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After the New Year, work toward construction of a new George Mason High School will commence immediately, kicking off a 16-month design process for the school and a 16-month marketing process for the development of 10 acres set aside on the campus land for commercial development. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 9
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afflicted by the white supremacists’ riot, it is clear to him that the events of that day constituted “domestic terrorism.” He said that the city of Charlottesville is continuing a criminal investigation into the events and has filed a lawsuit against six of the alleged paramilitary groups that were involved on grounds that such groups are illegal under Virginia state law.
By a 5-2 vote, the Broad and Washington large scale mixed-use project finally won a preliminary approval from the Falls Church City Council Monday night. The plan, for 295 apartments and 66,000 square feet of Class A office space, has been before the City government for two years, finally breaking out with a favorable vote after extended efforts to appease the concerns of residential neighbors behind the site. Only three of those neighbors, residents of Lawton Street, showed up to express their opposition Monday night, even following extensive efforts by the site’s developers, the Insight Group, to modify plans by lowering elevations and adding pocket park spaces at the Lawton Street end of the plan. The 2.63-acre plan, which would replace the Robertson Building now at the northeast corner of the City’s central intersection of Rt. 7 and Rt. 29, and the Applebee’s restaurant behind it, would devote 5,000 square feet for a permanent home for the popular Creative Cauldron theater troupe and add over 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail that would include restaurants and other businesses attracted by the presence of the Creative Cauldron space, in particular. Even after two years and lots of modifications, the plan was opposed by two members on the Council — David Snyder and Phil Duncan — on grounds that it does not yet include nailed-down, signed lease commitments from major retailers for its ground floor retail portion.
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At 2 a.m. last Sunday morning, a man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was shot at the Palenque Restaurant on Columbia Pike in Falls Church. The suspect is still at large during the ongoing investigation. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 9
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Last week Danica Roem made history, winning election to Virginia’s House of Delegates as an openly transgender woman. She’ll be the only openly transgender person in a state legislature anywhere in America. SEE PAGE 14
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Aftera teen’s death at the hospital where he worked in Bhutan, Falls Church native Charlie Mize and two trauma nurses resolved to improve efforts to save people who are injured in hard to reach places of the South Asian country. SEE PAGE 8
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U.S. REP. DONALD S. BEYER JR., (right) who represents the 8th District of Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, addresses the annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Veterans Monument in front of the F.C. Community Center last Saturday. The event’s Master of Ceremonies, Harry Shovlin, (left) looks on. (P����: K���� K�����/���������G���)
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For the second time in three weeks in Falls Church, last August’s violent white supremacist demonstration and riot in Charlottesville was the central focus of a major public event. On Oct. 29, four local religious leaders spearheaded an event at the Dulin United Methodist Church keying off an eyewitness account of the deadly riot by a pastor of the Rock
Springs United Church of Christ. This Sunday night, Northern Virginia native Michael Signer, now the mayor of Charlottesville, spoke to a capacity crowd at the Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church about the Aug. 12 incident and his reflections on it. Signer, also former senior policy advisor at the Center for American Progress and deputy counsel to Virginia Senator Mark Warner, stated bluntly Sunday night that as mayor of the city
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Broad & Washington Project Wins 1st OK Continued from Page 1
But Monday that complaint was met strongly by Councilman Dan Sze who raised his voice sharply to remind his colleagues that the tax revenues from the project, predicted to be worth three cents or more annually on the City’s real estate tax rate, “is part of the effort to mitigate the impact on taxpayers of the cost of building a new high school.” Voters had approved the $120 million school bond referendum by a wide margin just last week, but there appeared to be a disconnect between that and Monday’s Council debate until Sze intervened. The turning point in the voting was Council member Letty Hardi’s vote in favor. Until then, it was a 2-2 proposition, with Karen Oliver and Sze in favor, and Duncan and Snyder against. While Vice Mayor Marybeth Connelly was expected to vote yes, it was when Hardi’s signaled her “yes” that Mayor Tarter announced his “yes” that made the final vote 5-2. Tarter said his personal preference would be for a modestlysized grocery store to be included in the project. Duncan stressed that the location is the most important one in the entire City. He said it has “such great potential, and I don’t feel we are quite there yet” in terms of what might locate there. Councilman Karen Oliver said she has “confidence in the boards and commissions” who will now review the plan and make recom-
mendations. Snyder said there is “no certainty” about what will go into the project at this point. At the public hearing prior to the vote, in addition to three Lawton Street residents who urged a “no” vote, David Tax of Clare and Don’s Beach Shack, the popular restaurant between the development site and the State Theatre on N. Washington, asked the Council to consider “mitigation policies” to relieve the disruptive impact the project will cause. Owners of the adjacent Argia’s restaurant, although not at the hearing, have also expressed concerns, including for the impact of parking. On the other hand, board members of Creative Cauldron, and one student enrolled in its learning theatre program, spoke up in support of what the project would do for their program, noting that they face an expiration of their current lease in a much smaller space on S. Maple coming in the summer of 2019. Cauldron executive Laura Hull cited the benefit of the project being led by two men — Rick Hausler and Todd Hitt — who have been recipients of the Fairfax County Arts Council’s top awards. “They are not just developers in it for the money, they’re community builders,” Hull said. As presented Monday, the project would include large signage on its northside identifying the “Falls Church Arts District.” While the plan now goes to the City’s boards and commissions for their advisory input, it is currently slated to come back to the Council for a final vote on April 9, 2018.
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Charlottesville Mayor Signer Warns on White Supremacy Continued from Page 1
Signer, who is a member of the oldest synagogue in Virginia located in Charlottesville, said that he was the target of antiSemitic smears via the Internet for months before the August riot, as his city moved to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He said Charlottesville was chosen by the white supremacists for that reason. They descended on it from 31 states, because of its dedication as an exemplary “great American city embracing policies of tolerance and compassion and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S.” He said the election results last week in Virginia, with a sweep by three Democratic statewide candidates and a tsunami of support for Democrats running for state legislative offices — with a minimum of 15 seats in the state legislature “flipped” from all white men to 11 women, a transgender candidate, two Latina delegates, a lesbian
delegate and an Asian American woman — was due in part to the popular reaction against the white supremacists, and the basis for a “gritty optimism.” Leading up to the election there was a mood of repudiation of the alt-right and the invitation that the current presidential administration had extended to them to enter the mainstream of American politics. “The American system has it in its DNA to handle stress tests,” he said, but the outcomes of such tests will not happen automatically, but depend on “what we decide to do.” In his prescient 2008 book, “Demagogue, The Fight to Save Democracy From Its Worst Enemies,” Signer identifies the long-standing historical tug of war between democracy and the tendency of democracy to spawn the potential for its own demise in the rise of demagogues. “If the people dedicate themselves to the rule of law, they will defy the demagogue. If, on the other hand, the people are more interested in the
roller-coaster of the demagogue’s ambitions than their own small part in maintaining the rule of law in their own nation, democracy can disintegrate into authoritarianism, corruption and murder.” The subject matter of that book, coming years before Trump and the alt-right broke out on the national scene, calls for “the need to think about, communicate, and work directly with people, rather than just leaders and institutions. We need to learn to view a successful liberal order in a country as a product of culture and values.” With his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and law degree from the University of Virginia, Signer noted that the first and last of the nationally-founding Federalist Papers dealt with the need to resist demagoguery. Sunday night, he hailed the evidence that this has been in play in the reaction to the Charlottesville riot in Virginia, and that the August riot “might be seen as the last gasp of something.”
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CHARLOTTESVILLE Mayor Michael Signer (right) spoke to a full house at Falls Church’s Temple Rodef Shalom on demagoguery and how to fight it in the wake of August’s violent white supremacist demonstration and riot in his city. (Photo: News-Press) “I have a tough optimism about our democracy’s self-saving potential, and in the resilience and defiance against those who would incite fear.” He said the altright movement “may be defeating itself by revealing its full regalia,” becoming “its own worst enemy.” Last week’s election, he said, “showed a public rising up resoundingly against unacceptable fringe behavior” by citizens who are coming the realize “that
there’s a burden that comes from being an American.” It reflects a “vibrant, robust resistance movement against authoritarianism,” he said. Following his talk and a Q-and-A period, Signer signed copies of his newest book, a biography of Founding Father James Madison entitled, “Becoming Madison, the Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father.”
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It’s hard to believe it’s only been a week since one of the most demonstrative elections in the history of the U.S., such a full-throated rejection of Trumpism, its demagogic effects, its rejection of the rule of law and reason, of the role of a free press in a democracy, its invitation to hate based on racial, ethnic and religious differences, its preference for our national adversaries over our own professional intelligence services. Suddenly, the darkest hours of our nation’s history seem a little more hopeful. It’s going to take much more of what was exhibited at the polls last week. It is going to take a level of citizen commitment like we’ve never had to exercise in many years in this land. This is the time, buoyed by the hopefulness of last week’s election, to pull the old copy of the Federalist Papers off the shelf and to read the arguments and the values that Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay articulated in them that led to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The most radical assertion made in all the many profound documents our Founding Fathers authored just a short 10 generations ago came from Virginia’s own Thomas Jefferson. It is in the Declaration of Independence, and it says simply, “All men are created equal.” Implied in those five words are not only women, but persons of all colors, backgrounds, dispositions and orientations. Yes, it has taken awhile, even if not so long from the standpoint of a long view of history, to extend that statement to our entire citizenry. But here we are, and when one of the trickier risks of a democracy surfaces, the idea that a charismatic charlatan can arise to mesmerize the electorate and use democracy against itself to introduce tyranny, it is the responsibility of the entire electorate to rise up against that. That’s what our Founding Fathers understood, and in the last year, we’ve seen that the true patriotic spirit of the American people begin to exercise itself. But do not rest on laurels. The republic will endure only if the people who are its beneficiaries act robustly and resolutely to make sure it happens. We’re off to a good start. In one marginal election, from a national perspective, over 33 Republicans who allowed themselves to affiliated with the extremism of Trump were rousted out of office by a wideranging and wonderful phalanx of citizens with all the colorful attributes reflecting a true diversity. It comes just a couple years after the final class of American citizens to not be guaranteed the full benefits of equality under the law, the LGBT community, was finally also enfranchised. Now it’s all of us, every one of us, who have a stake in insisting on the nation’s commitment to everything that “All men are created equal” truly means. Let the coming election year be a blowout exhibition of such core values of our nation.
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walks as an issue. When crossing the streets, especially near East Falls Church Metro, I step out gingerly from the curb, as I know for sure cars do not look for nor wait for pedestrians in the walkway or corner. No one seems to care about No Turn On Red signs, especially those signs that say in small print when pedestrians are present. (I find these signs useless....How about “To Pedestrians: Cross at Your Own Risk..even on
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Green”). I see drivers with cell phones glued to their heads. I see distracted but animated drivers talking, hands free. I witness distracted pedestrians in parking lots walking right in front of cars...oblivious to impending crash....I see drivers pulling out of their parking spaces and immediately using one hand to pull out their phone. Why can’t they carry on a phone conversation while the car is still parked? We human beings are flawed. Some are seriously in need of a refresher course in common etiquette. We are all perceived as bullies by someone else, with possible fatal consequences — dis-
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If all politics is local, most locals cared about national politics on Election Day 2017. According to Politico, half of Virginia voters cited Trump was a reason for their vote. This backlash led to the most significant gains for Democrats since 1999. Despite the national climate, Democrats did not run on their obvious opposition to Donald Trump – they didn’t have to. Trump was the elephant in the room for which Republicans constantly had to answer, while Democrats were free to run on the issues that matter: affordable healthcare; better jobs that pay well; and improving our education system. By summer 2017, Democrats had polling data that showed preserving and extending access to affordable healthcare would be the number one issue going into the election. That issue polled well in every region and nearly every legislative district. Moreover, the disastrous 2016 elections unleashed a wave of Democratic candidates who were eager to help their communities overcome everyday, nonpartisan challenges like traffic congestion and improving the local economy. The Competitive Commonwealth Fund partnered with the House Democratic Caucus and other new pop-up organizations to recruit and provide seed money to candidates running for office against entrenched Republicans so that voters would have a choice on Election Day. This successful joint recruiting effort led
to 88 Democratic candidates – the most in decades – and allowed Democrats to play offense for the first time in nearly 20 years, moving the electoral battlefront deep into Republican territory. The Competitive Commonwealth Fund targeted districts where Republicans regu-
“Democrats did not run on their obvious opposition to Donald Trump — they didn’t have to.” larly won with 60 percent of the vote or better. Several of these candidates crossed the 40 percent threshold. Two candidates, Sheila Bynum-Coleman and Larry Barnett ,nearly won, with Barnett getting close enough for a state-funded recount. Our effort probed for and found weakness in the Republican block. These previously low probability, “bottom-tier” races will be top-tier races moving forward. This effort also proved that seeding even unlikely Democratic candidates across the state boosts Democratic performance overall and increases the likelihood for Democrats to win in other, more favorable districts. The deluge of Democratic candidates effectively paralyzed the GOP caucus leadership when they were making spending decisions. Many safe Republicans
with Democratic challengers did not fund their caucus, and instead spent their money on their own races. That dynamic left the Republican caucus underfunded and unsure of where to spend the money that it had. Ralph Northam ended up winning 58 of 100 House legislative districts, including one House district that did not have a Democratic House candidate. That was a missed opportunity for Democrats that may have cost us winning an outright majority in 2017. Moving forward, Democrats have pickup opportunities in the eight “Northam” districts still held by Republicans in addition to whatever opportunities demographic changes and redistricting bring in the future. One of the 2017 election’s “biggest losers” was not even on the ballot this year: Republican Barbara Comstock (VA-10), who saw her district go for Northam by 13 percent. She faces a primary challenge from right-winger Shak Hill followed by a likely loss in the 2018 general election. Alternately, she may decide to run for Senate against wildly popular Tim Kaine, but she would need to get past a wide field of Republican lambs-to-the-slaughter that are more conservative than her. It doesn’t help Comstock that her blind adherence to antiquated anti-labor positions kneecapped the Silver Line in her district, leading to cost overruns, project delays and made life miserable for Republican and Democratic commuters alike. The Second Congressional District, represented by Republican Scott Taylor also
broke for Northam, and Rep. Dave Brat’s district (VA-07) just barely held on for the Republicans. These three will be top targets in 2018 for Democrats and will prove decisive in Democrats taking back the majority in House of Representatives. After 2016, we know the importance of not taking any election for granted. Senator Kaine will run an energetic senate race and work hard to carry any local offices also on the ballot across the finish line with him. Moving forward, the Competitive Commonwealth Fund will expand its efforts to recruit and fund candidates for local and municipal office like County and City Supervisors, and constitutional offices like Clerk of Court, Treasurers and Commissioners of Revenue, and Sheriffs across Virginia. Our 2018 effort will build on the gains we made in 2017 to create a bench of viable candidates for office in Virginia, giving local party organizations a much-needed shot in the arm and activating often elusive Democratic voters. Record recruitment, record Democratic enthusiasm and general Republican antipathy were technical factors that let Democrats capitalize on a winning message and a deeply unpopular Republican president. We expect the Republicans to stay on the defensive throughout the remainder of the Trump presidency and we will continue our effort to turn Virginia blue. Thomas Bowman is co-founder of the Competitive Commonwealth Fund.
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CHARLIE MIZE (center) stands in between two Bhutanese medical professionals who help him during the BEAR dispatches that transport people experiencing medical emergencies from hard-to-reach rural areas to one of the country’s hospitals. (P����: C������� C������ M���)
Falls Church Native Starts Emergency Medical Evacuation Program Overseas BY CAREY AVERBOOK
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A teenage boy was working on the roof of a house in rural Bhutan last October when a gust of wind blew him to the ground. Upon see-
ing his distress, the village health assistant called for an emergency helicopter to transport him to a hospital where Dr. Charlie Mize worked. The teenager had broken his arm and ribcage and collapsed part of his lung. He went into
cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and despite 45 minutes of effort at the hospital, there wasn’t anything Mize could do to bring the teenager back. Mize is a Falls Church native who trained to be a physician
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specializing in emergency medicine and resuscitation. Growing up with his mother and grandparents, he was inspired by the idea of service modeled by his uncles and grandfather, who was a major general in the Marine Corps. “I’ve been trying to live up to his example my entire life,” Mize said. “He was the finest gentleman I ever knew.” It was a boyhood promise to his grandfather to make the world a better place that drove Mize’s medical ambitions halfway across the world. After the teen’s death, Mize and two trauma nurses resolved to save people who are injured in hard to reach places of Bhutan. While there is a network of primary care facilities throughout the country, even in small villages, the population is spread out, and access is challenging due to poor roads and high mountains. Consequently, it was common for patients to die during the long journey to the capital, Thimphu’s, hospital. That’s why the country’s mortality rate due to unintentional injury is 45 per every 100,000 people – the third highest in Asia. Familiar with the London Air Ambulance, a helicopter trauma team in London that provides immediate life saving and critical care, Mize thought, “Let’s create that, but instead of for a city, why don’t we
create that for an entire country?” In May 2017, the Secretary of Health took a chance on Mize’s idea and the Bhutan Emergency Aeromedical Retrieval (BEAR) team was born. BEAR provides critical emergency care with helicopter mobility throughout the country in high altitude and hard to reach places. The BEAR team includes four physicians and nurses who have been trained in emergency resuscitation and seven pilots and co-pilots. Two teams of two flight officers and two medical officers are on-call everyday while up to 90 people support the team by maintaining equipment and supplies. The day after BEAR launched, a 43 year-old woman was walking in her fields when she was gored by a wild water buffalo in a small village nine hours from the nearest road access point. The country’s 911 dispatch system was dialed and BEAR arrived just as she went into cardiac arrest from the chest trauma. Because BEAR was there, trained personnel were able to open her up immediately and get her heart beating again. They took her to the hospital and, one week later, she walked out healthy with her family. BEAR saved ten lives in the first month alone. A big reason for BEAR’s suc-
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NEWS BRIEFS NVAR: Home Sales Up 7 Percent in Region Bob Adamson, 2017 NVAR Chairman of the Board, announced Wednesday that as of October, home equity gains remained within normal limits while interest rates stay pinned at historic lows. “These factors add to local buyer confidence,” Adamson said. October resulted in a seven percent increase in sales, recording 1,652 homes sold compared to 1,540 transactions last October 2016. “While economic progress has been patchy throughout the Commonwealth, Northern Virginia has excellent employment levels," with only a reported three percent of residents not working. “Northern Virginia has returned to solid ground since the recession,” Adamson said. “Our hope is that this continues.” Said NVAR Board of Directors member Gary Lange of Vienna, “The market in October was brisk. There seemed to be lots of activity from people who’ve been waiting on the sidelines for the right time. The increase in inventory has given buyers a bit more opportunities out there but properties that show well, have been updated and are priced right are still going off the market quickly.” Lange noted that people have not been deterred by promised interest rate hikes. “Sellers remain bullish on prices,” he said.
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Friday, November 24 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: "Chesterbrook Residences" to schedule an appointment.
Following Election, F.C. Next Steps Outlined There will be little time for rest on laurels with the outcome of the November 7 election in the City of Falls Church. Winners in the races for City Council and School Board will be sworn in just after the New Year in early January, and at that time those bodies will elect the Council’s mayor and vice mayor, and School Board’s chair and vice chair for the next two years. But work toward construction of a new George Mason High School will commence immediately, kicking off a 16 month design process for the school and a 16 month marketing process for the development of 10 acres set aside on the campus land for commercial development. Come May 2019 the approvals for the school construction contracts and commercial development agreements will be voted on, and at that point, the school construction bonds up to $120 million will be sold. School construction, according to the timeline presented by City Manager Wyatt Shields at Monday’s Falls Church City Council meeting, will occur from July 2019 to July 2021, and commercial development on the 10 acres will commence in October 2021.
Holiday Lighting Fete in Downtown F.C. Nov. 27 At 6 p.m. Monday, November 27, a new tradition in the City of Falls Church, a third annual holiday lights lighting fete will be held in the 100 block of W. Broad with Mayor David Tarter plugging in lights have been strung into place in the trees in that block beginning this week. According to City officials, Santa will also be there.
Man Shot in Bailey's Crossroads Last Sunday At 2 a.m. last Sunday morning Fairfax County Police responded to a call about a shooting at the Palenque Restaurant in the 5800 block of Columbia Pike. Police discovered a man at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. The victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The suspect is described as a thinly built black male between 25 – 30 years old wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. Fairfax County Police detectives are still in the early stages of the investigation and are working to find the person or persons responsible. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Needels at 703-246-7904, Crime Solvers by visiting fairfaxcrimesolvers.org, or text-a-tip by texting “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES (274637). Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards of $100 to $1,000 dollars if their information leads to an arrest.
Area Lawmakers, Activists on Northam Transition Team Yesterday, the Office of Governor-Elect Ralph Northam announced a diverse, bipartisan transition team that included a strong representation of Northern Virginia lawmakers and community leaders. Among those named from this area are Sen. Barbara Favola, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, Sen. Adam Ebbin, Arlington Supervisor Jay Fisette, Del. Alfonzo Lopez, along with David Broder of the Vienna SEIU 512, Jonathan Aberman of Amplifier Ventures, McLean, Dr. Jennifer Lee, former Virginia Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Michelle LaRue, Virginia State Director of CASA, Chris Lu former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor, Leopoldo Martinez of the Latino Victory Project, Janet Muldoon, Office of Sen. Dick Saslaw, Tram Nguyen of the New Virginia Majority, Del. Todd Pillion, Walter Tejada of the Virginia Latino Leaders Council and Pia Trigiani, attorney of Alexandria.
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Community News & Notes McLean Community Hosts 2 Public Events this Weekend Two upcoming events will be of interest to area residents. On Friday, Nov. 17 from 3:30 – 10 p.m. attendees can spend a night watching not one, but two blockbuster features by meeting at the Old Firehouse (1440 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean) before the group heads to AMC Tysons for two movies and dinner at the food court. Cost is $25 for McLean Community Center district residents and $35 for non-district residents. Movie tickets are included in the fee. A second event geared toward residents is the Alden Fall Production titled, “Peggy the Pint-Sized Pirate” by D. M. Larson. The play centers around
Peggy, who’s a small pirate with big dreams but has bigger pirates standing in her way. When a sea monster captures her friends, Peggy has to find a way to save them. Due to an outpouring of community support for our youth productions, The Alden is launching its first-ever fall production for youth. These “studio-style” productions will entertain the community and provide a professional-level theatre experience for the community’s young actors. Showtimes are this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18 and 19, at 2 p.m. at The Old Firehouse (1440 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean). Admission is free. For more information, call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit the website, mcleancenter.org. For Old Firehouse
activities, call 703-448-8336. For The Alden Box Office, call 571296-8385.
Local Soccer Club to Sell Produce this Saturday On Saturday, Nov. 18, the Falls Church - Annandale Lions Club will offer fresh navel oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and apples for sale by the case, half-case and quarter-case from 8:15 a.m. until all produce is sold out at the Annandale Swim Club (7530 Little River Turnpike, Annandale). White House ornaments and soup mix are also on sale Saturday and donations of canned food will be received for needy families. Lions provide eyeglass recycling, eye exams and new glasses as well as sight
A TRIO of Falls Church players were instrumental in their team’s championship victory last Saturday under the lights at Colgan High School in Manassas. (From left to right) Josh Stillwagoner, Patrick Whitaker and Seth Stilwagoner, eighth graders at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, and their fellow Vienna Knights teammates beat the Manassas Sharks by a score of 36-6. The Knights, who finished the season with a record of 8 wins and one loss, avenged their only defeat of the season to the Sharks. Both of the Stillwagoner brothers played running back and linebacker while Whitaker played tight end, wingback, cornerback and kicker. (Photo: Courtesy Laura Whitaker)
and hearing tests and college scholarships, plus support for youth sports and environmental education.
New Books Raise Awareness About Earth’s Oceans Sunset Beach, launched by local resident Susan Kearney, is a fictitious place for kids to learn about all of our friends living in the ocean and on the beach. It is modeled after Sunset Beach, Florida, a scenic spit of sand on the Gulf coast where the birds and ocean life are abundant and the people are as warm as the sun. The mission of Sunset Beach Books is to create, acquire and publish engaging resources for parents, teachers, and librarians, so that they can help kids learn
about, fall in love with and protect the Earth’s oceans. Sunset Beach aims to inspire young readers through books, activities and the Sea Pals conservation club. Learn more at SunsetBeach.com
Woman’s Club of McLean Fundraises in December The Woman’s Club of McLean will hold its free, annual MarketPlace fundraiser on Thursday, Dec. 7th, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., in conjunction with its annual Holiday Homes Tour the same day. The fundraiser, at Trinity United Methodist Church (1205 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean) will feature over a dozen vendors, as well as a silent auction of goods and servic-
CELEBRATING an 11-0 Northern Virginia Baseball championship game victory are the 10U Copperheads. William Hladky pitched five shutout innings, Jonah Maco hit a home run and Atticus Kim added two doubles and two RBI’s en route to a win. The team is (from left to right, bottom row): William Hladky, Ryan Latessa and Pierce Caton. (Second Row): Jackson McDonnell, Atticus Kim and Liam Jones. (Third Row): Jonah Maco, Oliver Crandol, Andrew Niemi, Mason Tillman, Reed Turner and Logan Cook. (Fourth Row, Coaches): Flink Maco, Steve Kim, Mike Latessa and Dave Longley. (Photo: Courtesy Suzanne Hladky)
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es offered by 10 local businesses. In addition, lunch and tickets for the day’s Homes Tour will be for sale. Ample car parking will be available at the church. The following vendors will be present: Two Laughing Ladies (fun apparel), Entertaining Designs by Melanie Barry, Claude Moore Colonial Farm, With You in Mind, Chez Madame Forestier, Ginny’s Gems (jewelry and accessories), Beauty Counter Cosmetics, Annalee Design Studios, Merry Stitches, USborne Books and More, Christmas Bakery and Christmas Gifts & Décor. Silent-auction donors will include: Staybridge Suites, 1st Stage Theater, Mangan Jewelers, Fleming’s Steakhouse, Clyde’s Willow Creek, Your Dog’s Best Friend, Lamps Unlimited and Great Falls Organizers. Bidding will close at 3 p.m., with drawings at 3:30 p.m. (Attendees do not need to be present to win; however, must be available by phone.) Lunch at Café Noel will be available between 11 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The menu will be chicken salad, chicken on a bun, wraps, chili (vegetarian and meat), chips and rolls. Coffee, tea, soft drinks, water and desserts will be available all day. All proceeds of the MarketPlace and the Holiday Homes Tour will be donated to local charities and nonprofits, such as Share Inc., Capital Caring, the Wounded Warrior program, Second Story (Alternative House), the McLean Project for the Arts, Claude Moore Colonial Park, the McLean Volunteer Fire Department and Fisher House, as well as used for scholarships and education. For more information, visit mcleanwomansclub.org.
6th Annual Spend Yourself 5K/3K Set for Saturday The
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Yourself 5K Run/3K Walk will take place on Saturday, Nov. 18 starting at Columbia Baptist Church (103 West Columbia St., Falls Church). As one of the few races held in Falls Church City – mostly on the W&OD Railroad Park trail – this event offers residents a great way to raise the profile of their business among other local residents while helping to raise money for those in need locally and globally. More than 500 people participated last year, and the ministry is expecting an even bigger turnout this year. While several are experienced runners, the ministry has found that just as many families and groups of friends signed up as a way to do something fun and meaningful together. Sponsorship helps you connect with local residents before, during and after the race. Last year, the ministry raised over $80,000 to support Spend Yourself, a subsect of Columbia Baptist Church (Tax ID # 540544701) in Falls Church City. Its goal is to address both physical and spiritual hunger around the world through community projects, education and prayer. Starting as a food pantry, which still operates weekly in Falls Church, Spend Yourself has expanded to fight hunger in Haiti and India. The local Food Pantry serves an average of 225 local families each week. The Pantry also serves four child development centers in India to give over 220 youth skills and opportunities to succeed, as well as a community in Haiti that includes long term economic development and education opportunities. Your organization can get involved with this high-profile community event in a couple of ways: Be a sponsor: Choose from 5 levels of sponsorship ranging from $250 – $2,500 Run/Walk: Participate in the race as a runner or walker
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DELEGATE-ELECT DANICA ROEM (right), as of the election last week, the �irst transgender person ever elected to the Virginia General Assembly, was, along with Falls Church’s Simon Van Steyn (left), the guest of the News-Press’ Nicholas Benton (center) at the National Dinner of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C. last month. Roem upset 12-term conservative Republican Bob Marshall to win her election. (P����: N���-P����) Over 20 local businesses joined the ministry as sponsors last year and the ministry would be thrilled to partner with them again for this year. To become a sponsor, contact Casey Miner to receive the proper form at caseyminer@hotmail.com. If you are already in possession of the form, you can mail it along with your tax-deductible donation For more information visit columbiabaptist.org/sy5k. You can also reach out to Casey Miner at 310-237-3118 or caseyminer@ hotmail.com, as well as Rachel Eckard at 703-534-5740, ext. 288, or reckard@columbiabaptist.org, if you have any questions.
Local at Wheaton College Wins Soccer Championship Wheaton College student Isabelle Oliver of Falls Church is a member of the Thunder wom-
en’s soccer team which recently won the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Championship. This is the team’s 19th CCIW Championship. The Thunder also won the CCIW Tournament Championship and secured an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Tournament. Wheaton College sponsors 21 varsity sports, and Thunder teams compete at the NCAA Division III level. The Thunder Athletics program has won five NCAA Division III Championships since 1984, and Wheaton student-athletes have won 31 Division III individual National Championships all-time. For more information, visit athletics. wheaton.edu. Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consis-
tent ranking among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton. edu.
Santa Comes to Holy Trinity Church on Dec. 2 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3022 Woodlawn Ave., Falls Church) invites residents to have Breakfast With Santa on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 9:30 – 11:30a.m. Attendees can make crafts, eat snacks and experience a visit from Santa Everyone is welcome; free event. For more information, visit holytrinityfallschurch.org or facebook.com/ HolyTrinityFallsChurch. Please contact the church at 703-532-6617 or office@holytrinityfallschurch.org with any questions regarding the event. Regular business hours apply for phone calls.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
The “blue wave” in Virginia’s elections last week surprised many, since Democrats, for the second consecutive time, won all three statewide races – Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. As in the 2013 statewide election, urban and suburban areas tended to be blue, while rural areas stayed red. Northern Virginia, Tidewater, and the independent cities carried the day for Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax, and Mark Herring, continuing the trend of those urban areas voting Democratic by increasing margins. More surprising, though, was the result of General Assembly races, where 14 seats switched from red to blue, with three more facing recounts because of slim vote margins between candidates. Veteran lawmakers Scott Lingamfelter, Bob Marshall, Jim LeMunyon, and John O’Bannon had 68 years of service among them. Adding retirements of Speaker William Howell and Delegate Dave Albo, along with other defeated delegates with less tenure, means that more than 150 years of General Assembly experience was lost in one election. That experience, however, did not always translate into good legislation or constituent service. That’s why so many new candidates mounted spirited, and often well-funded, challenges that paid off. Just as constituents expect Congress to do its job on behalf of citizens, so, too, do constituents expect the General Assembly to do its job. State responsibilities for multi-modal transportation, for K-12 education, for higher education and keeping college tuition affordable, for health care, and protecting the environment – all these issues, and more, have faced defunding and underfunding for years. The new class of 2018 delegates probably will not discover any magic potion for new funding,
but the subjects for discussion, and the tone of that discussion, most likely will be informed by the new Democratic delegates, many of whom are younger and female. Those new perspectives will be quite a change for the oldest continuous legislative body in the New World. The Virginia House of Burgesses, the predecessor to the current General Assembly, was created on July 30, 1619, and wouldn’t all those wealthy, white, male, Burgesses be stunned by Tuesday’s vote! The shocking election of Donald Trump just one year ago stimulated a lot of interest in running for public office, at all levels. But, tough as it can be, running for office actually is the easy part. It’s governance that’s hard. The learning curve for the new delegates will be steep. Arcane legal and political procedures that get legislation through the pipeline from an idea to law will have to be mastered. The fast pace of committee meetings and General Assembly sessions can be exhausting, and on top of that, the General Assembly offices are in temporary quarters so that a new, modern building can be constructed; hopefully, with additional and faster elevators! Once elected, you’re not a private citizen anymore; sunshine laws and ethics rules apply, with sometimes heavy penalties for violations. Newly elected officials need to switch smoothly and quickly from campaign mode to governance mode. If they can’t, or refuse, to make the switch, more chaos can result. The voters of Virginia demanded good governance. Now, the 2018 General Assembly session must deliver! Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Richmond Report I was always the crazy one Who broke into the stadium... How do you like me now How do you like me now Now that I’m on my way Do you still think I’m crazy standing here today? — Toby Keith, “How Do You Like Me Now?” All the votes have been cast, most of the ballots counted, and in addition to a Democratic sweep of all three statewide offices, as it currently stands the Virginia House of Delegates will have 49 Democrats and 48 Republicans next year, with three races still too close to call. Although the outcome of the state sponsored recounts is not certain, Democrats are favored to win one and Republicans appear poised to hold off challengers in the other two. That would result in a House of Delegates evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, 50-50. This has only happened once before in recent memory, after the 1999 elections. During my four years in the House of Delegates, Republican have held a 2-1 margin with Democrats having no more than 34 seats. What a difference a year makes. Things look much brighter today than they did in November of 2016, as we all wondered how bad a President Trump could be, and whether Democrats could ever win anything ever again. Many of us took solace in the fact that Hillary Clinton carried Virginia. Most everyone agrees that Virginia is no longer a “purple” state up for grabs by either party. No, after this week we’re as blue as the ocean. How did it happen? What drove it? Well, in addition to wanting to send a message to Donald Trump, Virginians decided to embrace our diversity. As a result, the House of Delegates will look a lot more like Virginia in 2018. All 15 of the seats we have flipped or may flip are seats that were held by white men. Eleven of those were won by women. That will bring the total number of women in the General Assembly to 26. We’ve also elected our first transgender delegate, our first two Latina delegates, our first
lesbian delegate, and our first Asian American woman delegate. Now, about those recounts. In the 28th House District in Stafford there is an 84 vote margin and in the 40th House District in Fairfax a 115 vote margin. In the 94th House District race in Newport News, we trail by only TEN (10) votes. Never let anyone tell you that your vote doesn’t count. As I said before, one likely scenario is a 50-50 split. That said, there are other possibilities. Even if the Republicans retain control of the House, they will be spread pretty thin. They’ve lost chairs for four committees: Militia, Police & Public Safety, Science & Technology, Transportation, and Courts of Justice. Their near supermajority of delegates will have dwindled to at most a single vote. With such a small majority, they will have to relearn how to work with Democrats. It won’t be easy to steamroll the things that they don’t like anymore. If the Democrats win complete control of the House, it will be the first time since 1999. It also means that one third of our caucus will be brand new. We’ll go from being the opposition party playing defense against the worst legislative proposals to the party that governs. A 50-50 split in the House also has huge implications for the upcoming 2018 Session and beyond. It will be a cage match, figuring out power-sharing, electing a Speaker we can all agree on, and possibly even a new Clerk of the House. All these scenarios mean change is coming to the General Assembly. That change should be good for Falls Church and the values of our community. It will mean you have a Delegate who can’t be ignored, not anymore. A Delegate who will finally get on some good committees, and may even chair one of them. There is a lot still to unfold, but all of it is good — much better than a year ago. That’s for sure. 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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Fear, loss of livelihood, hunger, separation from loved ones. That’s what the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has brought to a slice of Arlington residents. Passionate testimony on their behalf was delivered Nov. 8 at the Arlington Public Schools Career Center after a dinner served by culinary arts students. The event was a south Arlington “field trip” for the civic discussants in the Arlington Committee of 100, who usually meet at Marymount University. At stake as the giving season approaches is Arlington’s generally accepted role as a welcoming community for immigrants. Recent rhetoric by Attorney General Jeff Sessions “made me sick to my stomach,” said former school board member Emma Violand-Sanchez, who runs a nonprofit called the Dream Project to mentor immigrants and help pay for college. “It’s painful,” she said, to have Hispanics “portrayed only as gang members. We have to develop a second skin to bounce back those insults. People are made to constantly demonstrate they are contributors to American society.” Violand-Sanchez is appalled at the threatened cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allowed 750,000 “dreamers” brought in the country illegally by their parents to stay. There are 12,000 in Virginia whose removal would
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said. What will happen to Henry, the Yorktown High School valedictorian now a mechanical engineer and homeowner, she asked. Or Jose, who graduated from Arlington Mill High School and has a business and children. Fear is also evident among an average 2,387 families served last month by the Arlington Food Assistance Center, said its CEO Charles Meng. Half of his clients are Hispanic, and many mistrust authority. When a uniformed crew of Transportation Security Administration employees showed at AFAC’s warehouse, many clients scattered, he said. Turns out, the TSA folks were donating 2,000 lbs. of food. “If you’re hungry in Arlington, we’re here to help regardless of immigration status,” said Meng, who said his team never asks clients for papers (though he learned from one nonprofit that 600 client families are undocumented). “I don’t make judgments,” other than to steer folks toward a nutritious table. Bethlehem Desta of the Arlington-based Ethiopian Community Development Council helps operate one of nine State Department-authorized refugee resettlement agencies. “Changes are coming, and it began on Jan. 20,” she said. “It has created fear and panic among those already in the United States and families back home.” With a stipend for each refugee, her group provides reception
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CRIME REPORT Week of Nov. 6 - 12, 2017 Larceny from Building, 133 E. Annandale Rd (Caribbean Plate), between Nov 4 at 9:10 PM and Nov 7 at 9:05 AM, a cash register and its contents were removed from the business. Investigation continues. Destruction of Property, 200 blk Kent St, between noon on Nov 5 and 1:30 PM Nov 6, the window of a residence was completely shattered.
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Larceny – Theft from Building, 300 blk Little Falls St, lawn equipment was taken from an unsecured shed sometime between late Sept and early Oct 2017. Assault, 6700 blk Wilson Blvd (Eden Centre), Nov 6 at 5:39 AM, the victim, a maintenance worker, was assaulted by an unknown suspect that had been sleeping in the hallway. Graffiti – Destruction of Property, 444
W Broad St, Nov 6, during a routine business check, graffiti was discovered on two street signs beside the building. Public Works was notified. Identity Theft, 400 blk W Broad St, Nov 7, an incident of identity theft was reported. Drunk in Public,120 N Virginia Ave, Nov 10 1:34 AM, a male, 34, No Fixed Address, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Drunk in Public,120 N Virginia Ave, Nov 10 2:07 AM, a female, 28, of San Antonio, TX, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Larceny – Theft from Building, 400 blk S Maple Ave., Nov 8, packages were taken from the front door. Larceny – Theft from Building, 400 blk S Maple Ave., Nov 10, package was taken from the front door. Unlawful Recording, 500 blk W Broad St., Nov 10, unlawful video recording was
and housing placement, employment, translation services, skills counseling and aid for victims of domestic violence. More recently Trump announced the cap on refugees had been lowered to 45,000. But many of the clearances to travel “are time-sensitive,” Desta said, and those prevented from traveling within an 18-24 month period could lose out. Federal cuts also make it hard to maintain staff capacity. Violand-Sanchez recalled that when she came here as a nanny in 1962, she “had no immigration status, but there were no barriers to higher education.” She had a social security number. All that has changed, and worsened on Sept. 5 when Trump announced he would end DACA, which is now in limbo until March 5. “Some of the families have been here for 20 years,” Violand-Sanchez said. They need legal information and support. “And we’re not going to stop supporting our students even if DACA goes away.” *** Quiz time: Who were Arlington’s father and son who both were sheriffs? A.C. Clements ran our jail from 1920-24. Then his son, J. Elwood Clements, held the job from 1948-52, getting reelected in 1964 and serving until 1980. The younger Clements described his father’s style to the Evening Star. “When the sheriff needed help from a posse,” he said, “he went up to the nearest firehouse, got some citizens together and told them, ‘Get your guns, boys, and let’s go!’ ” discovered by an employee. Drunk in Public,120 N Virginia Ave, Nov 11 7:33 PM, a male, 34, No Fixed Address, was arrested for being Drunk in Public. Hit and Run, 200 blk W Jefferson St., Nov 10, a report was taken for a vehicle that was damaged on the right front bumper by an unknown vehicle. Defrauding an Innkeeper, 100 blk E Broad St (Applebee’s), Nov 11 at 8:48 PM, a customer walked out without paying his bill. The customer could not be located immediately and a warrant was obtained. Violation of a Protective Order, 300 Park Ave., Nov 12, a report for the violation of a protective order was taken. A warrant was issued.
Other Arrests Nov 3, 5:25 PM, a male, 34, of no fixed address, was arrested by Prince William County Police on a Capias from the City of Falls Church. The underlying charge was trespassing. Nov 7, 6:18 PM, Richmond Police Dept arrested a male, 20, of Woodbridge, VA, on a Capias from the City of Falls Church for failure to comply with ASAP(underlying charge DWI).
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Russian Propaganda, Part 3
The remarkable if often misunderstood anti-fascist modern Germanborn American political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), best known for her study and critique of Naziism in her work, “The Origins of Totalitarianism” (1951), wrote in that book that a decisive step in the demagogue’s authoritarian rise is “the murder of the moral person in man,” thus “making martyrdom for the first time in history impossible.” In his 2008 book, Demagogue, the Fight to Save Democracy From Its Worst Enemies, Michael Signer says of Arendt’s observation that under tyranny, “The moral person — the person capable of making individual choices — becomes a victim. Totalitarianism then puts the soul itself to death” by way of “totalitarianism’s particularly devastating quality: grinding out spontaneity, humanness and liberty.” FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS By contrast, as Signer noted, “the defeat of the demagogue...comes from a culture of individual self-reliance, the gift and radical responsibility of the individual burden of political choice, and the cultivation of a constitutional conscience in the hearts and minds of citizens,” led by Arendt’s identification of a “governing spirit of an almost martial sense of discipline and sacrifice by the soldier in democracy’s civil war of the soul,” part of a “flexible, resilient web connecting people to each other, dispersing authority through a million political filaments” by way of “a vibrant state of continuous revolution.” To Arendt, Signer explains, “the long slide from demagogue to authoritarianism to totalitarianism is enabled by individuals’ loss of their own sense of self-reliance and responsibility for society.” wherein “the individuality of the totalitarian citizen veers in the wrong direction. Instead of going inward, energizing one’s conscience and sense of integrity, wholeness and self-respect, this species of individuality instead explodes outward, in a chaos of directionless, angry energy.” Demagogues “seek out and suffocate the basic individual creative faculty,” wherein “we should cradle our individuality like a lit match on a windy day. Precisely because our ‘dangerous thoughts’ are ours and ours alone, they can strike a fire. We have a political obligation to use our most powerful asset — our humanity — to nip demagogues in the bud.” This, and much more of what Arendt wrote and taught, is extraordinarily poignant for this moment in our history. The elections of last week, the first widespread exercise since Trump took power in January and was met with millions of protesting women and their friends filling the streets in Washington, D.C. the very next day, and the amazing upsurge of exposes of male chauvinist abuse of women now surging through Hollywood and the seat of our government, signal a new level of resistance to the drumbeat coming out of the White House seeking to impose new levels of crass demagoguery. In this context, it is important to understand the nature of the Russian intervention into the presidential election a year ago, and what’s happened since. Arendt’s core insight is that totalitarianism feeds on the disenfranchisement of the moral fiber of individual citizens. If one examines the content of the Russian propaganda in the midst of the election process that we’ve seen so far, it becomes crystal clear that its common denominator has been the tearing down of the individual moral character in favor of anger, suspicion, contempt, foul-mouthed profanity and contemptible name calling, and a very unholy nonmorality rooted in heightening differences by playing on old prejudices and “holier than thou” sentiments. Among other things, the assault on truth, on facts, on the free reporting of events, fuels this process. Perhaps we didn’t think the subversion of our nation’s values, our democratic institutions, would take this form. The prevailing wisdom advanced from the FBI and establishment “intelligence” since the postWorld War II launch of the so-called “Cold War” was that the assault on America’s values would come from an effete inteligencia schooled in sophisticated Marxist and socialist theory. Who thought it would come through the heightening of angry, thuggish and very unsophisticated proletarian prejudices? But on the positive side, and there definitely is one based on recent events, the elections last week affirmed just that quality of American democratic culture which is its greatest strength, the rejection of angry white male prejudices in favor of diversity, including the election of many women, gays and a half dozen transgender candidates. Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.
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Danica Roem Is Really, Really Boring Last week Danica Roem made history, winning election to Virginia’s House of Delegates as an openly transgender woman. She’ll be the only openly transgender person in a state legislature anywhere in America. And the man she defeated had held his seat for more than a quarter-century. So when I was watching CNN a few days later and she popped up, I perked up. I realized that I somehow hadn’t caught her other media appearances since her sign-of-the-times triumph. The CNN anchor, Kate Bolduan, invited her to reflect on it. And Roem talked about ... traffic. Before using the word transgender, without draping herself in the glory of a trailblazer, she mentioned NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE the awful congestion on Route 28 in Fairfax County, especially “through Centreville and part of Yorkshire,” and her determination to follow through on her central campaign promise “to replace traffic lights with overpasses where possible.” Traffic lights. Overpasses. My jaw hit the ground, because she knew full well that Bolduan was after something juicier than a local-infrastructure tutorial. Then my eyes gleamed with admiration, because she had nonetheless delivered that tutorial — and with it, a crucial message: Being transgender isn’t the whole of her identity, the extent of her purpose or the crux of her mission. The obstacles in her life are particular, but the hell of rush hour is universal. And her job as a lawmaker is to attend to the nitty-gritty that has an immediate, measurable impact on all of her constituents. When circumstances warrant it, she can be every bit as boring as the next politician. This approach wouldn’t be praiseworthy if Roem seemed in any way to be hiding a part of herself or ashamed of it. But that’s not the case at all. She campaigned frequently with her long dark hair under a rainbow scarf. She cooperated with local and national journalists who wrote about her candidacy in the context of strides by transgender people. “I understand the national implications of my race,” she told Time magazine. “I mean, I’m not stupid.” She clearly stated her belief that insurance should cover hormone therapy and other treatments that transgender people seek. She just as clearly communicated her affinity with society’s underdogs. Then she swerved, ceaselessly, to the problem of inadequate teacher pay, the importance of Medicaid
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expansion and Route 28, Route 28, Route 28. Traffic knows no color, creed or gender. It gave her both a mantra and a metaphor. When she rallied campaign workers before Election Day, she told them to focus voters’ attention on three aspects of her biography. “I’m a 33-year-old stepmom,” she said, referring to her boyfriend and his child. That was the first aspect. Second was that she’d lived in the district almost her whole life. Third was that she’d worked there for many years as a journalist. “I know about public policy issues, because I covered them,” she said. She wasn’t making a deeply personal appeal and imploring voters to affirm her. She was making a broadly public one and encouraging them to <em>include </em>her, lest her talents go untapped and her potential contributions unrealized. Her opponent, a Republican, was the one who made a big issue of her gender identity. Roem, a Democrat, let his cruelties roll off her, went back to knocking on doors, defined her common ground with fellow Virginians and planted herself there. “When people see me doing this, they’re going to be, like, ‘Wow, she’s transgender, I don’t get that,’” she told Time, imagining voters’ response to her presence on the political scene. “‘But she’s really, really focused on improving my commute, and I do get that.’” She avoided vocabulary that might be heard as the argot of an unfamiliar tribe. When I looked back at her campaign, I found plenty of “stepmom” but not “gender binary,” “gender fluidity” and such. As relevant as those concepts are, they’re questionable bridges to people who aren’t up to speed but are still up for grabs, in terms of fully opening their minds and hearts to us LGBT Americans. Sometimes you have meet them where they live to enlist them on a journey to a fairer, better place. In a perfect world, such caution and cunning wouldn’t be necessary. In this one, it’s not the only strategy, but it can be an effective one. Roem dedicated her victory speech last week “to every person who’s ever been singled out, who’s ever been stigmatized, who’s ever been the misfit, who’s ever been the kid in the corner.” Those were her opening words, which poetically universalized her experience as a transgender woman without explicitly invoking it. Then it was quickly back to prose and an exhortation that Virginians “fix the existing infrastructure problems.” “I know this sounds like boring stuff,” she conceded. Indeed it does — boring and brilliant and a lesson to us all.
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“SPAMALOT,” a play based on the Monty Python spoof of the story of King Arthur, is slated to open at George Mason High School this Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. and runs through Saturday. During the dress rehearsal seen here, (from left to right) Will Langan, Lizzie Reed, Morgan O’Keefe and Miles Jackson act out a scene from the upcoming play. (P����: C���� S��)
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Fairfax Co. Students Selected to State Jazz & Choir Groups
As a part of the Nov. 7 general election ballot, Fairfax County Public Schools put forward a bond referendum of its own that would cover up to $315 million and help fund the construction of two new elementary schools in the Fairfax/ Oakton area as well as a separate school in the county’s northwestern region, the relocation of one of the county’s modular buildings, capacity additions to three preexisting high schools and enter planning or construction renovations of 10 elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools. The bond referendum passed overwhelmingly, receiving support from 73 percent of voters (228,108 votes out of 313,688 ballots cast). The bond referendum was also endorsed by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Locally, the bond referendum will support the planning phase of renovations for Falls Church High School, enable capacity additions for J.E.B. Stuart (Justice) High School and will initiate construction renovations for Annandale Terrace Elementary School. For more information about the bond referendum, visit fairfaxcounty. gov/bond.
Students from six Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) have been named to the 2017 AllVirginia Jazz Band and Ensemble. The eight student musicians will perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) professional development conference in Hot Springs later this month. Students named to the 2017 AllVirginia Jazz Band and Ensemble from local schools are: Wyatt Cobb – Falls Church High School and Navid Alibabaie – J.E.B. Stuart (Justice) High School. The All-Virginia Jazz Band will be under the direction of Chuck Dotas, professor of Music at James Madison University, and the Jazz Ensemble is under the direction of Denis DiBlasio, executive director of the Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz at Rowan University. Along with the Jazz musicians, vocal musicians from 14 county schools have been named to the Virginia Honors Choir for 2017. Thirty-four FCPS students were selected for the choir including Holly Waters, Tulsi Mehta, Sloane Kelly and Adi Wineland from local George C. Marshall High School.
This select choir is open only to the top 125 singers from around the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is the highest honor a choir student can attain during his or her high school career. The choir will perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) professional development conference at the Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs Saturday, Nov. 18, under the direction of Dr. Deen Entsminger, professor of music at Belmont University School of Music in Nashville.
Local Resident Takes Oath to Join ROTC Program Ian Goodwin of Falls Church, a ROTC student at McDaniel College, took an oath of enlistment at a special halftime ceremony during the Green Terror football game on Veteran’s Day. Army ROTC has been a tradition at McDaniel College since 1919, and the Green Terror Battalion, which includes cadets from McDaniel, Hood and Mount St. Mary’s, is one of the oldest ROTC programs in the nation. McDaniel also participates in the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program. McDaniel has consistently been recognized among Military Friendly Schools in the nation.
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Mason’s Season Ends Playoff 1st Round BY ALEX MOORE
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The George Mason High School football team fell behind early and couldn’t catch up in their opening round playoff game against the Robert E. Lee High School Fighting Leemen on Nov. 10, ending their season with a tough, 49-21 loss in Staunton. With the loss, Mason’s record fell to 6-5, and the team was eliminated in the first round of the 2A Region playoffs. Lee improved to 10-1 and will advance to the postseason’s second round. The tide turned against the Mustangs quickly in this high school football game, as the Leemen marched down the length of the field on their first drive to take a 7-0 lead. Then, on Mason’s first drive, the Leemen made a big stop on fourth down to force a turnover at midfield. In the following series Lee marched down the field again and added to their lead by bringing the score to 14-0. The Leemen would find the end zone three more times in the second quarter, putting the game well out of reach. Mason wouldn’t score until the beginning of the third quarter, when junior running back Jack Felgar found the end zone on a one-yard rush. Senior running back Finn Roou would later add two rushing touchdowns of his own in the fourth quarter.
DESPITE their strong season, Mason couldn’t overcome the 10-1 Leemen last Friday. (P����: C������� T���� R���) After the game, Mustangs head coach Adam Amerine knew that falling behind early cost his team the game. “Our plan was to control the clock and keep their talented offense off the field,” he admitted, noting that playing catchup is always a “difficult task” for teams that focus on short-yardage rushing attacks, as Mason does. Despite the loss, Amerine believed that the postseason experience would be good for the team’s younger players. “They understand now what it takes to compete with teams like Lee, Clarke, or Central,” he commented, listing off the toughest opponents Mason faced this season. “Taking that next step takes com-
mitment to the weight room during the offseason and increasing our numbers for depth. Hopefully those underclassmen recognize that.” Nonetheless, Mason took a big step this season. In addition to making the playoffs, the team improved its record by four wins from last year. It also had two players earn first-team all-district recognition (senior Peter Scardino, as a kicker and Roou, as a linebacker) and four players earn second-team recognition (senior Mitch McKeon, as an offensive lineman; Roou, as a running back; sophomore Michael Turner, as a tight end; and senior Thomas Creed, as an offensive all-purpose player).
Field Hockey Falls to Reigning Champs in State Tourney BY JEFFREY WOJTALA
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The George Mason High School field hockey team traveled to Yorktown for their first 2A State quarterfinals playoff game in team and school history where they lost to the top-seeded Tabb High School Tigers 5-0 on Nov. 7. Tabb is the defending state champions, having won the last four years consecutively. Mason began the game with the ball and the inertia early into the contest. The first half was a back and forth affair between the teams. Tabb appeared to be more nervous than Mason and played a conservative defensive game. Mason tried to push the play of the game into the Tigers’ end, but consistently found themselves pinned back on their defensive half of the field. Tabb’s game plan was to strike long balls and look for tips or redirects in front of the net. Mason’s goaltender, junior Kristen Kay, stood tall in the net
fighting off numerous Tabb shots and penalty corners, five in the first half, but at the 13:55 mark the Tigers finally got one past the Mason defense. When the horn sounded to end the half, Tabb was only ahead by one goal, a reality that many Mason fans found optimism in. The second half began with Tabb having the ball, and the Tigers began to play in a manner that was the reason they had only one loss on the year. Mason could not manage any substantial pressure on the Tabb defense, while Tabb was gaining their footing with three consecutive penalty corners, the last which they scored on at the 25:20 mark. Tabb continued pressing the Mason defense, lead by senior fullbacks Kalena Wojtala, Lydia Grund, Victoria Friend and junior Alex Biggs, but the rain, cold and fatigue began to set in and Tabb was awarded another four corners, where they scored on with 22:05 left in the game. Mason head coach Amanda Crider began
freely substituting her nine and tenth graders into the game who were brought up from the junior varsity squad, but the young legs still could not inject energy into the Mason offense and Tabb continued to rack up corners on Mason’s end of the field. On Tabb’s 14th penalty corner of the game they scored again bringing it to a 4-0 Tabb lead. Tabb would go on to have sixteen total corners for the night and scored their last goal on a tough elevated shot into the back of the Mason goal. With the loss, Mason finished the year with a record of 11-8. The season was a highlight for Crider who is moving on from Mason. In the five years George Mason has fielded a varsity field hockey team, all under Crider, they progressed from a three-win team their first year to the State quarterfinals this year. The field hockey community and players, both past, current and future, will miss Crider and wish her well in her new endeavors.
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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Thanksgiving Community Dinner. The fifth annual James Lee Community Center Thanksgiving Community Dinner will be held today. The dinner is intended to help lower income families in the area get a solid meal in as the colder months approach. The community center is still seeking food donations from local residents and businesses as well as searching for volunteers (both children and adults) to help staff the event and ensure it runs smoothly. James Lee Community Center (2855 Annandale Rd., Falls Church). 4 – 6:30 p.m. 703-5343387. Teen Advisory Board. For volunteers in Grades 7-12, the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meets monthly during the school year to give teens a voice in the library. Teens who participate in TAB earn
volunteer hours. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 6:30 – 7 p.m. For more information, e-mail teen Volunteer Coordinator Jessica Borchetta at juv@fallschurchva.gov. High School Book Club. November Book — The Sherlockian by Graham Moore. Book Club for teens in grades 9 – 12. Limited copies of the book are available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk. Registration Required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703248-5034.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Juggler and Magician Jonathan Austin at the Library. Interested attendees can witness magician Jonathan Austin perform his award-winning juggling, magic tricks, a unicycle bit, jokes, gags, comedy and lots of audience participation. Best for ages 4 and up. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N
Virginia Ave., Falls Church) 11 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Used Book Sale. Regular monthly used book sale, which is usually held on the last weekend (Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 1 – 5 p.m.) of every month in the library’s conference room. There will be used books for adults and children, all at low prices. Proceeds support library programs and services. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 1 – 5 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 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 the Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and
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manipulative items (aka toys) to teach early literacy through play. Ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 703248-5034. ESL Conversation Group. A general conversation group (for adults) learning English as their second language. Meets every Monday (except holidays) at regularly scheduled time. No registration required; all are welcome. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7 – 8 p.m. 703-248-5034.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 PAWS to Read at the Library. Children can read with a canine companion. Registration required. Registration is open at the Youth Services desk by phone or in person. Registration not accepted by e-mail. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 5 – 6 p.m. 703-248-5034.
THEATER&ARTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 “An Act of God.” Written by 13-time Emmy Award winner David Javerbaum (“The Daily Show”), this exceptionally witty comedy delivers a new meaning to the phrase divine intervention. God is back. And he’s got a lot to say. Inhabiting the body of beloved DC actor Tom Story (Round House Theatre’s “Angels in America,” MetroStage’s “Fully Committed”), and flanked by his ever-faithful archangels, the Supreme Being gifts his mortals with an entirely new set of Ten Commandments in a sinfully funny whirlwind of comedy heaven. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $40. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.org.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 218 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER “Spamalot.” A musical (lovingly) ripped from the 1975 featurefilm, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” comes the theatrical production of “Spamalot.” Based originally on the tale of King Arthur, “Spamalot,” like the motion picture, is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many
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ways. That includes an absence of steeds, foes who can ward off even the most serious of dismemberments and, of course, a ferocious bunny. Witness George Mason High School students bring this play to life in their own reimagining of the cinema and now theatrical classic. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). $10. 7:30 p.m.
“A Little Princess.” A sudden change of fortune leaves wealthy Sara Crewe alone and penniless in the cold of a London winter. When her friends at Miss Minchin’s School for Girls turn into taunting enemies – and Miss Minchin’s greedy expectations of her “star pupil” turn into bitter rage – Sara must draw upon her incredible power of imagination, her clever wit, and her brave and generous heart to sustain her. But will they be enough? The magical answer is certain to surprise and delight in this original musical dramatization of the beloved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that has inspired several films, including the 1939 version with Miss Shirley Temple! Creative Cauldron (410 S Maple Ave., Falls Church) $18. 7:30 p.m. creativecauldron.org.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Matt Wertz + Dustin Ransom. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $18 – $22. 7:30 p.m. 703255-1566.
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California Guitar Trio. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25 – $30. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Thrillbilly’s. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Dan & Chuck. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283. Ruen Brothers + Christian Lopez. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. The Quebe Sisters. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25 – $30. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900. Doug Stanhope with Steve Brady. The State Theatre (220 N Washington St., Falls Church). $45. 9 p.m. 703-237-0300. Downtown Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.
“Madeline’s Christmas.” Miss Clavel takes the 12 little girls on a series of adventures when disaster suddenly strikes as everyone gets the flu! Everyone that is, except for the ever-resilient Madeline. Saddened that they may not be able to go home for Christmas, the girls and Miss Clavel take to their beds. A jolly visitor in red appears who reminds Madeline and her friends about the magic of the holidays. Encore Stage (2700 S Lang St., Arlington). $18. 3 p.m. encorestageva.org.
David Andrew Smith. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
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40 Dollar Fine. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Middleway Music Studio Concert XV. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10. 12 p.m. 703-2551566. The Big Cheese. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.
The Wingits. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack. (130 North Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.
Back to the 80s: An 80s Themed Murder Mystery Comedy Show. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20. 7 p.m. 703-2551566.
Damion Wolfe Live and in Concert. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-237-8333.
An Evening of Indian Dance at the Barns. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25 – $27. 8 p.m. 703-255-1900.
THE QUEBE SISTERS will be playing at Wolf Trap in Vienna on Friday. (Photo: Texas Co-Op Power)
Dave Chappell and Anthony Pirog Guitar Show. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504. Better Off Dead. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $25. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. James Stevens. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-237-8333.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Bards Alley Presents David Baldacci. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $6 – $35. 11 a.m. 703-255-1566. Bentwood Rockers Breakfast Bluegrass. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 1 p.m. 703-241-9504. John Eaton with Founding Fathers: Irving Berlin & Jerome Kern. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd. Vienna). $25 – $27. 2 p.m. 703255-1900.
Josh Allen Band. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504.
Nice Breeze, Elisa Flynn, Anna Connelly. Galaxy Hut (2711 WIlson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.
Mouths of Babes. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15. 3 p.m. 703-255-1566.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21
P.O.S with Metasota + Transit22. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $15 – $25. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. Oz & the Revue Motown. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504. Alex the Red Parez and the Hell Rojos, Fake Manners. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 The Strawbs: Chapter & Verse feat. “Hero & Heroine.” Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $20 – $35. 7:30 p.m. 703-2551566.
The Flannel Shirt Fever Show Feat. The Generics + Blaze + Insolence. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $10 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. The Colliders. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Deca featuring MJx along with Zach Benson Pre-Holiday Show. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E, Vienna). $12 – $20. 8 p.m. 703255-1566. Special Show: Jimi Smooth and The Hit Time Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Performance, Live and In Concert. JV’s Restaurant (666 Arlington Blvd., Arlington) 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.
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Proceeding under Article 6, of the Family Court Act. Docket Nos: V- 8196-16, LORENSO DEJESUS ROMERO-MUNGUIA, Petitioner,vs. MARGARITA RIVAS DEARGUETA, Respondent. In the name of the People of the State of New York. To the above-named Respondent: MARGARITA RIVAS DEARGUETA, who is found at Falls Church, VA. A motion having been filed with this Court requesting findings by the Court with regards to the following minor: JOSSELIN ESTEFANY ROMERO- RIVAS, DOB 09/05/05. You are here-by summoned to appear before the Nassau County Family Court, Referee Robert LoPresti, located at 1200 Old Country Rd., Westbury, NY 11590 on December 14, 2017, 3:00pm,to answer the petition and be dealt with in accordance with the Fam.Ct.Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a Warrant may be issued for your arrest, or an order may be issued on your default. Dated: 10/06/17, Rosalie Fitzgerald, Clerk of Court. To the Above-Named Respondent: The fore-going summons are served upon you by publication pursuant to CPLR 308, and order of the Nassau County Family Court.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOARD OF EQUALIZATION CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, VA The Board of Equalization for Real Estate Assessments in the City of Falls Church will hold public hearings for the purpose of equalizing 2017 real estate assessments in the City, and for the purpose of hearing complaints of inequalities wherein property owners allege a lack of uniformity in assessment or errors in property description. The Board will give consideration to an INCREASE, DECREASE OR AFFIRM such real estate assessments. Before a change can be granted, the taxpayer or his agent must overcome a clear presumption in favor of the assessment. The taxpayer or agent must prove that the property is not uniform with other similar properties, or prove that the property is assessed in excess of its fair market value as of January 1, 2017. Hearings will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, November thru December, 2017. For specific dates, see the online Calendar on the City’s website under Events at http://www.fallschurchva.gov. Meetings will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Wells Building (City Hall) at 300 Park Avenue. Any changes in location will be posted three days prior to the hearing date at City Hall and on the City’s website under Real Estate Assessment, Appeals, Board of Equalization Hearings. These hearings will conclude the appeals filed by the June 2, 2017 deadline, as established by City Code 33-48. Americans with Disabilities Act. The City of Falls Church complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request reasonable accommodation, call 703-248-5107 (TTY 711).
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Holmes Plan: City Could Net $17.4 Million More Annually
F.C. Council Votes to Repudiate Immigration ‘Profiling & Anger’
Following on its adoption of the City Comprehensive Plan Monday Night, the Falls Church City Council passed a resolution adopting, on an advisory basis, the report of special economic consultant David Holmes. The report asserts that redevelopment in four areas in the City could boost tax revenues from those areas from roughly $2 million to 19.4 million annually — barring any unforeseen set backs in its implementation.
As if in direct defiance of a Virginia Crime Commission call earlier the same day for state trooper enforcement of federal immigration laws, the Falls Church City Council passed unanimously a stronglyworded resolution Tuesday night rejecting “the enactment of any policies that would cause employees of the City to carry out responsibilities of federal immigration authorities,” the resolution read.
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cess is its government’s support. The country of Bhutan is committed to improving its citizens’ quality of life, including the provision of high quality and affordable healthcare. In article nine of the constitution, item 21 states: “The State shall provide free access to basic public health services in both modern and traditional medicines.” If you are a citizen of Bhutan, you don’t pay anything for the care that BEAR provides. BEAR has saved 53 lives to date and the majority are under 50 years old. While BEAR largely sustains itself already, Mize intends to phase out of day-today operations and have BEAR become entirely self-sustaining. He hopes to be involved in the future only to review protocols, visit once a year to teach and train, and provide support as needed. He attributes this vision in part to “the seminal thing” that his grandpa taught him, which was not only the responsibility to do good unto others and make the world a better place, but that everyone can be empowered to do so no matter the size of their community.
BEST FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, Georgia and Leo enjoy running and playing together every day. Both 3 years old, the goldendoodle Georgia and the schnoodle Leo have grown up sharing their backyards since they were pups. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.
DUE TO the efforts of Mize and his team, the BEAR program has done a considerable job in cutting down the mortality rate caused from unintentional injury throughout the country in just a short amount of time. Now the next step is to make the program self-sufficient without Mize’s oversight on on missions. (Photo: Courtesy Charlie Mize) Mize, his Bhutanese medical colleagues, and the Secretary of Health along with the entire Bhutanese government have together changed the landscape of emergency medical care and resuscitation throughout the nation, which means that they have changed lives by simply
keeping people alive, and living as their healthiest selves. “It’s been a tremendous honor to have been able to do what I’ve done so far,” Mize stated. “But there’s so much need and I have so much energy and I’m hoping that I can get a lot more done.”
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Business News & Notes Aldi Opening on Arlington Blvd. in Falls Church Tomorrow Aldi is hosting a grand opening for its first Falls Church location on Thursday, Nov. 16. The event will start with a ribbon cutting at 7:50 a.m. and include prizes and savings throughout the day. Aldi, which operates almost 1,700 stores in 35 states, sells the most frequently purchased grocery and household items, primarily under its exclusive brands. The new store is at 8100A Arlington Blvd. Aldi is also planning to open a store in the next year or so in the Tower Square Shopping Center at 155 Hillwood Ave. For more information, visit aldi.us.
Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Pure Barre Falls Church Thursday Several local businesses are participating in Sip, Shop, and Be Merry on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Pure Barre Falls Church. Participating vendors include belle et bonne, Café Kindred, Botanologica, Café Kindred, Emery Grey Designs, Kate Bakes Bars, Keith Arts, Lemon Lane Consignment, Luna Blu Mar, Pursuing Vintage and Zoya’s Atelier. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Café Kindred. Pure Barre Falls Church is located at 2121 N. Westmoreland St. in Arlington.
Arc of NoVa to Hold Annual Meeting The Arc of Northern Virginia will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16 at the Knights of Columbus in Arlington. The evening will focus on their work for people with disabilities over the past year, their impact for families and future plans that will enable them to further serve the community. It will also feature a panel presentation on Federal policy issues that affect people with disabilities, and a special award will be presented posthumously to Tom Gavin, a longtime local advocate for people with disabilities. Details at thearcofnova.org/upcoming/annual-meeting.
New F.C. Bike Shop Grand Opening Set for Saturday ProBike FC is hosting a grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at 116 E. Fairfax St. in Falls Church. A ribbon cutting will be held at 10 a.m. Owned and operated by professional cyclist Nick Clark, ProBike FC offers Computrainer, core conditioning, coaching, bike servicing, online sales, performance clinics and bike fittings. Door prizes, in excess of $3,500, include training packages, coaching and a titanium bike. For more information, visit probikefc.com.
Former F.C. EDA Chair Salzberg to Speak at VPIS Meeting Nov. 19 Edward Salzberg is the guest speaker at the Village Preservation and Improvement Society’s fall membership meeting on Sunday, Nov. 19 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 130 at 400 N. Oak St. in Falls Church. The former chairman and longtime member of the Falls Church Economic Development Authority will discuss Falls Church City’s opportunities for attracting desirable retail businesses and the creation of a walkable, pedestrian friendly atmosphere. For more information, visit vpis.org.
Urgent Care-Sports Medicine Office Combo Opens on Annandale Rd. Pulmonary and Medical Associates of Northern Virginia has opened a combined urgent care and sports medicine office at 510 W. Annandale Road. The urgent care is currently open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for walk-in patients with minor illness or injury who would like to be seen immediately. PMA is a member of Privia Medical Group, is a multi-specialty medical practice with more than 20 providers in two offices in Falls Church and Arlington, Virginia. For more information, visit pmaofnorthernva.com/urgent-care.
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