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WMATA Tears Up Subsidy Restriction Deal, Sets New $ Hit on F.C. & Others 11.8% Funding Hike Slated for City But Cost Could End Up Being Higher
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Nevermind the temps in the single digits, planning time for summer fun is here! Inside, find all the information you need on the Falls Church area’s selection of summer camps and programs. SEE PAGES 13 – 20
C������ P����� N�� G�� C������ O�������� The Falls Church City Council unanimously passed a new ordinance Monday that prohibits the carrying of a loaded rifle or shotgun on City streets, roads and highways. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 9
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With wins over Park View High School and Central High School, George Mason High School’s boys basketball team has stayed hot in 2019. SEE SPORTS, PAGE 22
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is planning to obliterate all pretenses of holding the line on agreed-upon additional subsidies from local jurisdictions, the Falls Church City Council learned at its meeting Monday night. F.C. City Manager Wyatt Shields told the Council that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is proposing to increase the annual subsidy from the City by a whopping 11.8 percent, amounting to a more than $700,000 annual increase, or up roughly two cents on the real estate tax rate (currently at $1.355 per $100 of assessed valuation) for property owners in Falls Church. The demand, which will come if the WMATA board approves its draft budget at its upcoming Feb.
28 month meeting, blows past the three percent annual cap on local jurisdiction subsidy increases that WMATA agreed to just last summer, when the jurisdictions of Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia agreed to pour $500 million into WMATA’s ailing Metro rail system. Even with that cap, the City of Falls Church was prepared to foot the bill for an extra $400,000 this budget cycle, given the need to catch up on $124,000 of some delayed payments from last year, and the City Council was notified of that by Shields last November. Even with that hit, Shields said that if other elements of the City budget fall in line, including the annual transfer to the City schools, the Fiscal Year 2020 budget could require no additional real estate tax rate increase. The latest news from WMATA, however, could wipe out such
FALLS CHURCH CITY Manager Wyatt Shields (right) confers Monday before going into a closed City Council session with members of the Alvarez and Marsal consulting team retained by F.C. to hammer out terms for the development of the West End Economic Development project. The fourth closed session this month pertained to the contract terms with the team of EYA, PN Hoffman and Regency. Shields told the NewsPress an announcement on a positive outcome of these sessions will probably come this Monday. (P����: N���-P����) plans. Shields told the News-Press in comments Wednesday that the projected 11.8 percent increase could be very disruptive to the budget.
The latest round of WMATA’s proposed “operating subsidy allocation” increases, rounding out
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F.C.’s 1st African-American Mayor, Dale Warren Dover, Dies at Age 69 Former City of Falls Church Mayor Dale Warren Dover died Monday, Jan. 14, at the age of 69, in Alexandria, Virginia, succumbing to a battle with cancer. A Falls Church colleague described him as “a scholar, athlete, coach, diplomat, linguist, juris doctor, mayor, youth advocate, father, grandfather and friend, a renaissance man to all who knew him, committed to forging a pioneering life path, with an eye towards disrupting the status quo, demanding excellence
and righting injustice — all while entertaining his audiences great and small.” Dover served as the first African-American mayor of Falls Church from 1990–92, and was on the City Council from 1990–94. The Falls Church City Council honored the memory of Dover with a memorial resolution passed last Monday night. “Dover’s legacy lies in his service to his country and community, and his contributions to the City of Falls Church are
greatly appreciated,” the resolution stated. “The City Council recognizes with great admiration and appreciation the contributions of Dale Warren Dover over the course of his life and career, and offers sincere condolences to his family.” Dover was born Aug. 2, 1949 in New York City to Thomas Alfred Dover of Boston and Virginia Elizabeth Carter Dover of Frostburg, Maryland and was
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to 9.5 percent through the region, has jurisdictions around the region up in arms. Proposed increases for Fairfax County, for example, is 15.5 percent and Maryland’s Montgomery County is 13 percent. Shields said that representatives of the eight impacted jurisdictions are putting their heads together to coordinate opposition. Shields said he didn’t think the proposed increase would wind up being as high as currently projected, but that it still could be devastating. In fact, D.C. is pushing WMATA to restore late night service, cut in 2016, which would cost the system up to $45 million more. In fact, the limit on the late night service is due to expire in June, and the District has said it would use its jurisdictional veto to make sure the late night hours are restored, according to a report last week by Stephen Repetski in his Metro Reasons column on Greater Greater Washington. The D.C. delegation on the WMATA board is heavily weighted in the District’s favor, as its current chairman is D.C. councilman Jack Evans.
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He’s been joined by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser who has also spoken out strongly for restoring the later hours, noting among other things (D.C. nightlife businesses) that the shorter hours hurt options available for lower income late-night workers. The system’s Federal Transit Administrator, however, has weighed in against a restoration of the longer hours. Instead of running to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, the Metro trains now run only until 1 a.m., and on weeknights until 11:30 p.m. (instead of midnight), and to 11 p.m. on Sundays. The shorter hours were deemed necessary to provide ample time for WMATA to play catch-up on years of neglected maintenance. In a Jan. 24 WMATA staff memo, it was noted that failing to find cost savings elsewhere in the system would put pressure on the legal limit to annual subsidy increases by jurisdictions of three percent, notwithstanding that, of course, that limit is already completely blown away. Shields told the News-Press that “it is in the fine print” in the three percent limit agreement where WMATA is finding legal grounds for a wholesale overthrow of such a constraint. Falls Church Council mem-
ber David Snyder, who has historically taken the point for the City in matters related to regional transportation, told the News-Press in a written statement this week, “Unfortunately, the state mandated definition of the three percent operating subsidy limit, we have been informed, contains some conditions that have now become real.” He said, “We have said regionally and privately that while we must live under the state definition, we believe that three percent ought to mean three percent. What is even worse is that there are Metro budget proposals to exceed even the loose state definition of three percent. Those additional budget proposals, regardless of merit, have my complete opposition.” Snyder, Shields and the City staff are working together on a formal letter from the City of Falls Church to WMATA on the matter of the proposed subsidy increase. Shields noted that WMATA’s recent keen interest in collaborating with the City of Falls Church and Virginia Tech for the economic development of its acreage at the West Falls Church Metro station is driven by its need to improve ridership at that station, and as such its impact on WMATA revenues will be much longer term.
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the middle son of five brothers and one sister, Freddy (d.1955). A New York All-City basketball star, he emerged from a housing project in the Bronx to attend Harvard University. He led the Harvard Crimson basketball team to a top 10 national ranking. As a senior, he was recruited to play for both the Boston Celtics and Harlem Globetrotters. Ultimately, he chose to be player-coach for the Portuguese National Basketball Team, where his achievements were so significant that the team installed a bronze statue of his likeness in their museum 43 years later. Dover’s early time abroad sparked a lifelong interest in foreign language and culture, leading him to join the U.S. Department of State in 1974. While holding the post of Vice Consul in Denmark, he was asked to coach the Danish national basketball team, a first for an American national. Following the assignment in Denmark, he was appointed to a consul post in Tel Aviv in the wake of the Camp David Peace Accords. Dover subsequently returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts with
his family (including daughter Lauren and son Noah) to earn a J.D. from Harvard Law School, while also serving as a proctor and teaching freshman writing. In 1984, the family put down roots in Virginia and he began a new career as a corporate attorney. Dover ran for and was elected to the Falls Church City Council and went on to become the City’s first African-American mayor in 1990. He did not seek re-election. Dover’s passion for helping young people eventually became his career when he opened his own law practice in Alexandria over 25 years ago. While his door was open to all, He felt strongly that children needed an advocate in the court system and devoted the balance of his career to doing just that in the city of Alexandria. In the words of one judge, “If you were a child in the court system, there was no better person to have on your side than Dale.” Most recently, he also worked as a labor relations attorney for Alexandria Transit Company. “While Dale’s life achievements were impressive, it was his life philosophy that set him apart. He never stopped learning, striving and exploring — Dover was fluent in Mandarin, Portuguese, French, Danish, Hebrew, Swahili
LO CA L and most recently picked up Arabic. He took every opportunity to return to his beloved Portugal or Harvard to play basketball ‘with the young guys,’ but also periodically chose far flung places throughout the world to visit and expand his horizons. Juxtaposing this sense of adventure was a commitment to his local communities — and he will be deeply missed by his friends at the Alexandria YMCA, Public Library and Bar Association,” a friend wrote. He leaves behind two children, Lauren and Noah; four brothers, Harry, Randolph, Thomas and Paul; and five beloved grandchildren, Maya, Rhys, Cadence, Sienna and Blake. The family would like to thank good friends Leslie Williams and Doug White and brother Paul Dover for their dedication to him during his illness. A celebration of Dale Dover’s extraordinary life will be held on Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. on the basketball court of the YMCA Alexandria, 420 E. Monroe Ave., Alexandria. He visited the Y almost daily for over 25 years and shared his love of it with family, friends and colleagues. In lieu of flowers, family and friends are creating a memorial fund that will focus on the social causes that were most important to him.
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DALE DOVER (left) playing for Futebol Clube de Porto, against Kit Jones playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1972 or 1973. (Photo: Copyright Linda Benedict-Jones)
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We can only presume that harping on this matter as relentlessly as we have in this space over the many years has contributed in some way to what’s unfolding around the West Falls Church Metro station at F.C.’s west end. We’ve taken recourse to the oft-repeated (by us) phrase that the land there represents some of the most valuable real estate on the eastern seaboard. That mantra began almost 30 years ago, in fact. It’s taken long enough, but in the period especially since 2010, the City of Falls Church, and now its neighbors at that end of town, have come around to a concept that could reward us all with one of the most identifiable and attractive landmarks of the entire region. No, it is not the tallest building in all Virginia that we suggested might be a good thought a decade ago. It’s more, shall we say, European, and that is a very delightful concept. We’re talking about what we like to call the “promenade” that would traverse three adjacent real estate sites there to flow from Leesburg Park (Route 7) at roughly the Chestnut Street intersection now in a northeasterly fashion to the entrance to the West Falls Church Metro station. In our romantic and visionary spirit, we’d like to call it Falls Church’s “Avenue des Champs-Elysees,” evoking the grand space that connects the Arc de Triomphe (aka Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) at one end in central Paris with the Place de la Concorde and the Louvre Museum at the other. Among other things, the famous Tour de France bicycle race culminates every August with numerous laps around the space from end to end, welcoming via the miracle of TV the entire world to drink in its incomparable majesty and beauty. It is 1.2 miles in length and 230 feet wide. The Falls Church version will have a 60 foot-wide park commons space in the middle with 20 feet of paved sections on either side to allow easy vehicular travel, one side going one way and other side the other. With plenty of shade trees and park benches in the center, and unbroken ground floor restaurant, outdoor dining and boutique retail spaces against the sidewalks on either side, the overall look of the space could rival any great capital city in Europe. With great schools also flanking it, the best high school in the U.S. and a major expansion of Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia campus, the site will eclipse the quaint Shirlington blocks in Arlington to be the region’s major answer to the urban sprawl that will turn nearby Tysons into a latter-day Manhattan and leave much of the swelling population of the region hungering for something aesthetically and emotionally calming, pleasing and, well, human. The challenge for our leaders, with public help, is to realize this vision to the fullest. It could, and should, be truly extraordinary.
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Editor, In his letter to the editor (Jan. 24, “F.C. City Schools Need Better Nutrition Policy”), Richard Klein complains about teachers using M&Ms to teach fourth-graders math and donuts to teach firstgraders fractions. He argues that this runs counter to the Centers for Disease Control policy on “promoting healthy eating.”
Seriously? In terms of killjoy complaints, Mr. Klein’s beef takes the cake. Do our schools really need guidance from federal nutrition experts on how to teach math? Is there a shred of evidence that using brussels sprouts and tofu as teaching aids works better, from the standpoint of either math or nutrition? Perhaps there’s a bright side here that Mr. Klein ignores;
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after all, some kids’ dislike of fractions may turn into a life-long aversion to donuts. I hope our school board and teachers have better places to look for guidance. And I hate to think what would happen if Mr. Klein ever got his hands on school productions of “The Nutcracker” and its sugar-plum fairies. Sam Kazman Falls Church
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Transforming the Dream Into Reality for Peaceful Tomorrow B� R����� F. D����
The past weeks witnessed two significant and connected events. We remembered and celebrated the visionary champion of civil rights, social and economic justice and nuclear disarmament, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr at the outset and finished the week with the unveiling of the Nuclear Doomsday Clock. Dr. King realized the interconnectedness of these issues and that you could not have one without each of the others. This week our government is reopening as our Progressive Caucus prepares to do the people’s work proposing a “Green New Deal,” building a carbon-free economy while providing social and economic justice to workers in this new economy. Yet, as Dr. King acknowledged in 1959, “What will be the ultimate value of having established social justice in a context where all people, Negro and white, are merely free to face destruction by strontium 90 or atomic war?” There is no racial, social, economic or environmental justice as long as this threat exists. And yet today, the world faces an even greater threat of nuclear war fueled by Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, threatened withdrawal from the INF Treaty and by the new arms race initiated by the United States plan to spend over $1 trillion in the next three decades to rebuild and enhance our entire nuclear arsenal. This
plan has been duplicated by every other nuclear nation, not wanting to fall behind in the mythological idea of “nuclear deterrence.” The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
“Citizens can make a difference by demanding efforts to stop our addiction to fossil fuels and simultaneously demanding nuclear weapons abolition.” unveiled their nuclear Doomsday Clock last week, leaving the setting at two minutes till midnight with midnight being nuclear apocalypse. This “new abnormal” declared by the group emphasized the increasing existential threats to our planet of climate change and nuclear war. Climate change continues to march ahead increasing scarcity of natural resources and thus increasing global conflict and mass human migration as witnessed in our first climate war in Syria.
Recognizing the connection between climate change and nuclear war and the failure of global leaders to take the necessary immediate and appropriate action, the Clock remained steady at two minutes till midnight, the closest it has been since the height of the Cold War and its inception in 1947. In their announcement they highlighted that citizens can make a difference by demanding efforts to stop our addiction to fossil fuels and simultaneously demanding nuclear weapons abolition. Working with movements like 350.org and Back from the Brink, each of us can support the necessary actions to realize these aims. Seemingly oblivious to current science about the dangers of even a limited regional nuclear war threatening the entire planet outlined in the Nuclear Famine Report, our elected officials blindly move forward in this arms race. From this point forward, any politician who invokes the potential use of nuclear weapons or the statement “all options are on the table” must be looked at as a “nuclear dinosaur,” truly ignorant of, uninformed about, or in denial of the consequences of any nuclear war. Speaking at the conference, the Bulletin’s executive chair former California Governor Jerry Brown said, “The blindness and stupidity of the politicians and their consultants is truly shocking in the face of nuclear catastrophe and danger. The probability is mounting that there will be some kind of nuclear incident that will kill millions, if not
initiating a nuclear exchange that will kill billions. It’s late and it’s getting later, and we have to wake people up.” Ultimately, there is no greater social, economic, health or environmental threat to our communities, all children and the world than the constant real and present threat of nuclear war either by intent, miscalculation or accident. This threat is heightened today by the vulnerability induced by cyber terrorism. It is not possible to have a “Green New Deal” in a nuclear-threatened world. We must demand our leaders take the immediate and necessary action to prevent further climate change and abolish nuclear weapons. This remains the only option to protect our future and that of future generations. The Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives is positioned to take the lead on these issues and realize the connection — if only they will. We the people must inform and support them as we help build the political will transforming the dream into a reality for a just, environmentally sustainable and peaceful nuclear-free tomorrow. Robert Dodge writes for PeaceVoice, is a family physician practicing in Ventura, California, is the Co-Chair of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee of National Physicians for Social Responsibility. PSR received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Henderson M.S. Removes Band, Chorus from Core Curriculum Some parents of students at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church circulated communiques this week worried that the decision announced by Principal Valerie Hardy last week that band and chorus will be removed from the school’s core curriculum will limit band and chorus opportunities for students. But according to Superintendent Peter Noonan in a letter to the News-Press yesterday, such is not the case. “The changes do not restrict a student’s ability to participate in music programs at Henderson,” he wrote. “To the contrary, we are relaxing the rigidness of ‘requiring’ courses across grades, meaning students will have more choices in our ‘Encore’ course offerings.” He added, “The change is driven by the Virginia Department of Education guidelines for physical education. Currently, Henderson’s 45-minute P.E. classes every other day do not add up to the VDOE guidance of 150 minutes per week on average...Chorus and band had been Henderson required courses. The increase in the P.E. requirement has tightened our limited hours and we’ve reached our capacity. A big win in the new model is that our music courses will be grouped more flexibly across grades, and give those taking yearlong music classes the opportunity to select elective ‘Encore’ classes to explore other passions, as well.”
F.C. Council Passes New Gun Control Ordinance Despite the considerable constraints posed by Virginia’s Dillon Rule (that no local jurisdiction can pass laws not authorized by the state), the Falls Church City Council unanimously passed a new ordinance Monday that prohibits the carrying of a loaded rifle or shotgun on City streets, roads and highways. F.C. Police Chief Mary Gavin told the Council it will be very useful to enable Falls Church Police to “have conversations” with citizens whose shotguns or rifles may be suspected of being loaded and of “separating the citizen from a weapon” for examination purposes. “It is a small but important measure of safety to our officers on the street,” she said. The new ordinance also maintains the prohibition on the discharge of pneumatic guns in certain places, a move that Councilman Dan Sze hailed for deterring the use of simulated weapons that can endanger law enforcement efforts. It also prohibits the resale of confiscated weapons. The new statute also cleans up areas in the City code that are redundant with or in violation of State laws. Chief Gavin singled out Council member Letty Hardi for spearheading the effort, and a dozen members of Moms Demand Action who were present to show support.
Virginia Tech Project Will Include Promenade, EYA Says Even though EYA did not win the bid to develop the seven-acre Virginia Tech site on Haycock Road adjacent where the new Falls Church West End development project is being planned, the Virginia Tech bid winners of Rushmark and Hitt have included in their plans an extension of the wide promenade that EYA has included in its Falls Church West End plans, EYA’s Evan Goldman told a large town hall gathering at the Community Center Sunday. It is anticipated that EYA’s West End plans, Virginia Tech’s adjacent property plans and WMATA’s development plans for its West Falls Church Metro property, which will be awarded to either EYA or Rushmark, shall concur on a collective vision for the promenade, which will extend from Route 7 to the Metro station and include a 50-60 foot “gathering node” commons space running the length of 20-foot wide vehicle lanes running in either direction flanked by ground floor retail on both sides also running the entire length. A coordinating meeting of representatives of the three entities is slated for March, Goldman said. The EYA, PN Hoffman and Regency Centers plan for the City’s site will have a floor-to-area ratio of 3.8 to 4.0, Goldman said, and plans for a City/schools-shared structured parking garage is now virtually certain to be included.
New H.S. Plan Includes Expanded Auditorium, Noonan Says Updated schematic design plans for the new George Mason High School will include a “state of the art” auditorium whose stage has been expanded and audience capacity increased to 650 seats, F.C. School Superintendent Peter Noonan told the town hall at the Community Center Sunday. The stage depth will now be 42 feet, with a 50-foot wide proscenium width and a two catwalk system above. Larger band room storage and costume shop spaces are also included, he said.
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MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL’S Cross Country and Distance coach Darrell General (left) finally had his ceremony to commemorate winning FloSports’ national “Hometown Hero” award on Jan. 22. General was joined by droves of parents and students, who got to witness their beloved coach receive his $25,000 grand prize. (Photo: Courtesy Jennifer Smyth Church)
Chinese New Year Festival Held at Luther Jackson MS The 12th annual Chinese New Year Festival is a free public event held by the Asian Community Service Center on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School (3020 Gallows Rd., Falls Church). (Snow day alternative: Feb. 10). There will be live performances, including Dragon and Lion dances, Han Costume Fashion show, delicious Asian food, the writing of Chinese names, language, craft and business booths, a children’s world and also a lunar new year dragon parade. 2019 is the year of the Pig. Because pigs were kept indoors by
FALLS CHURCH ARTIST Rajendra K.C. (back row, second from right) held a reception for the opening of his solo exhibit, “Here and There” at the Falls Church Arts Gallery on W. Broad St. K.C.’s watercolor paintings depicted both his original home of Nepal and his adopted home in Falls Church. (Photo: Courtesy Shaun Van Steyn)
homeowners in ancient China, the Chinese character for “family” has a pig inside a house, which is the reason “family” was chosen as the event’s theme for 2019. For more information, contact Tiny at 571-336-6098, email Contact@AsianServiceCenter.org or visit ChineseNewYearFestival. org
take in Falls Church Arts’ Cafe Deux exhibit of FCA member artworks. Attendees can also enjoy the bluegrass sounds of Leesburg Pike Band. Ballou is a longtime resident of Falls Church and recently retired George Mason High School teacher.
Former Mason Teacher’s Art At Famille this Sunday
Children’s Book on Finance Debuts at Children’s Center
Falls Church Arts member artist John Ballou will be working at Famille cafe’s (700 W. Broad St., Falls Church) open house 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 3. In addition to seeing Ballou work, interested attendees can
Financial advisors Ric Edelman and Jean Edelman will introduce young children to the basics of money management when they read their new children’s book, “The Squirrel Manifesto,” at Falls Church-McLean Children’s
Center (7230 Idylwood Rd., Falls Church) today at 9:30 a.m. Ric Edelman and wife Jean wrote the illustrated children’s book, “The Squirrel Manifesto” to help parents engage their children in conversations about money and help them form good financial habits. It debuted as the #1 bestseller on Amazon’s list of children’s money books when it was published Nov. 20 by Simon & Schuster. Nearly nine in 10 parents of 4 to 8-year-old children (89 percent) feel it is extremely important that their kids grow up with good financial habits, according to a new survey by Edelman Financial Engines. Nearly as many parents (91 percent) agree they should be
the ones teaching their children these habits. Yet, virtually half of parents (49 percent) say they don’t know how to discuss money in ways they think their kids would understand. Indeed, one in four parents (25 percent) never or almost never talk to their kids about household finances. The problem is particularly acute during periods of economic and stock market turmoil. “Millions of Americans are not living healthy financial lives,” said Ric Edelman, a co-founder of Edelman Financial Engines. “Almost 60 percent of all working age Americans have no retirement savings. And dealing with unexpected expenses can be a hardship
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station that serves a portion of the Falls Church area. The station’s February presenter will be the Financial Crimes Division. No RSVP needed. For questions or additional information, contact Diane Zierhoffer at zierhofferdm@hotmail.com)
In the spring of 2017, DHR archaeologists and volunteers from the Archeological Society of Virginia began working at Eyreville in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Work was concentrated around a hole that was created when a tree stump was removed on the dig site. In that hole, the landowner found ceramics, pipe bowls and stems, coins and other artifacts, including several yellow “Dutch” bricks, suggesting an early colonial home. It appears that the feature revealed by the hole was an early 17th century cellar. Archaeologists have now found at least two possible houses at Eyreville: one from the earliest occupation and one from the later part of the 17th century. DHR volunteers and archaeologists also found other remnants of additional structures in the vicinity of both features but have not examined them in detail. The archaeologists from DHR high hopes of uncovering many more features in future excavations. FOFA will hold a brief meeting prior to the presentation in order to elect new officers to the Board. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided during the meeting.
The forum’s keynote speaker, Deborah J. Vagins, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at American Association of University Women, and other experts including Michelle McGrain, Federal Affairs Manager from the National Partnership for Women and Families will educate attendees and give them the tools to empower themselves through salary negotiation, create paths to promotion and take legal action (if necessary). The speakers will also motivate attendees to be involved in actions that will produce longterm results to help all women realize equality in the workplace. Though this event is targeted at women of all ages, men are encouraged to attend as well. If any interested attendees are willing and open to sharing their personal story about how they experienced the gender pay gap during this forum, they are requested to let the event organizers know in advance. This event is co-sponsored by the Carol Davidson Fund for Women’s Advancement. To RSVP for the forum, visit wotrswomensempowerment2019. eventbrite.com. For more information on the forum, contact Andrea Stillman at jojes4@cox.net or at 703-3564820
Archaeology Meeting Sheds Light on New Findings
Temple Rodef Shalom Holds Forum on Gender Pay Gap
One More Page Books Holds Wine & Chocolate Event
Friends of Fairfax County Archaeology and Cultural Resources (FOFA) will be hosting Mike Clem, an Eastern region archaeologist for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, to discuss his findings at the Eyreville site on the Eastern shore of Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9:30 a.m. at the James Lee Community Center (2855 Annandale Rd., Falls Church) in the Urbanites Room.
The Women of Temple Rodef Shalom (2100 Westmoreland St., Falls Church) will be hosting a comprehensive forum titled, “Gender Pay Gap and You” as a part of the fifth annual Women’s Empowerment Program on Sunday, Feb. 10 from 2 – 4 p.m. The forum focuses on how the injustice of wage discrimination persists in society today and effects women of all religions, race, income and professions.
Interested attendees can visit One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington) for an event centered around Wine and Chocolate Tasting with chocolate treats provided by Kingsbury Chocolate this Friday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m.. Local Arlington-based chocolatier Robert Kingsbury will match his unique chocolates with wines selected by Sharon of Republic National.
MEMBERS OF THE Falls Church Chamber of Commerce board of directors attended a meeting of the Arab-American Chamber of Commerce at the new Bawadi Mediterranean Grill and Sweets Cafe in Seven Corners last week, pledging solidarity and an exloration of ways to work together. (P����: N���-P����)
for many families without savings. In fact, four in ten adults could not cover a $400 emergency expense. We need to help future generations become better prepared. It starts by teaching kids at a young age how to have a healthy relationship with money.” The book offers four money principles for children: • Spend a little — Allowing children to purchase a toy, a piece of candy or comic book helps them develop a positive relationship with money. • Save a little — It’s equally important that kids learn to save for bigger-ticket items — like a bicycle or video game — to help them understand the benefits of delayed gratification and help them avoid impulse buying. • Give a little — Money brings opportunity, and responsibility as well. Children should be taught to help others who are less fortunate.
• Tax a little — Children need to be taught at a young age that they don’t get to keep everything they earn. Just as the government collects a third of an adult’s paycheck, consider withholding onethird of a child’s birthday money, allowance or babysitting earnings. Save the money and present it to them when they are ready to pay for college or a car, showing them the value of long-term compound growth. To learn more about “The Squirrel Manifesto,” visit edelmanfinancialengines.com.
Community Meeting with Mason District Police On Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Mason District Station (6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale), interested residents can come meet the station commanders, ask questions and learn more about the
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News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
Pedestrians and vehicles don’t mix — especially at night. That is the lesson repeated at least twice in the past week, when a 93-year-old pedestrian, Pericles Apostolou, was struck and killed by a hit and run driver on Arlington Boulevard. Just days later, 53-year-old Josef Holzer, walking along Seminary Road in the city of Alexandria, was struck and killed by a driver who remained on the scene. Both incidents happened on busy roadways, after dark, but investigations as to specific causes still are underway, and families and friends of the victims are grief-stricken. These tragedies remind us once again of the fragility of life, and the need to be vigilant, both as pedestrians and drivers, to our surroundings at all times. Darkness comes early in the winter, affecting visibility, even with headlights on. Drivers must pay special attention to their speeds, and pedestrians must remember that, just because you can see headlights coming, it doesn’t mean that the driver can see you. Winter clothing often is dark-colored, so wearing something light-colored or reflective when you are walking can help you be seen more clearly by passing traffic. Quite often, vehicle-pedestrian crashes happen when the pedestrian is not using a marked crosswalk, or is crossing against the light. But a simple error should not cost one’s life. Not all intersections in Fairfax County are marked for safe pedestrian crossings, but, gradually, more improvements are being installed with funding from transportation bond referenda, and more are planned. The lessons we learned as children — wear white at night, use marked crosswalks and cross only with the light, not against it — still are relevant. If there is no sidewalk
or trail, walk facing traffic. A neighbor always carries a flashlight when he walks his dogs after dark. It’s just a small light, but enough to catch a driver’s eye and give him a wide berth. In our hustle-bustle world, it is up to each one of us to pay attention to what we are doing, whether walking or driving. Death notifications are among the hardest tasks that police officers have to undertake. No more pedestrian deaths is a good start. A 50+ Community Survey for Fairfax County and the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church will launch in February. The random scientific survey will assess the local lifestyles, community perceptions, and access that people 50 and older have to the things they need to age the way they want to age. (Better pedestrian connections, maybe?) If you receive a paper questionnaire in the mail, please complete the survey and pop it back into the mail. Or use the website that will be included in the survey packet. The survey is anonymous, and the findings will be released to the public in the spring. The rescheduled public information meeting about unmanned aircraft (drones) use in Fairfax County will be held on Monday, Feb. 4, at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike in Annandale. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., with a display of drones, followed by a presentation outlining the program, and a question and answer session with county public safety representatives.
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ENCORE STAGE AND STUDIO Encore Stage & Studio is excited to offer a variety of theatre-based camp experiences for ages 3-18, at locations around Arlington this summer. Depending on their age group campers will experience music and rhythm and storytelling activities, sharpening their acting, singing, and dancing skills. 703-548-1154 encorestage.org
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Schultz Comes to Trump’s Rescue
The national roller coaster ride, Extreme Sports version, of the last week has left much of the land veritably breathless. A week ago, the country was still in the throes of a month-long federal government shutdown. From the standpoint of this observer, things began to break when Virginia’s two U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, convened a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 24, with the heads of major unions of airline industry workers, from air traffic controllers to mechanics, flight attendants and air safety professionals, in the old main terminal building at Reagan National Airport, spitting distance from the nation’s capital. FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS There, all the professionals decried to the large phalanx of media organizations the threat to public safety that an ongoing continuation of the shutdown represented. I was there to witness and report on the anguish in the voices of those leaders. It was a few hours later, according to the accounts from insiders reported to the New York Times and Washington Post, that Trump first began to waver on the shutdown, and tasked his advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, to come up with exit options. The next morning, when news outlets began to report that official announcements had been made that airline service from three busy east coast airports were, in fact, being curtailed for safety reasons owing to manpower shortages from the shutdown, Trump then caved, according to the same insider news reports. No, it was not solely that House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi derived more supernatural powers from watching her hometown NBA champion basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, win confidently against the Washington Wizards last Thursday. I was glad I got to bark a cheer of support to her as she loaded up a hot dog with mustard at the 400 upper deck level of that game. She didn’t fail to answer me back with a big smile. She was just as eminently in command and under control handling that hot dog as she had been handling Trump. Still, Virginia’s U.S. Senators deserve credit for convening the press conference that provided an opportunity for professionals in the airline industry to call attention to the fact that “America is less safe today” because of Trump’s ego tantrum known as the shutdown. Despite his bluster in a Rose Garden concession speech Friday afternoon, Trump had been handed an epochal defeat, striking right at the core of his faux “strengths” as a tough-guy negotiator. He got nothing – nada – thanks to Pelosi’s firm leadership holding her party ranks together in refusing to concede an inch on Trump’s pet southwest border wall folly, and the tireless efforts of Kaine, Warner and Northern Virginia lawmakers like Rep. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly and the new Democratic congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, to speak out for the thousands of furloughed federal workers in their districts. Now, the cost of the shutdown is being measured in billions of dollars lost to the U.S. economy, much of which is irretrievable. Then Friday, Trump confidant Roger Stone was arrested by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller on a plethora of charges of Russia collusion-related crimes, compounding Trump’s woes as he clearly felt Mueller’s hot breath intensifying on his neck. Coincidentally, as the week progressed, on Sunday a major contender for the Democratic nomination for president held a spectacular rally in Oakland, Cal. California’s former attorney general and current U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris kicked off her campaign with a powerful campaign speech before thousands of cheering supporters. She followed that up with an equally impressive “town hall” in Iowa aired on CNN Monday night, evoking memories of President and Mrs. Obama, brimming with confidence and a sense of command. Then, behold, on the sourest of sour notes, came two white males to the rescue of Trump. His acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, stated the Mueller investigation is almost over, and the CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, announced he’s considering a 2020 run for president as an independent in a manner to split the Democratic vote against Trump. Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
When teen drivers cruised Arlington in the 1960s, we had to stay on the lookout for a special danger. Shout an obscenity from your shotgun seat, or tap your bumper into the wrong car, and you could be staring in terror at perhaps the biggest, toughest streetfighter our county ever raised. Patrick Hassan, 6 foot ‘5, 260 lbs. and trained in judo, lived a block from me, and even a mildmannered Clark Kent such as I had scary encounters with him. What made the drama strange was that Hassan’s father was Commonwealth’s Attorney William J. Hassan. Pat Hassan died this month at 67, battling rheumatoid arthritis. As I reminisced with friends, his brother William and sons Keegan and Cody prepared a memorial at Stonewall Memory Gardens in Manassas. We marveled at a man more complex than that “tough guy” image on which many memories were fixed. C. B. Deering, a retired trucker, was his most frequent partner in mischief. “Yes, we had a ticket to ride,” he said of the fact that Pat’s dad was chief prosecutor. “Me and Pat could do what we wanted, but it wasn’t malicious.” When they were arrested and brought before a judge, the cases of “just a busted lip” were dismissed. One night in Georgetown
while cruising in Pat’s $200 car, they flipped the bird to a halfdozen loiterers. Hassan and Deering lured them tentatively across Key Bridge to an Arlington cul de sac. Then they “kicked the [expletive] out of them.” “Pat wasn’t that athletic,” Deering said, but he fought with open hands and used “a foot sweep” to surprise his opponent by kicking his feet out from under him. “He was intelligent.” At a carnival in Manassas, a clown taunted Hassan to toss a ball and dunk him in a water tank. It got under Pat’s skin so “he jumped the fence and threw the guy in the tank,” Deering recalled. Their best-known Arlington escapade was when Pat fooled an undercover agent and detective trying to nail him in a drug sting. As Pat explained to his father, he had opened antihistamine capsules and substituted Aunt Jemima pancake mix. When the lab work came back negative, the cops were embarrassed. My personal confrontations with Pat were comparatively tame. Before I turned 16, I sold him illicit beer. But he collected the six-pack without leaving me money. When I meekly confronted him at a school football game, he ponied up, I’m guessing, out of neighborhood solidarity. The first time my friends were old enough to drive without a grownup, we picked a Friday night on Military Road to yell
an insult to guys standing under a streetlight. My friend stomped on the gas just in time to escape a huffing Hassan sprinting after us. We all grew up. Hassan joined the Marines (1969-75). He settled in Gainesville, Va., as a surveyor. He married Gina, and they bought a home in 1984. Her early death forced Pat to raise two sons alone. Both have successful careers. “Pat was a loyal friend,” recalled my classmate Gregg Hoagland, whose brother joined the Marines alongside Pat. “He was intimidating in size, but oneon-one he was almost introverted. In a group he was ‘all in’ for the venture.” “If I ever need a friend,” said Deering, “I’d want Pat Hassan in my holster.” *** A full house of firefighters and Halls Hill history devotees turned out Jan. 26 to mark the 100th anniversary of Fire Station 8. Founded in 1918 and funded via 25-cents-a-month subscriptions, its black volunteer (and later paid) safety specialists at first worked an area with few water lines, aging equipment and exclusion from the countywide white fire-fighting association. Saturday’s audience of station veterans and community fans of all colors thanked their heroes who came a long way. And Kitty Clark Stevenson, whose father in 1951 became Arlington’s first paid black firefighter, thanked the county for canceling its disputatious plan to close the beloved station and move it eight blocks north.
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GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL swimmers topped off an undefeated season on Jan. 26 with dual wins for the boys and girls teams at the Bull Run District Meet. By the end of the meet, Mason boys racked up an impressive 166 points compared to 127 for Clarke County, 70 for Madison County, 60 for Strasburg and 56 for Central Woodstock. Mason girls scored 159 points. Clark County placed second with 128, Strasburg third with 85, Central Woodstock with 75 and Madison County earned 38 points. (Photo: Ari Autor)
MASON TOOK HOME the largest share of gold medals for first place finishes in 16 of the 22 possible events including every relay. Winners of two individual gold medals included Ellen Chadwick (top photo, left) in the 200 and 100 Yard Free, Adam Janicki (bottom photo) in the 200 Yard IM and 100 Yard Breast, TJ Roche in the 50 and 100 Yard Free, and Marie Roche (top photo, right) in the 200 Yard IM and 100 Yard Breast. Alec Autor placed first in the 200 Yard Free and Ella Reithinger earned first place in the 100 Yard Back. For more information on the meet, go to fcnp.com. (Photo: Ari Autor)
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With wins over Park View High School and Central High School, George Mason High School’s boys basketball team has stayed hot even as the temperature drops to single-digits. Flipping the calendar to a new year has a strange effect on us humans. While there’s little difference in the day-to-day minutiae, we adjust our mindsets toward life, and somehow, breathe new results into our realities. For example, look no further than the Mustangs (12-7). After some thrilling highs and chilling lows in December, Mason’s leveled out and played its best basketball in January, winning eight of its last nine games and preserving its perfect Bull Run District record. The seasonlong gelling process seems to be near-complete, and its progress was sped along by a growing foresight on the offensive end. “Defense has been much better, we’re pushing the pace and we’re making shots – obviously that helps – but they’re really looking for each other,” Mason head coach Chris Capannola said. “I
always talk about ‘hockey assists.’ I’m not sure they bought into that for a while. They either wanted to score or wanted to be the primary assist. As soon as we figure out that moving the ball to someone who makes a primary assist is just as good as an assist, we’ve been better for it.” Monday night’s home game against Park View wasn’t a 32-minute epic the way some games have been for Mason. But it showed that, despite the easier competition, the Mustangs were still dedicated to their team-centric approach even when chances to show off their individual talents presented itself. Crisp ball movement was why senior guard Max Ashton was able to get open and drain four three’s in the first quarter. And it’s why he was able to return the favor with a few clever dishes himself, such a drive and kick-out to senior forward Scott Graffam for a corner three of his own. Up 22-6 heading into the second quarter, Mason kept the passheavy pressure up. Sophomore guard Ryan Fletchall found fellow sophomore guard Deven Martino for a quick two inside to open
up, and was followed by sophomore guard Robert Asel’s assist to junior forward Daniel Miller down low. Ashton connected with senior forward Hollman Smith for a straightaway trey and the pairing found each other again the next possession when Ashton setup Smith’s three-point play. A 48-14 halftime lead made the second half a mere formality, ending with a 72-33 final score. Last Friday’s road win over Central was pivotal one for Mason. Trailing 45-40 heading into the fourth quarter, the Mustangs knew they faced a challenge not only on the court, but in a raucous home crowd of Woodstock, Va locals. They responded with a 25-point explosion to the Falcons’ 12 to secure a 65-57 win. It was a sharp turnaround that was punctuated by a sequence of big shots by Mason. “We hit a couple big threes. I hit one in the corner, [Ashton] hit one and [senior forward Seid Lejlic] hit a three and it just changed the momentum of the game and took them out of it,” senior guard Jay Nesson said. Mason is on the road at Madison County High School tomorrow.
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TJ’s STEAM Night Takes Place Tonight The annual STEAM Night at Thomas Jefferson Elementary (601 S. Oak St., Falls Church) is tonight at 6:30 p.m. with demonstrations and activities for students and their families. In attendance will be George Mason High School’s robotics team and Virginia Tech Thinkabit. Also, TJ students are running stations with drones, straw rockets, coding, cryptography, maracas, paper airplanes and a scavenger hunt. Parent volunteers help make the evening go smoothly — sev-
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Grace Christian Teacher Awarded Grant from Target Katelyn Vollmer, third and fourth grade teacher at Grace Christian Academy was awarded a $700 Target Field Trip grant. The funds will be used to pay for her class’s Virginia history trip to Williamsburg and Jamestown. “The admission fees for the attractions in Williamsburg and Jamestown really add up when you are planning for an entire class. I’m so thankful that these fees will be covered and students who might not be able to afford to visit these sites with their families will get the full Virginia experience.” Recognizing that some of the most memorable lessons are learned outside the classroom, and that funding for these opportunities can be difficult to find, Target funds trips that connect classroom curricula to out-of-school experiences.
Two Robotics Team Members Testify to State Congress On Jan. 25, George Mason High School’s FIRST Robotics Competition team #1419 mem-
bers Sofia Heartney and Anuragi Thapliya traveled to Richmond to testify in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education in support of HB 2780, a bill introduced by Delegate Hala Ayala. The bill aims to provide funding for FIRST and other STEM programs to economically underprivileged K-12 schools in Virginia.
GeoBee Winners at F.C. City Schools Announced Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School have finally determined their National Geographic GeoBee winners. Congratulations go to TJ’s John Steyn and Henderson’s Ketevan Gallagher. Atticus Kim came in second at TJ and Eli Vennebush was the runner-up at Henderson. Coming in third was Stella Turner from Henderson and Aven Calvert, Greyson Carney, Stephen Colby, Pete Fesler, Sebastian Perlaza Adkins, Claire Weatherly and Catherine Buchholz from TJ. Gallagher will take a test to determine if she qualifies as one of the top 100 winners in the state, and if she does, she’ll go to Longwood College for the State Bee in March.
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Koi Koi to Close Temporarily for Renovation, Rebranding Falls Church’s Koi Koi Sushi and Roll will be temporarily closed starting this Saturday, Feb. 2, as the restaurant undergoes a rebranding and renovation process. The sushi restaurant is expected to be closed through February and plans to reopen in the first or second week of March. While the restaurant will receive a new look, a Ko Koi representative says the menu and cuisine of the establishment will remain the same. Koi Koi is located at 450 W. Broad St. #117, Falls Church.
F.C. Chamber Welcomes Rebranded Clarion Inn The Falls Church Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for the Clarion Inn Falls Church-Arlington to commemorate the hotel’s rebranding and renovations. Formerly the Best Western, the updated facility has new flooring, lighting, wall coverings, and furniture. Attendees included City Council member Phil Duncan, Greater Falls Church Veterans Council Chair Bob Smith, former Chamber Chair Gary LaPorta, members of the Chamber, and owners of the Clarion. The hotel is located at 6633 Arlington Boulevard in Falls Church. Photo courtesy of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Farmer’s Market. The awardwinning, 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. Tiny Tot. Tiny Tot provides opportunities to interact one-on-one with young children while discovering nature. Each program will engage children with hands-on learning and may include a variety of activities like songs, crafts, finger plays and mini-hikes. Adults must remain during the entire program. Ages 1 – 3. $5 fee due upon registration. Gulf Branch Nature Center & Park (3608 North Military Rd., Arlington). 10 – 10:45 a.m. 703-228-3403.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Notable Nature. Interested attendees can join the group for lessons in nature journaling and
sketching. Participants will construct their own nature journals, hone their writing and drawing skills and talk about the season while hiking. For families ages 5 and up. Children and adults must be registered; children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-228-6535.
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Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Playtime with Early Literacy Center Toys. Explore educational and manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 “Kleptocracy.” It is one of the most pivotal moments in history — the Soviet Union has collapsed. In the ensuing rampage of hypercapitalism, the Oligarchs, a new class of robber barons, plunge Russia into a terrifying dark age of chaos and corruption. When the richest and most ruthless Oligarch attempts to reform and open Russian markets to the world, he’s confronted by a young Vladimir Putin who is charting his own path to power. Arena Stage (1101 Sixth St. SW Washington, D.C.) $56 – $95. 2 p.m. arenastage.org.
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Dreamsville Jazz. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Happy Hour: Mary Shaver & Mike Tash Duo. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-241-9504. St. Lawrence String Quartet. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $40. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1900. Luke Brindley with Special Guest Scott Mulvahill. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. SWELL. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington St. A, Falls Church). 8 p.m. 703-858-9186. Jon Dore. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $18 – $21. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Shartel & Hume. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Herb & Hanson. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 JAGMAC. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 3 p.m. 703-255-1566. Snake Farmers. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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H.C. McEntire with Luray. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566.
Andy Branigan Live and in Concert. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.
The Dustbowl Revival & Hotclub of Cowtown. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $32 – $37. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
International Guitar Night. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $27 – $30. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
That ‘70s Party with Superfly Disco. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $12 – $15. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300.
Johnny and The Headhunters. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL will be at Wolf Trap on Saturday. (Photo: Talley Media) Boardwalk Karaoke. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-532-9283. Downtown Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Innertwined. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 9:45 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Sweet Winter. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504. Vintage 29. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. Super Bowl Game Day Watch Party. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-237-0300. Open Mic. Falls Church Distillers
(442 S. Washington St. A, Falls Church). 5 p.m. 703-858-9186. Linwood Taylor Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-2419504.
703-241-9504. Justin Nozuke with Craig Cardiff. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $30. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
Karaoke. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.
Majestic: Weekly LGBTQ Night and Drag Show. Diva Lounge (6763 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 571-234-2045.
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The Bachelor Boys Band. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 8 p.m. 703-2551566.
Mommy and Me with Dotty Westgate – Music and Movement for babies & toddlers. Famille Cafe (700-A W. Broad St. Falls Church). 10 a.m. 703-570-8669.
Wolf Blues Jam Weekly Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Crazy After Midnight Open Mic. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 7:30 p.m.
Megan Davies. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Bob & Martha. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). 8:30 p.m. 703-5228340.
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Fatal Shooting Raises Questions About Small Calibre of Police Guns The ability of the assailant to fire a semiautomatic weapon on Falls Church police officer Alan Freed Jan. 21 despite being hit repeatedly by gunfire from Freed’s and partner Peter Bach’s nine millimeter handguns has raised questions about the effectiveness of the officer’s guns. The official inquiry into the incident has not been completed, per the Falls Church police.
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Narcotics Violation, 300 blk E Annandale Rd, Jan 23, 8:41 PM, police stopped a vehicle for equipment violations. A male, 19, of Falls Church was issued a summons for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Larceny – Theft from Building,
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CRIME REPORT Hit and Run, 100 blk Chanel Terrace, between midnight and 2:45 PM on Jan 21, a red Hyundai was struck by an unknown vehicle which failed to stop at the scene.
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1000 E Broad St (24 Hour Fitness), between 7:00PM and 9:00 PM on Jan 24, an unknown suspect took a cell phone from the locker room. Burglary - Residential, 200 blk Grove Ave, Jan 24, 5:37 PM, suspect(s) unknown forced entry to the residence and damaged an interior wall. Investigation continues. Drunkenness/Assault, 130 N Washington St (Clare and Don’s Beach Shack), Jan 25, 8:15 PM, officers responded for a complaint of an intoxicated subject
refusing to leave the premises. Police arrested a female, 26, of Fairfax, VA, for Drunk in Public and Assault of a Police Officer (Felony). Hit and Run, 402 S Washington St (parking lot), between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM on Jan 26, a black Honda was struck by an unknown vehicle which failed to stop at the scene. Hit and Run, 200 blk S Spring St, between Jan 13 and Jan 26, a black Saturn was struck by an unknown vehicle which failed to stop at the scene Trespass/Drunkenness, 201 S Washington St (7-Eleven), Jan 27, 5:40 PM, while on patrol, officers observed a previously banned subject on the premises. Police arrested a male, 61, of no fixed address, for Trespass After Banning and Drunk in Public.
LEMEW KILPATRICK recently relocated to the Falls Church border (still Arlington). An indoor-outdoor cat for the last 15 years, he is adjusting to condo living, but sorely missing the movement and chatter of squirrels, birds, chipmunks and other critters that he once enjoyed from his front porch. LeMew was rescued from the D.C. Animal Shelter when he was one year old. 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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