firefighters and EMTs. For more information about the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department, visit www.fallschurchvfd.org. For more information about donating to the auction, contact Kelly Schomburg, Open House Coordinator at kelly@fallschurchvfd.org.

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Fairfax County Hosting Small Business Conference Oct. 8 Fairfax County is hosting a vendor forum and small business conference on October 8 from 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax. The event, designed for small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses, will include a free reverse trade show, workshops including “How to Sell to Fairfax County,” networking, and information on financial management and marketing and more. For more information, visit www.fairfaxcounty. gov.

Health Care Cost Planning Seminar at Grevey’s Sept. 30 The Nationwide Retirement Group is hosting a health care cost planning seminar on Wednesday, September 30 from noon – 2 p.m. at Grevey’s Restaurant and Sports Bar. Attendees will learn about how health care costs can impact retirement income, what Medicare covers and what out of pocket costs to expect, what planning options are available, and how to get a personalized estimate of retirement health care costs. Reserve a seat by calling 703-544-2264. Grevey’s is located at 8130 Arlington Boulevard in Falls Church.

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School News & Notes

(L TO R) MIKE WINTERS SR., Rohini Winters, Mike Winters Jr., Major General (Select) Tim Fay, Director of Strategic Plans, HQ USAF, Kevin Lewis, President AFA D.W. Steele Chapter as Winters, Jr. receives the Air Force Association D.W. Steele Chapter Open Scholarship on July 14. (Photo: Courtesy of Mike Winters, Sr.) semifinalists. For more information, visit nationalmerit.org.

2 F.C. Schools Participate in Marching Band Competition

AN ARLINGTON COUNTY FIRE TRUCK (shown above) was called to Mt. Daniel Elementary School on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the first day of school, for what turned out to be a false alarm. The fire fighters reset the faulty smoke sensor and were back on the road within ten minutes. (Courtesy Photo)

F.C. Students Earn Academic Honors Across the Nation Several students from Falls Church earned academic honors from colleges, universities and other academic institutions across the nation during the spring 2015 semester. Alissa Forbes, a senior music major at James Madison University, made the president’s list at the university. Sinan Batu Kokuuslu, Jeremy S. Leopold, a journalism major, Taehoon Lim, a pharmacy major, Camila Adriana Simons, an engineering major, and Yael K. Urbach, a theater major, made the dean’s list at Northeastern

University, where students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of a possible 4.0 and carry no single grade lower than a C- during the course of their college career. Nancy Clare Ritter graduated magna cum laude from Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Eric D. Wendel graduated from Texas A&M University with a Master of Science degree in mathematics. Noah Thirkill, a ninth grader at Randolph-Macon Academy Middle School, was named to the school’s principal list for the academic year 2014-2015 fourth

A FALLS CHURCH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS student chows down one of the menu items provided by Revolution Foods on Monday, Sept. 14: a hot dog in whole wheat bun, sweet potato cubes and an apple. (Photo: Courtesy of FCCPS Photo/John Wesley Brett)

quarter at the school, where students must earn between a 3.5 and 3.99 grade point average to be named to the list. He also received the Most Improved Award for world history. He also received the Most Improved Award for algebra I, the Presidential Education Award (which is awarded for earning a 3.5 or above GPA each grading period of this year) and the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Dorm Student.

Winters is Final ‘15 GM Grad Named National Merit Scholar Mike Winters, Jr., a 2015 graduate of George Mason High School, was named a National Merit Scholar in July. He’s currently attending Boston University as a freshman. He also received the Air Force Association D.W. Steele Chapter Open Scholarship over the summer. The three other National Merit Scholars to come out of the 2015 Mason graduating class are Jonathan Gilmour, Mary Keenan and Arijeet Sensharma. The National Merit Scholarship semifinalists from Falls Church have also been announced. Douglas Bossart and Carrinton Mauney of Mason, John H. Balch and Emma Fan of George C. Marshall High School and Sandra Kendall of Falls Church High School are the

Two Falls Church high schools, Falls Church and J.E.B. Stuart High School, are among the 13 award-winning high school marching bands located in Northern Virginia competing in the 30th Annual Oakton Classic on Saturday, Sept. 26. Student musicians and color guards will perform on the football field of Oakton High School, located at 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, during the competition. The competition, which includes other schools like Annandale High School, Thomas A. Edison High School and West Potomac High School, will begin at 10 a.m. and run through the evening. Admission to the competition costs $5 for children between the ages five and 12 and seniors and $7 for people over age 12. Children under age five are admitted for free. Programs for the competition will cost $5. Parking for the competition at Oakton High School is limited, but there will be parking on Sutton Road and in the Vienna Metro parking lot. For more information, email oaktonclassic@oaktonbands.com.

Middle Years Programme Begins at F.C. Schools This year George Mason High School and Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will begin implementing the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme as candidate schools, according to an email from the Falls Church City Public Schools system. The Middle Years Programme is designed for students in grades 6 – 10, providing a framework of learning that encourages stu-

dents to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. It will build upon the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. Also, it will aim to prepare students to meet the academic challenges of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 11th and 12th grades.

Food ‘Revolution’ Begins at Thackrey and Mt. Daniel On Monday, Sept. 14, students at Jessie Thackrey Preschool and Mount Daniel Elementary School got their first taste of Revolution Foods’ breakfast and lunch meals. The Oakland-based food company will be providing food service at the schools for the 2015 – 2016 school year. The company won the bid by being able to meet Falls Church City Public Schools’ strict food service requirements; a minimum of 85 percent of the meals made from scratch, no precooked meats, and a minimum of five years cooking for schools. For more information, visit revolutionfoods.com/about.

Jefferson ES Holds Annual Instrument Petting Zoo Thomas Jefferson Elementary School’s annual Instrument Petting Zoo was held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the school’s gym. Students can try trumpets, saxophones, euphoniums, oboes, trombones, clarinets and more with help from George Mason High School’s band members. Also, Flippin’ Pizza held a fundraiser for the Falls Church City Band Boosters on Wednesday night 4 – 8 p.m., where a percentage of every purchase made went to benefit the Band Boosters organization.

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Mason Field Hockey Teams Off to a Strong Start by Jeffrey Wojtala

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The 2015-16 field hockey season has begun for George Mason High School. The varsity team currently sits at a record of 4-1 for the season, its latest win coming in a 5-0 defeat of Flint Hill on Thursday, Sept. 10, while the junior varsity team is at 4-0. Heat was a contributor in the varsity’s first loss of the season to Foxcroft. The Mustang defensive squad led by Caroline Stricker, Manon Diz and Maeve Donnelly played an outstanding game holding the powerful Foxcroft team to three goals. The varsity girls came out ready to play the next night against a strong Kettle Run team, and when the horn sounded, they had posted their first win of the season 3-0. The Mustangs followed up by traveling to Virginia Beach to face the Hampton Crabbers and Bayside Marlins in a mid-day double header. The spectacular day started hot, both in temperature and play, when the Lady Mustangs took on the Crabbers. Playing away from home on a grass field for the second time this season, the Mustangs started slow but quickly found their footing and posted a 3-1 against the Hampton squad.

The Mustangs took a short break then returned to the field to face the hometown Marlins. This time the varsity were firing on all cylinders both in offense and defense, and with the Killers song “Human” in their heads, cruised to a resounding 5-0 win. The entire team played as a strong unit implementing Coach Amanda Crider’s game plan with a variety of players contributing with goals and strong defensive play. Caroline Duffett and Hannah Hiscott were outstanding in goal for both games. The latest victories for the junior varsity came in defeats of Woodrow Wilson High School and Flint Hill. The Lady Mustangs beat the Wilson Tigers 1-0 and defeated Flint Hill 3-0. The junior varsity team posted their first win of the season against rival Foxcroft 3-0, and then turned around the next night with a resounding defeat of Kettle Run 5-0. Goal scorers in the Kettle Run game were led by Celine Diz with three, the junior varsity defense also played well in the victories. Both the varsity and junior varsity field hockey teams played Patriot High School on Wednesday night, but results of the matches were not available at press time.

MASON SOPHOMORE MIDFIELDER Meredith Johnson chases down a ball during the Mustangs’ Sept. 2 defeat of Kettle Run High School. As of press time, the Mustangs varsity squad is 4-1 on the season, while the junior varsity team has a 4-0 record. (Photo: Carol Sly)

Mustang Football Loses, 40-22, to Sidwell Friends by Kate Karstens

Falls Church News-Press

In a 40-22 loss to Sidwell Friends varsity football on Sept. 11, the George Mason Mustangs were left scrambling on the field, unable to use the momentum from last week’s blowout against the Rappahannock County Panthers. The game could have been much worse, but the Mustangs managed to come back in the final plays of the game. In the second half, Mason ended up outscoring Sidwell, 22-7. However, Sidwell triumphed over Mason due to defensive errors and an inability to tackle well. The first Sidwell possession of the game resulted a quick 6-0 lead over the Mustangs, with junior wide receiver Dylan Greynolds catching a short pass and weaving through three Mason defensive backs. Sidwell had no trouble moving the ball in the first quarter, with their quarterback, senior Ted Hefter, running the ball three times in one offensive possession, gaining a first down each time.

Their drive concluded with Hefter throwing out to Greynolds, who eluded three Mustangs for the second touchdown of the game. Hefter looked to Greynolds once more for the two point conversion to give Sidwell a 14 point lead over Mason. “When they jumped out to an early lead I felt like we lost a lot of confidence and as a result we didn’t play the way we’re capable of,” said junior captain, Dustin Green. Sidwell’s return of Mason’s punt towards the start of the second quarter resulted in Sidwell’s positioning 20 yards from the goal line. Hefter’s run left Sidwell at first and goal, and senior running back, Terrance Horne ran it in to seal Mason’s fate. Sidwell’s offensive line gave Hefter the extra seconds needed to make smart plays, like the 20 yard pass he made while on the move to sophomore running back, Mark Chichester. Hefter sent another bullet to Greynolds down the center of the field to put Sidwell in position to score. When Mason left Horne without a defense, he

caught a short pass and took it to the endzone. “We need to work on tackling,” said linemen coach, Ryan Larcamp. “We really struggled with that and we’ll be focusing on that this week. We had worked on it in practice and covered their plays but it didn’t come through in the game.” Mason’s offensive effort resulted in yet another punt to Sidwell. However, Mustang defense began to scramble Sidwell, whose drive included an incomplete pass, an unsuccessful run, and a handoff that resulted in a fumble recovered by Sidwell. Finally, a ball thrown deep by Hefter gave Sidwell the yards needed to go for the last touchdown of the half, a ball run in by Horne, leaving Mason down 0-33 at the end of the first half. At the start of the second half, Mason began to come alive. When Sidwell took possession again, senior defensive back Matthew Mineo, blocked a ball thrown deep that could have resulted in a crippling touchdown by Sidwell. In the next play, Mineo caught

an interception in the endzone, turning the ball over to Mason with some momentum, however it was no match to Sidwell’s persistent defense. Sidwell’s re-possession wasted no time in simply gaining yards, going straight for the touchdown on the first play. A handoff to Horne game him the opportunity to complete a 60 yard run and score but senior defensive back, Justin Thomas, dove at the last second and prevented Horne from making it to the line. Yet, Horne was persistent and ran it to the line in Sidwell’s final play, pushing the score to 40-0, after a successful kick by sophomore Billy Hefter. In one of Mason’s successful offensive drives of the game, junior running back, Dustin Green, was responsible for many of the yards gained, almost 40. Often, it took at least four Sidwell defenders to take him down. At last, Mason took their chance at the goal line and sent fullback Finn Rou into the endzone, putting the Mustangs on the board for the first time in the

entire game. Dustin Green finished Mason’s push with a two point conversion. When Sidwell was sacked and unable to gain yards, Mason took the opportunity and at the turnover, handed the ball to Sulc to bring the game to 40-14. However, Mason was unable to make the two point conversion when Creed’s pass to Green was incomplete. In the last minutes of the game, Mason once again gained possession and sent Sulc barreling down the field. Sulc brought the Mustangs to first and goal where Green ran the ball for Mason’s final touchdown, which was followed by a two point conversion with a run by Sulc. “It was a disappointing loss, but I think we had a good second half. We made some big stops on defense, our offense came to life a little more, and together we were able to outscore Sidwell in the 3rd and 4th quarters,” said Mineo. The Mustangs, now 1-1 on the season, will take on the Luray County Bulldogs (2-0) at home on Friday, Sept. 18.

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Brad Roberts, lead singer and guitarist for Crash Test Dummies, is returning to the road for his first tour since Ellen Reid retired from the group in 2010. His tour, which opens on Sept. 20 in Londonberry, NH, is coming to Vienna’s Jammin’ Java on Sept. 23. He’ll be accompanied by either Stuart Cameron or Murray Pulver on the tour, depending on the location of the show. “It’s a duo show, and by that I mean it’s myself and a guitarist, and we’ll be playing a lot of old material as well some of the newer material,” Roberts said. “But we’ll place some emphasis on the God Shuffled His Feet record and actually reinterpret some of those songs acoustically for the first time. So that should be fun.” Roberts said that the song “When I Go Out With Artists,” from God Shuffled His Feet, which contains the group’s hit “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm,” has been the most challenging to reinterpret for an acoustic set. “Well it’s a real rocker on the record and we’re doing it acoustically, so making it happen is a little bit tricky,” Roberts said. “But it works. We’ve got it to work.” His return to touring, he said, is partially influenced by restlessness. And he said, he “could use the money.” “I haven’t been able to make money touring very easily,” Roberts said. “So this time I’m actually doing it a different way. I’m the tour manager, so I book all the transportation, I book all the accommodations, I have posters made and sent out to the gigs, I write up the itinerary – I’m doing everything myself. The only other person I’m working with is a book agent, who gets me the shows….That way I’m actually going to take home some money, so that’ll be a nice thing.

BRAD ROBERTS (P��: A�� G��) “I certainly made money all those years ago in 1993 when we were at the top of the charts, that was one thing, but it’s like 25 years later, so times have changed and this new format I think is going to work for me.” Roberts said that he’s enjoyed taking care of all the responsibilities he has for his upcoming tour, because it keeps him busy. “I’m a pretty self-directed person,” he said. “I don’t have a particular schedule that I have to follow so having stuff on there that is cut and dry is a nice change for me.” One thing that’s kept Roberts busy in the five years since he stopped touring is yoga, which he began doing to heal a herniated disc. The injury was another reason, along with Reid’s retirement from the group, why he

stopped touring in 2010. “[Yoga] has helped enormously. I had to be really gentle with it when I first started. I had good teachers,” Roberts said. “And now I even teach yoga. I actually got certified to teach.” He’s been teaching yoga for the past year and he said he loves sharing the practice with others. He said that his yoga practice includes poses, breathing exercises and mantras, which helps him with his singing. “That keeps my voice working, so [performing and yoga] end up being tied quite closely together,” Roberts said. “I sound a lot better when I chant regularly.” • For more information about Brad Roberts, visit crashtestdummies.com.

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3 months - $150 6 months - $270 1 year - $450

HOME IMPROVEMENT

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

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

REAL ESTATE

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

MASSAGE

Dr Gordon Theisz, Family Medicine. . 533-7555

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

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PHARMACY

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PET SERVICES

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

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OPTOMETRIST

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

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

INSURANCE

MUSIC

TAILOR

Tailor Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-8886

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105 S Cherry St | Falls Church City

2300 Grove Avenue | Falls Church New Construction ~ McLean Schools!

Incredible 6 BD/6.5 BA Southern Colonial. Approx 7,000 sq ft, 4 finished levels,13,000+sq ft lot. Mins to Metro. Offered at $1,475,000

Steps to Metro — Spectacular 6 BD/5.5 BA, exquisite design and finishes. Huge Lot! Offered at $1,399,000

For Sale

For Sale 158 Rees Place | Falls Church City

Beautifully enlarged & updated Colonial walking distance to award winning Thomas Jefferson Elementary School! Stunning kitchen with stainless appliances including Wolf gas cooktop, & maple cabinets, Sunny FR room walks out to deck overlooking lovely yard. Lower level has in-law (or Princess) suite with private entrance & patio. Large MBR with bath. Priced at $889,000.

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Gorgeous 3 BD/3.5 BA town home overlooking Tripps Run. Stunning interior and updates. Walk to downtown FCC. Offered at $879,000

710 Villa Ridge Rd | Falls Church City

Absolutely beautiful 4 BD/3.5 BA colonial in desirable Broadmont.Beautiful private yard with stone patio and screened porch. Walk to Metro. $1,175,000

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