September 29 - October 5, 2016
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Fou n d ed 1991 • Vol. X X V I No. 32
Falls Church • Tysons Corner • Merrifield • McLean • North Arlington • Bailey’s Crossroads
Inside This Week After 41 Years, Dr. Rogers Retires
In 1975, Dr. Steve Rogers arrived in Falls Church to begin working as a veterinarian at the Falls Church Animal Hospital. After 41 years, Rogers retired yesterday. See page 11
City of F.C. ‘Visioning’ Meeting Saturday
A second community meeting to encourage the public to weigh in on “visioning” about their desired future for the City of Falls Church will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, at 9 a.m. at the Columbia Baptist Church, N. Washington at W. Columbia Street.
Kaine Returns to N.Va. to Welcome Endorsement By Sen. John Warner Little Survivors
VP Candidate Hails GOP Lawmaker’s Clinton-Kaine Nod
by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
While some citizens are leery that prices after opening promotions may begin to rise, many residents have been recipients of coupon promotions that offer $10 back for $50 of purchases. The location has been busy most daytime and early evening hours with many recognizable Falls Church residents among its clientele, and is open 24 hours. It
Retired Virginia U.S. Senator John Warner, a Republican, gave a ringing endorsement of the Democratic Clinton-Kaine ticket at an event in Alexandria yesterday morning. He was introduced by current U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine who was making his first public appearance in Northern Virginia since being nominated for vice president in July. The event, attended by a couple dozen decorated military veterans, was built around the John Warner endorsement. The veteran lawmaker, who served 30 years in the U.S. Senate, most as chair or ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and was also the Secretary of the Navy, was sharp in his support for Clinton and also in his criticism of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, though mentioning Trump by name only once at the very end of his comments. While calling Clinton “firm, fair and respectful” in Monday’s televised debate, the 89-year-old Northern Virginia resident said that “that last quality is totally lacking on the other side.” He assailed Trump’s “audacity to degrade the Purple Heart and the military,” which he said is “the strongest in the world and not in shambles.” The Pentagon, he said, “Is just as vibrant as when I was there.” In a final comment, he said that when he was in boot camp as an 18-yearold in 1945, with World War II still going on, there was a sign posted
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David Brooks: The Age of Reaction
If you studied history in school you probably plowed through book after book about this revolution or that one. See page 14
Press Pass with Andrew Leahey & the Homestead
Andrew Leahey and the Homestead are slated to perform 120 gigs in 2016 but of all the shows, the group’s namesake and front man is looking forward to the ones in Virginia and D.C., especially. See page 25
TWO FALLS CHURCH CHILDREN joined Falls Church Mayor David Tarter on the City Council dais Monday night as he proclaimed September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the City. Mia Grace Baroukh and Jimmy Alverson were joined by Alverson’s sister Rebecca. (Photo: Gary Mester)
Report: Tax Revenues From Harris-Teeter Will Be Huge by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
Index Editorial..................6 Letters................6, 8 News & Notes.12-13 Comment......... 14-17 Sports..................18 Calendar.........20-21
Business News....22 Food & Dining......23 Classified Ads .....28 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........29 Critter Corner.......30
On the verge of the completion of the first three-month quarter of the City of Falls Church’s new fiscal year, the News-Press has learned that sales and meals tax revenues coming from the new Harris-Teeter supermarket smack in the center of the City are eye popping. The official numbers could be
available to the City Council as early as next week. Since its opening on July 27, the 85,000-square foot mega-store has been operating on all cylinders with a wide range of offerings from prepared hot food bars to organic veggies, a huge offering of wines and beers, a wine bar, a satellite Starbucks with second-level outside seating that looks over downtown, and lots of traditional grocery and related items.