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Officials gave the all clear Monday after a suspicious package that caused a three-hour evacuation and shutdown of Falls Church City Hall and Community Center was determined to be a training tool for bomb-sniffing dogs.
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Spillover Effect on F.C. As Tysons Explodes BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON
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avoided. Saslaw, a highly-respected veteran legislator the head of the Democrats in the State Senate, launched into his heated comments as a father who had a daughter who graduated from U-Va. His daughter, he said, told him that it was well known on the campus that cover ups of such rape inci-
“Welcome to Tysons, America’s Next Great City!” Just up the road, Route 7 to be exact, from the City of Falls Church, a new sign suddenly showed up last week identifying the already-imposing Tysons Corner area as “America’s Next Great City.” The slogan is no joke, as anyone examining the jaw-dropping assemblage of plans for the development of that area can see, now that the four Metro Silver Line stations are complete and operational there. It is also turns out quite fortuitous for the City of Falls Church. Less than two miles down the shared Route 7 corridor, Falls Church had already settled on its own slogan, thanks to the efforts of the creative talents at the local Smith-Gifford firm about four years ago. As much as some in Falls Church haven’t warmed to it yet (it’s in the nature of such things), the Falls Church slogan, or logo, as “The Little City” now perfectly sets the City apart, juxtaposing it to the emerging Tysons behemoth as “America’s Next Great City.” While Falls Church has now attracted the interest of developers eager to erect a series of their own large-scale mixed use projects, that is undoubtedly due in large part to what’s now clearly coming in Tysons. It is a common tactic for developers to nibble around the edges of a big new boom area to sew up adjacent lands and political approvals for construction.
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This was a bomb that had been ticking for a while. NBC executives were warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. SEE PAGE 15
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Dave Lang and his band mate Scott Stanton, who formed Current Swell in 2005, tried something for their latest album, Ulysses, that they haven’t tried in a long time: writing songs together. SEE PAGE 25
WASHINGTON CAPITAL STAR Alex Ovechkin was in Falls Church Monday, receiving a car from Bill Page Honda on Arlington Boulevard which he then donated to the American Special Hockey Association for a raf�le. Ovechkin, who lobbied for a car prize during the National Hockey League’s All-Star weekend last month, stands with 10-year old Ann Schaab of the Washington Ice Dogs. Ovechkin was gifted the car this week by Honda after the company heard his widely publicized pleas. See News & Notes, page 12 for more. (P����: N���-P����)
Sen. Saslaw: Campus Rape Bill ‘Not As Strong as I Would Like’ BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON
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It was not as strong as Falls Church’s State Sen. Dick Saslaw wanted, but a modified bill to address the issue of sexual assault on college campuses sailed unanimously through the Virginia Senate Tuesday, and is expected to fare just as well in the House of Delegates.
A video of Saslaw’s angry comments before the Falls Church City Council in December went “viral” statewide in the wake of the explosive article in Rolling Stone magazine about a rape at the University of Virginia, as he vowed to introduce legislation that would require the university to report such an incident to local police within 24 hours, with stiff criminal penalties if
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Saslaw’s Campus Rape Initiative Passes in Revised Form Continued from Page 1
dents by university officials were common. He said officials urged students not to go the police, and even tried to smooth over incidents by putting the perpetrator and victim in the same counseling session. The subsequent questions raised about the veracity of the reported Rolling Stone incident muted some voices, but not Saslaw’s. At a town hall meeting at the Falls Church Community Center last month, he reiterated his outrage, having submitted the legislation that he’d promised. He said there were many elements of the Rolling Stone article that were not in dispute, including the admission by the university that it did not take stronger steps against an alleged male student rapist, accused in two rape incidents, because it feared legal retaliation, and readmitted the student after a year suspension to eventually graduate. “He should not have been allowed to walk across that stage to accept a diploma, he should be serving 50 years in prison,”
Saslaw intoned. On the other hand, however, the concern was expressed that forcing the university to take all cases to the police would only heighten the reluctance of a rape victim to report to anyone at all. Saslaw did not concur with that argument, but when Democratic State Sen. Barbara Favola of Arlington came up with an alternate version of Saslaw’s bill, and got Republican Sen. Tom Garrett (Buckingham) and Democrat Sen. Adam Ebbin (Alexandria) to sign onto it, Saslaw had little choice but to join them. Still, at a town hall meeting in Sleepy Hollow last Saturday, Saslaw said he was not happy with the Favola bill because it did “not wind up as strong as I would like,” and passionately reiterating his concerns drew the strongest applause on more than one occasion from a crowd of 150 at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School. So on Tuesday, the State Senate voted unanimously to pass SB-1329, which, according to a Favola press release, “seeks to
address the prevalence of sexual assaults on college campuses by requiring universities to create memorandums of understanding with local sexual assault crisis centers and to provide survivors with access to other community resources.” Favola stated, according to the release, “This legislation represents a positive step in protecting our young people and making college campuses safer. It strengthens support systems for sexual assault survivors and empowers these survivors to pursue charges against their assailants.” Under SB 1329, according to Favola, “the universities must provide the sexual assault survivor with an explanation of options for counseling and different disciplinary and law-enforcement investigations that the survivor may initiate. The bill also requires that universities adopt policies addressing nonretaliation for survivors who fear their conduct related to the incident may also be questioned or who are concerned that an official report might jeopardize their academic status.” Last Saturday, Saslaw and
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State Sen. Dave Marsden joined State Del. Kaye Kory before a full house of constituents for a Richmond legislative update at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in greater Falls Church Saturday morning. The lawmakers answered a battery of questions as the State Legislature prepared to go into its “crossover” mode on last Tuesday, when bills approved by either the senate or house get transferred over to the other for action. A contingent from the state’s 5,600 taxicab operators was on hand, as they have been actively lobbying the legislature to advocate for the same regulatory requirements for the new Uber car service as applies to them. All three legislators last Saturday were in agreement with their concerns. Saslaw reported that a push among arch-conservatives, part of a new national movement, to call for a new U.S. constitutional convention wound up being withdrawn as conservatives began fighting among themselves about what a potential outcome might be should they succeed. “If it
happens, you’re not going to get any Madisons, or Jeffersons or Monroes to rewrite out constitution”, he said. “There will be every nut job in America on the right and on the left. They are the ones who will rewrite it.” The overall budget legislation that will be introduced next week will have no cuts in public school or higher education funding, the lawmakers said. Saslaw also announced that there will a repaving by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) of the entire length of Annandale Road, which is in the category of “worst, in most need of repair” by VDOT, in this year and the next.. Marsden said it is very important that this year the legislature has designated solar power development as “in the public interest.” He also said that, while no formal legislation was passed, he led the effort to bring the issue of brain injuries in sports to the head of the Virginia High School League who in turn voluntarily established a new policy limiting the amount of time a teenager can practice a contact sport.
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Big Impact Will Hit Falls Church As New Tysons Boom Begins Continued from Page 1
From Falls Church’s point of view, that is quite OK. The City is beginning to reap the benefits of the unfolding Tysons boom, while the task of its leaders is not to deter that dynamic at all, but to constrain it within the City’s unique identity parameters so that a distinct look and feel to the Little City will always set it apart. Developers coming into Falls Church will like that too, as they can play for success on that unique identity while the broader parameters for success – great schools, lovely residential neighborhoods and parks, proximity to Tysons, the Metro, the interstate and beltway, equidistant from two major airports and five miles from the White House – also remain present. Late last month, 550 developer movers and shakers came together at the McLean Hilton to hear a succession of informative talks and two panels, one focused on the “Old Tysons” and the other on
the “New Tysons.” The “Tysons Update” event was hosted by BisNow.com. The event itself centered on the announcement of a new purchase from NV Commercial, developers of the “Tysons Central” 1.5 million square foot property. Foulger-Pratt real estate developers acquired the office/retail 400,000 square foot parcel in the project located just 50 feet from the new Greensboro Metro station. “Tysons Central” will also include a 400-unit residential tower, now controlled by Lennar, and additional parcels for residential and a hotel with condos above, according to BisNow. Among the presenters at the Jan. 28 event, Transwestern presented the results of an office space demand study through 2040 at the four Tysons Metro stops. The study found that Tysons’ four Silver Line Metro stations will absorb 5.2 million square feet, the most demand on the entire Metro system. Demand in Tysons is highest at the Spring Hill and McLean Metro stops at 2 and 1.6
million square feet, but concern was expressed that 64 percent of existing office inventory at the four Metro stops in Tysons is composed of older Class B and C office products, while the demand will be for new or fully renovated spaces. An explanation was provided in a panel discussion on why so much residential is now under construction at Tysons. Aaron Georgelas said that “major societal shifts” are causing the new focus. “Millennials don’t want to own cars or do traffic,” he said, according to BisNow. “They need housing close to their workplaces.” While the growing numbers of housing units are resulting in slowed leasing and dropping prices, Tysons will be able to absorb them all, Georgelas said. Will Tysons really be “America’s Next Great City?” According to the Meridian Group’s Gary Block speaking on Jan. 28, the combined ingredients of 28 million square feet of office with an educated workforce is
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A SIGN BOASTING Tysons as “America’s next great city” has recently gone up on Route 7. (P����: N���-P����) combining with the recent picking up of federal spending such that a “Tier 1” status like D.C., New York City or Los Angeles is a “good chance.” JLL Managing Director Kelly McBride told the Jan. 28 gathering, as reported by BisNow, that the company’s Arlington-based tech businesses are beginning to ask about Tysons. That means along with residential options, delis, conference centers and gyms are to be expected. Tenants want dining
options within walking distance, and RTKL’s Ray Peloquin noted that “hospitality” is big in the mindset of young workers, looking for their workplace to be more of an “experience” rather than just a 9 to 5 job. As a result of all the coming development, construction costs are expected to be maintained at a 3-4 percent growth rate, per the last few years, although a shrinking labor pool could increase those costs over 5 percent, Lerner Vice President Jim Policaro said.
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The news reported by a consultant to Falls Church City Hall last week, and spelled out to the City Council, was that for a mere $64,712 in the coming fiscal year, all City employee positions will be fully comparable, in terms of compensation levels, with those of the City’s surrounding jurisdictions of Fairfax and Arlington counties. This is great news, meaning that for a small investment, City officials will be able to compete for the hiring and retention of the best employees without worrying about them jumping ship to go to work in a nearby jurisdiction maybe just a few blocks away. Would that the same holds for City teachers and school administrators! That’s especially important given the value that the City’s highly esteemed school system provides for every homeowner and land owner, through appreciated land values usually given as about 15 percent. The fact is that every year, the Falls Church School System has had to battle, in the context of its own record enrollment growth, taxpayers and those under their sway at City Hall who’ve firmly resisted the kind of resources it needs to be competitive. The main goal of the School Board’s budget deliberations this year is to close the gap – not to attain equity but only to close the gap – in compensation disparities between City and Arlington and Fairfax school employees. This is what it is all about for Falls Church school advocates: not wanting a disproportionate share of the City’s resources, but wanting only enough to impede a brain drain of the best talent from the school system to better paying jobs in Arlington and Fairfax. It is distressing to us how few people at City Hall, even on the City Council, want to hear anything about this. They look at the bottom line of what the schools may or may not ask for, and simply say, “Too much!” That is no way to run a railroad, especially one that is tasked with the fragile maintenance of its greatest success story, the reputation of its schools. The school administration has gone to great lengths to produce the documents showing, in every pay level of school teachers accounting for their educational achievement levels, their years of experience and other important factors, how the Falls Church pay scales measure up to Arlington and Fairfax. In some categories, the disparities are too big for anyone, much less a teacher, to ignore. The plain fact is that if the City is to survive long term, it must be responsible for maintaining the quality of its schools. If not, and the City’s schools begin to fall behind its neighbors’ in any significant way, then the City will go from a highly desired place to live to a veritable slum. There are other small jurisdictions in this wider region where this has happened. The City’s leadership and citizens, alike, are tasked with making sure it doesn’t happen here.
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Editor, I have lived in the City of Falls Church for 35 years. My son attended all City schools. I know George Mason High School as a parent, volunteer and coach, but most importantly for the issue of a new high school, as a substitute teacher from 2004-10. For most of that time Mason comprised five grades, 8 through 12. My substitute teaching assignments familiarized me thoroughly with every
nook and cranny of that building, more so than most regular teachers. I therefore speak with considerable knowledge and experience when I tell you that there is absolutely no need for a new high school. If the reason given is that it would make it more convenient for developers to have frontage on Route 7 and Haycock Road, it would be a violation of public trust. Nor is “keeping up with the
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Joneses” a sound or reasonable basis for public policy. City taxpayers cannot afford wants, only true and proven needs. The building would doubtless benefit from renovation/repairs. But there is no need for a $100+ million new high school. An additional 20 – 22 or more classrooms could be created within the existing structure without the necessity of major construction: 1. Storage rooms under the science wing would yield two classrooms. 2. Move the City TV station out. It could be moved to the Cityowned house in Cherry Hill Park. That would yield three classrooms
or practice rooms. 3. There is a classroom at the far end of the art department that is not being used as a classroom. 4. The alternate education space would yield two classrooms. Alternate education could use trailers. 5 The culinary arts/kitchen is a classroom. 6. Since every student has a computer, there is no need for the TLC computer labs. (two classrooms). 7. Three classrooms are now used for intellectually disabled students. Those students could be relocated to the mainstream part of
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Much to Learn From Jefferson’s Diverse Family B� Z������ D�����
Some historians argue that Thomas Jefferson’s careful control over the activity of his slaves, and their constant occupation in labor, reflects profit-maximizing behavior. Others disagree, referencing the immense amount of debt he owed upon his death, as evidence that profit was not the primary object of his daily concern. Jefferson’s treatment of his slaves in comparison to the rest of his immediate family reveals insight into this question. His treatment of his slaves shows that he viewed slaves as members of his “family,” albeit as subordinate components. Jefferson structured the lives of his slaves in a way similar to how he structured the lives of the rest of his family; slaves were educated in a manner that suited their perceived abilities and had to balance obligatory labor duties with leisure time, much like other members of the household. Jefferson’s obsession with keeping his slaves working does not equate to an insatiable profit-seeking drive. He strove to “make the most efficient use of his labor force,” and worked diligently to ensure “neither youth, age, illness, nor weather were allowed to stop the plantation machine,” according to Lucia Stanton in Jeffersonian Legacies. Older workers formed his “senile corps” and “the sick who were not bedridden were treated with gentle does of alternative labor.” Jefferson likely realized that little profit
could be gleaned from these unproductive workers, and had an ulterior motive for keeping them active. Jefferson recognized that “slaves were both humans and property,” so while he kept his slaves busy, he would not allow them to “be at all overworked” resulting in the Monticello slaves being
“Jefferson’s treatment of his slaves shows that he viewed slaves as members of his ‘family,’ albeit as subordinate components.” made “more comfortable in bondage than most of their fellows.” This suggests that while Jefferson kept his slaves constantly employed in labor, he was not motivated purely by a profit-maximization impetus. Instead, Jefferson’s attitude towards the activity of his slaves reflects an effort to educate them, although in a manner that fit their standing as inferior household members. Jefferson believed in the building of character and morals through education, exemplified by Virginia’s reflection “that [education] elevates the character as much as it does the mind.” While his slaves did
not receive a formal education comparable to his granddaughters, Jefferson paid close attention to the dividing of his slaves’ activities that closely resembled his attention to the schedules of his “white family.” For instance, “Jefferson gave his laborers a variety of skills,” and devised a detailed “script for the childhood of his slaves” that dictated a precise accumulation of abilities at specific ages. Thus, Jefferson equated skill accumulation in slaves to a form of education. Whereas Jefferson “recommended the study of arithmetic, French, geography, grammar, ancient and modern history, and literature” to white women, he recommended that slave children “until 10 years serve as nurses. From 10 to 16 the boys make nails, the girls spin and at 16 go into the ground or learn trades.” Thus, education could elevate the character of all, but education for whites differed dramatically from the physically intensive learning Jefferson arranged for his slaves. By keeping them busy and augmenting their labor skills, Jefferson facilitated the building of strong character and morals in his slaves. Slaves at Monticello balanced their obligatory duties with free time, much like free members of Jefferson’s family. Slaves had daily work days which “grew from nine hours in the darkest winter months to fourteen hours in the longest days of June and July.” However, “without curfews, his slaves took advantage of the freedom of the
night.” This reflects remarkable similarity to the balancing act performed by other members of the family. Housekeeping and social duties impinged on the amusements of the white women of the house, as one complained that “My studies have been unavoidably relinquished for several weeks...because Maria Woodward and Martha Richardson have come up from Richmond on a visit...and next month I enter the duties of housekeeping again.” Jefferson routinely described “public life as burden and a deprivation” and instead “link(ed) his happiness to his family” which awaited him at Monticello. Thus, each member of the household became burdened by their own distinct responsibility that often precluded their unobstructed leisure and happiness. Life for each was structured around the tradeoff between responsibility and pleasure. While Jefferson employed hundreds of slaves, he did not treat them purely as a means of profit like many other slave owners. Instead, he educated them in a broad array of skills to augment their character and morals. Much like other members of the household, slaves had to balance obligatory tasks with leisurely ones. Consequently, much can be learned about Jefferson’s diverse family by examining the parallel ways in which he sought to structure each of their lives. Zachary Diener is a senior at the University of Virginia. He is the son of Falls Church business leader Michael S. Diener, CPA.
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TO LETTERS THE EDITOR Continued from Page 6 the building closest to the main office. 8. The auxiliary gym could be converted to at least eight or more classrooms. Furthermore, the agora concept – combining commercial and civic functions in an undifferentiated common area – is a dangerous idea in an academic context and should be afforded no consideration.The distractions and safety risks for such young people would be enormous. Lou Mauro Falls Church
Misguided Revitalization in Mason District Editor, The quality of life in Mason District is threatened by misguided redevelopment in its two revitalization areas. In her “A Penny for Your Thoughts” column in the January 29 Falls Church NewsPress, Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross called these areas a blessing, and so they may be for her. But what about the community? The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has given itself the power to amend the Comprehensive Plan to allow virtually any land use in a revitalization area if, in their view, it would advance “revitalization goals.” Gross offers the amendment for the SE Quadrant in the Bailey’s Crossroads revitalization area as an example of the benefits of the Board’s power. The amendment allows the development of a highrise elementary school on a twoacre site on the curb of Columbia Pike in a busy commercial district with no green space for outdoor activities. Recreation would be on the roof of the garage. Intense citizen opposition to the amendment in the January 13 Board hearing argued that the site is not suitable for a school. In particular, the Comprehensive Plan states that schools should not be located in commercial areas. But the amendment serves Gross’s purpose. The School Board wants to build a childfriendly school with green space on the five-acre Willston School site in a residential district opposite Seven Corners. But Gross
wants that site for a new $125M county office building. She recommends that she keep Willston and the children use the Columbia Pike school site provided by the plan amendment. This is not the first time that the interests of our children have been sacrificed for Gross’s agenda. For years, children at Bailey’s Elementary sat in 19 trailers while the School Board asked for the Willston site. Last fall, relief of sorts was provided by opening Bailey’s Upper Elementary in a converted office building on blacktop in a commercial district on the other side of Seven Corners. The school has no gym, no auditorium, and no green space. Such are the consequences of misguided revitalization for the community. It’s Gross mismanagement. Clyde Miller Falls Church
Kudos to Beyer For Column on Climate Change Editor, Kudos to Congressman Donald Beyer for his fine op-ed article honoring the 50th anniversary of LBJ’s warnings to Congress about the dangers of adding too much carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. I’m delighted that he is working on carbon tax legislation. I hope he finds good partners on the other side of the aisle so the legislation has bipartisan support. Since Ronald Reagan used an economic system similar to a carbon tax to price CFC’s and protect the ozone, one might think that Republicans in Congress would be willing to work on carbon tax legislation. After all, there are several Republican Senators and Representatives who want to run for President in 2016. They need to demonstrate their concern for climate change by enacting legislation before they try to run, because no one will believe their campaign climate policy promises if they haven’t already sponsored legislation. And a growing majority of voters, even Republican voters, want climate legislation and will be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports climate legislation. The writing is on the wall, now let’s get the legislation passed. Judy Weiss Brookline, Mass.
Morality Exists Outside Organized Religion, Too
Editor, David Brooks seems skeptical that morality can exist in the absence of organized religion (“Building Better Secularists,” News-Press, Feb. 5-11). Disregarding the fact that religious folks commit immoral acts every day, let’s examine Mr. Brooks’ main points: Secular people “have to build their own moral philosophies.” Correct, and many have done so by exposing themselves to the long and rich history of moral philosophy that goes back further than Christianity, perhaps starting with Aristotle. Mr. Brooks seems to think that morality is only valid if presented through the shorthand of a religious text. They “have to create their own Sabbaths.” The secular version of going to Church is called education and reflection. That process is not invalid simply because it doesn’t occur in the presence of others at the same time and place every week. They “have to reflect on spiritual matters.” If by this Mr. Brooks means that individuals should regularly contemplate the building blocks of their moral foundation, then I would agree. It is also beneficial to reflect on why so many people have been able to carry out immoral acts in the name of religion. They “have to fashion their own moral motivation.” Of course. This can take the form of identifying with different philosophies or writings, or simply acknowledging that mankind possesses an innate sense of right and wrong. If all that fails, simply obeying society’s laws should be enough for any rational person. Basically, Mr. Brooks is merely listing the aspects of organized religion that have worked for him. His position that this is the only way to attain an adequate level of morality is presumptuous at best. Chris Visser Falls Church
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The first group of participants in the News-Press’ third annual edition of Falls Church Restaurant Week, taking place March 23 – 29, has been announced. Restaurants on tap to celebrate and showcase The Little City’s dining scene next month are Applebee’s, Argia’s, Dogwood Tavern, Famous Dave’s, The Locker Room Sports Bar & Grill, the Garden Grill at Hilton Garden Inn, Idylwood Grill & Wine Bar, La Cote d’Or, Mad Fox Brewing Company, Sfizi Cafe, Yayla Bistro and Zpizza. Each of the participants will offer diners a special lunch or dinner deal during the week. More restaurants will be regularly added to the list of participants. The complete list of 2015 Falls Church Restaurant Week participants is available at fcrestaurantweek.com.
Citizens Cautioned About Water Scams The City of Falls Church has released an advisory from Fairfax Water about potential scams in the area affecting residents and businesses in the City of F.C. The release advises people to be on the lookout for individuals showing up at the doorstep or calling on the phone and claiming to be a Fairfax Water employee. Tips on verifying Fairfax Water employee credentials, according to the advisory, are as follows: If you receive a call offering “discounts” or requesting account information or offering to pay your bill – this is a scam. Fairfax Water does not call asking for your account information nor does Fairfax Water offer discounts for service; Fairfax Water employees have photo identification with them at all times when they are on the job. Fairfax Water vehicles and field staff’s clothing bear the Fairfax Water logo. During the summer months there may be Fairfax Water summer interns in your neighborhood who do not wear uniforms, however each one will have a Fairfax Water photo identification displayed prominently; If someone comes to your door and identifies themselves as a Fairfax Water employee, please ask for their identification or call 703-698-5800 to verify before letting them into your home; Fairfax Water employees do not receive or accept any form of payments during service calls and Fairfax Water does not collect water-service fees door-todoor; Most water meters are located outside of a customer’s home. Therefore Fairfax Water employees typically do not require access to a customer’s home to read a meter.
F.C. City Hall Scare Allayed Falls Church City Hall was declared “all clear” at 6:55 p.m. Monday night after a suspicious package caused a three-hour evacuation and shutdown of the building and adjacent Community Center. Detectives from the Arlington Police Bomb Squad determined the package was not a threat and was instead a device used for training A suspicious package caused a three-hour shutdown of City Hall bomb-sniffing dogs, according to and the Community Center Monday. (Photo: News-Press) F.C. spokesperson Susan Finarelli. The device was not believed to have been left unattended at City Hall with any malicious intent.The shutdown resulted in two blocks of street closures and the cancelling of Monday’s City Council meeting.
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F.C. GOP to Honor Local Citizens Sunday Falls Church Republicans will honor five citizens of Falls Church City at an awards reception next Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Italian Cafe at 7161 Lee Highway. “The Awards Reception honors our friends and neighbors who have made outstanding contributions to Falls Church and the people of Falls Church,” said Alex Boston, secretary of the Falls Church City Republican Committee, in a press release. The honorees are Betty Coll, past-chairman of the Falls Church City Democratic Committee and co-founder of the Community Issues Forum; Nikki Graves Henderson and Edwin B. Henderson II of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation; Lindy Hockenberry, current member of the Planning Commission, former City Council member, longtime George Mason High School teacher and longtime civic volunteer; and Margarette Shovlin, former chairman and secretary of the Falls Church Electoral Board and officer, member of the Falls Church GOP’s leadership committee and founding director of the daycare center at St. James Catholic Church.
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He adds ‘it’s a great place to live too!’ Don III, Meg, Jared and Emma Beyer are all proud graduates of George Mason High School. With a strong belief in the Little City’s top school system, the first Beyer granddaughter will begin at Mt. Daniel in 2015. Don Jr., Mike and Jared Beyer have been Board Members of the Falls Church Chamber with June Beyer its current representative.
With a core value of service given by Don Sr. and his late wife Nancy, Beyer Auto Group abundantly supports our community. Little League teams, Falls Church Rec’s Kids to Camps, Operation EarthWatch, Safety Patrol, the All Night Grad and New Year’s Eve parties, ESL, job opportunities for local grads, the ARC, Creative Cauldron and Falls Church Arts, Cancer Funds and most all requests are given a yes by the Beyer Group. Beyer Auto Group is honored to participate as members of the Falls Church Chamber and will continue to do their best to work hard, create jobs and give excellent service to all.
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Community News & Notes Falls Church Arts’ Green Show Opens Tonight Falls Church Arts’ “Meet the Artists” Reception for the Green Show will be held tonight, Feb. 12, from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. at ArtSpace Falls Church, located at 410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church. The show will run through March 8. The next Falls Church Arts show will be 3-D, curated by Jacqlyn Sickler, with electronic entries due on Feb. 23. The Falls Church Arts All Members Show “A Few of My Favorite Things” is the organization’s only show that is open only to members and will run from April 10 – May 17th. Entry forms for the All Members Show are due on March 23. The highly anticipated iPad Art class, taught by Bobbi Pratte, is being held on the next two Saturdays, Feb. 21 and Feb. 28th.
This class offers a special experience with your iPAD and ART combined for a fast paced and exciting tour of what is possible with an iPAD and how famed British artist David Hockney created a spectacular show in San Francisco using only his iPAD art. For more information, visit fallschurcharts.org.
Alex Ovechkin Donates Car To Charity at Bill Page Honda Washington Capitals star left wing Alex Ovechkin received a car from Honda today at Bill Page Honda in Falls Church, which he promptly donated to the American Special Hockey Association for them to raffle off. Honda decided to give Ovechkin the car after the company learned of his widely publicized pleas for the vehicle during the National Hockey League’s
All-Star weekend last month so that he could give it to American Special Hockey Association, which was created in 2000 for hockey players with developmental disabilities. Players from three of the teams in the association, most of whom were children, were at Bill Page for the ceremony. “The kids are happy...they are smiling, which is great,” Ovechkin said after receiving the keys to the car. “Their parents are happy as well, so it’s a great day for us.” According to a press release from the American Special Hockey Association, Ovechkin skated with players from the three local hockey teams – the Washington Ice Dogs, the NoVa Cool Cats and the Montgomery Cheetahs – who were at Bill Page on Monday afternoon. Included in that group was Ann Schaab, a 10-year-old player for the Ice Dogs who invited Ovechkin on a
YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY for News-Press Chief Nicholas Benton (third from left) making it harder and harder for him to hold onto his claim of still being 39. Entertaining again at a rousing party at the Italian Cafe was Birdie LaCage (far left), Arlington District Court Clerk Paul Fergeson (second from left) and Falls Church Revenue Commissioner Tom Clinton (far right). Mayor David Tarter, Vice-Mayor David Snyder, Council member Phil Duncan and Planning Commissioner Lindy Hockenberry were among others present. (Photo: News-Press)
date after he skated with the players last fall. A few weeks later, Ovechkin took Ann and her family out for sushi before driving her to a Capitals game, where she and her family visited the locker room to see him and other players. Her family was touched by the gesture and worked with Ovechkin, the American Special Hockey Association and Honda to set up the raffle, which will raise money for grants for new teams, financial assistance, tournaments and camps for the association in the Washington-area and nationwide. “We are incredibly grateful to Alex,” said Mike Hickey, president of the association, in a press release. “Our motto is ‘where every player is a star.’ Alex is truly a star, and through his generosity, he’s giving a lot of children a chance to shine.”
McLean Youth Orchestra Presents Concert on Feb. 21 The McLean Youth Orchestra will present its second concert of the 2014-2015 season next Saturday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. The concert will feature performances from the McLean Youth Orchestra and Repertory Orchestra. The Orchestra’s new director John Devlin will conduct Brahms, Beethoven and two pieces by composer Evan Meier. The McLean Youth Orchestra will perform “Assemblages” and “Pastiche” by Meier. Paulina Anderson, founder of the McLean Youth Orchestra, will conduct the Repertory Orchestra, which will perform music by Mozart and Grainger. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit mclean-orchestra.org or call 703893-8646.
ARTISTS IN FALLS CHURCH ARTS’ Green show arrive to drop off their work. In the photo above, artists (l to r) Caitlin Hillyard, Brian Legan, Donna Byrne, Wendy Hicks, June Jewell and John Maier are in line to sign in. The show is opens tonight and runs through March 8 at ArtSpace Falls Church, located at 410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church. (Photo: Courtesy of Barb Cram)
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F.C. League of Women Voters Host Gerrymandering Forum
The League of Women Voters of Falls Church is hosting a forum on gerrymandering, the political tactic of manipulating the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts, on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 3 – 4:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls St. At the forum, called “Gerrymandering: Can It Be Stopped?” there will be discussion about political redistricting and exploring how both major political parties have used the tactic to gain an advantage in elections. Currently, legislative districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia are drawn by the General Assembly, but some proponents of redistricting reform are seeking instead to have districts drawn by an independent, bipartisan commission. Brian Cannon, executive director of OneVirginia2021: Virginians for Fair Redistricting, will lead the discussion. Cannon’s organization is a coalition seeking changes to redistricting policies by 2021, the state’s next scheduled redistricting. Cannon will be joined by Sara Fitzgerald, a member of the Falls Church League of Women Voters who currently serves on the national League’s Redistricting Task Force. For more information, visit lwvfallschurch.org or onevirginia2021.org.
MCC Seeking to Fill Governing Board Seats The McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside, Ave., McLean, is seeking candidates to run for the open seats on its 2015-2016 governing board, which provides oversight and guidance for the community center’s programs and facilities. In order to have their name placed on the ballot, prospective candidates for the governing board
must reside in the Dranesvilles tax district and collect the signatures of a minimum of ten Dranesville tax district residents. Candidate petition forms are now available at the community center’s reception desk. The deadline for filing completed petitions is Friday, March 27, at 5 p.m. Voting will be held during the annual McLean Day festival from 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Lewinsville Park, located at 1659 Chain Bridge Road, McLean. Absentee voting is permitted from Monday, April 13 –Wednesday, May 13 at the community center or at the community center’s Old Firehouse Teen Center. The governing board needs to fill three adult seats and two youth seats. The three adult candidates will serve three-year terms and the youth members will serve one-year terms. Adult candidates must be at least 18 years old and youth candidates must be 15-17 years old as of May 16. One of the youth members elected will be from the McLean High School boundary area and the other will be from the Langley High School boundary area, though youth candidates are not required to attend either of the two schools. For more information, call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit mcleancenter.org.
Bright Horizons Foundation Hosts Valentine’s Day Benefit The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children and Pottery Barn Kids are partnering to host a children’s Valentine’s Day card-making project to benefit Patrick Henry Family Shelter in Falls Church. Parents and their children can stop by any local Pottery Barn Kids store through this Saturday, Feb. 14, and children will have the opportunity to make two Valentine’s Day cards: One to take home to someone they love, and one to give away to a child in need at the Patrick Henry Family
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JADE LEEDHAM (center), the guest speaker at the Falls Church Rotary Club’s weekly dinner meeting, is flanked by Rotarian Erica Brouillette (left) and Falls Church Rotary Club President, Greg Viola II, following her overview of Alternative House. Courtesy Photo) Shelter. The handmade cards the children create will be given to children at a Bright Space playroom in the shelter. Bright Spaces, an initiative of the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, are warm, enriching play spaces in homeless shelters and community agencies where children, youth and families in crisis can learn, play together and heal from trauma. Pottery Barn Kids will also donate $1 for every creation shared on Instagram, with the “#pbksharethelove” hashtag. There are two Pottery Barn Kids locations in Northern Virginia – one in Tysons Corner Mall and another in Fair Oaks Mall. For more information, visit brighthorizons.com.
Vital Theatre’s “Pinkalicious” Comes to The Alden Vital Theatre’s musical adaptation of Victoria and Elizabeth Kann’s Pinkalicious is coming to the McLean Community Center’s Alden Theatre for a single performance this Saturday, Feb.
14, at 2 p.m. In the show, a young Pinkalicious can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Pinkalicious’ cupcake indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office where she is diagnosed with “Pinkitis,” an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe, which is a dream come true for her. But after she gets too pink, only Pinkalicious can figure a way out of her predicament. The show is appropriate for children age four and older. Tickets are $20 for the general public and $15 for McLean tax district residents. For more information, visit aldentheatre.org or call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711.
Church Hosts Annual Hunger Relief Pancake Dinner Charles Wesley United Methodist Church, also known as “The Hunger Church,” is hosting its annual Hunger Relief Pancake Dinner next Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the church, which is located at 6817 Dean Dr., McLean. The dinner is free, though the church will acccepting donations to benefit the Society of
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St. Andrew, a national non-profit hunger-relief ministry that rescues 30 – 35 million pounds of fresh, nutritious, excess produce each year that would otherwise go to waste. At the pancake dinner, kids can make crafts and decorate their pancakes. For more information, visit thehungerchurch.org.
Callie Stapp Speaks to Mt. Vernon Genealogical Society Callie Stapp, curator of collections at Alexandria’s StablerLeadbeater Apothecary, will be giving a talk called “Mayors, Merchants and Maladies” at the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 1 – 3 p.m. The talk will focus on the StablerLeadbeater Apothecary, which was founded in the 18th century. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held in room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior Center, located at 1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria. For more information, visit mvgenealogy.org.
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The Act of Rigorous Forgiving
There’s something sad in Brian Williams’ need to puff up his Iraq adventures and something barbaric in the public response. The sad part is the reminder that no matter how high you go in life and no matter how many accolades you win, it’s never enough. The desire for even more admiration races ahead. Career success never really satisfies. Public love always leaves you hungry. The barbaric part is the way we respond to scandal these days. A sort of coliseum culture takes over, leaving no place for mercy. By now, the script is familiar: Some famous person NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE does something wrong. The Internet, the most impersonal of mediums, erupts with contempt and mockery. The offender issues a paltry half-apology, which only inflames the public more. The pounding cry for resignation builds until capitulation comes. Public passion is spent, and the spotlight moves on. I’ve only spoken with Williams a few times, and can’t really speak about the man, but I do think we’d all be better off if we reacted to these sorts of scandals in a different way. The civic fabric would be stronger if, instead of trying to sever relationships with those who have done wrong, we tried to repair them, if we tried forgiveness instead of exiling. Forgiveness is often spoken of in sentimental terms – as gushy absolution for everything, regardless of right or wrong. But many writers – ranging from Hannah Arendt and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to modern figures like Jeffrie Murphy and L. Gregory Jones – have tried to think hard about rigorous forgiveness, which balances accountability with compassion. They’ve generally described four processes involved in forgiveness:
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• Pre-emptive Mercy King argued that forgiveness isn’t an act; it’s an attitude. We are all sinners. We expect sin, empathize with sin and are slow to think ourselves superior. The forgiving person is strong enough to display anger and resentment toward the person who has wronged her, but she is also strong enough to give away that anger and resentment. In this view, the forgiving person makes the first move, even before the offender has asked. • Judgment A wrong is an occasion to re-evaluate. It’s also an occasion to investigate each unique circumstance, the nature of each sin that was committed and the implied remedy to that sin. Some sins, like anger and lust, are like wild beasts. They have to be fought through habits of restraint. Some sins like bigotry are like stains. They can be expunged only by apology and cleansing. Some like stealing are like a debt. They can be rectified only by repaying. Some, like adultery, are more like treason than like crime; they can be rectified only by slowly reweaving relationships. Some sins like vanity – Williams’ sin – can be treated only by extreme self-abasement. During the judgment phase hard questions have to be asked so that in forgiving we don’t lower our standards. • Confession and Penitence At some point the offender has to get out in front of the process, being more self-critical than anyone else around him. He has to probe down to the root of his error, offer a confession more complete than expected. He has to put public reputation and career on the back burner and come up with a course that will move him toward his own emotional and spiritual recovery, to become strongest in the weakest places. • Reconciliation and Re-trust After judgments have been made and penitence performed, both the offender and offended bend toward each other. As King said, trust doesn’t have to be immediate, but the wrong act is no longer a barrier to a relationship. The offender endures his season of shame and is better for it. The offended are free from mean emotions like vengeance and are uplifted when they offer kindness. The social fabric is repaired. Community solidarity is strengthened by the reunion. I guess I think Brian Williams shouldn’t have to resign, for the reason that David Carr emphasized in The Times: Williams’ transgressions were not part of his primary job responsibilities. And because I think good people are stronger when given second chances. But the larger question is how we build community in the face of scandal. Do we exile the offender or heal the relationship? Would you rather become the sort of person who excludes, or one who offers tough but healing love?
Nobody Understands Debt Many economists, including Janet Yellen, view global economic troubles since 2008 largely as a story about “deleveraging” – a simultaneous attempt by debtors almost everywhere to reduce their liabilities. Why is deleveraging a problem? Because my spending is your income, and your spending is my income, so if everyone slashes spending at the same time, incomes go down around the world. Or as Yellen put it in 2009, “Precautions that may be smart for individuals and firms – and indeed essential to return the economy to a normal state – nevertheless magnify the distress of the economy as a whole.” So how much progress have we made in NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE returning the economy to that “normal state”? None at all. You see, policymakers have been basing their actions on a false view of what debt is all about, and their attempts to reduce the problem have actually made it worse. First, the facts: Last week, the McKinsey Global Institute issued a report titled “Debt and (Not Much) Deleveraging,” which found, basically, that no nation has reduced its ratio of total debt to GDP. Household debt is down in some countries, especially in the United States. But it’s up in others, and even where there has been significant private deleveraging, government debt has risen by more than private debt has fallen. You might think our failure to reduce debt ratios shows that we aren’t trying hard enough – that families and governments haven’t been making a serious effort to tighten their belts, and that what the world needs is, yes, more austerity. But we have, in fact, had unprecedented austerity. As the International Monetary Fund has pointed out, real government spending excluding interest has fallen across wealthy nations – there have been deep cuts by the troubled debtors of Southern Europe, but there have also been cuts in countries, like Germany and the United States, that can borrow at some of the lowest interest rates in history. All this austerity has, however, only made things worse – and predictably so, because demands that everyone tighten their belts were based on a misunderstanding of the role debt plays in the economy. You can see that misunderstanding at work every time someone rails against deficits with slogans like “Stop stealing from our kids.” It sounds right, if you don’t think about it: Families who run up debts make
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themselves poorer, so isn’t that true when we look at overall national debt? No, it isn’t. An indebted family owes money to other people; the world economy as a whole owes money to itself. And while it’s true that countries can borrow from other countries, America has actually been borrowing less from abroad since 2008 than it did before, and Europe is a net lender to the rest of the world. Because debt is money we owe to ourselves, it does not directly make the economy poorer (and paying it off doesn’t make us richer). True, debt can pose a threat to financial stability – but the situation is not improved if efforts to reduce debt end up pushing the economy into deflation and depression. Which brings us to current events, for there is a direct connection between the overall failure to deleverage and the emerging political crisis in Europe. European leaders completely bought into the notion that the economic crisis was brought on by too much spending, by nations living beyond their means. The way forward, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany insisted, was a return to frugality. Europe, she declared, should emulate the famously thrifty Swabian housewife. This was a prescription for slow-motion disaster. European debtors did, in fact, need to tighten their belts – but the austerity they were actually forced to impose was incredibly savage. Meanwhile, Germany and other core economies – which needed to spend more, to offset belt-tightening in the periphery – also tried to spend less. The result was to create an environment in which reducing debt ratios was impossible: Real growth slowed to a crawl, inflation fell to almost nothing and outright deflation has taken hold in the worst-hit nations. Suffering voters put up with this policy disaster for a remarkably long time, believing in the promises of the elite that they would soon see their sacrifices rewarded. But as the pain went on and on, with no visible progress, radicalization was inevitable. Anyone surprised by the left’s victory in Greece, or the surge of anti-establishment forces in Spain, hasn’t been paying attention. Nobody knows what happens next, although bookmakers are now giving better than even odds that Greece will exit the euro. Maybe the damage would stop there, but I don’t believe it – a Greek exit is all too likely to threaten the whole currency project. And if the euro does fail, here’s what should be written on its tombstone: “Died of a bad analogy.”
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CIA’s ISIS Pushes Obama to War
News of the latest highly-public execution of a young, humanitarian westerner by the assassins of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is begging the question, louder and louder, about the motives behind these deliberately sadistic and graphic public killings. So far, the only explanation provided by the conventional sources is that the leaders of ISIS somehow believe this is helping to swell their ranks with new recruits, including from among otherwise disillusioned youths from the west. I doubt that. It could be, but solely to the extent that the only recruits ISIS is interested in are murderous, sadistic sociopaths. Certainly no one with any idealistic motives to make a better more FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS equitable world, to seek justice for the downtrodden against the evil American empire, would find anything but revulsion in such behavior. So, facing up to what may really be the motive involved may be as hard as watching the beheading or torching videos on YouTube. So far I have avoided any of them, finding no reason, nor any socially redeeming value, to scar my memory with such images. It seems clear to me that all this is a massive public relations effort to draw a reluctant Obama administration into a new war in the Middle East. If it weren’t as visible as ISIS has made these killings (and the mass media playing into it with all the notoriety they’ve provided, including the tell-tale clue that Fox News actually aired one of the assassinations), they couldn’t have shaped an environment in the U.S., in particular, where an anti-war president is now under enormous public and political pressure to reconsider his efforts to withdraw forces from the region. Yes, the intended target of these horrible killings is the American public. ISIS is doing an end run around the president and U.S. national security policy to, with the aid of the media and American politicians who are always beating the drums for a new war, put the heat on this president to change his war-making policy. How could there be such a convergence of interests between the ISIS murderers and Sen. John McCain and all the other right wing war mongers in the U.S. corridors of power? They both want the same thing: the U.S. to put boots back on the ground and to go to a new war in the Middle East. Consider a couple of things in this context. First, the U.S. never had any reason to go conduct a ground war in the region, to begin with. After 9/11, hunting down al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden was a special forces responsibility and very circumscribed by that. So, for the Americancentered “military industrial complex,” to significantly advance its agenda necessarily involved a U.S. ground invasion and protracted war in the region. Thus, we got Iraq. President George W. Bush was able to parlay unfocused U.S. public sentiment in the wake of 9/11 to justify an invasion of a country that had nothing to do with that, while sadly too many slavish Democrats in Congress, hoping to avoid the image of being anti-war in that context, went along. Second, the U.S. invasion was a failure. It didn’t go as planned. Schemes for permanent war in the region, including in Afghanistan, were thwarted by repeated failures, growing domestic public opposition and the election of a new president who promised he’d get the U.S. out of there. It took awhile, but it began happening. With it, the “permanent war” agenda of the “military industrial complex” has been in trouble. Failure to prevent the re-election of this anti-war president worsened the problem. In this context, the sudden rise of ISIS seems like a blessing out of the blue for the war mongers. And who’s to say it was left to chance for such a thing to happen? The U.S. CIA has a long history of creating deadly militaristic cults, including the Mujaheddin that it assembled, trained and deployed in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion in the 1980s. Many assets from then, in the likeness of the now-dead bin Laden, have been maintained to the present. Doesn’t this explain the rise of ISIS?
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Anchors Aweigh WASHINGTON – This was a bomb that had been ticking for a while. NBC executives were warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzingby flourishes to puff himself up, sometimes to the point where it was a joke in the news division. But the caustic media big shots who once roamed the land were gone, and “there was no one around to pull his chain when he got too over-the-top,” as one NBC News reporter put it. It seemed pathological because Williams already had the premier job, so why engage in résumé inflation? When Williams was declared the hair apparent to Tom Brokaw in 1995, hailed by Jay Leno as “NBC’s stud muffin,” I did a column wondering why TV news programs only hired pretty white male clones. I asked Williams if he was an anchor android.“Not that I’m aware of,” he said gamely, in his anchordesk baritone. Williams told friends last week that he felt anguished, NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE coming under fire for his false story of coming under fire. Although the NBC anchor had repeated the Iraq war tall tale, ever more baroquely, for more than a decade, when he cited it on his Jan. 30 broadcast during a segment about going to a Rangers game with a retired, decorated soldier who had been on the ground that day when he landed, Williams got smacked down on Facebook. A crew member from a Chinook flying ahead of Williams, who was involved in the 2003 firefight, posted, “Sorry dude, I don’t remember you being on my aircraft. I do remember you walking up about an hour after we had landed to ask me what had happened.” Stars and Stripes ran with it. Social media – the genre that helped make the TV evening news irrelevant by showing us that we don’t need someone to tell us every night what happened that day – was gutting the institution further. Although Williams’ determination to wrap himself in others’ valor is indefensible, it seems almost redundant to gnaw on his bones, given the fact that the Internet has already taken down a much larger target: television news. Although there was much chatter about the “revered” anchor and the “moral authority” of the networks, does anyone really feel that way anymore? Frothy morning shows long ago became the more important anchoring
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real estate, garnering more revenue and subsidizing the news division. One anchor exerted moral authority once and that was Walter Cronkite, because he risked his career to go on TV and tell the truth about the fact that we were losing the Vietnam War. But TV news now is rife with cat, dog and baby videos, weather stories and narcissism. And even that fare caused trouble for Williams when he reported on a video of a pig saving a baby goat, admitting “we have no way of knowing if it’s real,” and then later had to explain that it wasn’t. Former ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer trended on Facebook for reportedly scoring the first interview about Bruce Jenner’s gender odyssey. When current ABC News anchor David Muir was still a correspondent, some NBC News reporters had a drinking game about how many times he put himself in the shot and how many times his shirt was unbuttoned. As the late-night comic anchors got more pointed and edgy with the news, the real anchors mimicked YouTube. Williams did a piece on his daughter Allison’s casting in an NBC production of “Peter Pan.” And Muir aired an Access Hollywood-style segment with Bradley Cooper. As the performers – Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Bill Maher – were doing more serious stuff, the supposedly serious guys were doing more performing. The anchors pack their Hermès ties and tight T-shirts and fly off to hot spots for the performance aspect, because the exotic and dangerous backdrops confer the romance of Hemingway covering the Spanish Civil War. Oliver, who has made waves with pieces on financial chicanery in the Miss America contest and the corporate players trying to undermine net neutrality, told The Verge that he is hiring more researchers with backgrounds in investigative journalism. Meanwhile, in an interview with Fusion, Muir acted out the facial expressions he uses during his broadcast: “the listening face,” the “really listening” face, and the “really concerned” face. All that was missing was “Blue Steel.” With no pushback from the brass at NBC, Williams has spent years fervently “courting celebrity,” as The Hollywood Reporter put it, guest starring on “30 Rock,” slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon and regaling David Letterman with his faux heroics: “Two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one I was in, RPG and AK-47.” As his profession shrinks and softens, Williams felt compelled to try to steal the kind of glory that can only be earned the hard way.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
News of Greater Falls Church By Supervisor Penny Gross
The long and complex Seven Corners/Willston communities were solicited for the Visioning Task planning process that began with community vision- Force, and two smaller workgroups, Connectivity ing sessions in May of 2012 is wrapping up, but it and Quality of Life. From the very beginning, this has been a robust is not finished. The Seven Corners Special Working Group, composed of residents appointed by nearby community process. Monthly meetings of the Task civic and homeowner associations, which I convened Force were open to the public (under the open meetlast fall to review and examine Opportunity Area C ings rules in Virginia, all of the meetings were open (the Sears site), has considered draft Comprehensive for the public to attend), documents provided on-line, Plan language. The latest version is being circulated public comment sessions were held, and several by community representatives to their respective transportation and design public charettes created organizations for review. The group has agreed to visual renderings of what change might look like schedule another meeting, in late February or early over a 40-year planning horizon. After much delibMarch, to consider final draft recommendations. eration, the Task Force issued recommendations last Concurrently, I am hosting a community meeting fall for Opportunity Areas A & B (the Willston area on Thursday, February 19, at 7 p.m., in the Bailey’s and the Seven Corners Shopping Center), but could Elementary School cafeteria, 6111 Knollwood Drive not gain consensus for Opportunity Area C (the Sears in Falls Church, so that county staff, group members site). That’s when the SWG, chaired by Ravenwood and I can hear community views about the proposals. resident Marty Faga, put its energies into taking The Seven Corners/Willston planning process another comprehensive look at Area C, the Sears actually began in November of 2011, when I asked site, or Leesburg Pike Village, as the draft planning the county’s Director of Planning about the pos- documents refer to it. Opening in 1956, Seven Corners was the very sibility of conducting a community planning study for the Seven Corners/Willston area that would first modern shopping center in Northern Virginia, include land use, transportation, and market oppor- and it has maintained some viability as a shopping tunities. Mindful of constrained resources, I asked destination ever since, giving its name to a larger if such a study could be done with existing county area and changing as businesses and demographics staff instead of hiring an expensive outside consul- of the area have demanded it. Change works best tant. Fortunately, his answer was “yes,” and staff when it is carefully planned. Careful planning yieldprepared a background analysis, which formed the ed an incredible Tysons and a trend-setting Mosaic in basis for two Visioning Exercises, held on May 21 Merrifield. Now it’s Seven Corners’ turn. and June 18, 2012. More than 140 people attended the first session; about 100 in the second. Strengths Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in and weaknesses of the study area were identified, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be T: 5.6875emailed in at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov. and volunteers from the residential and business
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Richmond Report The General Assembly is approaching “Crossover” for the 2015 legislative session. Crossover – February 11 – is the deadline for the Senate and House of Delegates to approve bills from their respective chambers that will be sent to the other body. In the House, many hundreds of pieces of legislation including most proposed by Democrats have been deep-sixed at the Committee level, or even before. Interestingly, a few of the good legislative ideas proposed by Democrats have been re-animated as new bills, but now sponsored by members of the other party. This phenomenon has been known to occur when House leadership believes a member from a “purple” district may benefit in the November election from passing the legislation. Frankly, though, when legislation is passed that is good for citizens, it doesn’t matter who gets the credit. As I write this column, we have not yet reached Crossover and a large number of bills remain outstanding. Monday, the House of Delegates voted on about 70-plus mostly technical, non- ideological bills. The House Leadership seems intent on minimizing controversy, perhaps to better position themselves for upcoming work on the budget and/or attempting to reduce the risk to incumbents in our increasingly purple Commonwealth. One area high on my agenda at the start of the session was ethics reform. Last year the General Assembly sent the governor an ethics bill that tightened reporting requirements and created an Ethics Commission. Governor McAuliffe vetoed the bill, citing the weakness of the enforcement mechanism. His reasoning was that enacting this limited bill would remove the issue from the agenda but with little change in the status quo. I agreed with this decision. As the Governor expected, ethics legislation was back on the table this year. I offered legislation, but it did not make it out of committee. I strongly believe that the political establishment owes Virginians a comprehensive ethical overhaul that fully addresses pervasive conflicts of interest that create public cynicism regarding integrity in government. To borrow a way of thinking about this problem from the educational reform movement, I believe that
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today government suffers from “the corruption of low expectations.” By this, I mean, that the public has become conditioned to politicians of both parties acting fully within the law and current ethical standards, but obviously pursuing their personal interest. By which I mean (1) politicians are perceived to act primarily to get re-elected, which means appealing to the base often supersedes serving the common good; and (2), politicians are suspected to act on behalf of the economic interests of narrow constituencies based on quid pro quo relationships. Whether accurately or not gifts, trips, tickets to events, campaign contributions and employment options are seen as the currency of these relationships. One indicator of the problem, I think, is the abandonment of the terms “statesman” and “statesmanship” from the language of politics. Formerly, the term, statesmen, was reserved for politicians who defended the common good, independent of personal interests and beliefs. Almost by definition, statesmen worked across the aisle, because it is obvious that no single party representing narrow interests could possibly have a monopoly on good ideas. Politicians are most comfortable legislating symbolic behaviors like accepting gifts. We are less comfortable extending the requirement for financial disclosure to include all appointees – paid or volunteers – who oversee or provide sustained advice to government. We resist requiring full disclosure of individuals making campaign contributions, even those made through “front” organizations. My bill to limit state government employment options for legislators who retire or resign did not make it out of committee. The public must hold politicians accountable for ethical behavior. While I think the McDonnell case is an aberration, the existing laissez faire political culture was certainly an enabler. We need to enact a legal framework and institutional checks and balances to establish an exemplary political culture that is worthy of our proud origins as a Commonwealth. Delegate Kory represents the 38th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. She may be emailed at DelKKory@house. virginia.gov.
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Obama’s Brilliant Speech Conservatives continue to huff and puff about Obama’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. They’re fuming because he had the unmitigated gall to tell the truth and say that Islam is not the first world religion to resort to violence. Why is this most basic historical fact so controversial? It seems that the crowing FOX News crowd demands an alternative depiction of Christianity, every bit as imaginary as a hero homily from NBC’s Brian Williams. In this revisionist version, Jesus is miraculously born to a virgin and the world suddenly becomes a land of the loving, where all Christians act like Mother Theresa. For centuries the word of Jesus remains pure and no one perverts the religion to morph into Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph or Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The homegrown terrorism of these Christians is apparently a figment of our imagination. They want to pretend that loving Christians don’t occasionally murder abortion providers. Or, that people like Pat Robertson, Michelle Bachmann and Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore never engage in bigoted, dishonest anti-gay campaigns. We are supposed to pretend that the homicidal Crusades never happened. The Inquisition never occurred, or was merely an exception to the rule. The bloody 30-years war was an anomaly, rather than business as usual. There was no persecution of Galileo and active suppression of science and the Enlightenment. We aren’t supposed ask the pertinent question: Had Christianity never been invented, might the human race have advanced centuries ahead of where we are today? In the narrow minds of these conservatives, Christians never used their faith justify slavery or Jim Crow. There was never a time that denying women the right to vote was couched in conservative Christianity. What pathological fantasy world of serial denial do these people live in? Of course, Obama should never have spoken at the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event hosted by the secretive and dangerous fundamentalist Christian group known as “The Family.” However, during his speech, the president told the truth: There are some interpretations of holy books that are “inspiring people to lift up one another.” There are others that lead to “faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge – or, worse, sometimes used as a weapon.” The dark, exclusionary, opportunistic strain of faith most often embraced by Republican politicians comes to mind. Perhaps this is why Obama’s speech touched a nerve. Contrary to the lie being promulgated by conservatives, the president was extremely tough on radical Islam. He mentioned the “sectarian war in Syria, the murder of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria, religious war in the Central African Republic, a rising tide of anti-Semitism and hate crimes in Europe.” But Obama wisely placed the current violence in historical context. The President said: “Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history. And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ…. So this is not unique to one group or one religion. There is a tendency in us, a sinful tendency that can pervert and distort our faith.” One would think that this honest and accurate assessment of history would be non-controversial. Unfortunately, too many people of faith actually have no faith at all. They are so insecure about their beliefs that they want Christianity to be painted as beyond reproach. History is filled with fatalities justified in the name of religion. No faith is immune. It just so happens that at this moment in time the Wahhabi brand of Islam has its hand on the bloodstained wheel of atrocities. The United States Supreme Court handed the presidency to a religious extremist with messianic tendencies in 2000. His name was George W. Bush. He thought Jesus was sending him on a grand mission, so America invaded Iraq. As a result 4,486 Americans are now dead. More than 133,000 Iraqi civilians have died. This adventurism unleashed chaos and created a vacuum filled by the newly formed ISIS. My point is that religious extremism of all stripes is destructive. If radical Islam continues on its current trajectory, the Middle East will go up in flames. If America goes down the holy road of horrors by electing a leader such as Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry or Ted Cruz, how bleak will our future be? Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast were brilliant and he should ignore his whiney critics. Just because we have hypersensitive, bellyaching, Republican Pollyannas, steeped in conservative correctness, doesn’t mean we should white-wash our past.
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Our Man in Arlington By Charlie Clark
When Maywood neighborhood “Mayor” Bob McAtee died last September at 100, his title as most-senior life-long Arlingtonian could pass to John Moore. The 96-year-old – who told me he knew fellow Washington-Lee High School alum McAtee – also lived and worked for nine decades within one square Arlington mile. Moore was born at his parents’ home in Ballston, June 29, 1918, when Arlington was Alexandria County. He was named for his godfather who owned Ballston Drug Store. He attended the original Thomas Nelson Page School when it was at Wilson Blvd. and Quincy Street, then Cherry Valley Road. Moore entered WashingtonLee at age 12 in 1930, as the crowded building was expanding. He recalls a day when “several of us in a lab were standing by windows making noise, and chemistry teacher Mr. Christie threw a piece of chalk, saying, ‘I can’t hear myself think!’ ” He soon became a cadet, wearing a uniform and carrying a sabre. (Moore stopped attending W-L reunions in the 1980s but remains in touch with one female classmate in Texas.) Moore’s first job was as a caddy at Washington Golf and Country Club. Though the going rate was 75 cents per bag, the boys routinely told golfers it was $1. “On a good day we’d go home with $5.”
Moore’s boyhood included clerking at Sanitary Grocery (precursor of Safeway) at Fairfax Drive and North Stuart Street. Potatoes arrived in 100 lb. sacks and it was his job to transfer them to 5 and 10-lb. bags, he says, “If a customer spent $10, it took two people to carry the groceries.” After graduation in 1936, Moore pumped gas at Washington Blvd. and Glebe Road (now Japanese Auto Care), marveling at how his boss made money quickly to clear ownership. After a stint at a bottled gas company in Falls Church, Moore in April 1941 landed a career job at C&P Telephone installing phone lines in the temporary Navy buildings on Constitution Avenue. It was there, as he was sleeping under his desk, that colleagues ran in shouting that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Moore worked on the Pentagon construction site with “cables hanging all over the place.” Though C&P got him deferments, he yearned to enter the Army Air Corps, but when he took a test at Bolling base, he was declared colorblind. Fearful of being drafted for the infantry, Moore went home and memorized the color test books, eventually landing a slot training as a Navy pilot in Pensacola, Fla. Back at C&P (at Wilson and Irving Street), he met Regina, who became his wife in 1947. They moved to Colonial Village apartments, then to Falls Church before buying his current home
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CRIME REPORT Week of February 2 - 8, 2015 Public Drunkenness, 306 Hillwood Ave. (Lesly’s Restaurant) On Feb. 2, a male, 28, of Vienna, was arrested for Public Drunkenness. Larceny from Building, 107 N. Virginia Ave. (Northern Virginia Pediatric Associates) On Feb. 3, an unattended wallet was reported stolen. Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test, 300 block Hillwood Ave. On Feb. 4, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. A male, 27, of Arlington,
was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test. Driving Under the Influence, 1100 block S. Washington St. On Feb. 6, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 25, of Vienna, was arrested for Driving
on Arlington’s Harrison Street in 1957. The couple raised three daughters. In 1953, Moore left C&P and opened an Esso gas station at Wilson Blvd. and Kansas Street. It became Moore’s Auto Service, lasting 38 years before he sold it and semi-retired. Regina (who died in 2007) kept the books so she could collect Social Security. Moore recalls Arlington’s segregated neighborhoods and longgone bowling alleys next to C&P and Colonial Village, back when we were “more rural.” He once knew all the old street names – Garrison, Lacey and Memorial Drive, which morphed into Washington Blvd. Now legally blind, Moore gets help from his live-in daughter, still witnessing Arlington’s passing show. *** I was miffed at the news that longtime Washington-area folk music radio host Mary Cliff – who grew up in Arlington—has been booted from the air by “reform”minded managers at WAMU. Her decades-old “Traditions” show had been on the blue-grass offshoot channel since 2007 (following an equally unceremonious departure from WETA). But WAMU – of which I am a member didn’t even announce it directly. Instead, general manager J. J. Yore sent us a sugar-coated email about “an exciting process we are undertaking to plan for our future and to create a stronger WAMU in 2020 and beyond.” I had to rely on John Kelly of The Washington Post to learn Cliff’s fate.
Under the Influence. Shoplifting, 1230 W. Broad St. (Giant Foods) On Feb. 7, police received a report of an unknown individual shoplifting merchandise. Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test, 400 block W. Broad St. On Feb. 8, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a female, 38, of Falls Church, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Blood or Breath Test.
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For florists, Christmas comes in February, usually the time when lovers accelerate their flower power engines for Valentine’s Day. Carol Beales has owned Galleria Florist on Lee Highway for 15 years and knows a thing or two about the business. For flower buyers, she urges them to “be patient. It’s always good to plan ahead.” But, “this is a last minute business,” and people inevitably have to wait around this time. Galleria and Giant in Falls Plaza have Valentine flowers in all price ranges.Shoppers may buy a single rose for $3.99 at Giant or “make a ‘do-it-yourself’” without a vase for as little as $5. For deeper wallets, arrangements are available for up to $150, said Julie Huynh, a 12-year veteran in the grocer’s floral department. Beales said, “The average man spends from $90 – $125 and buys at least a dozen roses,” at her shop. For just under $100, Galleria will arrange and deliver a dozen longstemmed roses. She also has flo-
ral displays for $200 and flower arrangements starting at $15. “Valentine’s is definitively a rose holiday,” Beales said, while pulling flowers from a big, black bucket filled with water. “It’s all about the roses,” and Huynh agreed: “Roses are always the best seller.” “Red is the most popular color,” Beales said, but that shoppers have drifted to other colors, like bi-colored roses, the past few years. For those who want an alternative to roses, tulips, spring bulbs, lilies and irises are popular and Galleria and Giant have chocolates, balloons and stuffed animals for sale. “Many men love to send flowers to their wives at work,” Beales said, which means most work deliveries will be made Friday since Valentine’s Day falls on Saturday this year. Last weekend was “too early to tell” if business is up at Galleria’s, Beales said, but Huynh said this year “is better than last year” at Giant. Galleria will be taking orders through Friday and will have plenty of floral beauties in the shop for walk-ins on Saturday. “I turn off taking wire service orders since local customers
are more important. If anyone’s going to order flowers out-oftown, many florists will stop taking those orders. So much of our business is weather-driven as well as economy-driven,” Beales said. Who knew the weather was so important to florists? Around Valentine’s Day, they watch the forecast with closely. “Last year on Feb. 12, it snowed a lot,” Beales said, but, despite the snow, her shop got everything delivered. “It’s harder to deliver when it’s cold. If no one is home, we can’t leave the flowers. Weather is definitely a challenge. We always keep an eye on the weather.” While Beales talked, she quickly fashioned mini-pink carnations into a dainty corsage for a girl’s wrist for a father-daughter event. “It’s that time of year.” She’s lucky she has a large family to draw on for help: Her husband, son, mother, daughter, sister, and granddaughters all pitch in for the big week, and she’s hired still more extra help. “It’s harder to hire people now.” Beales and her family will be working nonstop until next Sunday since the days leading up to and including Valentine’s Day
CAROL BEALES, the owner of Galleria Florist, shows off bicolored roses. She said that the days leading up to Valentine’s Day and the day itself are the busiest days of the year for her business. (P����: P������� L�����/N���-P����) are “the busiest four days of the year,” for florists, she said. While she spoke to the News-Press, her sister and mom were nearby helping out and cleaning up. “We call ourselves florists because everything lands on the
floor. We sweep all day long,” Beales joked. And everyone laughed. The News-Press reached out to Falls Church Florists for this story, but the owners were unavailable to comment.
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Preschool Storytime. Stories, finger plays and songs for children ages 2 – 5 on Monday and Thursday every week. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. & 3 – 3:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. Early Literacy Center. Explore educational and manipulative items to teach early literacy through play on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday every week. This program is for ages birth to 5 years. No registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. – noon. & 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 703-248-5034. F.C. Rotary Club Meeting. The Falls Church Rotary Club will host its annual Club Sweethearts dinner. Harvest Moon Restaurant (7260 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). $15 dinner. 6:30 p.m. Middle School Book Club. Children in grades 6 – 8 will discuss Habibi by Naomi Shabib Nye. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.
Robotics Class. Sylvan Learning Center of Falls Church is holding a robotics class for children in grades 2 – 6. Children can learn STEM terms and basic engineering concepts using LEGO bricks. Space is limited and reservations are recommended. Sylvan Learning Center (200 Park Ave. #101, Falls Church). Free. 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. 703-734-1234.
Roach, a native of Arlington, has written and drawn three other children’s books. One More Page Books (220 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 3 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com. 703300-9746. Fashion Show. George Mason High School will host the Mr. and Miss Mason Fashion Show. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 7 p.m. fccps.org.
F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors offer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants and wine. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5077. Barefoot Puppets: Little Red and the Gingerbread Man. Barefoot Puppets will present this telling of the stories of Little Red Riding Hood and The Gingerbread Man for children ages three and up. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Author/Illustrator Talk. Children’s author and illustrator Julia Sarcone-Roach shares from her newest picture book, The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, which was released on Jan. 6. Sarcone-
Book Fair. Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School’s book fair opens and will last through Friday, Feb. 20. The book fair will also be open an hour prior to the start of the school’s musical on Feb. 19 and 20. Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (7130 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Prices vary. 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. fccps.org/meh. Preschool Storytime. Stories, finger plays and songs for children ages 18 – 36 months every Tuesday. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10:30 – 11 a.m. 703-248-5034. Mayors, Merchants and Maladies. Callie Stapp will give a talk called Mayors, Merchants and Maladies at the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society’s monthly
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meeting. The talk will focus on Alexandria’s 18th century Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, at which Stapp is the curator of collections. Hollin Hall Senior Center (1500 Shenandoah Road #112, Alexandria). Free. 1 – 3 p.m. Storytime with Language Stars. A fun, interactive storytime in a foreign language (Spanish, French, or Mandarin). Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 1:30 – 2 p.m. 703248-5034. Legos in the Library. Children ages 6 – 11 years can join a Lego club with a theme. Tickets will be given out starting at 4:30 p.m., and are limited to 15 participants. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 5 p.m. 703-248-5034. Hunger Relief Pancake Dinner. The Hunger Church is hosting its annual free pancake dinner, where it will collect monetary donations for the Society of St. Andrew, a national nonprofit hunger-relief ministry. Charles Wesley United Methodist Church (6817 Dean Dr., McLean). Free. 5 – 7 p.m. thehungerchurch.org.
Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
“Choir Boy.” Tarrell Alvin McCraney wrote and Kent Gash is directing this music-�illed production about masculinity, tradition, coming of age and honesty. The school has a tradition of preparing young black men for leadership roles in society, but times and �inances have changed, and the pressure on the school’s gospel choir is high. So when Pharus, an ambitious and talented student, is told to ignore a gay slur to take his place as the choir’s leader, he has to decide who he is and what he’s willing to �ight for. Through Feb. 22. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C). $20 – $68. 8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
“13.” The McLean Community Players present 13 – a hilarious coming-of-age rock musical with music
and lyrics by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn. When Evan Goldman is forced to move from New York City to a small town in Indiana after his parents’ divorce, he must establish his popularity and avoid an “un-cool” label among his fellow middle school students. Even though the show features an entirely teenage cast, the stories and emotions in this memorable musical are timeless. Through Feb. 15. McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean). $23 – $25. 8 p.m. mcleanplayers.org.
“Turn of the Screw.” This is the premiere of Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith’s musical adaptation of Henry James’ gothic novella. Miss Giddens is a sensitive young governess who believes that her young charges are being manipulated by evil forces. The production is the �irst installment of a �ive-year
commissioning project called “Bold New Works for Intimate Stages.” Through Feb. 22. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). $22 – $25. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.org.
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“Much Ado About Nothing.” This is the opening night of the Paata Tsikurishvili-directed Shakespeare comedy. Benedick, a bachelor, and the equally-spirited and single Beatrice spar, court and conspire in 1950’s Las Vegas in Synetic Theater’s 11th Wordless Shakespeare adaptation, which follows Synetic’s production of “Twelfth Night.” This �lirtatious and �iercely funny interpretation of Much Ado About Nothing will explore the true meaning of courtship, love and commitment. Through March 22. Synetic Theater (1800 S. Bell St., Arlington). $10. 8 p.m. synetictheater.org.
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Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $15 – $20. 5 p.m. 703-255-1566. P��� ���� F���� R�����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 7 p.m. 202-265-0930. H�� N��� �� A���� ���� G���� B�������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15. 8 p.m. 202-667-4490. A����� W�������. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. S�� R���� ���� R�� H�������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 C����� B����� ���� E�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $12 – $18 in advance. $15 – $18 day of the show. 6 p.m. 703-2551566. S����. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $28. 8 p.m. 703-2551900. F������� Y�����. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. B���� C���� ��� T�� N�� G�������� ���� W������� ��� L����� C����. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $12. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340. T�� P��������� ���� D�� H����. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.
C����� N����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12. 9 p.m. 202-667-4490. CP B����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 9 p.m. 703-532-9283. F����� ��� 13�� �� D��! ��������� D�� C��� R�������� ���� F���F���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $10 – $15 in advance. $13 – $15 day of the show. 9:30 p.m. 703-255-1566.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 T�� N���������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $20. 5:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. S����. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $25 – $28. 8 p.m. 703-2551900. A��� Z��� ��� R��� W����� ��� F������. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 8:30 p.m. 703-522-8340. D��� C������� B��� ���� B���� S���� ��� J���� S��������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 9:15 p.m. 703-241-9504. C���������� J���. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 9:30 p.m. 703-5329283. B������� ���� DJ A�������, A��� DB, DJ N���� B��� ��� DJ D��� S�������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $8. 9:30 p.m. 202-667-4490. M������: A���������� D���� P����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington,
D.C.). $12. 11 p.m. 202-265-0930.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 T�� W�� � T�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $10 in advance. $15 day of the show. 1:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. J��� A���� B���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 4 p.m. 703-241-9504. D��� M��’� H����� ���� R��� F������ ��� P���. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 7 p.m. 703-522-8340. A�� Y�� N��� �� L��� 3: L��� B�������, T��� W����� ��� A������ F�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $16. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. F���� N������ ���� M��� H����� ��� T�� T����� T�����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $12. 8 p.m. 202-667-4490. T�� M������’� G���� A��� P����. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504. D����� M����� ���� J��� L������. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-535-8646. S������ J������. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 10 p.m. 202-337-4141.
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Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $15 – $18. 7 p.m. 703-2551566. B������� B���. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8 p.m. 703-522-8340.
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G����� V. J������. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. M����� N���� B���� J�� ���� W���. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-2419504. S������� G���� ���� D���� E���. Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m. 703-535-8646.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 A����� L�� ���� A���� G���. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $25. 6:30 p.m. 703-255-1566. C��������� B���. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141. E�����. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). Free. 8:30 p.m. 703522-8340. O�� T��� T��������. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m. 703-241-9504.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 JJ G��� � M���� ���� T�� L����� S����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 7 p.m. 202265-0930. F����� ��� � C������ ���� N� B����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $5. 7 p.m. 703-255-1566. E���� M�C���. Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road, Vienna). $30. 8 p.m. 703-2551900. C���� R������. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $25. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141.
P������� A����... Saturday, February 21 – Community Meeting. The City of Falls Church will be hosting
a community meeting on the West Broad Street POA Small Area Plan. There will an open house, presentation and breakout discussions at the meeting. Columbia Baptist Church (103 W. Columbia St., Falls Church). Free. 9 – 11:30 a.m. fallschurchva.gov.
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n 2015, there’s no reason for not giving it your all on Valentine’s Day. Falling on a Saturday this year, the “workday excuse” is out, so best order up those flowers and brush up on your French toast recipe as an early-morning bouquet and breakfast in bed should certainly be on the agenda. As for dinner, why not let the pros handle it? Pizzeria Orso has a new chef, they just busted out a brand new menu and on Saturday, they’re serving up a special three-course Valentine’s Day dinner. With dishes like tomato lobster bisque, scampi pizza, lobster papperdelle and a dessert called “Chocolate Lovers for Two,” there’s a good chance it’ll top anything you could whip up in the kitchen (other than that French toast, of course).
What: Valentine’s Day at Pizzeria Orso When: February 14, 2015 Where: Pizzeria Orso,
400 South Maple Avenue, Falls Church Call 703-226-3460 or visit pizzeriaorso.com for reservations
Sunday, February 22 – Gerrymandering: Can It Be Stopped? The League of Women
Voters’ Falls Church chapter will host a forum on gerrymandering, the political tactic of redistricting electoral districts in order to favor one political party or the other. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). Free. 3 – 4:30 p.m. lwvfallschurch.org.
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Falls Church RadioShack to Close After Company’s Bankruptcy Filing The Falls Church RadioShack, located in the Willston Shopping Center in Seven Corners, has been listed as one of over 1,700 stores marked for closing in the company’s bankruptcy filing last week. The longtime electronics company plans to close 162 stores by Feb. 17, another 986 stores by Feb. 28 and the final 636 by March 31. There’s no word yet on to when the F.C. RadioShack will shutter. RadioShack is located at 6198 Arlington Boulevard.
F.C. PT Practice Collecting Shoes for People in Need Body Dynamics, Inc. is collecting shoes for Soles4Souls, a global nonprofit dedicated to fighting poverty by collecting and distributing new and gently used shoes to people in need and by supporting qualified micro-enterprise programs that create jobs in poor and disadvantaged communities. The integrated physical therapy and wellness practice founded in 1995 by Dr. Jennifer Gamboa plans to collect at least 100 pairs of shoes by February 28. New and gently used shoes of all types can be dropped off at Body Dynamics, 410 S. Maple Avenue in Falls Church. For more information, email info@bodydynamicsinc.com or visit soles4souls.org.
Red White & Bleu Hosting ‘Big Easy’ Tasting Monday Red White & Bleu Wine and Gourmet Shop is partnering up with Abita Beer and Bayou Bakery to present a “Not-So-Fat Monday Big Easy Tasting” on February 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. The Mardi Gras themed event will include jazz music, Cajun food by Chef David Guas, beads and Abita pourings by Tara Hanley. Tickets are $5. Red White & Bleu is located at 130 S. Washington Street. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 703-533-9463.
Teen Book Festival Set for March 7 One More Page Books has partnered with the Arlington Public Library, Fairfax County Public Library and Arlington Public Schools along with sponsors Falls Church City Public Schools and George Mason University’s Fall for the Book for the second annual NoVa TEEN Book Festival which will be held on Saturday, March 7. The event is an all-day young adult literary festival featuring more than 20 authors. It will take place at Washington-Lee High School, 1301 N. Stafford Street in Arlington. The event is free and open to the general public. For more information, visit novateenbookfestival.tumblr.com/. One More Page Books is located at 2200 N. Westmoreland Street in Arlington.
Inova Leases Exxon Mobil’s Merrifield Campus Inova Health System has leased Exxon Mobil’s four-building, 117-acre Merrifield campus and plans to develop a multimillion-dollar Inova Center for Personalized Health. The property, across the street from Inova’s flagship hospital, has been leased for the next 99 years with right of first refusal to purchase the property. For more information, visit www.inova.org.
F.C. Locals Sponsoring Creative Cauldron Production Local business owner Tung T. Tu, CPA and local resident Jon Wiant are co-sponsoring Creative Cauldron’s The Turn of the Screw, a world premiere musical by Stephen Gregory Smith and Matt Conner adapted from the novella by Henry James. The musical will be performed weekends at ArtSpace Falls Church through February 22. ArtSpace is located at 410 S. Maple Avenue in Falls Church. For more information visit www.creativecauldron.org. Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.
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Singer-guitarist Dave Lang and his band mate Scott Stanton, who formed Current Swell in 2005, tried something for their latest album, Ulysses, that they haven’t tried in a long time: writing songs together. “Back in the day when there was lot of carefree music playing and traveling, we used to write together a lot in that day....We used to live together with a bunch of roommates,” Lang said. “Then I moved in with my girlfriend, he moved in with his girlfriend, you know, there was much less collaboration. We had to be more intentional if we wanted to just jam with each other, so for Ulysses we took almost the whole summer and every day I would bike over to his house or he’d walk over to my place or we’d meet at a inspirational place and...we’d just bounce ideas off each other.” Lang said that he and Stanton came up with about 50 ideas together for Ulysses, which was released in 2014. “It was a lot more reward- CURRENT SWELL (P����: L����� L����� M����) ing to kind of go back to an old formula that worked well in the past that we kind of lost,” I think that can be problematic when you give someone the power to give their ideas and tell Lang said. Although collaboration was its own reward you what they think.” “But he was just really good about it. for Lang, Stanton and their band mates Ghosty Boy and Chris Petersen, the accolades didn’t Sometime he would listen to a song that we put stop there. The album reached #1 on the iTunes together and just be like ‘Yeah, this is good. I Rock Chart, #10 on the Billboard Alternative don’t think I would change anything.’ And he Albums Chart and debuted in the Top 50 on the would just find some cool tones for the drums or instruments and really make it shine and Top 200 chart in their native Canada. Nathan Sabatino, who’s produced records then other times he’d have a really great idea by Dr. Dog, Neko Case and Giant Stand, to try out.” Lang and his band will be mixing in old produced Current Swell’s latest album. Lang said that it was “so great,” working with him favorites with some of the new material on the record. “It was so neat. He’s a really from Ulysses for their show at Jammin’ Java nice guy and he had such a lack of ego,” Lang next Monday, Feb. 16. He told the Newssaid. “Because I think the job of a producer Press that he and his band mates, all in their sometimes can be a real boost for your ego and late 20s and early 30s, weren’t sure how to you’re like ‘This band’s paying me to come in celebrate their 10-year anniversary as a group, and tell them what I think of their songs.’ And because when they started playing, they didn’t
take their careers as seriously as they have in the past five of so years. The music video for “Rollin,’” the lead single on Ulysses, is one example of the fun, laid-back vibe of the group. It features the band playing at a elementary-age school boy’s birthday as the birthday boy rolls around town on a bicycle, robbing, stealing and extorting, as if he’s in a motorcycle gang. What Lang told the News-Press about Jammin’ Java, which Current Swell has never played, is another example. “I think of it as a funny name, you know, Jammin’ Java! Like okay, is it a dance club? Is it a coffee dance club?,” Lang joked. “People there are like ‘This is awesome! I have to use the bathroom!” • For more information about Current Swell, visit currentswell.com.
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COLTER ADAMS and his mother, Jennifer Tabola, at the Champions of Change conference at the White House on Monday, which honored national leaders working to advance climate literacy in schools, museums and libraries. Colter spoke on a youth panel on climate change. (Courtesy Photo)
THE NEW STRINGS CLUB at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School performed at the Falls Church School Board meeting on Tuesday as part of Virginia School Board Appreciation Month. The club’s inaugural recital will be next Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. (Photo: Courtesy of John Wesley Brett/FCCPS)
F.C. Students Earn Academic Honors Throughout Virginia Several students from Falls Church earned academic honors at colleges, universities and other academic institutions throughout Virginia during the fall 2014 semester. Claire Dubas, Viann Le, Louis Linden, Sarah Magsakay, Laura Massaro, Alexis Morse, Danielle O’Brien, David Olson, Michael Pazirandeh, Kevin Schmidt and Kira Williams made the president’s list at James Madison University. Robert P. Nugent Jr., Christian A. Rowcliffe and James A. Vaus made the dean’s list at Virginia Military Institute, where students must earn at least a 3.0 grade point average with no grade below C to earn the honor. The following William & Mary University students made the dean’s list last semester: Matthew William Abel, Basim Ibrahim Alnahari, Ana Margarita Roa Arrazola, Anna Elizabeth Ayre, Matthew Noah Baker, Christian Alexander Ledwin Bean, Jacquelyn Colette Borman, Joanna D. Borman, Michael Cocco Burrows, Heather Sewall Dady, Aleeya Lisa Ensign, Chandler David Freeman, Thomas Grant Gittins, Caroline Suhee Goh, Carrie Min Yo Morrow Gudenkauf, Amelia Lauren Carolus-Hager, Hitoshi
Gene Koshiya, Peter Kress, William Taylor Kilgallin, Mary Elena Marsilii, Tram-Anh Annie Nguyen, Adam William Nubbe, Honora Williston Roth Overby, Erica Marien Schneider, Anuraag Sensharma, Hannah B. Shenouda, Amanda Lynn Sikirica, Arev D. Varjabedian, Thomas Stephen Vaughn, Dylan Joseph Vorbach, Luren Wang, Mary Katherine Winebrenner and Nicole Christine Wright. William & Mary students have to earn a 3.6 grade point average in order to make the dean’s list.
Henderson Students Present ‘The Little Mermaid, Jr.’ Students at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will present their rendition of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” next weekend, Feb. 19 – 21. Showtime is at 7 p.m. every night and tickets can be purchased after 6 p.m. in the Henderson lobby.
Dulin Cooperative Preschool Gears Up for Spring Auctions Dulin Cooperative Preschool is gearing up for its 2015 Annual Spring Auctions in March. The school will be holding an online auction from March 1 – 7 and a live auction on March 14 and is accepting donations for the auction. The donations are tax deductible and go toward supporting the school and
raising money for the Polly Cox Scholarship Fund. There are also sponsorship slots available. For information on supporting the auction, e-mail fundraising chair Christine Lusk at fundraising@dulinpreschool.org.
Falls Church HS Mulch Sale Underway Falls Church High School’s Parent Teacher Student Association’s annual mulch sale is underway. The school’s All-Night Graduation Celebration is largely funded by the spring mulch sale. The Parent Teacher Student Association is selling three-cubicfoot bags of double-shredded hardwood mulch for $5.50 each ($5.25 if orders are placed by next Saturday, Feb. 21). Orders of 15 bags or more will get free curb delivery on March 21 within a fivemile radius of Falls Church High School. Orders of 14 bags or fewer must be picked up at the school between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The order deadline is Monday, March 16. To place an online order or download the form visit fchsptsa.org.
VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service based adventure travel program. Forest was part of a group of high school students who did volunteer community service projects while living in an indigenous Athabasca village in the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. About 100 people live in the village, situated on the Tetlin River, and they welcomed the teen volunteers into their community with open arms. In partnership with Tetlin Village Council and local community members, the teen volunteers constructed an outdoor cooking facility for use at community meals and events.
Makerspace Comes to Fruition at Henderson Lori Fogle, a librarian at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, and Susan Jinks, a instructional technology specialist at the school, are gradually transforming the
library classroom at the school into Makerspace. Last week, they installed a MakerBot Replicator 3-D printer, a WaterColorBot and a video green screen wall. The Makerspace, made possible through one of the Falls Church Education Foundation’s inaugural round of Super Grants, will soon be open for student use during lunch and after school.
MEH Student Participates in Conference at White House Colter Adams, a seventh grader at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School, spent the day at the Champions of Change conference at the White House on Monday. The conference honored national leaders working to advance climate literacy in schools, museums and libraries. Colter was selected by a environmental organization to participate in a youth panel on climate change.
F.C. Teenager Volunteered In STUDENTS FROM MUSTANGS ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE at Remote Alaskan Village Last summer Cecil Forest, a Falls Church-area student, spent a month of summer vacation in a remote Alaska native village with
Mason have met throughout the school year to celebrate various cultures and languages with each other and ESOL teacher Linda Saleh and reading teacher Teresa French rewarded the students with a trip to Tyson’s Corner on Tuesday. There they ice skated for the first time and ate together. (Photo: Teresa French/FCCPS)
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Mason Boys Hoops Go Undefeated in Regular Season, Advance to Bull Run District Semifinals
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George Mason High School’s varsity boys basketball team ended their regular season undefeated with an 81-45 home win against Madison County High School last Wednesday and 68-47 at Warren County High School on Friday. On Monday, the Mustangs then kicked off the Bull Run District tournament with an 83-33 win against Rappahannock County High School. Mason kicked off their final home game with a 14-0 run against Madison County, ending the first quarter 25-10. The Mustangs maintained a doubledigit lead over the Mountaineers for the remainder of the game. “We once again took the opponent out early,” said Mason head coach Chris Capannola after the games against Madison County and Warren County. “With our swarming defense, we didn’t let either team back in the game.” The Mustangs had 23 assists against Madison and only 4 turnovers. “That’s a pretty good formula for winning basketball games at any level,” he said. Junior forward Robert Tartt and junior guard Elliot Mercado both led the Mustangs with 14 points apiece over the Mountaineers. Junior guard Josh Allen added ten points, and junior center Douglas Bossart followed with eight points.
In their final game of the regular season, the Mustangs travelled to Warren County where they jumped to an early 14-2 lead and ended the first quarter 24-9. “We shared the ball great and even more importantly, didn’t turn it over,” Capannola said. “That’s the whole key – causing turnovers and limiting our own.” Mercado led the team against the Wildcats with 15 points, followed by Tartt with 13 points. Beddow contributed 12 points, all three-pointers. “Three-pointers are huge momentum plays, and when a team gets hot from beyond the arc and runs in transition the way we do, things tend to snowball.” Capannola said. “We have capitalized on that momentum all season, and we need to keep that up now that the postseason is here.” Mason set off a good start in the Bull Run District tournament with a 21-0 lead over the Rappahannock County Panthers. While the starters played about 8 minutes total, Capannola commended the bench players for carrying the team for the remainder of the game. Allen led the team with 14 points, followed by senior guard Marcus Zack Russell with ten and Tartt with nine. The Mustangs faced Madison County again on Wednesday night, but this time in the semifinal round of the Bull Run District tournament. “If we continue to do
MASON JUNIOR ROBERT TARTT shoots a free throw during the Mustangs’ 83-33 win over Rappannock County High School in the opening round of the Bull Run District tournament. The Mustangs finished the regular season undefeated last week. (Photo: Liz Lizama/News-Press) what we’ve been doing, we will be tough to beat,” Capannola said ahead of the game. Results were not yet available at press time. While Capannola hopes to maintain the momentum to go far in the postseason, the Mustangs have dominated most their opponents
with a 20-0 regular season record this season. Moreover, the team has only given up 50 points twice all season – once to Clarke County High School in their first game of the season and once to Robert E. Lee High School in the Joe Cascio Classic holiday tournament.
“That speaks to how good our defense is all the way up and down the lineup because we play all 15 guys most games. And even when the bench guys come in, they don’t allow the other teams to score much,” Capanola said. “It’s a team thing, and they take pride in that.”
Mustangs Scholastic Bowl Team Finishes 2nd At Regionals, Advances to VHSL Championships George Mason High School’s Scholastic Bowl team is heading to their 15th straight Virginia High School League Tournament after the hard fought but successful 2A Regional Tournament last Saturday. The road to victory was not breeze as the Mustangs came within one question of being eliminated twice during the double-elimination tournament. But the team picked up the second place trophy and punched its ticket to the state tournament on Feb. 28 at William and Mary University in Williamsburg. Mason seniors Jarman Taylor and Ben Cohen earned All-Region honors. After beating Riverheads High School 275-100 in the
first round, Mason faced the defending Virginia High School League championship team from Maggie Walker Governor’s School, falling 305140 after being tied at 110 halfway through the game. This placed the team in the tight spot of having to win three more games to make it into the final and into the state tournament. First up was a nailbiter with Goochland High School, which tied the game with one tossup left. But Mason picked up the last tossup and won the match 190-180. The Mustangs had it easier against Nandua High School, winning 260-120 to set up a match with Robert E. Lee High
School, the winner making it to the final and qualifying for the Virginia High School League tournament. The Mustangs began their next to last game by playing probably the worst first round they’ve played all year and trailed 80-35 at one point, but later they pulled to within 130-115 in the team round. In the final round the team took a 25 point lead with two 10-point questions left. Mason gave Lee the last two questions and qualified for states by a slim 185-180 margin. In the final game of the day, the Mustangs fell again to Maggie Walker 280-145 but in doing so held Maggie Walker below 300 points for the first and only time of tournament.
GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS (l to r) Jeremiah Ogle, Jarman Taylor and Ben Cohen at a taping of “It’s Academic.” The Mustang scholastic bowl team finished second in the regional tournament and advanced to to its 15th straight state championships last Saturday. (Photo: Carol Sly)
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Noted Local Architect: Barkley Slams Grad Center Architecture One of the City of Falls Church’s most respected citizens and business leaders, architect Paul Barkley, delivered a scathing “letter to the editor” to the News-Press this week calling the proposed design for the University of Virginia/Virginia Tech graduate center structure “rigid and forbiding” with a “Berlin Wall” effect.
Scientific studies show that as youngsters move toward high school age, they become less able to go to sleep early and thus less able to be alert and attentive at early hours in the morning. Based on these studies, a task force of the Falls Church School Board has adjusted an earlier recommendation that classes at George Mason High School begin at 7:30 a.m. next fall.
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THIS IS BANDIT, a 3-year-old Maltese/Shih Tzu rescue pup from North Carolina. His owner Jesse Tolliver sent him to his parents on Timber Lane here in Falls Church for the holidays. The excitement of all the leaf trucks and the amazing amount trees made his daily walks an enjoyable experience. Just because you’re not famous doesn’t mean your pet can’t be! Send in your Critter Corner submissions to crittercorner@fcnp.com.
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