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November 15 – 21, 2018 Fou n d e d 1991 • Vol. XXVIII No. 39

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Falls Church • Tysons Corner • Merrifield • McLean • North Arlington • Bailey’s Crossroads

Inside This Week Action Wanted On ‘Sidewalk to Nowhere’ Nearby residents decided it was time to address Park Avenue’s “sidewalk to nowhere” on the northside of the 400 block which leaves all who use it having to brave the hazards of stepping into traffic on the street in order to proceed with their travel. See page 5

Amazon’s Coming: Beyer & F.C. Leaders See Big Boon to Region Honoring Our Veterans

See News Briefs, page 9

80th Birthday Upcoming For F.C.’s Scout House Falls Church’s rustic log cabin scout house, built in 1939, will mark its 80th anniversary this coming year. See page 17

Mustang Volleyball Falls in State Tourney

A landmark season for George Mason High School’s volleyball team came to end Saturday night when the Mustangs fell 3-1 to Poquoson High School in the Class 2 State quarterfinals. See Sports, page 14

Index

Editorial................ 6 Letters..............6, 8 News & Notes.10–11 Comment...... 12–13 Sports................ 14 Business News.. 16

Calendar...... 18–19 Classified Ads.... 20 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword......... 21 Crime Report.......22 Critter Corner..... 22

AMERICAN LEGION POST 130 Color Guard member Robert “Bob” Nagle prepares to post the colors to begin the 2018 City of Falls Church Veterans Day Ceremony last Sunday morning. Captain Nagle, United States Army, was one of 15 Vietnam veterans who received a service pin of gratitude from the Children of the American Revolution at the ceremony. (Photo: Kevin Krisko/imagesforGood.org)

Virginia Tech Plans Also Hailed, F.C. To Be Beneficiary

by Nicholas F. Benton

Falls Church News-Press

“Amazon’s announcement that it will bring half of its HQ2 to Arlington is a validation of a generation’s worth of work to make Northern Virginia an economic engine of the nation,” U.S. Rep. Don Beyer said in a statement Tuesday. “The Northern Virginia of my youth was a bedroom suburb of the nation’s capital. The Northern Virginia of today is an economic and cultural dynamo, on the leading edge of the technology revolution that is bettering lives around the world. This transformation involved leadership by all sectors — business, higher education, government, and community.” Beyer, whose Beyer Automotive business run with his brother, Mike, has been centered in the City of Falls Church since its founding by their late father, spoke about the promise of the news with the NewsPress Tuesday night after playing a major role in the day’s announcement, in conjunction with the Amazon development, that Virginia Tech will pour $1 billion into a 300,000 square foot “Innovation Campus” adjacent the Amazon site in Crystal City, now also known as “National Landing.” Beyer quipped in the Virginia Tech press conference that the location should be called “Hokie Landing,” instead, after the school’s nickname.

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Amazon Coming to Crystal City Continued from Page 1

The new campus plans will not change the Virginia Tech Grad Center operation in the City of Falls Church, City Manager Wyatt Shields told the News-Press Tuesday. The City has hopes that the Grad Center site (which the University of Virginia will vacate soon, leaving it entirely in Tech’s control) will be folded into a wider expansion of the 10 acres the City is planning to develop on the current campus of its George Mason High School. In fact, Amazon’s announcement Tuesday that it will add 25,000 high paying jobs, $2.5 billion in capital investments and $3.2 billion in net tax revenue over 20 years to the region will have only a positive impact on Falls Church, Shields told the F.C. City Council at its meeting Tuesday, because the City has not been asked to ante up any of the money or resources for the incentives package that led to Amazon’s decision to put half of its secondary headquarters just down the road. Shields was at the gigantic Alexandria warehouse press

conference where Gov. Ralph Northam announced the big news, along with F.C.’s Mayor David Tarter and Chief of Economic Development Jim Snyder and leaders from other area jurisdictions. “The mood was buoyant,” he said, “because we’re all regional partners who stand to benefit enormously from this.” Shields said the announcement reverses the impact that happened a decade ago in the same Crystal City area when the U.S. Defense Department’s base realignment and closures (BRAC) decisions were made to move 20,000 jobs out of that area and leave a lot of empty office spaces in their wake. It came on top of the Great Recession to hit the region with a double-whammy, and Shields said that with the reimagining of the area, and Virginia Tech’s role there, a lot will happen that will play into Falls Church’s strategic objectives. “There will be a lot of indirect benefits of Amazon in Falls Church,” noted Council member Ross Litkenhous. “It will add to the technology and innovation focus of the region, and contribute to the City’s emphasis on education and

inclusiveness. It will bring new startup and incubator companies in the wake of Amazon’s momentum, and bottom line benefits for the City will arise from its uniqueness,” he said. “We’re in a good spot.” Councilman Phil Duncan added that Falls Church had to contribute nothing to the Amazon deal, no local tax dollars. Shields added that it has been only indirectly in the form of state money invested into transportation and other infrastructure improvements, but that on balance, the City “will be a beneficiary” of the developments. Beyer noted that the bonus of the Virginia Tech plans will bring the region into the realm of major combined higher education and technology centers like those around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cal Tech, Rice, Carnegie-Mellon and Silicon Valley. He said it is an environment in which non-profits will also prosper and grow, along with progressive social conscience, and that Amazon itself will have a major incentive to invest in affordable housing, adding that at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, only one

WHILE AMAZON HAS CHOSEN a location on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, the HQ2’s upper �loors will enjoy prime views of Washington, D.C.’s tallest landmarks and its expanding waterfront. (V�� .A��P��LIVE.�� in seven employees there drive to work. All the rest take other modes of transportation, from walking to biking to mass transit. This is a hopeful sign, he said, that the new project will not contribute as much to traffic congestion as some might fear, and incentives from Arlington and Alexandria totalling $570 million, along with $195 million from the state, will go into new and existing transportation projects, that include a pedestrian bridge from Reagan National Airport to

Crystal City and an expansion of the Route 1 bus rapid transit line. The prospect of millions of new rides from thousands of new riders on the Metro is welcome news to the ailing Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Arlington is already “the most pro-transit, pro-smart growth jurisdiction in the country,” noted Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Coalition for Smart Growth, making the Amazon choice of location a very smart one.

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F.C. City Council Wants Action on Park Ave. ‘Sidewalk to Nowhere’

by Nicholas F. Benton

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With recent months’ Falls Church City Council discussions of the first two blocks of Park Avenue in the City being spruced up with federal “Great Streets” funds, residents a couple of blocks further up decided it was time for them to step up with a more pressing concern. A “sidewalk to nowhere” on the northside of the 400 block of Park Ave. leaves all who use it having to brave the hazards of stepping into the vehicular traffic on the street in order to proceed with their travel. Two petitions with a total of almost 100 signatures were presented to the Falls Church City Council at its meeting Tuesday night and a contingent of citizens, including families with young children, attended the meeting to petition for action. The initiative was launched by Brian Williams, a local businessman and resident, who lives in the 400 block in question. The

sum of the case, in front of 408 Park, the sidewalk simply ceases to exist, and stays that way until it is resumed at the Cherry Hill Park a block away. Anyone walking on that sidewalk is forced to walk into the street, either to continue walking in the street or to cross it to the south side. “We’re dedicated to improving walkability in all parts of the City, and along with City money that we have set aside, we have applied for state “smart and scale” funding to help with this issue,” City Manager Wyatt Shields said Tuesday. He said while it may take years for the state funding to arrive, City Hall is aware of the problem and preliminary engineering plans are being made now that should include a schedule for the work within a week using the City money. The City has right-of-way access to the property over which an extension of the sidewalk will have to occur. As there is also a bus stop by

where the sidewalk suddenly turns to the street and stops, it presents even further liability for young people boarding school buses. Among the people appealing to the Council on the issue Tuesday was former F.C. Mayor Jeff Tarbert, who lives in the 400 block, and two families on N. Virginia Avenue whose children joined in presenting testimony. Mayor David Tarter said that the improvement will conform with the City’s commitment to walkability and traffic calming, and Councilman Dan Sze said that the work may be impacted by shortages in Public Works Department staff resources. Shields confirmed that two key personnel in that department have left for other jobs in the region, including Jason Widstrom, who has moved to Arlington, and James Mack, who has taken a position with WMATA, creating a manpower shortage that may delay the timetable for the project. In other developments at Tuesday’s Council meeting:

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• Tarbert, the City’s current representative on the Nova Parks Board, said that a memorandum of understanding is being crafted with the City on the dual trail (one trail for bikes and another for walking) program on the W&OD Trail that will extend from W&OD bridge across Broad Street to the new bridge going up across Rt. 29 in Arlington. • F.C. Chief Financial Officer Kirwan Bawa presented the first quarter (July through September) financial report for the City’s general fund, showing “mixed results,” she said, with revenues a half-percent below projections even as meals and sales taxes numbers were up. Shields said that “it is not a big revenue year coming up,” as plans develop for the beginning of the next budget cycle with a joint Council and School Board meeting on Dec. 3. Bawa observed that Arlington has projected only a 1.5 percent revenue growth next year (as Amazon will take 10 years to roll out), and cautioned that the nation is in its 10th year of economic recovery such that a recession is now due. • Mary Riley Styles Public Library chief Jenny Carroll reported that the library will not be closed during its renovation

next year, and that trailers now not in use at Thomas Jefferson Elementary are being considered as a temporary relocation. • The Council unanimously approved a new deal with WMATA for $845,000 funding over two years to restart the 3T bus line down Broad Street between the East and West Falls Church Metro stations, cut by WMATA for funding reasons three years ago. The service is due to be restarted in the first week of January 2019. • A demographic trends report by Lisa Sturdevant Company was presented which showed a population increase in the City of 715 in the year between July 1, 2016 and 2017. The millenial population is growing faster than in the region overall, with an increasing percentage of new residents being non-white, though the City is 72 percent white, overall, compared to the regional average of 53 percent. There has been a 5.3 percent decline in households with children between 2011 and 2016, the only decline in the region. In the same time frame, households with people living alone surged by 20.8 percent, by far the highest increase in the region, so now one in four households in the City is someone living alone under the age of 65.

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Welcoming Amazon

For our money (although we don’t have as much of it as Jeff Bezos by a very long shot), we are thrilled by the announcement that Amazon will be bringing half of its HQ2 expansion to Northern Virginia. Given the rate that the region has been growing overall, and that Apple still has to decide where in the D.C. Metro region it wants to put its second national headquarters (having already said it will be somewhere around here), the addition of Amazon is only in keeping with what’s already been underway for a long time and should be welcomed in that context. In this case, however, it is the clear effect of a major commitment to the cultivation of a highly educated population, signaled by Virginia Tech’s announcement of a $1 billion “Innovation Campus” adjacent the Amazon site that is even more exciting and promising for everybody in this wider region. Words like “innovation,” “science” and “education” represent a balm to an ailing world where humanity has, after all, made astounding gains in spite of everything in this modern era. With these come opportunities to cultivate attitudes of generosity, tolerance and the positive acceptance of all in our diverse human community, and that in turn helps steer gains in science and technology toward more compassionate and peaceful outcomes. Heaven knows we need all the above. So, that Amazon coming will mean new problems to be tackled goes almost without saying, but problems are grist for problem solvers, those who take challenges such as we’ve been facing with the region’s growth all along as causes for action and constructive solutions. We are blessed with an abundance of such folks, and they will have fresh new capital flows arising from an acceleration in growth to help develop meaningful answers to problems like affordable housing, an end to poverty and homelessness, and the environment. The City of Falls Church in this evolving matrix stands to gain enormously, doing so without having to bear any of the costs of subsidizing Amazon’s expansion. The City has been on a path of measured growth and environmental sustainability for almost two decades, and as such is proving itself uncommonly fit to reap the benefits of the Amazon news, offering Amazon’s 25,000 new high-paid employees a uniquely affable living and lifestyle opportunity in the neighborhood. If the City needs to do anything special in response to this week’s news, it should be to prepare for a wider array of office space and housing opportunities, including a lot of affordable housing. Places like the West End and East End (this week being the subject of an Urban Land Institute “Technical Assistance Panel” evaluation) should go further to relax height limits, being sufficiently distant from tree-lined single family residential areas to not erode the quality of life there. This will be needed to offset the explosion in home values bound to occur.

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Concerned New School Facilities Will Be Lacking Editor, The Village Preservation and Improvement Society Board Members have participated in the public processes for the development of the new George Mason High School and are now concerned. From the start, the issue of community amenities and community access have been impor-

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commitments that are being satisfied. For a $120 million new school, we expect that the commitments for a fully functional auditorium will be fulfilled. Peter Adriance Vice President, VPIS Board of Directors

Why Doesn’t Virginia Help Local Startups Instead of Amazon? Editor, If the recent Amazon deal goes through as written, Virginia tax-

payers will hand over $573 million to one company in exchange for 25,000 jobs. This comes out to Virginians paying over $20,000 in public funds per job. Here’s an alternative deal: why don’t we simply endow 25,000 Virginia entrepreneurs with $20,000 in startup capital to launch local businesses, startups, non-profits and worker cooperatives? A state economy based in local entrepreneurship and community business is more resilient, flexible, and civic-minded than an economy reliant on the whims

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As We Head Back to Richmond, Many Issues Facing Virginia B� J�� B��

It’s been my honor to represent the 86th district in the Virginia House of Delegates in one of the most diverse communities in Virginia. As we head back to Richmond, we will work to create a Commonwealth that works for all of us and still be fiscally responsible. Education, jobs, a familyfriendly economy, affordable and efficient transportation are important issues for us all. We can only work and enjoy our lives if we are safe and healthy. Our health depends on access to affordable healthcare — Medicaid expansion is a life saver for the nearly 400,000 adults who can now access our healthcare system. Voting for Medicaid expansion was arguably the most important vote I have ever taken. We must continue to work for healthcare for all Virginians, including protecting the rights of women to reproductive healthcare. There is one way to ensure that we have quality education, good jobs, family-friendly economic policies, affordable transportation, gun sense legislation, and affordable healthcare — we must all vote. It was your decision to get involved that made these changes possible. And our votes must all count — we must pass legislation to establish an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission to prepare for the 2021 redistricting that follows the 2020 federal Census. Education is a top priority for me. Some of our schools are in great shape — the

students and teachers are thriving and the neighborhoods are safe. Students at other schools are not so fortunate — students come to school hungry and need help with weekend meals, clothing, and school supplies. As a member of the House Education

“With a Democratic Governor and close numbers in the House and Senate, we are on the cusp of making meaningful change.”

Committee, I have worked to ensure that we increase funding of schools. We need to pay our teachers fairly so that they do not need to take second jobs or live far from where they work. I am impressed by the innovations undertaken at our local schools and we are also fortunate to have fine colleges and universities — we must work to ensure that students can afford higher education without the burden of debt. NOVA offers high quality, affordable education. All of us need good jobs. I support legislation that will create a family-friendly

economy in Virginia. We have worked hard to attract diverse businesses to Virginia as we move away from dependence on the federal government. With a highly educated workforce, we have many highpaying jobs. With Amazon HQ2 coming to Northern Virginia it will reshape the economy. The Dulles Corridor is thriving with high-tech industries like Orbital and Northrop Grumman working on the cutting edge of satellite development, pharmaceutical companies, and renewable energy technologies. However, we must not forget about our workers who are not paid fairly — we have workers who struggle on a daily basis. I’ve met with workers at our airports who sleep at the airport because they do not earn enough to go back and forth and who juggle multiple jobs. In Richmond, we can pass legislation for a fair wage. We can also eliminate the exceptions to our minimum wage law that are remnants of our racist Jim Crow laws. Equal pay for equal work is another important issue. We need to pass a paid leave bill that allows workers to take care of their families and themselves that supports businesses and workers by using an insurance model. No one should have to choose between work and caring for a new or sick family member and no one should come to work sick. Virginians overwhelming support gun sense legislation. Each year, legislators offer gun sense bills and a small group

of Republicans kill the bills that would keep our families safer. They can do this because they have control of the General Assembly. We need to change the seats of those who obstruct these common sense initiatives. Our health also depends on access to clean air and clean water. We need legislation that supports our transition to 100 percent renewable energy and reduces our dependence on gasoline-powered vehicles. There are many other issues that we can solve in Richmond. With a Democratic Governor and close numbers in the House and Senate, we are on the cusp of making meaningful change. With the majority in the General Assembly, we will pass legislation to provide protections, an equal playing field, and truly be a Virginia that works for all. We know what is needed to pass this legislation — redistricting rather than gerrymandering and making it easier for all citizens to vote — these bills will pass too when the Democrats retake the General Assembly. I encourage residents to use their voices, come to Richmond and share your stories. You have the power to make a difference in the future of Virginia. Delegate Jennifer Boysko (D), is running for the 33rd State Senate seat in a special election to be held on January 8, 2019 to replace Congresswoman-Elect Jennifer Wexton.

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of an untrustworthy monopolist. Such a plan would cost the same amount as subsidizing Amazon, but would leave our communities much more vibrant, equitable, and empowered. Pete Davis Falls Church

Thank You for Outstanding Article On Darrell General Editor, We love the local press! Thank you for Matt Delaney’s outstanding and very moving reporting on Darrell General, the Cross Country Coach for George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church (“Coach’s Humble Heroics Has Him in Running for $25,000,” Nov. 1, 2018.) He is one of only five final-

ists in a nation-wide “Hometown Heroes” competition and we’re pulling out all the stops to see him win it, both to show our thanks and because the award would have a significant impact on the life of a coach whose “day job” is school custodian. We supporters hope he can win the online vote and want all to know it’s easy to help him win (no login, no registration, vote as much as you can.) Friends will find it emotionally uplifting to view the video that tells the story of our “Coach G” and all the ways he encourages a work ethic, self-discipline and integrity at George C. Marshall. You’ll see why he’s a role model with importance within the Marine Corps Marathon and “running community” and well beyond. Voting for him is a nice way to cheer his taking GCM’s XC to the State Championship this week, also. Families who want to help

our Darrrell General win this honor can vote at tinyurl.com/ VoteCoachGWinner. Thank you again for celebrating our Hometown Hero, XC Coach Darrell General. Robin Haight Vienna

In Memory of Brown’s Hardware’s Hugh Brown Editor, We didn’t really go to Brown’s Hardware because we needed lint strainers for our washing machine water hoses; or City of Falls Church stickers for our leaf recycling bags, or even for those 40-pounds sacks of bird seed. We went to see Mr. Brown. We went hoping that he might appear from the very back room, so tall and lean and always moving forward, like a walking wish waiting to be granted. Seeing Mr. Brown somehow made us know the day was going to be better;

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the leaky faucet would stop dripping and the squeaky screen door would go silent. Seeing Mr. Brown somehow made us know there is good in his bins of nails and tins of wing nuts; and not one thing in the world couldn’t be fixed by his smile. Bruce Horovitz Falls Church

President Has Empowered Hateful, Bigoted People Editor, I just read your column “The Enemy of Trump is the Power of Virtue.” It was so well written and so true (and sad). I’m 62 years old, I remember segregation. This President of the United States has empowered hateful, bigoted people to show their ugly heads. It’s scary. Thank you. I wish more people were speaking out in such an eloquent manner. Darlene Havener Falls Church

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F.C. Homeless Shelter Set to Open Tonight By coincidence in conjunction with the first snow expected of the season tonight, the Falls Church Homeless Shelter is scheduled to open for the first time this year, Robert Fletcher, executive director of the Friends of the F.C. Homeless Shelter reported to the F.C. City Council Tuesday night. The shelter will operate nightly from tonight through March 31, 2019. On Gordon Road in the City, it has 10 beds for men and two for women, and hot dinners, breakfast and bag lunches are served daily. It will be open all day on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and over 100 volunteers, mostly City residents, participated last year. The shelter is operated by New Hope Housing, Inc. Last year, 35 individuals took advantage of the program for 137 nights, a total of 1,600 bed nights and 3,200 hot meals. It was full to capacity most nights. Last year, four of those using the program found permanent housing. Persons interested in volunteering for the shelter can visit FCShelter.org, or email Fletcher at RFletcher@FCShelter.org.

Blanket, Coat Drive Begins in F.C. Now through Nov. 30, the Falls Church Community Center, 223 Little Falls St., will serve as one of many drop-off locations for a blanket and coat drive. New and gently used blankets and winter jackets are needed for adults and children. NOVA Relief Center, a non-profit organization, will collect the donations and send to three refugee camps in Jordan. The center notes that since 2011, the Syrian civil war has left over 400,000 people dead. Syrians have been trying to escape the tumult at home, with over six million people displaced within Syria and another five million seeking safe haven as refugees, especially in the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. One of the biggest challenges these refugees face is harsh winter conditions, which make the dire situation even worse. Having seen the troubles they’re facing firsthand, Northern Virginia leaders and communities have united since 2013 to collect and distribute blankets, coats and winter clothing for Syrian and other refugees abroad. Together, they have sent over 100,000 blankets and coats to Turkey and Lebanon. This year, NOVA Relief Center is accepting donations to distribute to three camps in Jordan: Mafraq, Jerash and Irbid. Additional drop off locations accept donations through Dec. 8. Check NOVA Relief Center’s website for locations, https://novareliefcenter.org.

4 Alleged Gang Associates Arrested at 7 Corners Fairfax County Police Department reported that four alleged and known gang associates are behind bars after a man was assaulted in mid-October. Per the county police, detectives from its Gang Intelligence Unit were recently made aware of a series of malicious woundings in Fairfax County that went unreported. According to police, detectives tracked down one of the victims and learned he was assaulted in the area of Seven Corners. The investigation revealed Jose Ochoa Del-Cid, 21, Marlon Huezo Rivera, 18, both of Falls Church, and two juveniles were allegedly involved in the malicious wounding. All four were arrested for malicious wounding by mob, abduction, robbery and gang participation after search warrants were served on each of their homes. Evidence of this assault and others were recovered during the police’s search. Additional charges are pending as narcotics were also found in one of the homes.

James Lee Center Thanksgiving Dinner Tonight The James Lee Community Center Advisory Council is hosting its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner tonight, Thursday, Nov. 15 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to 2855 Annandale Rd., Falls Church. Volunteers are also welcome, and can contact Caroline Hockenberry at 703-246-5743 or email caroline.hockenberry@fairfaxcounty.gov for more information.

Urban Land Institute Presentation at 4:30 p.m. Today The Urban Land Institute has dispatched a “Technical Assistance Panel” team to Falls Church for the first time since 2014 to offer a professional evaluation of potential for the development of the City’s Eastern Gateway, the area next to Seven Corners that includes the Eden Center. A public meeting to present the results of the panel’s work will be held today at 4:30 p.m. at the offices of Viget in Falls Church, 105 W. Broad St., 4th floor.

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Community News & Notes F.C. Endowment Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications The Falls Church Endowment Fund, Inc. invites applications for support from community service organizations serving the disadvantaged within the greater Falls Church area. Requests can be made for support of an ongoing program or for a special project. Award amounts will generally fall in the range of $5,000 – $20,000. Aplicants must demonstrate community need, financial need, part programmatic success and current capacity, as well as the percentage of funding to be used for direct program expenses. Applications are due on Nov. 30; decisions will be made by mid-

December. Awards will distributed before year-end. For more information and application details, interested applicants are asked to send an email with the subject line: “FC Endowment Fund Grant Application” to Kim McCleary, TFCEF development officer at kkimmccleary@yahoo.com For additional information about the Falls Church Endowment Fund, Inc., visit thefallschurch.org/endowment fund.

Local Non-Profit Earns High Rating from Evaluator The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency

have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders. On June 1, 2016, Charity Navigator upgraded its methodology for rating each charity’s’

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 227 donated over 600 travel size toiletries to the Lamb Center, a non-profit day time service center for homeless people in Fairfax County, on Nov. 8. (Photo: Courtesy Leonard Ignatowski)

financial health. These enhancements further substantiate the financial health of its four-star charities. The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia grows philanthropy to respond to critical need and seed innovation in the region. Comprised of donor advised funds, permanent funds, giving circles, and other charitable endowments, the Community Foundation connects donors to community, and helps meet community needs with community resources. Last year the Community Foundation awarded more than $7.1 million in grants and scholarships and currently reports $66 million in managed philanthropic assets.

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POP TOTS Tickets Now Available for Purchase The Falls Church Band Boosters will host POP TOTS! a concert for preschool and younger children, on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church) auditorium from 10 – 10:45 a.m. Mason student musicians under the direction of Mary Jo West, will entertain tots, help them learn about instrument families and lead them in songs. Caregivers and family members are welcome to join in during the morning fun. Tickets are available online now for $10 and also by mail

STEFANO FALCON of Falls Church’s Troop 681 achieved the rank of Eagle Scout recently. Stefano has been a Falls Church resident since birth. He attended St. James Catholic School from K - 8th and is now a senior at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. (Photo: Courtesy Steven Falcon)

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for $8. For each group ticket order placed by Nov. 21, there will be a door prize drawing to win a teacher’s store gift card. The winner will be announced at the concert.

First Lego League Results From This Past Weekend One hundred Falls Church City Public School students participated in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) grouped into 13 teams in the robotics programs. After the event this weekend, three teams have been invited to the Championship Tournament, a two-day competition in Harrisonburg, Virginia on Dec. 1 and 2. The students were scored in four ways: robot performance, exemplifying core values, robot design and research project. The teams were formed in June and worked through to November for the competition. Upon registration each team receives a LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 kit including competition mat related to the FLL theme project. The results are as follows: Saturday results — Robot Performance Award, Robo Tigers (1st place) and Megalodons (2nd place); Champion’s Award, Robo Tigers (2nd place) and State Championship Qualifier, Robo Tigers. Sunday results — Robot Performance Award, Boolean Buds (1st place); Champion’s Award, Space Donuts (1st place); State Championship Qualifier, Space Donuts and State Championship Alternate, Loading…

Eastern & Western Art Exhibit Opens at F.C. Arts The differing styles of Eastern

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sumi-e and Western watercolor art will be spotlighted in a show opening at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the Falls Church Arts Gallery (700-B W. Broad St., Falls Church.). The “Brushes” show is a collaboration between Falls Church Arts and the National Capital Area Chapter of the Sumi-e Society of America. Forty-eight paintings by 31 artists will be featured in the show, which runs until Dec. 28, at the gallery. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sundays from 1 – 4 p.m. Admission is free.

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New Pastor Welcomed at Lewinsville Presbyterian Reverend Scott Ramsey was named the new Pastor at McLean’s Lewinsville Presbyterian Church (1724 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean) at an installation service on Nov. 4. Ramsey took his place as 38th in the succession of pastors who have served Lewinsville since its founding in 1846. Ramsey completed three years in an interim capacity before the McLean congregation asked him to accept a permanent position. Prior to Lewinsville, Ramsey’s service included interim pastorates in Middletown and New City, New York. Joining Ramsey this fall is John Nothaft, the new Director of Music Ministries and a native of Vienna. Nothaft received his master’s degree from Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, in June, 2018. He has toured extensively, performing on the organ throughout the United States and United Kingdom. The Reverend Annamarie Groenenboom, a Michigan native, joined the staff in September 2018 as Stated Supply Pastor for Youth Ministries. She was graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 2017.

ENDING THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE was a friendly competition between the teams that took first and second in the Robot Performance category from Saturday, Robo Tigers (1st) and Megalodon. For a full list of results from both Saturday and Sunday’s competitions, find the news story elsewhere on this page. (P��: C�� P�� V��) The three new arrivals and Allison Lineberger, Director of Christian Education since 2003, open a new chapter in the life of Lewinsville Presbyterian Church. That new chapter includes preparing for the launch of a capital campaign to “redesign and repurpose our present facilities to meet the challenges of a growing Tysons community,” said Ramsey. Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, founded in 1846 at the corner of Chain Bridge Road and Great Falls Streets in McLean, “seeded” five other churches through the years: Vienna Presbyterian in 1871, Falls Church Presbyterian in 1873 and First Presbyterian of Arlington in 1874. Immanuel Presbyterian and Chesterbrook Presbyterian were established by Lewinsville mem-

bers in the mid-20th century. The church, a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA), enjoys a reputation as a handson congregation with an active ministry in music, small groups, Christian education, seniors, community outreach as well as faith and public policy programs.

Winnie Edwards Celebrates 101st Birthday this Saturday Winifred “Winnie” Evans, a resident at Chesterbrook Residences (2030 Westmoreland St, Falls Church), will celebrate her 101st birthday surrounded by friends and neighbors on Saturday, Nov. 17. In 1955, Evans joined the U.S. Air Force, where she became Chief Nurse and eventually retired

as a Major. She continued to serve as a nurse for the Peace Corps, traveling to West Africa, Thailand, Latin America, and the United States. She has traveled extensively, visiting every continent except for Australia and Antarctica. Evans continued to serve others and her community in roles at the Red Cross and Georgetown University, and as a clinical nurse in local homeless shelters. She is also supported the building of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial located in Arlington. Evans is also an author, having written the book “The Cult of the Green Mamba” and a book of poetry titled “On Wings of Victory,” which focuses on her faith and relationship with God.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross

The annual Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) meeting always follows the November elections, and election results often were the subject of discussion among Supervisors from across the Commonwealth. Most bond referenda questions, including Fairfax County’s public safety bond, passed overwhelmingly, but a $13.1 million bond for a community recreation center in Culpeper County failed. A meals tax question in Charles City County passed easily, but similar questions in Fluvanna and Tazewell counties failed. Statewide, the Constitutional Amendment questions passed resoundingly, to the consternation of many local elected officials. Both questions would authorize localities to provide real estate tax exemptions in certain instances — for surviving spouses of disabled veterans, and for real property that is subject to flooding despite resiliency improvements. The General Assembly did not provide any funding to reimburse localities for lost tax revenue, so the cost to localities is not yet known. There was little discussion about the Senate race between Senator Tim Kaine and Supervisor Corey Stewart. Although Supervisor Stewart attended a portion of the conference, many elected officials at the conference knew Senator Kaine personally, and had a positive response to working with him in the coming term. Governor Ralph Northam addressed the Supervisors on Monday morning, and focused on diversifying Virginia’s economy. He noted that the statewide unemployment rate is 2.9 percent, and that Virginia ranks fourth in the nation for being business friendly. He added that no region should be solely dependent on one industry, and that 21st century jobs — cyber security, unmanned aerial systems (drones), biotechnology, data collection and data analysis — are perfectly suited for the Commonwealth. We must prepare youth now for

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these jobs, which may require vocational and technical training, but not necessarily four-year college degrees. At a breakout session later in the afternoon, panelists agreed that middle school is not too late to start career explorations for students. In fact, Delegate David Bulova (D-37) reported that he had introduced legislation, which passed, that directed the state education board to develop curricula in career exploration that could be interwoven into existing class work or as an extra program. Skills building must start early; middle school is not too early for students to be encouraged to consider what they want to do in their lives. Other breakout sessions included a robust discussion about broadband, and how to get that service into rural areas. One Supervisor suggested that broadband installation should emulate the system used for rural electrification in the 1930s and 40s, and simply put fiber and cable on existing power poles. A panelist noted that regulations for broadband providers are more complicated today, and property owners have more options for choosing a provider, but most agreed that expanding broadband is crucial to the Commonwealth’s economic and social wellbeing. In his morning remarks, Governor Northam said that Virginia couldn’t wait 10 years for expansion, and most Supervisors heartedly agreed. “The VACo annual meeting provides an opportunity for elected officials from all over the state to learn more about our shared challenges, and how they can be solved. Whether an urban county like Fairfax or a rural county in the western part of the state, the commitment to public service by local elected officials is unwavering.”  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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Election night 2018 reminded me a lot of Election night 2017, only on a larger scale. In Virginia we love elections so much we have them every year, and so in 2017 we were the first place in the country to hold elections during the Trump presidency. Democrats did remarkably well, exceeding all but the loftiest of expectations, picking up an apparent 16 seats in the House of Delegates and being within a literal handful of votes of picking up a 17th. The high didn’t last long though, as we learned that a transposition in recording the votes in the 40th led to an erroneous result there. For weeks, while we awaited the outcome of the recount, it was hard to be excited about all we had won. Everything was focused on the ones that got away, the places where we were so close. Eventually, it started to dawn on us how big a day we really had, and how powerful we could be with 49 votes in the Virginia House of Delegates. Even if it wasn’t yet a majority with 51. In 2018, it’s easy to focus on the fact that Republicans maintained control of the Senate, and view the evening as disappointing, the Blue Wave crashing made its way all the way to shore. Democrats flipped eight state legislatures, 372 legislative seats, and almost 40 Congressional House seats. We broke Republican supermajorities in three states and made significant gains in seven other states. And just like this time last year, there are ballots still being counted and potential recounts, ongoing. What does that portend for the year to come? A lot of what happens in Richmond during our upcoming session will depend on how the state’s political parties read and react to the results of our midterm elections. When you break down the statewide vote by legislative district, many Virginia Republican legislators find they now represent districts where a sizable majority of their constituents voted for Tim Kaine for U.S. Senate and Jennifer Wexton, or Abigail Spanberger, or Elaine Luria for Congress. Knowing that, how will they react? Will they try to moderate some of their positions, distancing

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themselves from the president and the National Republican Brand? One of the first tests will be how the leadership of the Virginia House and Senate decides to deal with the Equal Rights Amendment. Virginia has the chance to be the 38th state to pass ERA legislation — putting us over the 75 percent threshold required to amend the US Constitution. Will the GOP Speaker of the House allow the bill to emerge from committee for a vote on the floor? Will members of the majority view the defeat of Barbara Comstock, the NRAs highest funded member of congress, as a cautionary tale? Will they finally work with us to pass meaningful gun violence prevention legislation? Will watching our former colleague, Scott Taylor, lose in a race where integrity and veracity were major issues, bring legislators to the table to finally have meaningful ethics and campaign finance reform? Dave Brat, a Tea Party favorite, lost his election as well. Will that embolden those legislators who are more amenable to reaching across the aisle in search of bipartisan solutions? Or will the endangered GOP majority look at the results as a different kind of warning, that when participation is this high, Democrats tend to win. Will they double down on their efforts to restrict voting and access to the ballot to hold on to their slim majorities? As your delegate here in Falls Church I can tell you that I found Tuesday’s vote affirming. Corey Stewart received less than 16 percent of the vote in the City of Falls Church. That tells me you want me to continue to pursue the legislative agenda I’ve been working on for the last five years: making sure full time work pays a living wage for all Virginians, ensuring equal protection under the law for everyone, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or who they love; making Virginia a leader in solar renewable energy, and most importantly to all those goals, increasing voter participation and access.  Delegate Simon represents the 53rd District in the Virginia House of Delegates. He may be emailed at DelMSimon@house.virginia.gov

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Trump’s Mewling Failure in Paris

Donald Trump’s epic fail in France last weekend, as he sat curled up in a fetal position in his room at the American embassy petulantly sulking over the stunning defeat he was handed by the American people in the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 6, perceiving the whole world to be laughing and pointing their fingers at him (not far from the truth, actually), was in such ironic contrast to the events surrounding his reason for going there, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the “War to End All Wars” — World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an Armistice closed the book on one of the most FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS horrific chapters in the modern world history, the four-year Great War, which, of course was not the “War to End All Wars,” as it was called then, but a prelude to what deft historians came to call “the long weekend” of 21 short years between 1918 and 1939, before an even more horrid Second World War broke out. Between the two phases of that one war, over 200 million people in the most developed nations of the world were slaughtered, dismembered and beaten into the bloody soil, counting the soldiers and civilians in combat, the 600,000 horses in the first phase, and the deaths from the Spanish flu, famine, suicides by victims of “shell shock” (what we now call PTSD) and other psychological effects of the horror, genocidal mass murders in concentration camps, wanton crime, drug overdoses, cruelty for cruelty’s sake and the overall political chaos that had been unleashed. If the 100th anniversary of the Armistice as one inflection point in that horrible era was to have any meaning, it had not to represent any of it as “honorable,” but as an occasion for deep shame and pity, remorse and a rededication to eradicating the foul forces of humanity’s cruel dark side from ever being allowed to swarm over mankind that way again. But alas, as a civilization, we still have not yet learned to break from the false pomp and ceremony that was used back then to send innocent school boys to die ignominious and excruciatingly painful deaths by the millions in the stinking cesspool trenches of northern France in the name of patriotism and honor. At that time, 100 years ago, it in fact was America, and America’s president, Woodrow Wilson, who held out the hope of the surviving masses to end all this with a fresh vision of a world at peace, defined by his 14 Points, proposed formation of a League of Nations, riding into Paris in early December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, on the shoulders, metaphorically, of the 4 million American men he deployed to Europe in April 1917 to finally push the deadlocked conflict to an end, triumphant for Allies and America, and utter defeat for the Axis powers led by Germany. In breathtaking images from that time the streets of Paris are choked with people cheering Wilson as, at last, their desperate hope and savior. America came through that chapter as the new reigning international representation of mankind’s best chance for an enduring peace to replace the unspeakable horror of what had gone on for four long years before. The Paris peace talks of 1919 went on for over six months, as representatives of over 30 nations, not including the vanquished Germany, led by Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George and French premier Georges Clemenceau, redrew boundaries, carved up extinguished empires and created new nations, all in the noble attempt to establish a brighter future, and as author Margaret McMillan so deftly documented in her New York Times best seller, “Paris 1919, Six Months That Changed the World” (2002). It was a noble attempt, but still rife with the human disease that caused the Great War in the first place, a prideful male chauvinism that continued insisting on blind, territorial nationalism, the same that current President Trump and Russian President Putin want to revive now by undoing the post-World War II efforts to finally put a stop such excessive evil.

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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark

Nearly 150 of us bundled up on this chilly Veterans Day Sunday to pack the sliver that is Clarendon Park for Arlington’s marking of the 100th anniversary of the end of the “war to end all wars.” Somber reflective remarks and rituals combined with light lyrics of “Over There” sung by the Arlingtones as traffic whizzed by on three boulevards. Arlington’s event stood apart from countless others with the unveiling of new interpretive panel addressing the delicate issue of the local memorial’s segregated tribute to fallen troops. “If you were on the battlefield in 1918, these are some of the sounds you would hear — until 11 a.m.,” said emcee Linden Dixon of Arlington’s American Legion Post 139. There followed a recording of explosions and rifle fire followed by birds chirping. At precisely 11 a.m. came the moment of silence. Followed by a traditional bell ringing. Then a three-volley salute by Arlington police riflemen. And a bugler playing “Taps.” All proceeded by a color guard wearing doughboy uniforms. “The brave Americans memorialized behind me on this monument in 2018 are especially significant because, unfortunately, we know today the guns are not silent.” Dixon said while making mention of the ongoing combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The event staged by county staff, the World War I Commemoration Task Force and veterans groups drew a crowd of all ages and colors, including regulars from the Arlington Historical Society. Veterans of Foreign Wars came from as far away as Danville. All appreciated the doses of century-old culture — the Opera Nova singer performing “God Bless America” and Arlington poet laureate Katherine Young reciting poetry of WWI veteran Archibald MacLeish. All seemed receptive as speakers noted how “intertwined” our hometown is with the Great War through Arlington Cemetery, Fort Myer, the Marine Corps Memorial. Marvin Chadab, past president of the Great War Association, wore a doughboy uniform. He knew Frank Buckles, he told me, the last surviving World War I veteran, who was buried in 2011 at Arlington. But Chadab was disappointed he didn’t lie in state in the Capitol. The unveiling of the interpretive panel came as task force chair Allison Finkelstein expressed hope that the addition will “breathe life into this toooften overlooked memorial park.” Sketching the war’s impact on borders, America’s global role, women’s rights, civil rights and immigration, she described the original “grass-roots” campaign to build the memorial in the 1920s. The later addition of names of locals lost in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and (since

2013) Afghanistan and Iraq provides evidence of “how Arlington changed with each war,” she said. The new plaques “contextualize in local and larger history” the forces such as those that led original planners to separate the two “colored” World War I casualties from the 11 whites. That less is known about the two blacks is “part of the continuing legacy of segregation,” Finklestein said. (County history staff may have identified more blacks.) The plaque focusing on the monument calls it “a reflection of the systemic racism pervasive in Virginia and across the nation.” Another five plaques are planned for Memorial Day, I was told by county staff. Delivering the finale for the county board was Christian Dorsey. He spoke to the modern era, calling for a “functional zero” goal for homeless veterans. He asked Arlingtonians to let vets know “we’ve got their back.” *** Confession: While reporting on the aforementioned once-acentury war commemoration, I was distracted. My daughter, we had heard the same Sunday morning, was suddenly scheduled to deliver—a month early—our second grandchild. The whole extended family leapt into action to provide back-up older-child and household care. Welcome Veterans Day baby James Patrick McKenzie. May you live to see the World War I Armistice’s 200th.

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Cross Country

A DREARY NOVEMBER DAY didn’t prevent the Mustangs from competing in the Class 2 Cross Country state championships last weekend, where Jo Sevier (left) led the girls to an 8th place finish with 160 points and completed the race in 25th overall herself. (Photo: FCCPS Photo/Carol Sly)

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Mustangs Fall in State Quarterfinal by Matt Delaney

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A landmark season for George Mason High School’s volleyball team came to end Saturday night when the Mustangs fell 3-1 to Poquoson High School in the Class 2 State quarterfinals. Never before had Mason (168) made it to Virginia’s Class 2 state tournament, let alone past the opening round of the regional tournament. But this year proved different, and it did so with the deck (seemingly) stacked against them. A new head coach took over a program with only four returning seniors and an abundance of players making their first starts at the varsity level. All that, plus the baggage of fruitful regular seasons and underwhelming postseasons, affected what most might’ve labeled as the team’s low ceiling — except the team itself. “It was a great experience,” Mason head coach Derek Baxter said. “We played some of our best volleyball in the last month, and now we’ve given our team of mostly sophomores some good lessons to learn as they continue to grow as players within the program.” Saturday’s state quarterfinal at Poquoson near Hampton Roads showed that the Mustangs had the chops to compete, but not the endurance to consistently elevate their game against the state’s best. Trailing 25-24 in the first set, senior outside hitter McKenzie Brady spiked a floating volley from the Bull Islanders to knot the game up. Sophomore middle hitter Roza Gal would smack a kill down during the rally after, but the hosts tallied three straight points to steal the first set back. The Mustangs started hot in the second set. They held a slim 7-6 lead, but were soon on the wrong end of a 11-8 deficit. The three-point gap maintained while Mason lagged behind at 13-10 and

MASON WILL SORELY MISS its strong senior class of McKenzie Brady, Evelyn Duross and Riley and Shea Ruyak. But head coach Derek Baxter is confident that the experience of a deep playoff run will help the growth of its sophomore-laden varsity team come next season. (Photo: Carol Sly) 15-12 until the Mustangs scored six of the next seven points to go up 18-16. Sophomore libero Caroline Poley’s ace later on put Mason up 23-17 and the Mustangs eventually tied the match up at one set apiece. Poquoson’s savvy was on display during the final two sets. Mason was down 13-9 early, but fought back to come within two at 16-14. From there the home team began to separate and built up a 21-15 lead. A strong service run by senior outside hitter Riley Ruyak staved off defeat to put the Mustangs down four at 24-20, but the Bull Islanders finished off the set. Some of the wrinkles Poquoson had in its game, especially in its serving, began to take hold in the fourth set. It’s why a surmountable 12-8 Bull Islander lead early on snowballed into a 18-11 advantage for the home team soon after. Poquoson built the margin

to 23-14 and was able to win the final set handily. The loss concluded a whirlwind of a final week to the Mustangs’ season. One night after spoiling topseeded Wilson Memorial High School’s undefeated season, Mason traveled to face a familiar foe in Bull Run District rival Madison County High School on Nov. 7. The previous three matches between these two teams were decided in straight sets, including the match to decide the Bull Run champion eight days earlier. Present trends continued last Wednesday. The Mountaineers won in straight sets over the Mustangs – 25-14, 25-16 and 25-23 – to take the Region B crown. Baxter mentioned that Madison County is a tough out in their own gym, but still felt that Mason competed better than the scoreboard indicated by the match’s end.

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PACING THE BOYS for their best finish since 2013 was AllState honoree Colson Board, who dashed his way to 13th place individually and helped his teammates take fourth place with 112 points. (Photo: FCCPS Photo/Carol Sly)

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City Band Boosters Host Fundraiser at Pizzeria Orso Falls Church City Band Boosters will hold its third annual dine in/take out night at Pizzeria Orso, (400 S. Maple Ave., Falls

Church) on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.. This event, which will benefit the band music program in the Falls Church City schools, is offered in connection with opening night of “Chicago” at George Mason High School. Pizzeria Orso will donate 15 percent of food purchases for customers who say they are “with the band.”

Multiple Mason Chorus Students Join Honors Chorus On Saturday, Mount Vernon High School hosted the District 10 High School Honors Chorus Auditions. A total of 358 students were auditioning from the region and 222 students were selected to participate in the SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and SSAA (first and second sopranos and first and second altos) Honors Choirs by the auditions end. Sixteen George Mason students auditioned, and 14 were selected — seven members of the Chamber Singers and seven from the Concert Choir. The District 10 Chorus members will rehearse and perform Feb. 7 – 9 at Falls Church High School.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Comes To Justice High School Justice High School (3301 Peace Valley Ln., Falls Church) opens its fall production this weekend with the musical, “Bye Bye Birdie.” It’s the late 50’s and Birdie has been drafted. His fans are devastated, and his manager, Albert Peterson, does not know how he will raise enough money while Conrad is away, to pay off his debts and marry his longtime girlfriend, Rosie. So, a plan is hatched for Conrad Birdie to sing a new tune to a fan on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Of course, the fan chosen at random has just been pinned by her boyfriend, her father is angling to be on “The Ed Sullivan Show” with his daughter, Albert’s mother is trying to break up his relationship with Rosie and the whole small town is not ready for a famous Birdie’s visit. The show will run tonight until Saturday, Nov. 17, with 7 p.m. showings each night and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Online ticketing is available at wolfpacktheatre.org and tickets are available at the door for cash or card.

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Homestretch Fundraiser at State Theatre Tonight Celebrate Homestretch, a fundraiser for the Falls Church-based nonprofit that helps homeless families climb out of poverty, will take place Thursday, Nov. 15 from 8 – 10 p.m. at The State Theatre. The event will include live and silent auctions, raffles, dancing, desserts, and live music by No Better Off. Tickets are $50 per person and available, along with a listing of auction items, at www.501auctions.com/Homestretch. The State Theatre is located at 220 N. Washington Street in Falls Church.

Columbia Baptist’s ‘Feed the Hungry’ 5K, 3K, This Saturday Racing to Feed the Hungry 5K/3K Spend Yourself Run/Walk will take place Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8 a.m. This family friendly event sponsored by Columbia Baptist Church includes a stroller and dog friendly flat race course on the W&OD trail. All registrants will receive a long sleeved event t-shirt. Columbia Baptist Church is located at 103 W. Columbia Street in Falls Church. Fees range depending on age and date of purchase. Family packs are available. To register go to www.columbiabaptist.org/5k.

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F.C. Arts Hosting Reception for ‘Brushes’ Exhibit Falls Church Arts is hosting a Meet the Artists reception for its new exhibit, “Brushes,” on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 7:30 – 10 p.m. at its Gallery at the Kensington Falls Church. The exhibit, which runs through December 28, is a collaboration of the National Capital area chapter of the Sumi-e Society of America and Falls Church Arts artists. The event is free. Falls Church Arts Gallery is at 700 B W. Broad Street. For more information, visit www.fallschurcharts.org.

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Generationally Beloved F.C. Scout House Turns 80 Next Year by Orrin Konheim

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Two blocks southwest of Broad Street in Falls Church, youth groups of all ages can find themselves transported back in time to the scout house. The rustic log cabin was built in 1939 which means that the Scout House will mark its 80th Anniversary next year. The cabin’s construction was made possible through a fundraising drive that consisted of $600 for the two-acre property and $4,500 to build the property. In its inaugural year, the greater Falls Church area was home to nine Boy Scout troops. At the time, Falls Church was significantly more rural in character compared to neighboring Washington, D.C. Today, all of Northern Virginia is considerably more urbanized, especially Falls Church. As a result, scouts in Falls Church and similar suburban locations generally take trips farther away to the Shenandoah. However, much of scouting takes place locally. “A lot of the very basic skills like using a stove, knife safety, setting up your tents, a lot of those basic foundational skills are taught in the meetings and then those can be practically applied in the woods,” explained Falls Church Scout Building Association (FCSBA) secretary and a troop assistant scoutmaster Joe Knecht. “All of my peers who went through the scouting program would attribute a lot of their successes in adult life to the foundations that were laid in scouting.” In the interim, many of the scouts in the area feel that the homely nature of the scout house, however, bridges the divide between urban and rural. “The minute you walk in there, like if you’ve been to a cabin in the wilderness, it immediately transports you back in time to that environment,” says Troop 895 assistant scoutmaster Matt Dillard. The scout troops typically meet at the home of their charter organization. For example, one troop is chartered by Falls Church Presbyterian Church and meets there while another is chartered by Saint James Catholic Church.

Both, however, use facilities at the scout house. The scout house allows for more rigorous activity than some of the chartering organizations’ homes are equipped for. “A den master or St. James is not going to say ‘Why don’t you teach kids how to chop wood with an axe in the church business. The Scout Master is going to do those activities that don’t set themselves [well in the Church in the scout house] basement,’” explains Knecht. It also abates any scheduling burdens on the chartering organizations. Troop 895, for example, used the scout house for a ham radio workshop, but it also turns to the house if the Falls Church Presbyterian Church’s facilities are in use. The scout house is open to all youth-oriented groups which include Brownies, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, groups from the YMCA and a co-ed Hungarian youth group. The FCSBA charges a user’s fee to defray operating costs. They also rent out the facility to neighbors. “Occasionally they ask us, and as good neighbors, we make it available to them. We’ve had birthday parties and a rehearsal dinners,” explains FCSBA president Bruce Sanford. Perhaps what was most remarkable about the log house’s construction is the degree to which it was a true community effort under the supervision of Falls Church Scout Committee Walter Johnson. Johnson secured building materials and labor throughout the community, while various contractors donated architectural and building services, and another couple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turner, donated the logs and stones. When the initial fundraising fell short, 15 local residents bounded together to guarantee a loan from the bank. For their part, the scouts collected discarded papers, toothpaste, shaving cream tubes, and license plates to reduce the building‘s debt. The tradition of scouts working towards the self-sufficiency of the scout house continues today. Workdays are held throughout the

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fall and spring to maintain the grounds and property with volunteers welcome as well. As it was built at the onset of World War II, the scout house was designated as an air raid shelter, a hospital and first aid shelter in case of an emergency. While Knecht describes it as a “museum of sorts”, each scouting group has a space on the walls for a bulletin board with pictures, flags and other mementos to show that the piece is being claimed by those in the present as well. The date of the anniversary event has yet to be decided. The building association is currently in the stages of collecting feedback from alumni and user groups to coordinate the event. Knecht and his colleagues say they want it to be an opportunity for all former scouts to connect over the experiences they received from the programs.

THE SCOUT HOUSE may have a drab appearance on the outside (bottom), but the potpourri of trinkets found inside give the building a lively feel. Some items include the Eagle Scouts that were inducted the same year as the Falls Church Scout Building Association secretary Joe Knecht, who points to his name on the plaque. (Photos: Orrin Konheim)

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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 ULI Report on Falls Church. The Urban Land Institute will be detailing a recent report of theirs on the economic potential and most suitable developments for the City of Falls Church’s east end. Viget offices (105 W. Broad St., fourth floor, Falls Church). 4:30 p.m. Teen Writers Studio. Open to all teen writers. This is a chance for teens to come to the library to work with and bounce ideas off other writers. Students can bring whatever they’re working on and share with the group or get new ideas from writing prompts. No instruction is provided but collaboration and constructive criticism is encouraged. For Grades 6-12, regis-

tration requested. A librarian will coordinate the discussions. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034. Celebrate Homestretch. Residents can attend the Celebrate Homestretch fundraiser for a local non-profit that offers services for the area’s homeless. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 8 – 11 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Habitat Restoration: Howard E. Herman Park. Interested residents can join the City of Falls Church Habitat Restoration Team in restoring the local ecosystem in Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park. Residents who do show up will be removing invasive species of plants in the park. Participants are encour-

aged to wear clothes and shoes that they don’t mind getting dirty. Howard E. Herman Stream Valley Park (601 W. Broad Street or next to 434 Sherrow Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon. 571-238-6303

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Town Hall: West Falls Church Project and High School Campus Project. The City Manager, F. Wyatt Shields, and other officials will make a public presentation and answer questions on the high school campus project and the West Falls Church Economic Development project that are currently in the planning process. This event will be recorded by FCCTV and posted on the City’s website and YouTube channel. Senior Center – Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). 2 – 4 p.m. 703-248-5014.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Preschool Storytime. Stories and fun for ages 0-5. Drop-in. All storytimes are followed by playtime with the Early Literacy Center toys. 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. Drop in. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. ESL Conversation Group. A general conversation group (for adults) learning English as their second language. Meets every Monday at regularly scheduled time. Drop in. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 “Chicago.” Based originally on the play written by real-life reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and what she witnessed covering crime in the 1920s, “Chicago” starts out with Roxie Hart murdering Fred Casely. Following that, it’s up to sleazeball lawyer Billy Flynn to get her off her charges by razzle-dazzling both an adoring media, public and all-too-persuadable court system. Meanwhile, in prison, she meets Velma Kelly and the two join up for a new vaudeville act. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church) $5 – $10. 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 “Actually.” Tom and Amber, freshmen at Princeton University, seem to be on the same page about where their relationship is heading, until suddenly they aren’t. What begins as a casual hook up turns into a Title IX hearing in which both students have everything to lose. Tackling the highly

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charged topic of sexual consent, this provocative new play by Anna Ziegler (“Photograph 51”) investigates the intersection of gender and race in campus politics today, offering a nuanced and psychologically rich portrait of a generation. Arena Stage (1101 Sixth St. SW, Washington, D.C.) $35 – $69. 8 p.m. theaterj.org.

“Peter Pan and Wendy.” When Wendy meets Peter, the little boy who refuses to grow up, the adventure for the Darling children begins. With a few magical thoughts they learn to fly and Peter leads them on an adventure of a lifetime. This original adaptation featuring music by Matt Conner was first produced in 2013 and quickly became one of our audience and critics favorite “Bold New Works for Young Audiences” productions. Creative Cauldron (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church) $18. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 “Cry It Out.” Jessie is a corporate lawyer in a Manhattan firm. Lina is a community-college dropout and born-and-bred Long Islander. They don’t seem to have anything in common, but marooned at home with infants, they strike up a fast friendship. In the yard between their houses—as far as their baby monitors will reach— they bond over sleep deprivation, unreliable childcare, and “having it all.” A candid comedy about who gets to make which hard choices in the tinderbox of parenthood and class in the United States. Studio Theatre (1501 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.) $20 – $90. 2 p.m. studiotheatre.org.

LIVEMUSIC THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Torrey B. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333. The Scene Aesthetic with My Heart + My Anchor. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Alan Doyle with Whitney Rose.

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Thrillbilly’s. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Mary Hynes & Too Blue. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Happy Hour: Martha Capone. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703241-9504. Fancy feat. DJ BPM. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $40 – $60. 8 p.m. 703-255-1566. Maggie Rose with Rude Music. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $22 – $27. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. The Clock Reads with Dear Creek. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $8 – $10. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Wicked Jezabel. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

MC LARS will be at Jammin’ Java in Vienna on Sunday. (Photo: Nick Karp)

Judge Smith. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 10 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Jelly Roll Mortals. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.

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Anti-Social Club Album Release Party with Derd Berner + Spectrums. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 10 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Kiti Gardner Live and in Concert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703241-9504. Sean Rowe with Jarrod Dickenson. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. Hot Rize 40th Anniversary Tour. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $45 – $60. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. DJ VER1TAS. Falls Church Distillers (442 S. Washington St. A, Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-8589186. Josh Christina Live and In Concert. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Bentwood Rockers Bluegrass. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703241-9504. Art Garfunkel (encore performances the following two nights at the same time and price). Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $80 – $95. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.

Church). 5 p.m. 703-858-9186. MC Lars with Skyblew. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. Crossfire Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504. Painted Mirrors, Birds and Arrows. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Direct From Ireland: Séamus Begley Trio. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.

Josh Allen Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.

Wolf Blues Jam Weekly Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.

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Collective. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-525-8646.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 SayWeCanFly + A Summer High (acoustic) Goodbye Summer Fall Tour 2018 with Special Guests The Stolen. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-2551566. Majestic: Drag Show. Diva Lounge (6763 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church). 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 An Evening with Richard Shindell. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $22 – $25. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. Jimi Smooth & The Hit Time. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington). 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340.

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F.C. Mayor Invites Obamas To Enroll in F.C. Schools

Local Entrepreneur Markets Wireless Access to Internet A small but growing Falls Church business is at the cutting edge of the communications industry, offering customers highspeed wireless internet access beamed off the City’s WFAX radio tower that rises behind the Falls Church Episcopal. Michael Young is president of YDI, Inc., at 308 HIllwood Ave., where a special amplifier is manufactured that makes possible “line of sight” internet access that is 70 times faster than a 28.8 Kbps dial-up telephone line connection.

City of Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner notified the News-Press yesterday that she’s preparing a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his family, inviting them to enroll their children in the Falls Church City Public Schools. The Obamas have been touring selected private schools in the District of Columbia, with the intent to make a decision imminently on where to enroll the two girls in their family so as not to delay their education any longer.

Longtime Falls Church Resident John ‘Jack’ McNeely Dies at 89 John “Jack” George McNeely, 89, of Alexandria, Virginia passed away on Saturday Nov. 3, 2018. Jack was born in Pittsburgh, Penn on May 27, 1929. In 1959 Jack moved his family from Pittsburgh to Falls Church where he was a pillar of the community until moving to Alexandria in 2013. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Lillian McNeely and a sister Mary McNeely. Jack is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary Louise Long McNeely of the home, his four children Mark McNeely of Alexandria, Maggie McNeely Ziemann

and husband Norbert of Alexandria , Rosemary McNeely Keenan of Hampstead, NC, and Daniel Mc Neely and wife Teresa of Warrenton, eight grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. Jack served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. Jack was a mountain of a man who loved the outdoors, hunting and camping with his boys and fishing and walking in the woods. His biggest hobby was woodworking and reading. He was a tinkerer, saw a need and would make something out of the things he had on hand. His go-to unfail-

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failed to stop at the scene.

Hit and Run, 100 blk W Marshall St, between 8:15 AM and 11:00 AM on Nov 07, a gray BMW was struck by an unknown vehicle which failed to stop at the scene.

Larceny - Shoplifting, 1230 W Broad St (Giant Food), Nov 07, 11:45 AM, an unknown suspect took merchandise from the store and attempted to leave without paying. After being stopped by store personnel, the suspect relinquished the merchandise and left the premises in a silver SUV. The suspect is described as an older black male, wearing a green baseball cap, light-colored striped polo shirt, and gray baggy jeans.

Hit and Run, 800 W Broad St (lower parking lot), between 6:50 AM and 6:00 PM on Nov 06, a white Volkswagen was struck by an unknown vehicle which

Auto Theft, 6607 Wilson Blvd (BJ’s Wholesale parking lot), between 8:00 PM on Nov 06 and 5:00 AM on Nov 07, a white Chevrolet van was taken

Hit and Run, 100 blk W Columbia St, between 10:00 AM and 5:15 PM on Nov 05, a silver Toyota was struck by an unknown vehicle which failed to stop at the scene.

ing repair tools were coat hangers and duct tape. He had a booming Irish voice that could be heard in the next county. When he spoke, people listened. He absolutely adored his wife and kids and would do anything for them. Grandchildren and GreatGrandchildren were an awesome gift in his eyes. A memorial Mass will be held at St. James Catholic Church (905 Park Ave., Falls Church) on Friday, Nov. 23 at 10 a.m., followed by interment at Quantico National Cemetery at noon. from the front parking lot. Investigation continues. Larceny – Theft from Building (Attempt), 100 blk W George Mason Rd, Nov 08, 8:04 PM, an unknown suspect attempted to take items from the front porch of a residence. The suspect is described as a white male, cleanshaven, wearing a dark beret, dark coat, and light-colored pants, and carrying a light-colored backpack. Investigation continues. Smoking Violation, 6757-15 Wilson Blvd (H2O Cafe), Nov 08, 11:52 PM, police issued a summons to a male, 44, of Alexandria, VA for Smoking in a Prohibited Area. Larceny – Theft from Building, 6795 Wilson Blvd (Eden Center), Nov 11, 2:10 PM, an unknown suspect took a cell phone that had been left unattended in the restroom.

A YEAR AGO TOMORROW will mark the first anniversary of Sam’s death. Sam was the beloved cat to his owner, Anne, who has a hole in her heart since she is no longer greeted by Sam’s warm presence when she comes home at night. Though Sam may be in a better place, he is still sorely missed back here in Falls Church. 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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‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Returns to Creative Cauldron by Nicholas F. Benton

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Oh, the cleverness of this production! Back again after four years as a Learning Theater offering of Falls Church’s Creative Cauldron, “Peter Pan and Wendy” opened last weekend and will run through Nov. 18. This is a show that delights all ages and once again showcases the enormous talents that are housed in Falls Church’s Cauldron operation. Laura Connors Hull, the founder and producing director of the Cauldron has jumped in for her own major role in this adaptation of the timeless J.M. Barrie adventure, adjusting with Ellen Selby the script to fit into the cozy confines of the theater space and directing overall, with the enormously talented Matt Conner writing the music and doing the choreography in conjunction with his partner Stephen Gregory Smith’s role as lyricist, and Margie Jervis providing the fascinating costume, prop and scenic designs. Yes there are many children in this show, but they add, not

detract, from its charm and timeless themes by being blended so well with the professional adult actors — Captain Hook and Smee included — and the deft solution to making Peter Pan fly when there is no “fly loft” capacity to swing him through the air. As Hull says in her theater notes to this production, “Storytelling is our most powerful tool in our arsenal. Good storytelling transcends technical feats, and allows an audiences to fill in all the gaps with their imagination. What if the Darling Family and Peter were puppets, and only when they arrived in Neverland did the story become ‘larger than life,’ with real actors as characters?” Once moved beyond the puppet realm, the major roles were played by Gabriela Simmons-Robles as Peter Pan, Aashna Kapur as Wendy, frequent Cauldron headliner Will Stevenson as Hook and E. Augustus Knapp as Smee (a long-time City of Falls Church resident who is a charter member of the Victorian Society here). Simmons-Robles has appeared in over eight Creative Cauldron

A SCENE from the Creative Cauldron’s production of “Peter Pan and Wendy.” (Photo: News-Press) Learning and Musical Theatre productions including her leading role in “Madeline’s Christmas” that will be reprised again next month, and Kapur has been in productions with the Cauldron the last two years. Tink is a flashlight behind a curtain whose sound is a fastmoving high pitched piano keyboard, and, yes, when it appears she may be dying, everyone in the house gets to root her back to life with applause and foot stomping. Hook’s nemesis crocodile, a highly-amusing Jarvis creation, is housed by Arianna Vargas and

Constance Meade and Tiger Lily is Morgan Beltson. The Darling family, the Lost Boys, Hook’s pirates, Tiger Lily’s animal kingdom warriors, the mermaids and the star nebula involve a total of over 40 young actors. The Connor-Smith creative musical team’s work is a pure delight with seven original songs. Hull has announced that Cauldron is now making all their original adaptations of children’s classics, like this one, available under its “Bold New Works for Young Audiences” licensing arm, with scripts that come with pro-

fessionally orchestrated musical tracks. This production is sponsored by the Juan C. Febles Memorial Fund. The show will run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. through Nov. 18. Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and military, $14 for students and $12 for groups. The performance space, the ArtSpace of Falls Church, is at 400 S. Maple, Falls Church, or alternately by taking the second star to the right and flying straight on until morning.

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