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Mayor Tarter Expected to Win 4th Term in F.C. Council Vote Monday Busy January Lies Ahead for City Officials
by Nicholas F. Benton
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The launch of the new decade commences for the City of Falls Church government on Monday, Jan. 6, when the City Council will convene to elect a new mayor and vice mayor in the Council chambers of the new City Hall. Incumbent Mayor David Tarter is expected to be returned for a fourth two-year term following his re-election to the Council in November, even though the top vote getter in that election was second-term Council member Letty Hardi. If elected as expected on Monday night, Tarter will have tied the all-time Falls Church record for election by his Council colleagues as mayor, matching the four-term service of Carol DeLong in the 1980s. DeLong, who along with her husband Chet, remains active in local politics and is the mother-in-law of current Council member Phil Duncan. Given how well the current City Council has been function-
ing together in the last period (all three incumbents ran for reelection in November and all three won), there is also no reason to believe that anyone on the Council is in the mood to change up their choice for vice mayor, either, meaning Marybeth Connelly will likely be given another two years in that role. January will shift into high gear shortly after the Monday meeting whose agenda is limited to electing the mayor and vice mayor, and a work session on proposed changes to the natural resources chapter of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. City Manager Wyatt Shields is expected to provide the Council with an update on a proposed
DAVID TARTER is expected to be reelected mayor of the City of Falls Church next Monday. (Courtesy Photo)
Fiscal Year 2020 City operations budget amendment to address the rising estimated costs for the renovation and expansion of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library. It is expected that by midmonth, a “guaranteed maximum price” (GMP) for the effort will be forthcoming from the chosen architectural-engineering firm of BKV Group, Inc. and then at its Jan. 27 meeting, the Council will entertain a budget amendment to either meet, or not, the GMP. With some budget surpluses derived from better-than-expected performances in the FY19 operating budget and a delayed debt service payment on the $125 million new high school bond, the pro-library advocates will be urging the Council to approve the GMP so the project, approved by voters in a bond referendum in 2017, can begin. Plans are already made for a temporary relocation of the library to the now-vacated classroom trailers at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School site on S. Oak. Also this month, the Council is expecting receipt of the detailed site plan for the 10.3 acre West End Development Project with its seven buildings and wide promenade through the middle of the site. The Council was given an advance look by developers EYA,
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STATE DEL. MARCUS SIMON (left) discussed the upcoming Richmond legislative session with Falls Church’s venerable Dick McCall (right) and others at Ireland’s Four Provinces Monday. McCall, former president of the Citizens for a Better City, was once chief of staff for the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development. (Photo: News-Press)
A Richmond Session Like No Other to Convene Next Week by Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church News-Press
A legislative session like none other in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia will commence next week in Richmond. Already, Democrats submitted more than 260 bills for consideration in the upcoming session, with many more expected before the swearings in and gavels for the new session next Wednesday. With the results from November’s statewide legislative
elections bringing clear majorities to the Democrats in both the House of Delegates and State Senate in Richmond, combined with their command of the governor’s office, a veritable plethora of progressive legislation is expected to pass over the next two months and be signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam. It’s been 20 years since the Democrats have had this kind of control in Richmond, but more realistically, those with the kind of progressive values of the cur-
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Inside This Week Fairfax Schools to Allow Time Off for Protests
Mason Boys Win 1, Lose 2 In Holiday Tourney
See News Briefs, page 9
See Sports, page 17
Starting Jan. 27, Fairfax County Public Schools will permit students in seventh through 12th grades one excused absence each school year for loosely defined “civic engagement activities,” a spokesperson announced this week.
The high of a victory was sandwiched in between two losses for George Mason High School’s boys basketball team during last week’s Joe Cascio Holiday Classic.
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rent majorities have never come close to running the show in Richmond before. Earlier Democratic majorities were dominated by the so-called “Blue Dog Democrats,” most of whom were far more conservative than today’s newly elected Democratic legislators. The current Democratic majority that will be sworn in next Wednesday will include the 25 new delegates who prevailed in previously Republican districts, 15 elected in 2107 and 10 more in 2019, giving them a 55-45 majority in the House. In the Senate, the Democrats came away with a 21-19 majority as a result of November’s election, after trailing by a single vote, 20-19 (including a vacancy), before then. Before heading to Richmond next week, enthusiastic Democrats are holding a spate of public events to rally their supporters and give them a sense of what may be accomplished in the 60-day session commencing Jan. 8.
That includes Falls Church’s Delegate Marcus Simon, who will be holding such a session today (Thursday) at the NVAR Northern Virginia Headquarters, 8407 Pennell St., near the intersection of Rt. 50 and Gallows Road, at 11:30 a.m. On Sunday morning at 11 a.m, officials from throughout Fairfax County will assemble at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna for the region’s biggest pre-legislative session event. Falls Church’s two representatives, Simon and State Sen. Dick Saslaw, will be present and speak. Democrats are expected to focus their energies on legislation to make voting easier (including same day registration and voting), gun control, criminal justice reform (including four bills by Simon alone), marijuana decriminalization, energy and environmental reforms, women’s health, fair redistricting, student loan reforms, campaign finance reforms, the redressing of racial disparities and raising the minimum wage. They are also seeing opportu-
nities in the budget recommendations by Gov. Northam introduced last month that include increasing the gas tax to pay for transportation infrastructure and the elimination of the annual vehicle inspection requirements. The annual vehicle inspection and fee requirements are considered regressive because the same amount of the fee is charged to individuals regardless of their income, thereby unfairly impacting poorer persons. There is also no evidence in 20 states where the removal of the annual inspections have already occurred that vehicle safety has suffered as a result. Del. Simon told the NewsPress this week that he hopes the legislature will implement sane gun legislation early in the session to help defuse opposition, which will have to deal with it as a fait accompli as a result. Prohibiting guns in the Capital and its galleries, universal background checks and banning the sales of large magazines are most likely to occur, with the issue of an assault weapons ban presenting
challenges for dealing with existing firearms. This is happening as the Virginia Beach City Council will be holding two special sessions next Monday to consider declaring the city a “Second Amendment Constitutional City” in opposition to any gun control laws that may pass, according to the VirginianPilot newspaper there. On women’s rights issues, foremost will be the date that the legislature decides to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), becoming the deciding two-thirds majority state to ratify the constitutional amendment that emblazons the equality of women into the U.S. Constitution. Simon says he expects a wide bipartisan vote to ratify this long overdue move, which will be accompanied by a lot of deserving ceremony. The only issue will be to determine which date will work best, he said. He said it is most likely an incremental approach to raising the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour at present to $15 by 2025 will be taken.
“A lot of the debates this session will be about the rate of change,” he said, noting that some Republicans who are hoping to run for Congress next year will be taking only symbolic positions to hopefully improve their election chances. The majority will need to pass the same redistricting reform act it did last year to make it law in time for the upcoming U.S. Census that will determine U.S. Congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade. While there are some who are worried the proposed new formula will keep control in the hands of a Republican-appointed State Supreme Court, others like Simon are not so distrusting of the courts and hold that the proposed reform will go a long way to overcoming the kind of gerrymandering of districts that have led to so many unfairly-drawn districts in the past. One of Simon’s four bills submitted last Friday, he said, allows for arrests for underage drinking and marijuana possession to be expunged from court records.
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Hoffman and Regency at the architectural plans for the buildings last month, with the proposed plan presented to use an “warehouse industrial look.” Those plans were met with mixed reviews. It is not yet known whether modifications to those plans will appear by the time the formal submission of the site plan comes to the Council sometime later this month, but in any event, it will not be until August or September before the Council is expected to approve whatever the site plan may look like by then, following extensive reviews by the public, members of City volunteer boards and commissions, and of course, the Council itself. The Council is also anticipating receipt of further details on the proposal by the Insight Group for the development on 2.3 acres on the northeast corner of E.
Broad (Rt. 7) and N. Washington (Rt. 29), which was reactivated this fall after an earlier approval was scotched by the arrest and conviction of developer Todd Hitt on investment fraud charges. Winning another special exception approval from the City Council will have to overcome concerns that the new plan has no office space (the earlier iteration was to have considerable office space filled by Hitt’s own company), additional residential and the utilization of City-owned parking behind existing restaurants Clare and Don’s Beach Shack and Thompson Italian, both of which would be sorely squeezed by the project. The big plus side for the project is a signed lease for 50,000 square feet from Whole Foods, Inc., the grocer who has a track record of bringing a lot of collateral development in its wake because of its reputation for organic and other healthy food
offerings. The Council will spend the day on Saturday, Jan. 25, at its annual “retreat” at a location yet to be determined to mull its bigger picture goals and priorities for the coming year. There it is expected to provide guidance to City Manager Wyatt Shields on priorities it wants to see in the coming budget deliberation process for the Fiscal Year 2021 City operating and capital improvement budgets that would go into effect on July 1. The operating component of that will top $100 million for the first time in the City’s history as revenue growth in the past year has led jurisdictions in the region at above 3 percent. Meanwhile, the Falls Church School Board and Superintendent Peter Noonan will be crafting their own request for an annual transfer of funds from the City that will be folded into the overall budget for the coming year.
Shields’ budget recommendations, taking the School Board request into account, will come to the Council in mid-March, with a vote on the final version of the budget due in late April. Shields told the News-Press in an interview Monday that City Hall will also be taking a keen interest in the upcoming legislative session in Richmond, because the new majority there (the Democrats won control of both houses and have the governor’s mansion, as well) will mean that a lot of the City’s legislative priorities will stand a better chance of passage. Assistant City Manager Cindy Mester is in charge of handling
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the City’s interests there, and Shields said he expects there will be a number of trips to Richmond by City staff and its elected officials. Finally, new leadership on the neighboring Fairfax County Board of Supervisors — specifically, the election in November of Dalia Palchick to replace the retiring Linda Smyth in the Providence District adjacent the City — has already been explored to divine new opportunities for collaboration. The City already has good long-term relations with neighboring Fairfax Supervisors Penny Gross in the Mason District and John Foust in the Dranesville District.
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Welcome to the New Roaring ’20s
Welcome to the Roaring ’20s! Or is it the Soaring ’20s? Or the Deploring 20s? Time will tell. (There is an enormous truth in those three simple words). When the Roaring ’20s of the last century unfolded, the world had been through the most horrible deconstruction of civilization in human history, what we now call World War I. It was mainly a European war, but over 400,000 U.S. troops saw action and over 100,000 Americans died in combat, all in just the last year of the hostilities. Then the great Spanish flu epidemic set in immediately, triggered by the horrid conditions of the war, with over 20 million casualties. A second “world war” became an inevitability, too, even deadlier than the first, necessary to halt civilization’s descent into a true new dark age. Today’s launch of the 21st century Roaring ’20s seems tame by comparison. In the ’20s of the last century, the impacted nations went almost clinically mad, as effects of “post traumatic stress,” called “shell shock” then, were everywhere. Political, cultural and literary leaders were desperate to craft something that would be a balm and prevent a repeat of the horrid events of the previous decade. Berlin became the avant garde for new morals, new ideas, new notions of humanity felt needed so badly to prevent another bloodbath. But it did not work. The millions of deaths of educated young men in the war, and millions more from the flu epidemic, did not appease the sinister forces that had triggered the war, who felt that war was a necessary remedy to maintain their power. These were three cousins, heirs of British Queen Victoria, who ruled England, Germany and Russia: Three who grew up attending royal picnics and holidays together, who were collectively terrified of the rising power of organized labor and revolutions aimed at ousting them from power. The first such revolution was the American revolution of 1776, and then for the next century more uprisings unfolded against autocratic tyranny on behalf of economic justice and improved working conditions. Who knew that in their desperation, the elites would resort to an unfathomable horror of a world war to perpetuate their rule? It didn’t work in Russia, where cousin Czar Nicholas was toppled. As the war didn’t end the unrest in Europe, elites saw to the rise of fascists that ruled with an iron hand and introduced, as in the case of Hitler’s Germany, a genocide against six million, the Jewish Holocaust. England, America and resistance forces in France, Scandinavia and elsewhere eventually prevailed against this unbelievable carnage, and with the leadership of FDR, Churchill and others forged a peace that has held since, generally, against the relentless efforts of elites to rekindle their horrors. Institutions like the United Nations and NATO made peace possible to now. OK, Roaring ’20s Redux, bring it on! How will we fare this time? Time will tell.
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Amendment Should Create Fairer Districts
Editor, Having worked on redistricting for 15 years, I was distressed to read Del. Mark Levine’s critique of the Constitutional amendment that the General Assembly will reconsider this session (“Guardrails Can’t Prevent Amendment’s Gerrymander,” Dec. 26, 2019). While many advocates supported a bipartisan amendment developed
by OneVirginia2021, I believe that the approved amendment will create districts that are fairer than those created by our current system in which legislators draw the lines. It is ludicrous that Levine characterizes the current amendment as the “Republicans’ constitutional amendment,” when the provisions he opposes
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were part of the amendment sponsored by Democratic Sens. George Barker and Dick Saslaw as an alternative to putting redistricting totally in the hands of citizens. Since both parties wanted legislators to be included, Levine now fears that two Republican members could thwart the process and throw redistricting into the hands of a state court that he cynically views as a tool of the Republicans. But the BarkerSaslaw amendment included this same provision for resolving a deadlock, as did three redistricting bills co-sponsored by
Levine himself. In addition, that approach is the norm in at least three states with redistricting commissions. In all three, proposed maps have never ended up in the state supreme court. Even if they did, Levine incorrectly argues that all of the current justices were chosen when Republicans were in control. His argument also assumes that all justices are political hacks, intent on promoting partisan goals. In 2011, the time was ripe for reform when control of the legislature was split between the par-
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Although today’s public protests against nuclear weapons can’t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration’s nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, and apparently abandoned plans to renew the New START Treaty with Russia. After an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations agreed on a landmark UN Treaty on the Prohibitions of Nuclear Weapons in July 2017, the Trump administration quickly announced that it would never sign the treaty. The only nuclear arms control measure that the Trump administration has pursued — an agreement by North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program — appears to have collapsed, at least in part because the Trump administration badly mishandled the negotiations. Moreover, the Trump administration has not only failed to follow the nuclear arms control and disarmament policies of its Democratic and Republican predecessors, but has plunged into a renewed nuclear arms race with other nations by championing a $1.7 trillion program to refurbish the entire U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Perhaps most alarming, it has again and again pub-
licly threatened to initiate a nuclear war. These policies are quite out of line with U.S. public opinion. Polling Americans in July 2018 about Trump’s withdrawal of the United
“Just how much arms control and disarmament do Americans want?” States from the Iran nuclear agreement, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that 66 percent of respondents preferred remaining within it. In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action. Moreover, when Americans were presented with arguments for and against withdrawal, opposition to withdrawal rose to 66 percent. The Center for International & Security Studies at the University of Maryland also reported overwhelming public support for nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements. Polling Americans in early 2019, the Center found that two-thirds of respondents (including a majority of Republicans) favored remaining within the INF Treaty, while eight out of ten respondents wanted the U.S. government to extend the New START Treaty. Indeed, more than
eight out of ten U.S. respondents backed new nuclear arms control treaties with Russia — findings similar to those of the Chicago Council, which reported that 87 percent of American respondents to a poll in early 2019 wanted the United States and Russia to secure a further nuclear arms limitation agreement. But just how much arms control and disarmament do Americans want? It might come as a shock to the many pundits in the mass media who have never mentioned the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but roughly half the U.S. population supports nuclear abolition along the lines of the treaty. According to a YouGov opinion surveydone in late September 2019, 49 percent of American respondents thought the United States should work with other nations to eliminate all nuclear weapons in the world. Only 32 percent disagreed, while 19 percent said they didn’t know. When it comes to actual use of nuclear weapons, Americans are even clearer in their preferences. A YouGov/Huffington Post poll in August 2016 found that 67 percent of American respondents thought the U.S. government should never initiate a nuclear attack. In mid-2019, Zogby Analytics surveys of American respondents in key primary states also discovered very high levels of opposition to first use of nuclear weapons. Not surprisingly, Donald Trump’s angry, impulsive behavior, coupled with his threats to launch nuclear attacks upon other nations, has left many Americans uneasy. This might
help to explain why 68 percent of Americans surveyed in early 2019 by the Center for International & Security Studies backed congressional legislation requiring that a president, before ordering a nuclear attack upon another nation, consult with congress and secure a congressional declaration of war upon that nation. As the U.S. congress has not passed a declaration of war since 1941, this opinion, too, provides a substantial challenge to current U.S. nuclear policy. There are other indications, as well, that the American public wants a new approach. In July 2019, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, at its 87th annual meeting, unanimously passed a resolution calling on all U.S. presidential candidates “to pledge U.S. global leadership in preventing nuclear war, returning to diplomacy, and negotiating the elimination of nuclear weapons.” Calling for negotiations to replace the INF Treaty and to extend or replace the New START Treaty, the resolution demanded that candidates support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and renounce the option of first use of nuclear weapons. Looked at from the standpoint of most Americans and, indeed, survival in the nuclear age, this departure from the dangerous direction of U.S. nuclear policy makes a lot of sense. Looked at from the standpoint of candidates seeking election to national office, it would also make good politics. Lawrence Wittner, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany.
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Parking Garage Could Help With F.C. Development Editor, Kudos to Ms. Patchett (NewsPress, Dec. 26, Letters to the Editor). You are correct, new is not always better. The traffic impact will be impossible to navigate with traffic issues already at the corner of West and Broad. I suggest a parking garage somewhere between Whole Foods and Harris Teeter because we will be able to walk to and from both stores! Thompson Italian and Clare & Don’s did not bargain for parking to be taken from them, this is devastating. Residents need to think at the polls in November about who they want to run their a City. Barb Molino Falls Church
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NEWS BRIEFS Beyer Spends Week in Iowa Campaigning for Buttigieg U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, is spending a week in snowy Iowa campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, whom Beyer endorsed way back last summer. Beyer is expected to return this Friday to appear at a campaign event for Del. Adam Ebbin in Alexandria on the eve of the convening of the annual general assembly legislative session in Richmond. In an exclusive phone interview with the News-Press Monday, Beyer reported he’s been doing a lot of door knocking, in addition to holding events, and he is finding that “people are either for Pete or like him.” He said the key thing on people’s minds is that “they want so badly to win” over Trump. He said he tells them that “in our lifetime, whenever Democrats have chosen as their nominee a long-time D.C. regular political operative, they’ve lost, and whenever they’ve gone for someone young and exciting, like Kennedy, Carter, Clinton or Obama, they’ve won. On the impeachment of Trump, Beyer said he’s “comfortable we did our job in the House” and that Democrats will be using their leverage in the Senate hoping for a fair trial there, in which case Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts “will do his best to be a responsible and fair judge.”
New Action on Confederate Monuments Expected in Richmond The power to remove Virginia’s controversial Confederate monuments has been denied to localities under the Dillon Rule, which allows the state to limit the powers of local governments. But a new Democratic majority in the state legislature may open the door to Confederate monuments coming down, according to a report this week by the Capital News Service’s McKenzie Lambert and Susan Shibut. Virginia has 110 Confederate monuments, many of which are housed in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, they report. In recent years, residents have been pushing for many monuments and street names to come down. But the power to remove the monuments has been denied to localities under the Dillon Rule, which allows the state to limit the powers of local governments. However, a new Democratic majority in Virginia’s state legislature may open the door to more local government control, and perhaps the removal of the monuments. The Dillon Rule is derived from the 1868 written decision by Judge John Dillon of Iowa. Dillon identified local governments as political subdivisions of the state government. Today, 39 states apply the Dillon Rule to some capacity, 31 apply it to all localities, while eight use the rule for only certain municipalities. The Virginia Supreme Court adopted the Dillon Rule in 1896. The Dillon Rule has prevented localities from passing measures to remove their Confederate monuments. When the General Assembly resumes session in January, a Democratic majority may make it easier for legislators to make a new law stating that local governments have the power to remove Confederate monuments, or a law that bans them outright. John Aughenbaugh, assistant professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, said a new law is a way he could see localities gain the power to make their own decisions about the monuments.
Fairfax’s Richmond Delegation Hearing Saturday The Fairfax County delegation to the General Assembly will hold a public hearing for the upcoming 2020 session Saturday, Jan. 4 at 9 a.m. in the boardroom of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway. All interested in speaking at the hearing should register online or contact the county’s Department of Clerk Services by today at 5 p.m. Only county residents can speak. All speakers will be allocated three minutes.
Fairfax Schools to Allow Time Off for Protests Fairfax County Schools will allow students time off to participate in protests, a novel policy that proponents argue is the only way to handle a wave of student activism roiling the nation, school system spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell said this week. Starting Jan. 27, Fairfax County Public Schools will permit students in seventh through 12th grades one excused absence each school year for loosely defined “civic engagement activities.”
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Community News & Notes ‘Images,’ F.C. Arts’ Newest Exhibit Opens this Weekend Thirty-six area fine art photographers will be featured in the Falls Church Arts gallery’s “Images” show opening Saturday, Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through Feb. 2 at the gallery (700-B W. Broad St., Falls Church). Images from around the world, captured in 43 art works, were selected by curator Mary Welch Higgins, gallery director and curator at Northern Virginia Community College–Alexandria campus. From “The Nutcracker” in Paris to “Mosque Ceiling” in Kyrgyzstan to “Shenandoah Sunrise” in Virginia to “911 Memorial” in New York City, this
is a colorful show of refined photography. The FCA gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission is free.
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Students & Volunteers Wanted at St. Mark’s Catholic
Sun & Moon Taiji One will host a tai chi open house with free trial tai chi class on Monday, Jan. 6 from 8 – 9 p.m. for those who want to start their New Year’s Resolutions for better health and wellness. The event is open to those who want to experience the range of physical-mental health benefits of tai chi. The event will take place at the Falls Church location (Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon
St. Mark’s Catholic Church English as a Second Language (ESL) Ministry is seeking students and volunteers to participate in its upcoming winter 2020 term, from Jan. 14 – Mar. 12. The ministry’s goal is to “Welcome Everyone” and provide a program where adults from all ethnic and religious backgrounds can come and learn English and acclimate better to life in the U.S. Interested students and vol-
THE GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL jazz band had a full schedule appearing all over the City of Falls Church in the period leading up to the holidays last month, led by Mary Jo West (right). In this photo, they were appearing at the annual holiday party of the Falls Church News-Press. (Photo: News-Press)
unteers are asked to come and register on Tuesday, Jan.7 and Thursday, Jan. 9 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. No experience is necessary to volunteer. All classes take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at St. Mark Christian Formation Center (9972 Vale Road, Vienna). For additional information on classes and volunteering for this important St. Mark’s Ministry, call Monica at 703-980-9380, Bob at 703-242-7449, email stmarksesl@ gmail.com or visit the website at stmarkesl.org.
Jackson Middle Gifts Books To Graham Road Students Jackson Middle School staff members recently went on a field trip to Graham Road Elementary
to visit classrooms and handdeliver a gift-wrapped book for each student. After delivering the books, Jackson staff were treated to a thank-you reception organized by Graham Road’s principal, Lauren Badini. Jackson principal Mike Magliola came up with the idea, planning the event to tie in the concepts of gratitude and giving back to the community. He secured funding from Jackson’s partner, Dewberry, to purchase 450 books. All of the students at Jackson worked in small groups to wrap the books, and each book was addressed to a specific student at Graham Road. Graham Road reading teacher Liz Feller-Howard and Graham Road instructional coach Julie Tillman collaborat-
INCOMING COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY for Arlington and Falls Church, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti (right) appeared at the Falls Church City Democratic Committee holiday party at the Clare and Don’s Beach Shack with committee chair Peg Willingham. Dehghani-Tafti assumes her duties on Jan. 1. (Photo: News-Press)
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programs that explore works by women and composers of African descent as well performing works from the standard repertoire. The program for this concert includes works by Haydn, Boulanger and A. Beach. For more information on the trio, visit PolarisPianoTrio. com. Admission to the concert is free, but a donation of $20 is suggested. A wine and cheese reception follows the concert. For more information on this show or upcoming shows in general, visit odeonchambermusicseries.org or email Mariko Hiller at marikohiller@gmail.com.
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MCLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER (MCC), received an award for the 2018 redesign of its website home page at the Learning Resources Network (LERN) 2019 Annual Conference. The conference, held November 19-22 in San Diego, Calif., brought more than 800 delegates from around the world together to exchange ideas and discuss issues of common interest to providers of lifelong learning programs. Highlighting each year’s conference is a formal presentation of awards to individuals, departments and organizations who have demonstrated excellence in the area of lifelong learning. Judged by a jury of its peers, MCC was one of two organizations to receive an award for internet home page design. (P����: C������� M�L��� C�������� C�����) ed with Jenny Betten, a Jackson librarian, to create a list of titles to purchase. Graham Road staff then determined which title would best fit the needs of each student. Magliola hopes to pick a different feeder school for the book giveaway each year. He also hopes that current Graham Road students will eventually become
Jackson Middle students and will participate in this activity on a regular basis.
Polaris Piano Trio Performs At St. Patrick’s The Polaris Piano Trio will be performing at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church (3241 Brush
Dr., Falls Church) on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. Polaris consists of Laura Kobayashi, violin; Kenneth Law, cello and Francesca Hurst, piano. The members of the trio are colleagues who’ve performed with each other for more than 20 years. Polaris has performed both locally and internationally. The Polaris Piano Trio performs innovative
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Twenty-seven Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) teachers have achieved or renewed certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Seventy five percent of National Board Certified teachers work directly with students while others have moved into leadership roles throughout the division. Over the course of the program in FCPS, more than 500 teachers have achieved this certification. Currently, FCPS is ranked first in the state of Virginia with a total of 302 active National Boardcertified teachers, placing Fairfax County in the top 30 school districts nationwide. Local teachers that are newly certified by NBPTS: Laura Chami (Willow Springs Elementary School) and Taryn Roman (Lemon Road Elementary School). The following teachers renewed their board certification for an additional 10 years: Margaret Campbell, (Woodburn Elementary School), Jill Hamlin (Churchill Road Elementary School), Jane Layton (Longfellow Middle School), Andrea Ogden
JANUARY 2 – 8, 2020 | PAGE 11 (Westgate Elementary School) and Alfredo Sanchez Bolivar (Westlawn Elementary School). Initial certification and renewal of National Board certification requires teachers to compile and submit a portfolio documenting their high quality instruction, ability to differentiate, and demonstrating how their practices continue to align with the Five Core Propositions of Accomplished Teaching in their certificate area.
College Athlete Info Session At Falls Church High Falls Church High School is hosting an Alumni College Athlete information session for students on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 3 p.m. in the main gym. Former FCHS students who are currently playing college sports will be visiting FCHS and will share their experiences and answer questions about what it’s like to play sports in college. All Jaguar students are invited to attend.
Kindness Project Spreads Through Marshall Road ES The administration at Marshall Road Elementary School challenged the entire school to participate in a Kindness project-based learning challenge throughout the month of December. The driving question was, “How can you as Roadrunners, be kind and inspire kindness, in your classroom, our school, your family, and our community?” Signs were hung outside every classroom for students to read and touch as they entered. Each class and grade level also challenged themselves to spread kindness. For example, third graders created kindness quilts to hang in businesses throughout Vienna. Teachers continued to model kindness as they participated in a community service project, sharing food, gifts, and joy to those in need.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
New Year’s resolutions often focus on the very personal — lose weight, get more exercise, quit smoking, learn a new skill, get organized. New Year’s resolutions also can be doing something for your community, or “giving back.” That’s precisely what the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) does every day in the Annandale, Lincolnia, and Falls Church-Bailey’s Crossroads areas of Mason District. Founded by volunteers from several member churches in 1967, ACCA operates the ACCA Child Development Center (CDC) on Columbia Pike in Annandale, as well as ACCA’s Human Services’ multiple ministries. The CDC provides high-quality early education and development for children ages three months to five years; child care subsidies are available for families who qualify on the basis of income. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently announced his early childhood education request in the biennial state budget to an enthusiastic crowd at the CDC. ACCA’s Human Services ministries are several, all operated by volunteers, and dependent on the generosity of community members. Family Emergency Assistance (rent, utility bills, prescriptions, e.g.) helps households address true emergencies, usually on a one-time basis, referred by Fairfax County’s Coordinated Services Planning hotline, 703-2220880. The Food Pantry provides hundreds of families with basic nutritional needs, and also donates food for distribution to families at Bailey’s Elementary School and Annandale High School. Watch for the annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign at the Annandale Giant, 7136 Columbia Pike, on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 9:30 a.m. — 4 p.m. Adding $5 or $10 (or more) of non-perishable foods to your grocery shopping can help ACCA replenish food supplies. They make it even easier by pre-packaging foodstuffs for you –
just pick up a pre-made bag, pay for it, and drop it at the bus outside on your way back to your vehicle. It’s fast, easy, and for a very good cause. One of my favorite ACCA activities is the Furniture Ministry. Operated out of a small building on the grounds of Annandale United Methodist Church, the Furniture Ministry delivers donated new or gently-used bedding, tables, chairs, and other household items to help needy neighbors provide a safe and comfortable home for their families. More than 150 volunteers provided almost 2,500 hours of volunteer labor in 2019 for the Furniture Ministry alone. Another annual event is the CROP Hunger Walk, usually held on a cold morning in October at Lake Accotink. Donations raised by the CROP Walk go to Church World Service, which fights hunger around the world. Walkers raised more than $20,000 this year, and a quarter of that was returned to ACCA for its emergency assistance program. Fairfax County may rank high on lists of the wealthiest jurisdictions, but not all enjoy those benefits. That’s why it is so important to support ACCA and its efforts to serve neighbors in need. ACCA was named one of the best small non-profits in the Metro area by the Catalogue for Philanthropy. Its Human Services arm is run entirely by volunteers; in FY 2019, more than 96 percent of expenditures went directly to helping neighbors in need. To find out more about ACCA’s activities, or to volunteer, or donate, visit ACCAcares.org, or email ACCAcares@verizon.net. It’s a great way to start the New Year, and a worthy resolution you actually can keep! 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 Happy New Year! I hope each of you enters 2020 and this new decade with a sense of purpose and optimism. The General Assembly will convene for its annual session on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. This year marks a “long session” — a new budget must be passed to cover the next biennium (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022). Last month, Governor Northam announced his proposed budget for the biennium. The proposal contains significant investments in K-12 education, public higher education, the environment, affordable housing, and equitable health outcomes. While the proposals are a baseline and will undoubtedly undergo analysis, scrutiny, and debate in both the House and the Senate, it is worth calling attention to several important investments. A historic $1.2 billion investment in K-12 education This investment includes a 3 percent raise for teachers, the largest increase in funding for educationally at-risk students in Virginia’s history, funding for additional school counselors at every level, and significant new flexible funds available for local school divisions. These investments will help address two sobering statistics: Virginia lands in the bottom third nationwide for average teacher pay and 40 percent of Virginia’s public K-12 students are economically disadvantaged. Growing a talent pipeline for indemand jobs through Virginia’s Community Colleges The Governor has proposed a $145 million investment to make tuition-free community college available to low and middle-income students who pursue jobs in high-demand fields necessary for Virginia’s continued economic growth. The “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back” (G3), will provide financial support for tuition, fees, and books for eligible students. Virginia has a critical shortage of talent in “middle skill” positions across the Commonwealth and we must provide an accessible and affordable pathway for those willing to put in the effort to study and secure a degree or credential that leads to a job in a high-demand field. Protecting the environment and growing clean energy resources
The environment and clean energy remain a high priority for the Governor with a $733 million investment in a variety of areas including Chesapeake Bay cleanup, clean energy infrastructure, offshore wind energy projects, and land conservation. These investments will help keep the Commonwealth towards meeting important metrics such as a 2025 deadline for bay cleanup and restoration and a 2026 goal of generating 2,500 megawatts of energy from offshore wind. Improving and increasing housing stability in the Commonwealth The Governor’s proposed budget includes $92 million in new funding to help address housing affordability, eviction rates, and supportive housing. The proposal includes funding for small but potentially impactful initiatives such as an Eviction Prevention and Diversion Pilot Program. I applaud these important investments into an issue that disproportionately affects persons of color. A 2015 study showed that 54.7 percent of African-American households were rent-burdened or affected by housing instability compared to 42.7 percent of white households. A recent Boston study found mortality rates for homeless adults to be as much as nine times higher than the general population. The Governor’s proposed budget also deposits $300 million into the Commonwealth’s Reserve Fund, which would grow to $1.9 billion. This would mark the highest reserve fund level in the Commonwealth’s history and is integral to help protect Virginia’s excellent Triple-A bond rating, which enables the Commonwealth to finance projects at a much lower interest rate than many other states. These proposals highlighted above are forward-looking but also structurally-balanced. I will continue to update you on legislation through the General Assembly session. We will be transitioning to the Richmond office over the next week and will be able to be reached at 804-698-7535 or district35@ senate.virginia.gov during session. Senator Saslaw represents the 35th District in the Virginia State Senate. He may be emailed at district35@senate.virginia.gov.
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2020: America At Its Crossroads
Now in the presidential election year 2020, the United States finds itself facing one of the most important crossroads probably since it chose to prosecute the Civil War against renegade pro-slavery states who sought to secede from the Union. It was not a foregone conclusion that President Lincoln would take up arms against the states that defected from the Union to defend of their practice of slavery. In fact, many of the defectors thought that wouldn’t happen. Lincoln earns my vote as the greatest president in the history of the U.S., if not the greatest person, because he acted in a manner not defined by a perceived economic or other expedient FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS self-interest. He acted solely on behalf of the historic role that the United States was playing in the world, as the first Constitutional democracy since Ancient Greece that stood a chance of surviving in a world otherwise full of corruption, deceit and tyranny. He stood for the promise of a bright future not only for Americans but humanity as a whole. The Civil War was excruciatingly painful, tragic and ugly. But it had to be fought for the preservation of the democratic Union, and Lincoln did not waver in his relentless pursuit of the kind of military leadership he needed to succeed, which he finally found in Grant and Sherman. There was no “moral equivalency” then between the North and the South, between the Union and the slave-holding defectors, just as there is none today between those who are holding out for the rule of law and the sociopathic criminal in the White House. Then, as now, the battle is veritably cosmic, veritably between good and evil. The United States has never had a situation like today, with a man in the White House who is such a gross liar, abuser of basic Constitutional principles and agent of a hostile foreign power. There have been bad presidents, but none like the current one who’s dismantling long-foughtfor global security alliances, domestic economic policies and any sense of the nation as a beacon of hope to the downtrodden among its own citizens, its neighbors, and allies around the world. Trump is an evil, angry, crazed and tortured soul completely lacking in empathy and who acts solely on behalf of egregious, lawless selfinterest. Yet today, he calls the core of his electoral support the so-called evangelical movement of allegedly-moral Christians, and it is based on the stunning hypocrisy of some of its high-profile leaders. As a sop to this movement, which Trump completely disrespects in his heartless heart, he’s appointed officials, enacted policies and taken actions against immigrant justice, abortion, women’s rights and LGBTQ equality. He’s done these horrid things solely so these hypocrites will remain loyal no matter how corrupt he otherwise is. Having been impeached in the House, Trump and some equally corrupt fellow Republicans are now poised to rip up the Constitution to achieve their evil ends. But who will stand against this, for the preservation of the Union, in 2020? How about the millions of Americans all across the U.S., led by women, who took to the streets to protest him on the day after his inauguration in January 2017? How about those who flipped the more than 40 House seats from Republican to Democratic in the midterm elections of 2018? Don’t forget that it was this result, driven by voters at the polls all across the U.S., that provided the conditions for the deserved impeachment of the president in 2019. Now, as some cracks in the evangelical and Republican senate leaderships begin to appear, there is no evidence, whatsoever, that the swelling momentum since 2017 against Trump is abating or reversing in the general electorate. On the contrary, as Trump’s base shrinks further, it becomes clearer that it is based on little more than rage, threats and bullying, on one side, and hypocrisy and groundless fears on the other. Such factors over time do not gain strength in the face of a determined resistance, they lose it. Those who predict Trump is gaining strength and win again are liars, fools or both. The resistance shall press on, the nation shall yet survive. Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
The latest on that shared thoroughfare we call Lee Highway includes visible progress on constructing the new bike-path bridge that dramatizes the border between Arlington and Falls Church. Hail, bridge-builders! To mark the end of a year collecting ideas for the road’s “reimagining” by the nonprofit Lee Highway Alliance, its executive director, Ginger Brown, gave an update predicting that phase two — development of land-use and zoning ideas — could be “the most contentious.” There’s fear of gentrification and rising rents for small businesses. But there’s also awareness that solutions that involve rezoning for greater density can ruffle feathers among supporters of the status quo, as they do in our county’s concurrent debate over affordable housing. “Lee Highway is stuck in 1950s strip-mall zoning,” Brown told a Dec. 19 breakfast group at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. That feeling back in 2012 occurred to some residents of the Waverly Hills section drafting their Neighborhood Conservation Plan. The resulting alliance attracted a dozen neighboring groups and held 50 educational forums and a charette, eventually winning county funding. “Arlington was already changing and booming, so we thought it better to have a plan so the community benefits,” Brown said. Lee Highway boosters first had to “join the queue” and wait while
Four Mile Run and Columbia Pike got policymaker attention. But 2019 brought focus to the alliance’s four-phase strategy slated to culminate in drafting a plan in 2021 for adoption perhaps in 2022. To modernize and enforce “a sense of place” along Lee Highway’s diverse, 5.2-mile stretch, the alliance must address core county issues — crowded public schools, the desire for economic vitality, preservation of historical and cultural resources, sustainable energy and expanding transportation options such as a bicycle network that along Lee is currently “not great,” Brown said. “The character of each neighborhood is different,” she added. And as an “auto-oriented corridor,” Lee Highway can’t be planned around Metro like Rosslyn-Ballston or Tyson’s Corner. “We’re not trying to be something we’re not.” The focus is on commercial nodes — such as Lyon Village and Cherrydale — where there’s a chance for greater density in affordable and “missing middle” housing, plus partnerships to help small business continue thriving. The alliance’s working map for Lee Highway as “the place where we do our living” widens the target zone by a quarter mile on either side. Better to evaluate the amenities within walking distance for nearby residents. Goals include assuring proximity to parks and commercially provided child care. Tools will include art and signage for branding each node, which could be “a
little quirky, but charming and cool, too,” Brown said. Lyon Village, which depends on anchor tenant Giant food, is in a “topographically depressed” land area, which means factoring in stormwater disposal. “It’s complicated,” Brown said with a grin in stating the obvious. Developers and small businesses must be profitable, yet there is hope innovation in “affordable retail.” The alliance relies humbly on the past work of others — such as the stalled 2011 plan for adding shops and a new entrance to the East Falls Church Metro. Reimagining in the real world takes more time and controversy than planners hope for. “By-right development is probably not a good thing for us,” Brown acknowledged. “We hope it is not a zero-sum game. We can all benefit from public investment.” *** Another Lee Highway property’s evolution began in the 1950s with Evan’s Coffee Shop on a crowded lot near the crossroads with N. Glebe Rd. The restaurant briefly became Frankenstein’s, then for four decades left its mark as the Alpine (where Washington Redskins gathered). Next, preservationist developer Brian Normile bought it with plans for a new restaurant. Instead, in 2018 he signed a long-term lease with the Children’s School, the daycare provider for Arlington teachers, currently in Ballston. Construction of its permanent home is soon to begin, says broker Chris Smith, on behalf of school director Naseera Moqsood. Completion date: Summer 2021.
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Business News & Notes Sunstone Counseling Adds LCP Sarah Moore has completed her 2,000 hour residency and is now a licensed professional counselor with Falls Church-based Sunstone Counseling. Moore’s practice focuses on challenging transitions, anxiety, and depression, often using cognitive behavioral therapy. She has a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Marymount University and is an active member of the American Counseling Association and Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors. Sunstone Counseling provides counseling services for adults, children and adolescents, couples, families, and provides group counseling, workshops, and retreats. Centers are located in Alexandria, McLean, and in Falls Church’s Independence Square, 124D E. Broad Street. For more information, visit www. sunstonecounselors.com.
Free Private School Entrance Exam Test Though January C2 Education of Falls Church is offering free private school entrance exam diagnostic tests through the month of January. C2 Education provides kindergarten through 12th grade tutoring and test preparation with personalized academic plans to achieve higher test scores and better grades. The Falls Church location is at 1075 W. Broad Street. For more information, stop by or contact the center by calling 571-488-9331 or emailing falls.church@ c2educate.com.
1st F.C. Chamber Networking Breakfast of 2020 Set for Jan. 9 The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce will host its first informal networking breakfast of the 2020 on Thursday, Jan. 9 from 8 – 9 a.m. at the Original Pancake House. Current Chamber members, and those interested in learning more about the Chamber or the Falls Church business community, are welcome to attend. Registration is not required. There is no fee for the event but attendees will be billed directly by the restaurant for their orders. The Original Pancake House is located at 7395 Lee Highway in Falls Church. For more information, visit www.FallsChurchChamber.org.
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The high of a victory was sandwiched in between two losses for George Mason High School’s boys basketball team at the Joe Cascio Holiday Classic last week. That lone win came in a 48-33 drubbing of McLean High School in the second round of the tournament, and was bookended by double-digit losses to host Falls Church High School (64-44) and Herndon High School (6751). In what was a tough tournament for the Mustangs, the team found itself still searching for some consistency as they enter the Northwestern District portion of its season next week. “It was like day and night [to start the tournament]. We probably had our worst performance of the year as a team in terms of our aggression and defensive effort against Falls Church,” Mason head coach Michael Gilroy said after the team’s rough 9:30 p.m. tip-off against Falls Church was followed by a 10:45 a.m. tip against McLean the next day. “But we ended up flipping the script
and coming here and beating a good McLean team. We took them out of their rhythm, which was nice because it was us yesterday.” Trailing 10-8 to start the second quarter, Mason quickly sprinted ahead with the lead and never looked back. Consecutive three pointers gave the Mustangs a 14-10 lead and was built upon by junior guard Jack Calabrese and senior forward Hunter Broxson. Even after sophomore Duncan Miller’s bucket from the beyond the arc put Mason up 21-14 midway through the quarter, but the Highlanders came within one before a 5-0 Mustang run led by Broxson and junior guard Bobby Asel pushed Mason back up by two possessions at the half. Right out of the gate in the third quarter Mason essentially ended the game. Senior forward Daniel Miller converted on a baseline move, Asel spun down low into an opening for another bucket and junior guard Deven Martino took a turnover from the McLean to the rack. Asel’s corner three a few possessions later concluded a 9-0 run that spanned nearly the entire quarter. Early in the fourth,
McLean would pull its starters. “When you make shots, you play better defense. That’s just it,” Gilroy added. “I wish you could play good defense whether you miss it or make it, but when you make shots you get energy and then the chatter starts on defense.” The Mustangs copied the formula Falls Church used against them to take down McLean. Early three’s from the Jaguars put Mason in a funk defensively, which was compounded by poor communication. A small 16-13 deficit after the first quarter grew to a 33-20 lead for the hosts by halftime. Down 49-27 in the fourth allowed Falls Church to coast to a win. Facing off against Herndon, the Mustangs appeared more poised for the challenge. The Hornets took a 17-13 lead into the second quarter and held a slight 35-30 edge by the half following some solid back and forth from both teams. Herndon’s advantage ballooned to 12 points by the start of the fourth as the Mustangs were capably handled by the Hornets. Mason will host Skyline High School to start district play on Jan. 7
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GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL’S wrestling team hosted their annual pre-holiday wrestling tournament on Saturday, and finished 5th out of 9 teams including much larger schools George Marshall, Fairfax, South County and Heritage. Nine of Mason’s 13 entered wrestlers placed in the top four of their weight class. Carlos Shields (top picture) was the Mustangs’ lone champion at 220 pounds, winning all three of his matches, the first two by pin and the championship by decision, 14 to 6. (Photo: Carol Sly)
AT THE OTHER end of the weight ranges, Ed Kennedy at 106 pounds took 2nd place with three wins and one loss. Javier Martinez, 120 pounds, also placed 2nd with three wins and one loss. Farhid Negahban (bottom picture) ended in second for the 132 pound category. For 160 pounds, Nate Jaramillo stood on the podium in 2nd place with teammate Jake Leach in 3rd. Emmett Wood, Spencer Marcus and Matt Larrain had 4th place finishes (Photo: Carol Sly)
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 Leaf Collection (entire city). City of Falls Church crews will make their final rounds to collect leaves from residential areas throughout the City on Jan. 2 and 3. Residents should rake their leaves to the curb, taking caution to avoid raking them into or on top of gutters, sidewalks, and fire hydrants. The collection crews will be working from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. 703-2485160 (TTY 711). Bouncing Babies. Interested attendees can join Tysons-Pimmit library staff for stories, activities, fingerplays and songs to engage infants. For ages birth – 18 months with adult in attendance. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-7908088.
Thursday Evening Book Group. The Thursday Evening Book Discussion Group meets on the first Thursday evening of each month in the library’s conference room. This month’s book is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. Light refreshments are served. All are welcome. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 Chess Club. Interested attendees can learn chess from coach Ashley Xing, a member of the U.S. delegation to the 2018 World Youth Chess Championships. Participants can come to play chess, meet other chess players and learn. Players of all ages and levels are welcome. Boards and sets are provided. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. 703-790-8088.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 Winter Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 9 a.m. – noon. 703248-5034.
MONDAY, JANUARY 6 Winter/Spring 2020 Class Registration Opens for NonCity Residents. Registration for Winter/Spring 2020 classes with the Recreation and Parks Department opens to all non-City of Falls Church residents on Jan. 6. All classes are filled on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Deadlines to register are typically one week prior to the start of the class. View or download a PDF of the Winter/ Spring 2020 class brochure online. There are four ways to register for classes: Online – View a listing of
all classes, availability status and register at fallschurchva.gov/recreation. Full payment is required at the time of registration; Walkin – Register in-person at the Community Center (223 Little Falls St.) Mail-in — A form can be found on page 41 of the brochure; and Phone-in — Registration by phone begins at 10 a.m.. To register, call 703-248-5027 (TTY 711) and have the Activity Code and a credit card ready.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 STEAM Ahead With Little Explorers. Interested attendees can enjoy fun-filled activities that prepare children for school. Register each age appropriate child separately. Parent registration not necessary. Age 3-5 with adult. Space is limited so attendees are asked to arrive early. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library (7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
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“A Chorus Line.” Signature continues its tradition of big musicals in intimate spaces with one of the most iconic musicals ever written. Up close in the audition room, feel every heartbeat and heartbreak as hopeful dancers pour out their dreams, memories, loves, and why they dance in a breathtaking display of the tremendous talent it takes to be in a chorus line. With one of the largest casts in Signature history, “A Chorus Line” is the one singular sensation for the holiday season. Signature Theatre (420 Campbell Ave., Arlington) $40 – $103. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 “Shear Madness.” First seen in Boston in 1980, and opening here at the Kennedy Center in 1987, the show reinvents itself every performance— pulling from the news of the day, and on-goings of the DMV, to improvise timely witticisms and gags. Set today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon, this record-breaking comedy is Washington’s hilarious whodunit. After more than 12,000 performances, the show has stayed in great shape. Kennedy Center (2700 F St. NW Washington, D.C.). $50. 2 p.m. kennedy-center.org.
LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 Ashleigh Cavalier Live and In Concert. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333. Band Battle Prelims Night 1 — 2020 Competition Kick-off performance. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 Band Battle Prelims Night 2. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E,
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Vienna). $10 – $20. 7 p.m. 703255-1566. Last Train Home with Thomm Jutz. The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The Fillmore (8656 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, Maryland). $30. 8 p.m. 301-960-9999. No Scrubs: ‘90s Dance Party with Will Eastman and Ozker. 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW, Washington D.C.) $16. 9 p.m. 202-265-0930. Dan N’ Friends. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333. Emo Night Brooklyn. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW Washington, D.C.). $12 – $15. 10 p.m. 202-588-1889.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 D.C. All Star Funk. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.
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Watersdeep with Pulses, Sunshine Hysteria, Not My Vice and Somniatis. VFW (7118 Shreve Rd, Falls Church). $10. 6:30 p.m. 703-901-6786.
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BENT: Ringing in the Raging ‘20s with DJ L Stackz, Baronhawk Poitier, Lemz Vs Tezrah, Sean Morris, Baby, Majic Dyke, Summer Camp and hosted by Pussy Noir. 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW, Washington D.C.) $20. 10 p.m. 202-265-0930.
Michael Clem Trio of Five, Peyton Totcherman & Greg Howard. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones Live and In Concert. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $15 – $18. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Karaoke. Mark’s Pub (2190 Pimmit Dr., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-356-3822. Boardwalk Karaoke. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-532-9283.
The Sons of Moog. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
K.L.O., Reso, Mickman with Dubamine, Morphics. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW Washington, D.C.). $30 – $40. 10 p.m. 202-588-1889.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 Band Battle Prelims Night 3. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7 p.m. 703255-1566. Charles Ross “One-Man Stranger Things: A Parody.” The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon
Ave, Alexandria). $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Karaoke. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646. Glide: D.C.’s premier new age DJ night. U Street Music Hall (1115 U St. NW Washington, D.C.). 9 p.m. 202-588-1889.
MONDAY, JANUARY 6 Band Battle Prelims Night 4 (final round set to take place in February). Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $25. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. Renee Tannenbaum. Blues Alley Jazz Club (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington D.C.). $22. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. Wolf’s Open Mic Blues Jam. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
Joe Barbee, Sean Tracy Trio. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-5258646.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 The Bachelor Boys Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. The Majestic. The Diva Lounge (6763 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church). 10 p.m. 571-234-2045
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 Michael Hoover presents “Memories of Elvis.” The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria). $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band (Celebrating the Elements of the Universe). Blues Alley Jazz Club (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141
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JANUARY 2 – 8, 2020 | PAGE 21 31. Neighbor of a Pakistani 32. Intelligence community? 33. Coiner of the term “Oedipus complex” 34. Gas-X competitor 35. Means of tracking wildlife 39. Like some night vision 41. King who died in his teens 44. “Just the Two ___” (1981 hit) 46. Speak Persian? 49. Remark from Don Rickles 50. Eva Perón’s maiden name 53. “____ you loud and clear” 54. Online dating site that uses the slogan “Mazel tov for finding love” 55. “Quaking” tree 57. “Ugh!” 58. Courtroom fig. 59. Study, study, study 60. Duchess of Cambridge, to friends 61. Ceiling 62. Hippo campus? 63. Raggedy ____ Last Thursday’s Solution P A I N T
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A C A T L O S H O N T E S R I T E A R I N T S I N O U T H S A L S E R I E L O D Y F I R E D I O S S N
By The Mepham Group
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5. Bad thing to get from your boss 10. One of 14 lands neighboring China 14. Mann's man 15. Ibsen's "____ Gabler" 16. "... ____ can't get up!" 17. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit 18. It's often heard at a ballpark 19. Nutritionist's plan
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20. Louise Brown became the first when she was born on 7/25/1978 23. Worthless stuff 24. Explorer Vasco ____ 28. Anwar Sadat's vice president and successor Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle
33. "Freeze! ____!" NICK KNACK
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. © 2020 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.
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‘City Gets a Downtown’ Is Top Story of ‘99
Fairfax Judge Orders F.C. to Halt Water Fund Transfers
If 1998 was “a very active year” in the City of Falls Church, as the Falls Church News-Press characterized it in a year-end review a year ago, 1999 nonetheless provided a glimpse of what the Falls Church of tomorrow will look like, and it looks very good.
The Falls Church City Hall was hit with a massive jolt at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, as a ruling by a Fairfax Circuit Court judge rolled off the fax machine in the City Manager’s office enjoining the City against using $2.2 million in revenues from its water fund going forward.
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CRIME REPORT Week of Dec. 23 – 29, 2019 Driving Under the Influence, 7100 blk Leesburg Pike, Dec 23, 11:58 PM, following a traffic stop, a female, 57, of Bristow, VA, was arrested for driving under the influence. Defrauding an Innkeeper, 100 blk S Maple Ave, Dec 25, 7:34 PM, following a call for service, a male, 26, of Suitland, VA, was arrested for defrauding an innkeeper. Credit Card Fraud, 100 blk Park Ave, Dec 7, 11:21 AM, an unknown male suspect used credit card information fraudulently. Drunk in Public, 100 blk S
Washington St, Dec 26, 7:57 PM, Following a call for service, a male, 64, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested for drunk in public. Trespass, 100 blk S Washington St, Dec 26, 7:57 PM, Following a call for service, a male, 62, No fixed address, was arrested for Trespassing after being forbidden to do so. Smoking Violation, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Dec 28, 11:02 PM, following police contact, a male, 49, of Woodbridge, VA, was issued a summons for Smoking Violation. Trespass, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Dec 28, 11:07 PM, following police contact, a male, 49, of Falls Church,
VA, was issued a summons for trespassing after being forbidden to do so. Drunk in Public, 500 blk Roosevelt Blvd, Dec 29, 1:06 AM, following a call for service, a male, 18, of Silver Spring, MD, was arrested for drunk in public. Trespass, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Dec 29, 1:25 AM, following police contact, a male, 49, of Falls Church, VA, was arrested for trespassing after being forbidden not to do so. Larceny from Building, 100 blk Chanel Terr, between Dec 28 4 PM and Dec 29 8:15 AM. Unknown suspect(s) took items of value. Larceny from Building, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Dec 28, between 12:30 and 1:30 PM, unknown suspect(s) took a bicycle. Larceny from Building, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd, Dec 29, between 8:27 and 9:21 PM, unknown suspect(s) took items of value.
There’s a time to check whether your kid’s in the right car seat. This isn’t it.
Car crashes are a leading killer of children 1 to 13. Is your child in the right car seat? Don’t think you know. Know you know.
safercar.gov/TheRightSeat
GREG THE FOX, who is much more remarkable than the Fantastic Mr. Fox, isn’t exactly tame, but living amongst humans around Fairview Park has rendered them more gregarious (hence the name) than is common for lupines. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.
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