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Falls Church Restaurant Week starts Monday and the News-Press has all the details on the weeklong celebration including food specials, maps and features on The Little City’s dining scene.

Sparse Turnouts So Far as Public Urged to Comment on F.C. Budget W oman P ower

Proposed 4-Cent Tax Rate Hike Hasn’t Rallied Pitch Forks

by Nicholas F. Benton

Falls Church News-Press

Park Avenue, running parallel with W. Broad Street one block north, is wide and currently serene and tree-lined with a mix of residential and low-key commercial. When the City decided to revive its annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival in the early 1980s, after years of a hiatus, Park Avenue was the obvious choice

The first weekend welcoming public input and comment on the proposed coming Fiscal Year 2016 budget for the City of Falls Church and its schools saw a paltry turnout of the public despite special efforts by the City’s staff to be prepared for extensive questioning and discussions.

Only a dozen citizens showed up for a town hall meeting last Saturday morning, and the turnout was not much better for an open house on Monday night. Both events were at the Community Center and no one could claim to be held back by bad weather.

The anemic turnout Monday was especially disappointing to City officials, given the time and effort that went into preparing.

An array of tables was set up and manned by leading members of the City staff, including the police and sheriff departments, who were poised to engage in extensive discussions with their tax paying public.

Still, the News-Press has learned that the City Council, which will adopt a new budget and tax rate late next month, is being influenced by the handful of people who did bother to show up last weekend.

Despite the low town hall turnout, where a handful of citizens complained that Falls Church is providing fewer services at higher costs than its much larger Fairfax and Arlington county neighbors, the mayor, vice mayor and two other members of the Council were all ears. At the end, Vice Mayor David Snyder hailed the

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Meeks Voted New Planning Chair

Longtime Falls Church Planning Commission member Rob Meeks was elected the new chair of the commission and Russ Wodiska was elected vice-chair.

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David Brooks: Skills in Flux

Several years ago, Doug Lemov began studying videos of excellent teachers. He focused not on their big strategies but on their microgestures.

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Eddie Trunk, host and originator of VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show,” doesn’t give a damn what you think about his musical tastes.

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MARCH IS ‘WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH,’ and when it comes to Falls Church government, these three women play mighty roles. Seated side-by-side at Monday’s City Council work session were (left to right) Assistant City Manager Cindy Mester and Council members Karen Oliver and Marybeth Connelly. (Photo: News-Press)

Park Avenue Designated for ‘Great Street’ Development

by Nicholas F. Benton

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The Falls Church Planning Commission was treated to the rolling out this Monday night of a comprehensive plan developed by the City’s Planning Department with help from the region’s Virginia Tech urban planning program to make Park Avenue the City of Falls Church’s showcase

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The plan, presented to the commission under the title of “A Civic Great Street of the Little City,” based on a national trend toward such undertakings, was seemingly sudden in its emergence. But a closer look at its elements reveals that an awful lot of what’s already in the planning stages in Falls Church happens to impinge right onto Park Avenue.

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for the bulk of its route.

(A move by the local Chamber of Commerce in the early 1990s to put the parade on W. Broad where it would be in front of, and thereby promote, more commerce, the way parades do in other regional towns, like Vienna, was quickly dashed when the W. Broad businesses themselves howled, saying the parade would disrupt their long-held habits.)

So now, the 10,000-15,000 people who come out and come into Falls Church every Memorial Day are accustomed to sitting and standing on a Park Avenue that comfortably receives it all, from its top to its bottom – from where it originates on its western end at the clumsy intersection with West and Grove Streets to its other end, where it dead ends at N. Washington St. and looks right into the historic State Theatre, now the City’s most energetic live entertainment venue.

Here’s what Park Avenue already has going for it, moving from east to west. As already mentioned, at its east end is the State

Theatre and the parking lot that has been made available for public use in the Kaiser Permanente complex. On the south side of the street (north, south, east and west are all askew given the angle at which the street lies, but the approximations parallel identifiers of other streets in town and to that extent, they work), is the Cityowned asphalt parking lot where a lot of the outdoor activities associated with the eventful monthly First Friday fun goes on, including live bands and classic car rallies.

On the corner at Maple Street, on the west side, is the ancient Blue and Gray building, the wooden frame 1797 house that has been idle for years, but now an enterprising restaurateur is pitching to the City special exceptions that would enable him to revive it, while retaining its historical structure, for a trendy new restaurant.

On the corner of the next block is City Hall, or the entrance to it, being that it is set back somewhat but its parking lot there serves as the home to very popular weekly farmers’ markets and the festival portion of the annual Memorial Day event. Behind City Hall is the

recently renovated but too small and constantly used Community Center and Veterans Memorial.

City Hall happens to currently be near the top of the list for a major renovation and expansion in the City’s plans that could make it more welcoming and physically attractive to a Park Avenue landscape.

The same goes for the Mary Riley Styles Public Library across the street. Plans call for an $8 million renovation and expansion on that site, with a $3 million parking deck thrown in on the adjacent surface lot owned by a separate entity.

Those improvements, including having the main entrance to the renovated library face onto Park Avenue, would also augment the “Great Street” image being promoted by the new Planning Department study. The parking deck, something the Chamber of Commerce and others in the City have been begging for seemingly forever, would provide access to Park Avenue in addition to the library, and take pressure off the surface parking in the Broaddale Plaza strip mall behind it on W. Broad (notorious for predatory towing).

Moving west, Park Avenue

already boasts the historic, restored Cherry Hill Farmhouse and entrances to Cherry Hill Park, the City’s largest that, among other things, hosts weekly Concerts in the Park every Thursday night in the summer.

Less attractive is the back end of the Hilton Garden Inn that faces onto Park, but that is a small problem. There is the St. James school, including its basketball gym, and stately gray brick church facade, and then as the end of Park to the south there is what may come as the so-called “Mason Row” project whose developers are proposing to draw a lot of pedestrian and “festival” traffic with a walkthrough and internal plaza around shops, restaurants and a movie theatre complex below new residential rentals and a hotel.

That project’s plan could also include a relocation of all or a part of the public library, through that hasn’t yet caught fire with anyone.

Then, on the corner where Park Avenue ends there is the W&OD Bike Trail crossing, leading up over the elevated bridge that crosses W. Broad, where there is room for a small park, the City

Planners say, which could function as a rest stop for bikers and joggers on the W&OD Trail, with a water fountain, benches and a small replica of the old train station that used to be near there with restrooms and a small museum.

That would connect with the West End Park that has already gotten the OK for significant upgrades in the coming period.

The Park Avenue “Great Street” plan includes sidewalk improvements, pedestrian crossings and other amenities to integrate design and use, and the kicker is that its promoters at City Hall say a lot of the funds for these integrating features could come through federal, state and foundation grants, relieving citizens of the tax burden for them.

Senior Planner Paul Stoddard, who was the City staff person in charge of Monday’s Planning Commission meeting as his boss, Jim Snyder, was needed by the City Council, along with senior planner Garrison Kitt and Planning Department Intern Heather Scharfetter were instrumental in pulling this “Great Street” concept together.

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“productivity” of the session, even though he was among the City officials who challenged the oft-repeated notion that Falls Church “has a way higher tax rate and way fewer services.”

Snyder cautioned those who even suggested that the City realign with either Arlington or Fairfax to “not get tied to wagons going the other way.”

He noted that tougher times are on the economic horizon for both the larger neighbors, with developable land drying up around Arlington’s Metro stations and federal subsidies, including federal dollars for regional defenserelated efforts, beginning to “go south” for Fairfax.

On the upside for Falls Church, he noted, are its treatment of its roads during and following snow storms and its swift police and emergency response times, along with a lot of new tax-generating economic development projects in the works.

City Manager Wyatt Shields added that while the City’s overall population grew from 2000 to

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2010 by 18 percent, the recession and other pressures have led to a smaller City staff, adding to the City’s “management challenges” that it continues to address. But more and more, he added, these are “regional issues” that confront all jurisdictions in Northern Virginia.

As for Falls Church, noted School Board chair Justin Castillo, “if we can get through the next five to seven years, we’ll be in a great place.” He cited the pressures for capital improvements at City Hall, the library and schools, on the one hand, and the significant new economic development in the pipeline, on the other, as the parameters defining the situation immediately ahead. The promise of the dense commercial development of 10 acres of the City’s newly-acquired George Mason High School and Henderson Middle School campus land adjacent the West Falls Church Metro station is “very valid,” he said.

In the context of this, Castillo said, it will be important for the school system to continue its effort to close the gap with Arlington on teacher compensation to avoid a

brain drain of talent. He said there are “seen and unseen” factors creating pressures on maintaining the high quality of the City’s school system, noting that the growth of enrollment has been the single biggest challenge.

As a result, the cost to the school system per student is down 17 percent since 2007, as it is, from $14,300 to $11,900. So far, the quality of the system remains high, and the goal is to bring Falls Church teacher salaries not equal to, but within three or four percent of Arlington.

Shields met complaints that “streets and sidewalks are in horrible shape in the residential neighborhoods,” and related matters, by identifying City staff efforts to address just those and other needs that are ready in the works. He noted that the full presentation of the City’s proposed capital improvement projects (CIP) for the coming years will be presented to the next City Council meeting on this coming Monday night, March 23.

Then, the Council will vote on a “first reading” for the budget, and it was proposed by Councilman Nader Baroukh at

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The latest iterations of the socalled “Mason Row” development proposed for the area surrounding N. West and W. Broad Streets will also be on the Council’s agenda for Monday.

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Now that the annual budget sweepstakes are underway, the horse race is underway toward the April 27 schools and city operating and capital projects budgeting deadline for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. With the School Board deciding what it needed to ask the City Council for, and the City Manager’s recommended budget hot off the presses as of last week, all done with dignity and dispatch, the next step was to engage the public.

That began to happen last weekend, on Saturday morning with a town hall and Monday night with a novel up-close-and-personal opportunity for citizens to meet and talk at length with leading City staff employees in every segment of the City government – from police to sheriff to storm water management, to planning, to economic development...you name it.

Everything that had gone so well to set up the parameters for the new budget deliberations culminating in the City Manager’s proposal last week suddenly fell apart.

That’s right, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen of Falls Church, the big “fail” in the budget process has already been exposed. It’s you.

The school and City staff did yeoman work, especially in the two months since the start of the new year, to lay down and articulate sets of rationales and supporting documents that were designed for a veritable public feast of intelligent public policy making. All for Mr. and Mrs. Citizen.

Except the intended guests of this feast failed to show up. Yep, a party was given and no one came.

At the Saturday town hall forum a dozen, no more, citizens came to the Community Center to air their opinions, a lot of which were, predictably, grievances. Then on Monday night it was even worse. The room was lined around its edges with tables upon which carefully designed graphs and visuals were placed, with plenty of handouts of plans and explanations. Each table was manned with two or three of the people who are actually carrying out the City’s operations every single day.

True, there were no “Whack a Mole” games, face painting, or lemonade stands, the entertainments that draw hundreds to similarly-designed events at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School gym once or twice a year.

So here’s our conclusion: obviously everybody in town must be happy with what the City Manager submitted last week, so let’s just get it over with and adopt it now!

After all, what’s the best measure of public sentiment, the dozen people who show up for an event, or the 13,000 who don’t? The closest to a measure of true public sentiment in Falls Church was the school bond referendum last November, because that’s when the highest percentage of citizens came out to express themselves on a local issue that would cost them money.

Guess what. The bond referendum passed by a landslide! So, let that be the measure that guides the budget, not the tiny handful that show up at town halls.

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Concern Over Taxes Doesn’t Make One Grumpy & Stingy Editor, Your “grumpy and stingy” editorial last week is similar to Mr. Dakin’s Letter to the Editor of January 8. He, however, was more explicit: If you (a hater of children and neighbors) don’t want to pay higher taxes, move out.

Being rightly concerned with “the needs of others” should not exclude those who live on a fixed income and those less

wealthy than the norm: There are no more raises or promotions for the retired, and while our city has a high median income, Falls Church is not Great Falls (which, by the way, enjoys a lower tax rate).

Any school-related increase in city’s property values might not last forever: Yesterday I heard a couple at an open house ask the realtor, “Oh, this is Falls Church, not Arlington?” The realtor

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allowed that was the case. The wife said, “Oh, that means higher taxes.” Perhaps they knew of the recently proposed 4¢ increase in our rates or of the proposed $100 million high school; but maybe not.

Grumpy? Sometimes: I’m over 75. But stingy? To assert that I must tap even further into my savings is necessarily to require me to exhaust my resources entirely at an undefined time in the future. If I were certain that I would be dead in, say, three years, I could forego the fear of being completely destitute, a burden to the state or to my children, by the age of 80 or 85, and I might “reach a little deeper.”

But because I cannot be certain, I have an obligation to myself and to my family to be protective of those savings.

Even as a conspicuous advocate of free speech, your editorial hints that if we want to live here in Falls Church, we must do so without dissent; that arguing for any legitimate interest other than what you and the school board define exclusively as the “needs of others” is subversive.

Or is the “grumpy and stingy” phrase no more than simply grumpy?

Bill Schellstede Falls Church

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Mason Row Project Would Displace Many Local Businesses B� D���� ��� R������ T��

As the owners of two local restaurants, we love doing business in the City of Falls Church and, even more so, we love being part of this community. But we want the community to know that if the proposed Mason Row project gets off the ground after more than two years of planning and revisions, then Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae – along with more than a dozen other successful local businesses – will be forced to look for another location and may end up outside the City or out of business altogether.

We do appreciate the fact that in every meeting we have attended regarding Mason Row, many council members and citizens have mentioned the need to work with the displaced small businesses. But there has been little more than talk. Even if it were economically feasible to stay, knowing that the developer will likely offload the entire project to some other investor or buyer as soon as possible makes it less than appealing for us to contemplate staying.

Here are some things that we haven’t heard discussed at the City meetings regarding Mason Row. There are approximately 150 workers and their immediate families who will be adversely affected by this development. We all work very hard at our businesses and our jobs. Mr. Shreve has

stated that if this project fails, he intends to re-sign all of the leases and rehab the properties. This should be taken into consideration when comparing the lack of current revenue on this corner to the proposed revenue of the new development. The corner is currently under-leased, under-valued

“None of the previous City development projects displaced such a large number of thriving, established businesses.” and under-utilized, but to gloss over the fact that these businesses and their employees and customers exist is unfair and hurts us after all we have put into building these businesses.

Every day, more than 300 people patronize Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae. Those numbers surely pale in comparison to the numbers who frequent Sunoco and 7-11.

Our three businesses attract approximately 2,000 people a day combined. If you

include Bikenetic and the rest of the lot, over 1 million people per year are served on this corner!

We are not against growth and also have an eye toward the future of this City where we live and work. However, none of the previous City development projects displaced such a large number of thriving, established businesses. There has also been little, if any, discussion of the time and disruption it will take to complete the Mason Row project once it is underway. Lastly, we do not believe the Council has adequately considered the traffic and parking effect on the surrounding residents.

We make every effort both at Clare and Don’s and Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae to contribute and give back to the City as business owners and residents in countless ways. For example, David is a founding partner of Decorate a Vet; we host fundraisers for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Policy Unity Tour, March of Dimes, and scores of others.

Both of our businesses have been members of the Chamber of Commerce since they opened. We support the schools in a variety of ways, including hosting the Byrd Feeder (April 25 this year), provided a work experience for a special needs student; assisted the Mary Ellen Henderson cafeteria with healthy menu planning; and sponsor screen free week.

This year, we have begun to provide

food and labor to help feed the homeless with First Christian Church once a month.

We sponsor many other civic groups and activities as well, from youth baseball teams, to the Columbia Baptist 5k, to clubs and teams at George Mason High School and much more. Additionally, we continue to bring regional and national attention to our Little City in features in print, radio and television and by winning numerous awards.

We have tried do our civic duty by being active participants in this process.

However, the lack of a cohesive vision by the developer as well as the Council has been extremely frustrating. If the Mason Row project does move forward, we hope that the City leaders and developers will make a more earnest effort to relocate and help the small businesses that will be affected. Please be cognizant of the fact that the development will displace multiple successful local business without any idea of what kind of business owners will replace them. We seriously doubt any national chain will care a fraction of what we do for The Little City, and that is something money can’t buy.  Brother and sister David and Rebecca Tax are the owners of Clare and Don’s Beach Shack and Mike’s Deli at Lazy Sundae in the City of Falls Church.

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Woodrow Wilson Library’s Grand Re-Opening Slated for March 21

by Patricia Leslie

Falls Church News-Press

Leapin’ Leprechauns! It’s another green library for Fairfax County! And this one’s in Falls Church at 6101 Knollwood Drive, the newly renovated Woodrow Wilson Library Branch which will open doors again on Saturday, March 21, just a wee bit past St. Patrick’s Day. The library has been closed about 18 months so architects and builders could remodel and turn the library into a LEED Silver certified building, meaning it meets certain environmental goals in resources used and in new practices.

“Just gorgeous,” is the way library branch coordinator, Rudy Rodela, describes it.

“I joke among my colleagues and Woodrow Wilson staff that it’s such a beautiful building, I want to quit my job and go back as a page,” Rodela beamed.

“It’s light, it’s open. The architects did such a beautiful job of bringing the outside in” with lots of glass. “You almost feel like you are outside reading,” Rodela said.

Ribbon cutting for the grand opening is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, followed at 11:30 a.m. with a lion

and dragon dance and crafts, and at 3 p.m., a puppet show. Light refreshments will be served, according to Mary Mulrenan, marketing director for the county’s libraries.

The chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Sharon Bulova, Supervisor Penny Gross, and the Fairfax County library director, Edwin S. Clay III, will welcome guests.

Assistant Branch Manager Kathy Young who’s been at Woodrow Wilson seven years, bubbles with enthusiasm leading a tour and describing improvements, from a bumble bee carpet in the children’s section, chair designs, recycling and re-planting azaleas from the side of the building to the park next door (to remain within sight), to more classes in English As a Second Language and bettering literacy skills.

Young pointed out the architects left old brick from the previous building to blend with the natural colors of the new tables, shelves, ceiling, flooring, and outdoors.

The number of public computers has been increased by eight to total 24, and the collection will remain about the same: 50,000 items.

The renovated 14,420-squarefoot is the same footprint, Mulrenan said, but architectural creativity squeezed more space on side walls for better use, according to Rodela.

“One of the big features is an expanded meeting room which can be subdivided into two,” Rodela said, and one room can even be used after hours with a specially designed exit, David Newhall, the circulation manager, pointed out.

The library charges nothing to reserve a room.

“All our services are free,” said Rodela. “We only charge for printing and copying.”

Some of the environmentallyfriendly practices used in the new building include roof, faucets, lighting, ventilation, open spaces and storm water designs, and occupancy sensors to detect usage and reduce energy.

A fifth of the construction materials came from within 500 miles of the site which lowered transportation costs.

The name of the new branch manager, “green” to the Fairfax County system, will be kept a secret until he signs papers March 23, library officials said.

Officials were mum about his appearance at the library’s open-

KATHY YOUNG, ASSISTANT BRANCH manager at the Woodrow Wilson Library, can’t wait to welcome visitors to the new library which has 24 computers. (Photo: Patricia Leslie/News-Press) ing, but residents might look for a fellow wearing just a wee bit of green on opening day.

The Woodrow Wilson Library originally opened for business in 1961 in a 1,400 square feet storefront and moved to the present site in 1967.

“We certainly hope people fall in love with [the renovated library] the way we have,” Rodela said.

The library will open every day at 10 a.m. (except Thursday, at 1 p.m.) and stay open until 9 p.m. on

Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and close at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, and 5 p.m., Saturday.

The library is closed on Sunday.

Fairfax County taxpayers approved funding for the $4,100,000 project in a 2004 bond referendum.

“The community has been missing that library,” Rodela said, “and we look forward to having all the people who used to be at the old Woodrow Wilson back at the new library.”

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Meeks Voted New Planning Commission Chair Longtime Falls Church Planning Commission member Rob Meeks was elected by his colleagues the new chair of the commission this last Monday night, and Russ Wodiska was elected vice-chair. Meeks had previously served for years on the City’s Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee. He replaces Ruth Rodgers as the Planning Commission chair. In another development, the F.C. City Council last week appointed Ann Norloff to the Human Services Advisory Council, Shirley Connuck to the Towing Advisory Board, and reappointed Ray Arnaudo to the Environmental Services Council and Julio Idrobo to the Housing Commission.

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Beyer Applauds School Anti-Restraint Bill U.S. Representative Don Beyer applauded Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia General Assembly for outlawing the use of seclusion and restraint to discipline public school students. “Governor McAuliffe and the Virginia legislature are right: These dangerous techniques have no place in our schools,” said Rep. Beyer. “I worked to include a federal version of this bill in this month’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, so that these practices would cease beyond Virginia’s borders as well.” Beyer introduced H.R. 927, the Keeping All Students Safe Act, to establish minimum safety standards in schools similar to protections already in place in hospitals and non-medical communitybased facilities. His legislation was included as part of the Democrats’ Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization proposal, which has been offered as a substitute amendment to H.R. 5, the Republican rewrite of ESEA.

Kaine, Warner Bill on Indian Tribes Advances Yesterday the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2015, a bill reintroduced in February by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, cleared its first procedural hurdle with passage out of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

The legislation would grant federal recognition of six Virginia tribes: the Chickahominy, the Eastern Chickahominy, the Upper Mattaponi, the Rappahannock, the Monacan and the Nansemond. These tribes have received official recognition from the Commonwealth of Virginia, but have not received federal recognition. The legislation will now advance to the full Senate for consideration. “With committee approval of this legislation to grant federal recognition to six Virginia tribes, we are one step closer to rectifying this grave injustice,” said Kaine, who has fought for federal recognition of the tribes since he was Lieutenant Governor. “We won’t give up until the tribes receive the recognition they deserve and have fought so hard to achieve.”

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Clinton Wins Connolly’s Straw Poll Vote Hillary Clinton took the lion’s share of the vote in a straw poll conducted Tuesday at Rep. Gerry Connolly’s annual St. Patrick’s Day event. More than 1,100 elected officials, candidates, and party faithful from Northern Virginia and Richmond gathered in the Kena Temple ballroom for Connolly’s 21st annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete. Former Secretary of State and First Lady Clinton took 48 percent of the vote in Connolly’s Democratic Presidential straw poll. Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb garnered 15 percent, followed

by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at 10 percent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders with 7 percent, and Vice President Joe Biden and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, each with 6 percent. Write-ins for a variety of other names accounted for 8 percent of the straw poll vote. Straw polls are a tradition at the annual event.

Chet DeLong 90th Birthday Fêted The Falls Church Library Board planned a small surprise birthday celebration for Chet DeLong at its monthly meeting last night. It marked his 90th birthday. DeLong is the husband of Carol DeLong, who was Mayor of the City for four two-year terms in the 1980s.

He is a retired chemist and has been Vice Chair of the Library Board for many years. He has been on the Board since 1994 and volunteering for the library for many years. He has donated over 8,000 hours working on the board and in technical services. “He has been steadfast in his commitment to excellent library service for the public, highly dependable and capable as a valued volunteer, knowledgeable about the workings of the library and a great advocate for the library,” said Chief Librarian Mary McMahon. He and Ms. DeLong have three girls, and one of their sons-in-law is a member of the City Council, Phil Duncan.

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Community News & Notes Silhouette Artist and Author Comes to Doodlehopper Nationally recognized silhouette artist and author Clay Rice is coming to Doodlehopper 4 Kids at 228 West Broad Street for an event this Friday, March 20, from 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Rice will be at the store at 10:30 a.m. for story time and then will be taking silhouette appointments from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Fees apply. To sign-up for an appointment, call 703-538-9890.

One More Page Hosts Two Author Talks This Weekend One More Page Books, located on the edge of Arlington County at 2200 North Westmoreland Street #101, is hosting two author talks that are about two very different subject matters this weekend, on Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22.

This Saturday at 2 p.m. children’s author and Northern Virginia resident Moira Rose Donohue will be at the bookstore to talk about her book Kangaroo to the Rescue!, which is the latest edition in the National Geographic book series on animal heroes. On Sunday at 2 p.m., Miriam Polli will discuss and sign her debut novel In a Vertigo of Silence, a multi-generational novel about a line of women whose lives are wrapped in a long-held secret.

In addition to the author talks taking place at One More Page this weekend, there are three slated for the end of March. For more information, visit onemorepagebooks.com.

Falls Church City Easter Egg Hunt Slated for April 4 The City of Falls Church’s Easter Egg Hunt is slated for

Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. – noon at Cherry Hill Park at 312 Park Avenue.

At the event children can hunt for candy and special decorated eggs in Cherry Hill Park and have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Children should bring their own basket for collecting candy and eggs.

Children ages 11 and under can participate in a make-your-own candy bag craft project. The event is free. For more information, call 703-248-5077;TTY 711, e-mail Amy Maltese at amaltese@ fallschurchva.gov or visit fallschurchva.gov/Easter.

Friends of F.C. Homeless Shelter Holds Benefit Event The Friends of Falls Church Homeless Shelter is holding its 2015 Cabaret and Auction to benefit Falls Church Homeless

THE FIFTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM from St. James Catholic School at 830 West Broad Street beat the team from the St. Leo the Great Catholic School recently to win the Catholic Youth Organization Tournament Division One Championship at the end of February. In the photo above are (l to r, back row) coaches Steve Doherty, Jim Coon, (l to r, middle row) Sean Rooney, Ashton Brown, Ryan Doherty, David Coon, Nick Steele, Colin Sheppard, (l to r, front row) Edward Ice, TJ Kouba, Jackson Carawan and Garret Benson. (Photo: Courtesy of Ann Sheppard)

Shelter. The event, which includes live music, food and dancing, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 6 – 10 p.m. at the NRECA Building at 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.

Tickets are now on sale for the event. They cost $50 per ticket or $95 for two tickets now through April 10 and will go up to $60 the day of the event. There are also individual and corporate sponsorship tickets ranging from $150 – $5,000.

To purchase tickets in advance, or to learn more about the shelter, visit fallschurchshelterfriends.org.

To make a donation to the silent or live auction, contact Gail Warner at warnergail@ verizon.net. For more information about the event, contact Karie Mulkowsky at karie. mulkowsky@gmail.com or Ruth Back at ruthvback@gmail.com.

F.C. Senior Center Offers Internet-Literacy Class The City of Falls Church Senior Center is offering a new internet-literacy class for senior citizens starting in late April.

Living Better with the Internet is a free, five-session class that will be taught by faculty and students from Marymount University. Senior students will learn how to communicate online with friends and family, shop online and find local entertainment using the web.

Classes will be held on Thursdays from 10 a.m. – noon beginning April 30. Prospective participants can register in person at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street or by phone at 703-248-5027.

For more information, visit fallschurchva.gov/611/SeniorCenter.

GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL student Rachel Horovitz stands with her sculpture “Sea Whirled” at the opening reception of Falls Church Arts’ 3-D Art Show last Thursday. The sculpture is captioned with the following quote from Jacques Cousteau: “When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs, for man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.” The 3-D Art Show will be on display through April 5. (Photo: Courtesy of Shaun Van Steyn)

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AAUW Collecting Books for Annual Book Sale

The Falls Church Area American Association of University Women is collecting books now through April 10 at the new book collection bin at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street.

Books collected will be sold at the organization’s annual book sale, which will be held April 17 and 18 at the community center.

Funds raised through the book sale will go to benefit the organization’s scholarship/grant programs for women, including local Falls Church high school girls. All kinds of books that are suitable for resale – hard-covers, paperbacks, novels, non-fiction, children’s, cookbooks, etc. – will be accepted. Magazines, encyclopedias, text books or damaged books will not be accepted.

For more information or for larger donations, contact Gary Jewell at 703-941-5643 or gjewell@cox.net.

Wildfire Restaurant Holds 1st Ever Gluten-Free Beer Dinner Wildfire Restaurant’s location in Tysons Galleria is holding its first ever gluten-free beer dinner on Friday, March 27, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The dinner costs $50 before tax and gratuity. Wildfire’s chefs will provide four gluten-free courses paired with gluten-free beers and hard cider from Angry Orchard, Bard and New Planet.

Wildfire Restaurant is located at 1200 International Dr., McLean. For more information or to RSVP, visit wildfirerestaurant. com/mclean.

MCC Holds Public Hearing On Programs The McLean Community Center’s 11-member governing board will hold its annual Public Hearing on Programs at 7:30

p.m. on Wednesday, March 25 at the community center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.

The board is asking residents of Dranesville Small District 1A to come to the meeting and share their thoughts on Center programs and services.

A regular monthly meeting of the governing board will follow the public hearing and all meetings of the board are open to the public. Residents of the center’s tax district who attend the meeting can voice their opinions on the center’s current program offerings and make suggestions for improving current programs and/or adding new initiatives. The hearing is one step in planning for the fiscal year 2017 budget cycle, which begins July 1, 2016.

Residents who would like to speak at the hearing may call 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to have their names placed on the speakers’ list so that a schedule can be established. Residents may submit written comments by mail, fax (703-556-0547), email (george. sachs@fairfaxcounty.gov) or in person up to seven days after the hearing.

To find out if you live within the center’s tax district, visit mcleancenter.org/about/district. For more information, visit mcleancenter.org.

Young Choreographers to Perform at BalletNova BalletNova, a dance studio located in Bailey’s Crossroads, is presenting a performance of the finalists from its Young Choreographers Competition this Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fredgren Studio at 3443 Carlin Springs Road, Falls Church. The finalists will perform their pieces and a winner will be announced at the event. The winner will receive $500 and a chance to create a new work for the BalletNova Summer Intensive dancers.

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YOUTH FROM DULIN CHURCH at 513 East Broad Street packaged 508 pounds of medical supplies for Brother’s Brother, a medical international charity located in Merri�ield, on Sunday, March 8. The Dulin congregation donated 200 pounds of hygiene and over-thecounter items. (P����: C������� �� L���� N������) which BalletNova invites dancers between the ages of 14 – 18 from the metropolitan area to submit a piece of choreography, which is then evaluated by a panel of national and internationally recognized judges, who score them according to elements such as space utilization, movement patterns, timing dynamics and conceptual creativity.

The judges included Karen Reedy, founder/director of Karen Reedy Dance, Rochelle ZideBooth, a retired dancer whose long career in ballet included stints as the principal dancer and ballet mistress at The Joffrey Ballet, ballet mistress of The Boston Ballets and professor of ballet at Adelphi University, and Durell R. Comedy, a professor in George Mason University’s School of Dance.

Five finalists were chosen and the public was invited to vote for their favorite choreographers.

Following the performance, there will be a champagne and dessert

reception. Tickets for the performance are $40 and are available at balletnova.org.

McLean Youth Paint The Alden ‘Totally Red!’ “Totally Red!” a show comprised of several remixes of the beloved classic “Little Red Riding Hood,” began a twoweekend run at The Alden at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean on last Saturday. The show features a cast of young actors who live in the McLean Community Center’s tax district. The two performances remaining in the run are this Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m.

The show begins with the well-known story being told in classic storybook theatre style (“Little Red Riding Hood”), then melodrama (“The Perils of Being Miss RED”), Elizabethan (“Much Ado about RED”), 80’s hip-hop (“REDz in the Hood”), avantgarde (“Call the Moment RED”)

and musical-comedy style (“RED! The Musical!”). The production is appropriate for children age six and older. For more information or to buy tickets, visit aldentheatre. org or call 703-790-0123;TTY 711.

Fairfax Genealogical Society Hosts Two Events Next Week The Fairfax Genealogical Society is hosting two events next Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27. On Thursday, the group’s discussion topic is “Across County Lines: What’s a Border?” at the its monthly meeting from 7:30 – 9 p.m. at Kilmer Middle School, located at 8100 Wolf Trap Road, Vienna.

The next day the group has its spring conference entitled “Tips and Tricks for Researching the Mid-Atlantic and European Connections,” from 9 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. at the Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks, located at 11787 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy., Fairfax. For more information, visit fxgs.org.

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Skills in Flux

Several years ago, Doug Lemov began studying videos of excellent teachers. He focused not on their big strategies but on their microgestures: How long they waited before calling on students to answer a question (to give the less confident students time to get their hands up); when they paced about the classroom and when they stood still (while issuing instructions, to emphasize the importance of what’s being said); how they moved around the room toward a student whose mind might be wandering.

In an excellent piece on Lemov for The Guardian, Ian Leslie emphasizes that these subtle skills are often not recognized or even discussed by those who talk about education policy, or even by those who evaluate teachers.

Leslie notes that the Los Angeles school system tabulated the performance of roughly 6,000 teachers, using measures NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE of student achievement. The best performing teacher in the whole system was a woman named Zenaida Tan. Up until that report, she was completely unheralded. The skills she possessed were invisible. Meanwhile, less important traits were measured on her evaluations (three times she was late to pick up students from recess).

In part, Lemov is talking about the skill of herding cats. The master of cat herding senses when attention is about to wander, knows how fast to move a diverse group, senses the rhythm between lecturing and class participation, varies the emotional tone. This is a performance skill that surely is relevant beyond education.

This raises an important point. As the economy changes, the skills required to thrive in it change, too, and it takes a while before these new skills are defined and acknowledged.

For example, in today’s loosely networked world, people with social courage have amazing value. Everyone goes to conferences and meets people, but some people invite six people to lunch afterward and follow up with four carefully tended friendships forevermore.

People with social courage are extroverted in issuing invitations but introverted in conversation – willing to listen 70 percent of the time. They build not just contacts but actual friendships by engaging people on multiple levels. If you’re interested in a new field, they can reel off the names of ten people you should know. They are discriminating in their personal recommendations since character judgment is their primary currency.

Similarly, people who can capture amorphous trends with a clarifying label also have enormous worth. Karl Popper observed that there are clock problems and cloud problems. Clock problems can be divided into parts, but cloud problems are indivisible emergent systems. A culture problem is a cloud, so is a personality, an era and a social environment.

Since it is easier to think deductively, most people try to turn cloud problems into clock problems, but a few people are able to look at a complex situation, grasp the gist and clarify it by naming what is going on.

Such people tend to possess negative capacity, the ability to live with ambiguity and not leap to premature conclusions. They can absorb a stream of disparate data and rest in it until they can synthesize it into one trend, pattern or generalization.

Such people can create a mental model that helps you think about a phenomenon. As Oswald Chambers put it, “The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance.”

We can all think of many other skills that are especially valuable right now: Making nonhuman things intuitive to humans: This is what Steve Jobs did.

Purpose provision: Many people go through life overwhelmed by options, afraid of closing off opportunities. But a few have fully cultivated moral passions and can help others choose the one thing they should dedicate themselves to.

Opposability: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” For some reason I am continually running across people who believe this is the ability their employees and bosses need right now.

Cross-class expertise: In a world dividing along class, ethic and economic grounds some people are culturally multilingual. They can operate in an insular social niche while seeing it from the vantage point of an outsider.

One gets the impression we’re confronted by a giant cultural lag.

The economy emphasizes a new generation of skills, but our vocabulary describes the set required 30 years ago. Lord, if somebody could just identify the skills it takes to give a good briefing these days, that feat alone would deserve the Nobel Prize.

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Israel’s Gilded Age Why did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel feel the need to wag the dog in Washington?

For that was, of course, what he was doing in his antiIran speech to Congress. If you’re seriously trying to affect U.S. foreign policy, you don’t insult the president and so obviously align yourself with his political opposition. No, the real purpose of that speech was to distract the Israeli electorate with saber-rattling bombast, to shift its attention away from the economic discontent that, polls suggest, may well boot Netanyahu from office in Tuesday’s election.

But wait: Why are Israelis discontented?

After all, Israel’s economy has performed well by the usual measures.

NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE It weathered the financial crisis with minimal damage. Over the longer term, it has grown more rapidly than most other advanced economies and has developed into a high-technology powerhouse. What is there to complain about?

The answer, which I don’t think is widely appreciated here, is that while Israel’s economy has grown, this growth has been accompanied by a disturbing transformation in the country’s income distribution and society. Once upon a time, Israel was a country of egalitarian ideals – the kibbutz population was always a small minority, but it had a large impact on the nation’s self-perception. And it was a fairly equal society in reality, too, right up to the early 1990s.

Since then, however, Israel has experienced a dramatic widening of income disparities. Key measures of inequality have soared; Israel is now right up there with America as one of the most unequal societies in the advanced world. And Israel’s experience shows that this matters, that extreme inequality has a corrosive effect on social and political life.

Consider what has happened at either end of the spectrum – the growth in poverty, on one side, and extreme wealth, on the other.

According to Luxembourg Income Study data, the share of Israel’s population living on less than half the country’s median income – a widely accepted definition of relative poverty – more than doubled, to 20.5 percent from 10.2 percent, between 1992 and 2010. The share of children in poverty almost quadrupled, to 27.4 percent from 7.8 percent. Both numbers are the worst in the advanced world, by a large margin.

Paul Krugman

And when it comes to children, in particular, relative poverty is the right concept. Families that live on much lower incomes than those of their fellow citizens will, in important ways, be alienated from the society around them, unable to participate fully in the life of the nation. Children growing up in such families will surely be placed at a permanent disadvantage.

At the other end, while the available data – puzzlingly – don’t show an especially large share of income going to the top 1 percent, there is an extreme concentration of wealth and power among a tiny group of people at the top. And I mean tiny. According to the Bank of Israel, roughly 20 families control companies that account for half the total value of Israel’s stock market. The nature of that control is convoluted and obscure, working through “pyramids” in which a family controls a firm that in turn controls other firms and so on. Although the Bank of Israel is circumspect in its language, it is clearly worried about the potential this concentration of control creates for self-dealing.

Still, why is Israeli inequality a political issue?

Because it didn’t have to be this extreme.

You might think that Israeli inequality is a natural outcome of a high-tech economy that generates strong demand for skilled labor – or, perhaps, reflects the importance of minority populations with low incomes, namely Arabs and ultrareligious Jews. It turns out, however, that those high poverty rates largely reflect policy choices: Israel does less to lift people out of poverty than any other advanced country – yes, even less than the United States.

Meanwhile, Israel’s oligarchs owe their position not to innovation and entrepreneurship but to their families’ success in gaining control of businesses that the government privatized in the 1980s – and they arguably retain that position partly by having undue influence over government policy, combined with control of major banks.

In short, the political economy of the promised land is now characterized by harshness at the bottom and at least soft corruption at the top. And many Israelis see Netanyahu as part of the problem. He’s an advocate of free-market policies; he has a Chris Christie-like penchant for living large at taxpayers’ expense, while clumsily pretending otherwise.

So Netanyahu tried to change the subject from internal inequality to external threats, a tactic those who remember the Bush years should find completely familiar. We’ll find out soon whether he succeeded.

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The NFL’s Borland Rejects Football

Far, far more significant than this week’s resignation of 33-yearold Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican freshman egotist from the U.S. Congress, is the resignation of Chris Borland, an even younger 24-yearold National Football League player. Both are described as the youngest ever to resign from their respective professions.

The two stories were reported side-by-side on the front page of Wednesday’s Washington Post, but that’s where any remote notion of equivalency ends. The Post report was actually another brave column

by Thomas Boswell, who has written before about the heightened dangers to the brains of participants in football.

Described as “one of the NFL’s brightest young stars,” Borland made it public on Tuesday that his decision FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS to quit football after just one year in the pros was out of concern for health risks associated with head injuries.

The data about head injuries and football is stunning, even though the most insidious impact of the sport on the brain cannot be actually measured until a former player is dead. That’s because there is currently no test that can indicate the extent of the most serious form of injury, “chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),” damages the brain, from slowing or impairing all the functions a brain is good for to creating horrible suffering (leading to suicides, as in the case of NFL star Junior Seau at age 43) and complete dementia later in life.

But in cases where bodies of former players were exhumed and autopsies performed to detect the presence of CTE, the results have been staggering. The numbers indicate an astonishingly high percentage. The tortured Seau killed himself with a shot to the heart in order to preserve his brain for medical study, a final, tragic act of public service by a man always known for his kindness off the field.

This evidence has been mounting in recent years, and officials of the multi-billion dollar business that is professional football have been doing everything from stonewalling to outright lying about it. Now, in NFL-supported pre-high school youth football programs, neurologists are very concerned for the added susceptibility to serious injuries of constant head traumas, even when the tell-tale indicators of an actual concussion are not present.

If somebody wants to argue that there’s a more important organ (if you want to call it that) than the brain, let them bring that one on.

The brain is a very vulnerable organ, which is why in the evolution of mankind, it has been housed in a very hard and relatively unyielding protective cranium, or skull. But one consequence of that is the heightened vulnerability of the brain when it comes to absorbing direct blows to the skull.

When the head is struck, the brain, which kind of sloshes around inside the skull is slammed up against it and bruised. Doing that over and over again can introduce permanent injury.

Now, this outcome can result from other contact sports, often in boxing and ice hockey. Boxing’s role as a major national sport has been considerably diminished by the unavoidable evidence of brain damage, but in no other sport beside football are repeated head traumas in the actual core playing out of the game, in practices all week long and in the games on the weekends.

But football – from high school where it is almost a religion (“Friday Night Lights”) in some parts of the country, to college where huge stadiums are filled all across the U.S. every week for half a year, to professional, where the athletes compete by the combination of factors, speed and mass, that inflict the maximum blow on each other – is a big time business.

More than just a business, it has replaced the comparatively leisurely sport of baseball as the national passtime, or obsession. In the past half century, it has become part and parcel of a macho, militaristic culture that is seeming to careen off the rails.

Choose your poison: the ways in which this culture numbs brains – alcohol, drugs, television situation comedies, porn, sports – serves to allow a ruling elite to abuse 99 percent of the public to their own gain.

Alas, maybe football will just go on.

Nicholas F. Benton

 Nicholas Benton may be emailed at nfbenton@fcnp.com.

An Open Letter to The Clinton Republic WASHINGTON – Since open letters to secretive and duplicitous regimes are in fashion, we would like to post an Open Letter to the Leaders of the Clinton Republic of Chappaqua: It has come to our attention while observing your machinations during your attempted restoration that you may not fully understand our constitutional system.

Thus, we are writing to bring to your attention two features of our democracy: the importance of preserving historical records and the ill-advised gluttony of an American feminist icon wallowing in regressive Middle Eastern states’ payola.

You should seriously consider these characteristics of our nation as the Campaign-That-Must-Not-BeNamed progresses.

If you, Hillary Rodham Clinton, are willing to cite your mother’s funeral to get sympathy for ill-advisedly deleting 30,000 emails, it just makes us want to sigh: OK, just take it. If you want it that bad, go ahead and be president and leave us in peace.

You’re still idling on NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE the runway, but we’re already jet-lagged. It’s all so drearily familiar that I know we’re only moments away from James Carville writing a column in David Brock’s Media Matters, headlined, “In Private, Hillary’s Really a Hoot.”

When you grin and call out to your supporters, like at the Emily’s List anniversary gala, “Don’t you someday want to see a woman president of the United States of America?” the answer is: Yes, it would be thrilling.

But, what is the trade-off that will be exacted by the Chappaqua Republic for that yearned-for moment?

When the Rogue State of Bill began demonizing Monica Lewinsky as a troubled stalker, you knew you could count on the complicity of feminists and Democratic women in Congress. Bill’s female Cabinet members and feminist supporters had no choice but to accept the unappetizing quid pro quo: The Clintons would give women progressive public policies as long as the women didn’t assail Bill for his regressive private behavior with women.

Now you, Hillary, are following the same disheartening “We’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse” pattern. You started the “Guernica” press conference defending your indefensible droit du seigneur over your State Department emails by referring to women’s rights and denouncing the letter to Iran from Republican senators as “out of step with the best traditions of American leadership.”

Maureen Dowd

None of what you said made any sense. Keeping a single account mingling business and personal with your own server wasn’t about “convenience.” You became judge and jury on what’s relevant because you didn’t want to leave digital fingerprints for others to retrace. You insisted on piggybacking on Bill’s server, even though his aides were worried about hackers, because you were gaming the system for 2016.

Suffused with paranoia and pre-emptive defensiveness, you shrugged off The One’s high-minded call for the Most Transparent Administration in History.

The subtext of your news conference cut through the flimsy rationales like a dagger: “You can have the first woman president. You can get rid of those epically awful Republicans who have vandalized Congress, marginalized the president and jeopardized our Iran policy.

You can get a more progressive American society. But, in return, you must accept our foibles and protect us.”

Because you assume that if it’s good for the Clintons, it’s good for the world, you’re always tangling up government policy with your own needs, desires, deceptions, marital bargains and gremlins. Instead of raising us up by behaving like exemplary, sterling people, you bring us down to your own level, a place of blurred lines and fungible ethics and sleazy associates.

Bill, your pathology is more human and interesting.

It’s almost like you need to create messes to see if your extraordinary political gifts can get you out of them.

It’s a fatherless boy’s “How Much Do You Love Me?” syndrome. Do you love me enough to let me get away with THIS? Hillary, your syndrome is less mortal, more regal, a matter of “What Is Hillary Owed?” Ronald Reagan seemed like an ancient king, as one aide put it, gliding across the landscape. You seem like an annoyed queen, radiating irritation at anyone who tries to hold you accountable. You’re less rhetorically talented than Bill but more controlling, so it’s harder for you to navigate out of tough spots.

No Drama Obama and his advisers are clearly appalled to be drawn into your shadowy shenanigans, just as Al Gore once was. Whatever else you say about this president, he has no shadows.

We hope this letter enriches your knowledge of our constitutional system and promotes mutual understanding and clarity as the campaign progresses.

Sincerely, America

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

News of Greater Falls Church

By Supervisor Penny Gross

Earlier this month, the Seven Corners Special Plan is general in nature, and outlines a variety of Working Group (SWG) completed its review of pro- recommendations for land uses, transportation needs, posals to amend Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) public facilities, such as schools, parks, libraries, fire language for Opportunity Area C, the “Sears” site. stations, and other items. Comp Plan amendments The Seven Corners/Willston Visioning Task Force may not result automatically in redevelopment. previously spent nearly two-and-a-half years study- Most Comp Plan recommendations are long-term in ing the area, making recommendations for changes nature – the Seven Corners/Willston draft is based for Opportunity Areas A (Willston) and B (Seven on a 40-year planning horizon. Most current leases Corners Shopping Center), but the Task Force could still have years to run, but property owners need to not come to consensus on recommendations for Area be able to plan their future investments for sustainable businesses serving current and future customers.

C. That’s when I asked several civic and homeowner The Comp Plan helps them do that, and encourages associations to select representatives to serve on the community involvement in the process. Change can Special Working Group, chaired by Ravenwood resi- be managed, and the Comp Plan process is a good dent Marty Faga. The 11-member panel spent more place to start.

Reminders: The Mason District Budget Town than three months, working through the holidays, to reassess language for the draft plan. Draft plans Meeting will be held tonight, beginning at 7 p.m., were circulated to their neighborhoods by the SWG at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 members and, on March 3, the SWG recommended, Columbia Pike in Annandale. County Executive unanimously, the following language for the “Sears” Edward L. Long, Jr. will discuss his proposed FY2016 budget that currently is being considered site: by the Board of Supervisors. A question and answer • 60 townhouses vs. 72, as previously proposed; • 275 multifamily units vs. 375 previously pro- period will follow Mr. Long’s presentation.

The grand re-opening celebration of the posed; Woodrow Wilson Library is this Saturday morning • 50,000 square feet of office; at 10 a.m. at the library, 6101 Knollwood Drive, • 40,000 square feet of retail; • 45,000 square feet for theatre/entertainment retail; in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads. Come SWG Chairman Marty Faga noted that “These see a gorgeous expanded facility that will serve the numbers clearly reflect community buy-in for the community for decades to come. A Lion Dance will concept of mixed-use development on the site.” The be featured at 11 a.m., and the Kaydee Puppet show recommended language must be incorporated into the will be at 3 p.m. All events are free, and geared to draft Comp Plan language for the area, in preparation the whole family! for review by staff and the community. All Comp Plan amendments must be approved by the Planning  Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Commission and the Board of Supervisors in a reguT: 5.6875 in Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be lar public process. Fairfax County’s Comprehensive emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

want better health care? start asking more questions. to your doctor. to your pharmacist. to your nurse. what are the test results? what about side effects? don’t fully understand your prescriptions? don’t leave confused. because the most important question is the one you should have asked. go to www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer or call 1-800-931-AHRQ (2477) for the 10 questions every patient should ask. questions are the answer.

Delegate Marcus Simon’s

Richmond Report Earlier this month I wrote a letter to Governor McAuliffe urging him to rewrite the Ethics legislation that the General Assembly approved in the waning hours of our abbreviated regular session on February 27. I was joined by five of my House of Delegates colleagues. The six of us were the only members of the House who voted no when the bill was originally before us.

Although the Conference Committee’s report, which combined the House and Senate versions of the bill, was approved unanimously, we wanted the Governor to understand that the vote should not be taken as a sign that there was universal agreement that the legislation was adequate. Many of us were in the queue to speak to the report and ask questions of the conferees when Republican lawmakers abruptly ended debate.

The Speaker further refused to acknowledge any debate whatsoever on the Senate version of the legislation. Had we had the opportunity to more thoroughly discuss our concerns, we believe the House would have rejected the Conference Report and requested a second committee of conference with the Senate to correct some glaring deficiencies in this legislation, given that session wasn’t scheduled to adjourn until the following day.

I believe the explanation of the 48 page bill and the 15 minutes or so we were given to review it caused some members to rely on misstatements about what the report did and did not do. Specifically, we were told that this bill, although imperfect, went farther to restrict gifts than the current law.

In fact, the Ethics Bill that was sent to the Governor would eliminate the current $250 annual gift limit in favor of an unlimited number of $100 gifts. So while it might appear that we are decreasing the gift limit form $250 to $100, the bill actually allows for no cap whatsoever on the total gift amount an individual could give an elected official, so long as they broke it up into $100 increments.

Here are other shortcomings with the bill that we have asked the Governor to address. The current proposal does not prohibit gift splitting to prevent a lobbyist from exceeding even the $100 gift limit by allocating the cost to multiple clients.

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does not incorporate recommendations of the Governor’s ethics commission to empower the Ethics Council to audit, receive and investigate signed complaints, subpoena records, and refer for prosecution and to mandate the Ethics Council audit a minimum number of Statements of Economic Interest and Campaign Finance Reports on an annual basis.

In the rush to finish work on the conference report, the last bill of the session, a day early, the Bill leaves open a number of loopholes with respect to travel and attendance at events. There are no limits on travel to and from the General Assembly Session or other events that are related to a legislator’s official duties.

Not only that, but because such travel is exempted from the definition of a gift, it doesn’t even have to be reported. If a lobbyist wants to send me back and forth to Richmond by limo every week during session, there doesn’t seem to be anything in the law that requires me to refuse or even report such largess.

The new bill also removed a list of prohibited donors for General Assembly members.

Current law prohibits all gifts from lobbyists, lobbyist’s principals, or individuals seeking a contract from the state. Now only gifts above the limit from lobbyists and lobbyist’s principals would be prohibited.

Finally, the bill fails to address the biggest loophole of all.

Campaign finance funds should not be available for use for personal purposes. Monies donated for campaigns should be used for campaigns and not for members’ gasoline, mobile phones, meals, or utilities on their residence – especially such expenses during session when we are compensated for those items via a per diem and mileage reimbursement.

Virginians want and deserve a government they can trust. Public confidence in their local governments and the General Assembly has suffered after the trial of former Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife. I hope the Governor will consider making the changes outlined above and send us an ethics bill worthy of our great Commonwealth in time for the reconvened session on April 15.  Delegate Simon represents the 53rd District in the Virginia House of Delegates. He may be emailed at DelMSimon@house.virginia.gov

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Anthony’s • 3000 Annandale Road Applebee’s • 127 East Broad St. Argia’s • 124 North Washington St Dogwood Tavern • 132 West Broad St. Famous Dave’s • 370 West Broad St. Garden Grille at Hilton Garden Inn • 706 West Broad St.  Idylwood Grill • 2190 Pimmit Drive

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Spend less time searching and more time eating during Falls Church Restaurant Week using this handy map plotting out all this year’s participants.  Ireland’s Four Provinces • 105 West Broad St.  La Côte D’Or Café • 6876 Lee Highway  The Locker Room • 502 West Broad St.  Mad Fox Brewing Company • 444 West Broad St.  Open Road Grill & Icehouse • 8100 Lee Highway

 Pizzeria Orso • 400 South Maple Ave.  Saffron Indian Cuisine • 1077 West Broad St.  Sfizi Cafe • 800 West Broad St.  Taco Bamba • 2190 Pimmit Drive  Trio Grill • 8100 Lee Highway  Yayla Bistro • 2201 N. Westmoreland St.  Zpizza • 1051 West Broad St.

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MAD FOX EXECUTIVE CHEF TRAVIS WEISS (left), stirs the filling for the restaurant’s St. Patrick’s Day Sheppard’s Pie. Weiss is currently conceiving dishes for the restaurant’s spring menu, which he plans to roll out in mid-April. (Photo: News-Press)

Falls Church Chefs Get Kitchens, Menus Ready for Spring Season

by Drew Costley

Falls Church News-Press

Travis Weiss, executive chef at Mad Fox Brewery, said that he works the opposite way of a lot of other chefs when creating new dishes for the Falls Church restaurant. Whereas many chefs conceive a dish in their heads, then go fetch the ingredients needed for that dish, Weiss lets the ingredients inspire the recipes he creates, he said.

Another thing that sets Weiss’ creative process apart from other chefs, at least locally, is the ingredient he tries to center many of his dishes around: beer.

“One of my main ingredients comes from that room right there,” Weiss said, pointing to Mad Fox’s brew room. “And I try to use beer in as many of my dishes as possible. So when my dishes start to come to life or take shape, it’s based on what beers are coming out.

“For this time of year we’re doing an irish stout called St. James Irish Stout and we’re doing an Irish red, and so I’m using those to cook with. The beer is my biggest influence.”

Mad Fox’s beer menu changes weekly, gradually marking the changing seasons, but Weiss, along with a few other restaurants in Falls Church, has seasonal menu changes coming up. The News-Press spoke to the executive chefs at three different restaurants in the city to see what goes into creating a new menu to help bring in a new season.

LOCALLY SOURCED Bertrand Chemel, recently hired as the corporate chef at Pizzeria Orso and executive chef at Orso’s sister restaurant, 2941, said that he is focused on using local ingredients in the dishes he creates for both restaurants.

Right now, the restaurants he oversees are importing ingredients from the West Coast, but he said that he plans to visit the Falls Church farmers’ market when he gets back.

“I’m going to go the Falls Church market on Saturday and see what they have,” Chemel said.

“The idea is to feature new dishes from the farmers’ market every weekend. During the summer, spring and fall, we’ll go to

the market every weekend and we’ll see what they have and then we’ll create a dish or two for the weekend featuring local ingredients.”

The idea of using locally- or regionally-sourced ingredients is nothing new. All of the chefs who spoke to the News-Press about their creative process said that they strive to use local ingredients.

Chris Lefbom, owner of Dogwood Tavern, said that some of the ingredients used in the Virginia southern dishes at his restaurant are locally-sourced and others are imported.

But Mad Fox takes it a step further. According to Weiss, the restaurant makes nearly everything they serve from scratch, except for their bread, which they get from Lyon Bakery in Washington, D.C. When it comes sourcing, Weiss listed a few regional distributors that Mad Fox gets their ingredients from.

He said they get their beef from 1855 and their eggs from from Saunder’s Eggs – both distributors based out of Pennsylvania.

He said that he’s planning a pork belly dinner soon at the restaurant, and that the restaurant is going to

get the pork from Polyface Farms in Swoope, Va. “I try to stay as local as possible,” Weiss said. “Sometimes that’s hard, based on the weather and based on the season.”

WEATHER OR NOT Because all of these chefs are trying to use local farmers for the ingredients in their menus, they are also dependent on the weather, which dictates what and when ingredients are available. For example, a lot of chefs, including Mad Fox’s Weiss, have been using ramps in dishes more frequently in recent years.

But the availability of ramps this year has been delayed because of the record-breaking low temperatures recently, the amount of snow this region has gotten and how long the winter has lasted.

Weiss offered this problem as an example of how the weather impacts the roll out of a spring menu.

“Ramps are a big ingredient for the spring time,” Weiss said. “But because of the cold weather – usually ramps would be hitting right around now – they’re not really

springing yet. They’ll probably be ready in about three or four weeks.

Because it’s been so cold and because of the snow, they never had a chance to sprout. So it can definitely push your menu back.”

Chemel, who apprenticed as a chef in his native France, agreed that weather impacts when the availability of spring menu ingredients. “I’m waiting for the ramps to come, which should be pretty soon when it starts to get a little bit warmer,” he said.

Although Chemel said that he’s waiting on the ramps to be ready for harvest, 2941 rolled out its spring 2015 menu this week. The menu at Pizzeria Orso will be changed over the next few weeks, Chemel told the News-Press from Los Angeles, where he’s working on getting certified as a professional pizzaiolo.

“As the weather gives us the ingredients, we’ll start changing the menu,” Chemel said. Although late March marks the beginning of spring on the calendar every year, that doesn’t mean that “Mother Nature” will provide spring ingredients, he said.

“So we also don’t want to rush to use spring ingredients, when they’re not high quality product,” he said. “I mean here in California, it’s 85 to 95 degrees, but when I left [Falls Church] it was in the 30s, and we were still cleaning the snow away.”

THE CREATIVE PROCESS Much like Weiss, Will Sullivan, who was recently hired as the executive chef at Dogwood Tavern, as well as Lefbom’s three Arlington County restaurants, starts the menu creation process with ingredients.

“I start with ingredients and what I think would work together,” said Sullivan, a Falls Church native. “And then I put some stuff down on paper and get the protein and vegetables that I think work well together and obviously a sauce to tie all together.”

Like many creative processes, there’s an ethereal aspect to how Sullivan, and other chefs, create recipes. “I can’t exactly explain the full process,” Sullivan said.

“It kind of just, over the years, you know all the experience and all the food I’ve seen, I’ve just learned what works together and what doesn’t and come up with new flavor profiles that you think would be good and that the customers would enjoy and what would make diners happy in general.”

And the process at every restaurant is unique. For example, Weiss’ menu creation process at Mad Fox is beer-centric.

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Mixing Up the Drink Menu, Too

FRESHLY-MADE PORK BELLY CONFIT (left), one of Mad Fox’s new spring dishes that incorporates a house-made apple kimchi, sits atop Mad Fox’s kitchen counter. On the right, Mad Fox’s Albacore Tuna Burger incorporates cucumber, radish slaw and yuzu aioli. (Photo: News-Press) a lot of different restaurants, our food is great, but the beer is the star,” Weiss said.

“I help support the beer and the beer supports me. But I use the beer as an ingredient, not just something that you pair along with a dish. I put beer in everything I make.”

This differs from the process at Dogwood Tavern, a restaurant that specializes in Virginia southern dishes. Lefbom said that they are currently looking to change the signature burger menu at Dogwood. The process goes as

follows: “We’ll tell Will that we want to change our signature burgers, for instance, and he’ll come up with a couple that are different than what we have and he makes them, lets us try them. And if we like them, we’ll add those to the menu.”

Sullivan, who’s in the process of rolling out menu changes at all of Lefbom’s restaurants, said that he plans to bring some contemporary Southern dishes to Dogwood’s menu.

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on the menus at the Arlington restaurants – Ragtime in Courthouse, William Jeffrey’s Tavern on Columbia Pike and Rhodeside Grill just east of Courthouse – he’ll be working on rolling out a new menu at Dogwood in the late Spring/early Summer.

“Also, with the patio opening up, we’ll try to make things fresh and nice and change up a couple salads,” Sullivan said. “We also talked about doing some oyster roasts on the roof deck, coming up in the summer.”

He said he is planning on using ingredients like English peas, Spring onions and, perhaps, some different potatoes. Lefbom added that Dogwood, where they do two seasonal menu changes a year, will switch to some lighter offerings for the spring and summer time.

“For instance, we have chili on the menu right now,” Lefbom said.

“We’ll probably take the chili off the menu and put on a lighter soup. If it’s 90 degrees out, chili doesn’t seem like the best option.”

Falls Church restaurants are preparing to change the drink menus in addition to changing the food menu for the spring season.

Paul Taylor, beverage director at all of Lefbom’s restaurants, said that, while nothing’s set in stone, the cocktail menu at Dogwood Tavern will definitely change to incorporate more seasonal beverages.

“People tend to drink heartier drinks during the winter and more effervescent, lighter drinks that you can have multiple servings of in the spring and summer,” Taylor said.

For example, Dogwood’s Virginian cocktail will stay on the menu, but will likely be paired with blueberries or cherries to give it a seasonal twist.

The beer menu at Mad Fox changes weekly throughout the year, but Weiss said the beer offerings will soon begin to reflect the spring season.

“Coming into the spring season, you’ll probably start seeing some hoppier beers, lighter beers, probably some saisons and stuff like that,” he said.

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3-Course Dinner Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday for $35 Choice from three appetizers, two main courses and three desserts T�� L����� R��� 502 West Broad Street #5, Falls Church thelockerroomfc.com

But 1 entree, get 50% off second entree M�� F�� B������ C������ 444 West Broad Street, Falls Church madfoxbrewing.com

Falls Church Restaurant Week-Long Specials: Soup of the Day: Beer Cheese Soup, Candied Neuskes Bacon, House Pickled Jalapenos, $4/$7 Entree (dinner only): Full rack St. Louis Style Ribs, Ale BBQ Sauce, Byrd Mill Kolsch Grits, Defender APA Braised Collard Greens, Roasted Apples, $21 Pizza: “The Rock Lobster” - Mac-N-Cheese, Gruyere, Butter Poached Lobster, Neuske Bacon, Truf�le Oil, Chives, Lunch Size- $9, 10” - $15, 14” - $25 Mussels: PEI Mussels, Sundried Tomatoes, Chevre Goat Cheese, Rosemary, Abbay Des Chutes, $12 Fish Market (lunch only): Fish Tacos - Tempura Fried Maryland Cat�ish, Red Corn Tortillas, Cojita, Crema, Pickled Red Onions, Cabbage, $12 Epic Burger: ”Cluck Moo” - Savory Kolsch Funnel Cake Waf�le Bun, House-Ground 8 oz. 3-Cut Burger Patty, Fried Chicken Skins, Orange Whip Cracked Pepper Maple Syrup, Grilled House Chicken Nugget, Tilamook Cheddar, Dijon Aioli, $19 O��� R��� G���� � I������� 8100 Lee Highway, Falls Church openroadmerri�ield.com 1/2 Off All Desserts

Margherita DOC - tomato, bufala mozzarella, basil Diavola - tomato, pepperoni, mozzarella Italian Sandwich - mozzarella, spicy aioli, salami, prosciutto, arugula S������ I����� C������ 1077 West Broad Street, Falls Church saffronfc.com

Around the World With Falls Church Restaurant Week World cuisine is well represented in this years’ Falls Church Restaurant Week lineup with participants serving up cuisine from eight different countries. Give your mouth a world tour all week long, right here in The Little City.

$10 Off $50 check, $20 Off $100 Check, 20% Off Lunch Buffett S���� C��� 2190 Pimmit Drive, Falls Church tacobambarestaurant.com

Ireland

Ireland’s Four Provinces

20% Off Lunch & Dinner Monday - Thursday; 20% Off Lunch Friday & Saturday T��� B���� 6168 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church neworleanscajunseafoodva.com

Three Traditional Tacos and Grilled Mexican Corn for $10 T��� G���� 8100 Lee Highway, Falls Church triomerri�ield.com 3-Course Meal for $45

Appetizer (choose 1): Soup or Salad

Entree (choose 1): Scallops, Salmon or Filet Mignon Dessert (choose 1): Key Lime Pie or Chocolate Cake Y���� B����� 2201 North Westmoreland Street, Arlington yaylabistro.com

3-Course Prix Fixe Menu Lunch for $20.95 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu Dinner for $30.95 ������ 1051 West Broad Street, Falls Church zpizza.com Buy One Pizza, Get One Pizza FREE

(Free pizza must be of equal or lesser value. Cannot combine offers. Limit 1 free pizza per person.)

Mexico

Taco Bamba

United States

France

Turkey La Cote D’Or Applebee’s Yayla Bistro Dogwood Tavern Famous Dave’s Greece Garden Grille at Hilton Garden Inn Italy Anthony’s Idylwood Grill Argia’s The Locker Room Pizzeria Orso Mad Fox Brewing Company Sfizi Cafe Open Road Grill & Icehouse Trio Grill Zpizza

India

Saffron Indian Cuisine

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The News-Press is proud to present the 3rd Annual Falls Church Restaurant Week! This year’s event features an exciting selection of restaurants from in and around The Little City serving up special dining deals all week long starting Monday, March 23 and running through Sunday, March 29. All partcipating restaurants and their dining specials are listed below and are also available online at www.fcrestaurantweek.com. Happy eating Falls Church!

A������’� 3000 Annandale Road, Falls Church anthonysrestaurantva.com

I������� G���� 2190 Pimmit Drive #B, Falls Church idylwoodgrill.com

P������� O��� 400 South Maple Avenue, Falls Church pizzeriaorso.com

$5 off purchase of $30 or more

3-Course Lunch from entire lunch menu and desserts for $20.15 3-Course Dinner from entire dinner menu and desserts for $30.15

Lunch Special for $12 (Choose 1, includes soft beverage or ice tea)

A�������’� 127 East Broad Street, Falls Church applebees.com Bourbon Street Steak - cajun-spiced steak served with sauteed onions and mushrooms - $13.99 A����’� 124 North Washington Street, Falls Church argias.com 2-Course Lunch (no dessert) for $12.95 3-Course Dinner for $21.95

Appetizer (choose soup or salad): Salad: Mixed green or Caesar Soup: Minestrone or Soup of the Day Entree (choose one): Pasta: Homemade spinach fettuccini with sautéed shrimp, sun-dried tomatoes, zucchini, and brussel sprouts tossed in a hazelnut brown butter sauce Fish: Blackened Tilapia capped with an arugula and grape tomato salad served over sweet mashed potatoes Carne: Chicken Florentine stuffed with asiago cheese, spinach, red bell peppers and cremini mushrooms topped with a basil cream sauce and served alongside homemade linguine tossed in an aglio e oilo sauce Dessert (choose 1): Warm blueberry cobbler with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or a lemon truf�le tartufo D������ T����� 132 West Broad Street, Falls Church dogwoodtavern.com

Appetizer: $11 - Oyster Bienville - 5 Blue Point oysters topped with a traditional cajun shrimp and mushroom brandy cream sauce, baked to perfection Lunch & Dinner Special: $15 - Chicken Pot Pie - housemade and traditional, served with arugula side salad F����� D���’� 370 West Broad Street, Falls Church famousdaves.com

1/2 slab platter of ribs (St. Louis-style of Baby Back) with choice of dessert, paired with choice of small draft beer or glass of wine for $25 G����� G����� �� H����� G����� I�� 706 West Broad Street, Falls Church gardeninn.hilton.com/fallschurch

Breakfast Buffet - 20% off; 10% off dinner entrees, Monday - Friday; 1/2 off all soup, salads and �lat bread

I������’� F��� P�������� 105 West Broad Street, Falls Church 4psva.com

3-Course Dinner for $26.99 includes Super Salad, Choice of Three Entrees and Specialty Desserts L� C��� D’O� C��� 6875 Lee Highway, Arlington lacotedorcafe.com

3-Course Dinner Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday for $35 Choice from three appetizers, two main courses and three desserts T�� L����� R��� 502 West Broad Street #5, Falls Church thelockerroomfc.com

But 1 entree, get 50% off second entree M�� F�� B������ C������ 444 West Broad Street, Falls Church madfoxbrewing.com

Falls Church Restaurant Week-Long Specials: Soup of the Day: Beer Cheese Soup, Candied Neuskes Bacon, House Pickled Jalapenos, $4/$7 Entree (dinner only): Full rack St. Louis Style Ribs, Ale BBQ Sauce, Byrd Mill Kolsch Grits, Defender APA Braised Collard Greens, Roasted Apples, $21 Pizza: “The Rock Lobster” - Mac-N-Cheese, Gruyere, Butter Poached Lobster, Neuske Bacon, Truf�le Oil, Chives, Lunch Size- $9, 10” - $15, 14” - $25 Mussels: PEI Mussels, Sundried Tomatoes, Chevre Goat Cheese, Rosemary, Abbay Des Chutes, $12 Fish Market (lunch only): Fish Tacos - Tempura Fried Maryland Cat�ish, Red Corn Tortillas, Cojita, Crema, Pickled Red Onions, Cabbage, $12 Epic Burger: ”Cluck Moo” - Savory Kolsch Funnel Cake Waf�le Bun, House-Ground 8 oz. 3-Cut Burger Patty, Fried Chicken Skins, Orange Whip Cracked Pepper Maple Syrup, Grilled House Chicken Nugget, Tilamook Cheddar, Dijon Aioli, $19 O��� R��� G���� � I������� 8100 Lee Highway, Falls Church openroadmerri�ield.com 1/2 Off All Desserts

Margherita DOC - tomato, bufala mozzarella, basil Diavola - tomato, pepperoni, mozzarella Italian Sandwich - mozzarella, spicy aioli, salami, prosciutto, arugula S������ I����� C������ 1077 West Broad Street, Falls Church saffronfc.com

Around the World With Falls Church Restaurant Week World cuisine is well represented in this years’ Falls Church Restaurant Week lineup with participants serving up cuisine from eight different countries. Give your mouth a world tour all week long, right here in The Little City.

$10 Off $50 check, $20 Off $100 Check, 20% Off Lunch Buffett S���� C��� 2190 Pimmit Drive, Falls Church tacobambarestaurant.com

Ireland

Ireland’s Four Provinces

20% Off Lunch & Dinner Monday - Thursday; 20% Off Lunch Friday & Saturday T��� B���� 6168 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church neworleanscajunseafoodva.com

Three Traditional Tacos and Grilled Mexican Corn for $10 T��� G���� 8100 Lee Highway, Falls Church triomerri�ield.com 3-Course Meal for $45

Appetizer (choose 1): Soup or Salad

Entree (choose 1): Scallops, Salmon or Filet Mignon Dessert (choose 1): Key Lime Pie or Chocolate Cake Y���� B����� 2201 North Westmoreland Street, Arlington yaylabistro.com

3-Course Prix Fixe Menu Lunch for $20.95 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu Dinner for $30.95 ������ 1051 West Broad Street, Falls Church zpizza.com Buy One Pizza, Get One Pizza FREE

(Free pizza must be of equal or lesser value. Cannot combine offers. Limit 1 free pizza per person.)

Mexico

Taco Bamba

United States

France

Turkey La Cote D’Or Applebee’s Yayla Bistro Dogwood Tavern Famous Dave’s Greece Garden Grille at Hilton Garden Inn Italy Anthony’s Idylwood Grill Argia’s The Locker Room Pizzeria Orso Mad Fox Brewing Company Sfizi Cafe Open Road Grill & Icehouse Trio Grill Zpizza

India

Saffron Indian Cuisine

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the little city’s most social restaurants

In this day and age, restaurants need more than just a website to establish an online presence. The rise of social networks has given both diners and restaurateurs a new way to share and advertise their eating experiences through check ins, food photos, daily specials and more. We looked at restaurants throughout Falls Church to find The Little City’s most connected and social joints. We limited our search to local non-chains within the City limits and determined the most social spots by tallying likes, followers and check ins on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare.

likes

Mad Fox Brewing Company Dogwood Tavern Clare & Don’s Beach Shack Ireland’s Four Provinces Pizzeria Orso spacebar Argia’s

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followers

6,522 5,770 _2,341 155 72,903 184 91,177 0 81,568 379 51,959 117 5860 33

followers

check ins

549 10,689 100 5,747 0 4,837 0 3,669 2,401 0 2,059 0 1,345 0

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LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO, new Pizzeria Orso corporate chef Bertrand Chemel had no experience with pizza. Today, he’s on his way to becoming a certified pizzaiolo by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana. (Photo: Jody Fellows/News-Press)

Chemel Makes His Latest Challenge Look Like a Breeze at Pizzeria Orso

by Jody Fellows

Falls Church News-Press

Bertrand Chemel has worked at some of the finest restaurants in the world. He’s cooked in the kitchens of Laurent Tourondel and Daniel Boulud and helmed the kitchen of the acclaimed Cafe Boulud in New York City. Since 2008, he’s been the executive chef at Falls Church’s award-winning fine dining restaurant 2941, and just last October he took over the reins at Pizzeria Orso in the City.

But despite his extensive culinary background, up until five months ago, Chemel had no history with

Orso’s signature offering. “I had zero experience when it came to Neapolitan pizza,” he says. In fact, Chemel says he had no experience cooking any kind of pizza.

But with the same drive and motivation that had him sweeping the floor of a local bakery at age 14, Chemel is tackling the pizza world with fervor. So much in fact, that he’s currently in California training for his official Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana certification this week. His goal is for Pizzeria Orso to join an exclusive club as one of the few VPN-certified pizzerias in the area (there are only

five others in D.C., Maryland and Virginia). Neapolitan pizza differs from other styles in that there are strict regulations as to how they are prepared. Everything from the ingredients to the temperature of the oven and even the way the dough is mixed is sanctioned to assure adherence to the tradition of Neapolitan pizza making.

Since he took over Orso last October, Chemel – who’s still the executive chef at 2941 – says the transition has been smooth, mostly because much of the kitchen crew also works at his sister restaurant.

“They’re all my guys,” he says.

But despite the familiarity in the

kitchen, the new Italian cuisine – not to mention the pizza – presents its own set of challenges. Orso is more Mediterranean than the French 2941 and, therefore, relies on different ingredients. “It’s more olive oil, seafood, cured meats,” he says. Evidence of this is a new cured meats and cheese section on the menu with sweet and dry pork sausage, housemade garlic sausage and prosciutto di parma.

Also new are shareables like bruschetta with tomato confit, basil and garlic, a delightful beef tartar crostini dressed in truffle oil and a you’d-swear-it-was-burrata cold parmesan dip drizzled in olive oil and capers. A new octopus appetizer is another example of Chemel’s take on Mediterranean, mixing peppers, smoked eggplant and mozzarella di bufala with chunks of the grilled cephalopod.

Chemel says while the pizza dough recipe has remained largely the same, it’s now a little more yeasty and less sour than before.

As for those Neapolitan pies, the 14-deep lineup keeps the restaurant’s longstanding favorites – the eponymous Orso and Orso Bianco – along with other, more traditional pies like the Margherita DOC and Diavola. And while Chemel respects those classic combinations, he also likes to have some fun.

“There’s a couple on the menu with a little twist,” he says with a smile.

And one of those is, quite literally, a twisted pizza. For the Rotolino, Chemel takes fontina, pecorino, ricotta, prosciutto di Parma and prosciutto cotto and rolls it all up in dough before tossing it in oven. The result is a pizza-calzone hybrid in the shape of a crescent moon with an arugula salad in the middle for good measure.

The other pizza twist is the Orso Di Fumare, an excellent example of Chemel’s deft touch when it comes to smoked vegetables. Sausage, peppers and onions

MARCH 19 - 25, 2015 | PAGE 23 mix with delightfully smoky tomatoes on this one. Another testament to the chef’s wizardry with veggies and fire is his baked eggplant. Don’t be put off by the burnt-looking outside, its amalgamation of sweet, smoky richness is nothing short of wonderful.

Larger plates include pasta dishes like a traditional spaghetti with beef and veal meatballs but also more upscale fare like braised short ribs and pork belly agnolotti and a light and pillowy ricotta gnocchi mixed with spicy sausage and baby kale. There’s a rib eye, in a portion suitable for a cave man, served with grilled onions and crispy potatoes, a chicken parm and a burger that just may be one of the most underrated in the D.C. area.

Along with Chemel, Jonathan Schuyler and Caitlin Dysart – 2941’s wine and beverage director and award-winning pastry chef, respectively – have lent their skills to Orso, too. Schuyler revamped the beverage program (including a new “quartino” wine option that splits the difference between a glass and a bottle) and a new dessert menu from Dysart features standouts like vanilla cream donuts, a playful spin on a sundae with blood orange sorbet and a decadent chocolate cake with nutella cream and toasted hazelnuts.

Chemel says he’ll be a frequent attendee of the Falls Church Farmers Market and his future plans for Orso include an herb garden outside, chilies growing on the patio and he wants to make his own foccacia along with homemade ricotta, too.

For a guy with relatively limited experience with Italian cuisine and someone who just started making pizzas for the first time six months ago, Chemel is certainly a fast learner.

“Orso has been my most challenging restaurant yet,” he says.

He could have fooled me.

A CREAMY PARMESEAN DIP with olive oil (left) and the Orso Di Fumare pizza with smoked tomatoes, mozzarella, roasted peppers and sausage are just two of chef Bertrand Chemel’s newest additions at Pizzeria Orso. (Photos: Jody Fellows/News-Press)

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Little City.

Big Eats.

Featuring a Week Full of Fantastic Dining Deals From: Anthony’s Restaurant • Applebee’s • Argia’s • Dogwood Tavern • Famous Dave‘s Garden Grille at Hilton Garden Inn • Idylwood Grill • Ireland’s Four Provinces La Cote D’Or • The Locker Room • Mad Fox Brewing Company Open Road Grill & Icehouse • Pizzeria Orso • Saffron Indian Cuisine Sfizi Cafe • Taco Bamba • Trio Grill • Yayla Bistro • Zpizza

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Boycott Dolce & Gabana

Stupidity never goes out of fashion. This much was confirmed after Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, a gay Italian couple that designs overpriced clothes, viciously smeared gay families. The traitors’ words were identical to ugly attacks used by anti-gay activists.

In an interview with Italian magazine Panorama, Dolce and Gabbana said, “We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one.

No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.”

If this weren’t insulting enough, the designers called people born through In vitro fertilization “synthetic children.”

In the parlance of their profession, the sickening words just didn’t fit. This is a gay couple in a profession known for welcoming homosexuals, stabbing their colleagues in the back by offering ignorant slurs and trotting out the right wing party line.

The reaction to their calumny was swift and unrelenting. Pop star Elton John read them the riot act, calling their remarks “archaic thinking.” John said he would never again wear D&G clothing.

The singer has good reason to be incensed. He is raising two sons with his husband David Furnish. John has joined other activists by calling for a boycott. This could devastate their business by turning the D&G brand into poison. While a southern fast food company like Chick-fil-A might be able to get away with homophobia, there aren’t too many rednecks wearing D&G. By sliming LGBT families, they have put a dagger through the heart of their customer base. No self-respecting gay person could ever wear D&G again. And no decent friend of gay people would be caught dead wearing the offending fashion.

What was most stunning was the total lack of self-awareness. Dolce replied to the controversy by saying: “I’m Sicilian and I grew up in a traditional family, made up of a mother, a father and children. I am very well aware of the fact that there are other types of families and they are as legitimate as the one I’ve known. But in my personal experience, family had a different configuration. That is the place where I learnt the values of love and family.”

How strange, to have a gay couple of two decades parroting former Pope Benedict’s conservative propaganda. If Dolce and Gabbana want to support the “traditional” Catholic model of family, they at least could be consistent by breaking up and marrying women. Their current position is bizarre, hypocritical, incongruent, and smacks of severe self-loathing.

Sensing that their nonsense may compromise their business, Gabbana responded to John: “I wasn’t expecting it. I wasn’t expecting it from someone like Elton John I used to think – and I stress ‘used to’ – was intelligent. What’s going on? You preach understanding. You preach tolerance. And then you put the knife in? All because someone else doesn’t see things your way? Is that supposed to be a democratic way of thinking? Enlightened?

He’s ignorant, in the sense that he denies ways of seeing things that may not be his but are just as deserving of respect.”

Except these backward views – equal parts foolish and harmful – are not worthy of respect. I just love how idiots like Dolce and Gabbana unconscionably trash other people – even their children – and then balk when there are consequences. The pop star is simply informing consumers before they ultimately make the choice of what to purchase. What John is suggesting is democratic and the epitome of the free market.

The delusional designers don’t seem to get that they have made life more difficult for many children. They are providing fodder for the Religious Right so they can pass laws against LGBT families. They are also inadvertently encouraging school bullies. Does anyone doubt that today, somewhere, a kid being raised by a gay couple was called a “synthetic child” on the playground?

The fact is, virtually every study shows that kids raised in homes with gay parents are just as happy, healthy and successful as other children. By carelessly labeling gay families as defective, Dolce and Gabbana should not be surprised when people reject their clothing label.

Personally, I’m on board with a boycott. I would rather ice skate naked during a Chicago blizzard than wear their tainted clothes. Instead of Dolce and Gabana, they should change their brand to Dunce and Goober.

Wayne Besen

Our Man in Arlington

By Charlie Clark

Memories of Arlington’s “night of gang warfare” pack a punch nearly a half-century after the drama.

This March 11, I had the privilege of addressing Arlington’s Committee of 100 to share research I’ve compiled on that strange local flirtation with mass violence.

On June 14, 1966, the tranquil suburban Lee-Harrison shopping center, just before midnight on a Tuesday, erupted in gunfire. Some 100 shots were traded by rival motorcycle gangs. Astonishingly, no one was killed, or even injured.

Like the sour presence of the American Nazi Party in our county from 1958-83 (a subject I also discussed), the gang clash recalls Arlington’s seamier side, from a time when alienated working-class whites made themselves visible in ways foreign to today’s gentrified community.

I pieced together the story through interviews with police officers and front-page news accounts from the old Washington Star, Post and Daily News. I also had long talks with the central protagonist, Wayne Hager, then a meat cutter.

Hager fondly recalls his time hanging out at the old Tops DriveIn at George Mason Drive and Lee Highway, drag races near Walker Chapel, matching wits with state troopers and picking fights with boyhood playmates who were members of the East Coast gang the Pagans.

The cause of the melee was tension between the dangerous gang and Hager, who would ride his Triumph to their gatherings but declined to join. Fistfights between Hager and future Pagans president Frederick “Dutch” Burhans and another Pagan from Maryland followed.

The latter was killed in a car wreck after his run-in with Hager, prompting Pagans to call Hager out.

They would rumble at “the lot,” their name for the shopping strip then containing a Safeway, a Drug Fair and Gifford’s Ice Cream. Hager quickly formed a new gang – the Avengers – and ordered jean jackets stitched with the name.

Police received a warning at 5:00 that afternoon, but Commonwealth’s Attorney William Hassan said the law required a crime before anyone could be arrested. (Preemptive action would become an Arlington police option later). The cops did detain two Pagans carrying sawedoff shotguns before the bullets flew.

The Avengers arrived with a 25 mm. automatic, an AR-15 rifle, brass knuckles, hunting rifles and clubs. As the police shift was changing, shots rang out from behind Gifford’s, prompting Hager to hit the ground as Pagan cars peeled by. Hager jumped in his Impala and sped home to dispose of guns before returning to help police, eventually pressing murder charges.

Police called it “the most shots fired in Arlington since 1865.”

The reason no one was hit, Hager maintains, is that they weren’t shooting to kill.

The County Board split over whether the clash merited a crackdown on weapons, and whether the board could meet on the subject without jeopardizing prosecutions.

About 20 gang members, aged 18-25, were tried for disorderly conduct and incitement to riot.

Most received fines of $100-$250, or 30 days in jail.

The rivals would later reconcile, though Burhans was shot and killed in 1980.

After I published on the subject, a former would-be Pagan wrote to say he’d been tempted to join the gang, but is forever grateful his father insisted he go off to college.

At the Committee of 100, Rex Thomas, whose father was an Arlington police officer, showed up with an actual Avengers jacket, after all these years. *** Speaking of violence-prone fringe groups, there’s yet another that once took advantage of tolerant Arlington. The Ku Klux Klan back in the roaring ‘20s staged an automobile parade through Clarendon.

According to a clipping from the Evening Star, Dec. 22, 1922, dug up by Arlington Historical Society activist Annette Benbow, more than 200 robed Klansmen just before Christmas gathered in a field before a fiery cross to initiate 20 new members. Four robed figures then drove up over to the Salvation Army headquarters in Alexandria and presented the charity with a check for $1,100.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

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.

Beginner’s Lesson. Beginners can learn how to do the Japanese floral art Sogetsu Ikebana at a program sponsored by the Rock Spring Garden Club. Optional $5 lunch afterward. Little Falls Presbyterian Church (6025 Little Falls Road, Arlington). Free. 11 a.m. 703-5321959. rockspringgardenclub@ gmail.com.

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. Past Assistant District Governor, Bilal Raschid, will speak about his 53 years in Rotary in celebration of his 80th birthday at the Falls Church

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Rotary club’s weekly meeting.

Harvest Moon Restaurant (7260 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). $15 dinner. 6:30 p.m.

Who is Putin? The Falls Church Republican Committee hosts Ekaterina Egorova, Ph.D., political adviser to Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, who will present a psychological profile of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

American Legion Post 130 (400 N. Oak St., Falls Church). Free. 7:30 p.m. 202-674-0680.

High School Book Club. Teens ages 14 – 18 will be discussing Good Omens by Nail Gaiman.

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.

hands-on workshop on how to divide all types of perennials.

Registration required. Bon Air Park’s Sunny Demonstration Garden (850 N. Lexington St., Arlington). Free. 9 – 11 a.m. 703228-6414. mgnv.org.

F.C. Farmers’ Market. Vendors offer fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, baked goods, plants, and wine. City Hall Parking Lot (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – noon. 703248-5077.

Author Talk. Children’s author and Northern Virginia resident Moira Rose Donohue chats about Kangaroo to the Rescue!. One More Page (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 2 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

Silhouette Artist and Author Event.

Nationally-recognized silhouette artist and author Clay Rice will join Doodlehopper 4 Kids for story time at 10:30 and take silhouette appointments throughout the day.

Sign-up requested. Doodlehopper 4 Kids (234 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 703-538-9890.

Author Talk. Miriam Polli will sign and discuss her debut novel, In a Vertigo of Silence, a multigenerational novel about a line of women whose lives are wrapped in a long-held secret. One More Page (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 2 p.m. onemorepagebooks.com.

Perennial Propagation. Master Gardener Bob Lund will lead a

Plan, Plant and Use Herbs. Learn the elements of an herb garden,

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

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MONDAY, MARCH 23

how to plant a successful garden and how to use the herbs you’ve grown. Registration is requested.

Burke Branch Library (4701 Seminary Road, Alexandria). Free.

7 – 8:30 p.m. 703-228-6414. mgnv.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

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.

Art Opening and Chorus Performance. Opening of the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School fifth grade Pacific Northwest Totem Poles in clay art exhibit. The Jefferson chorus will perform at 7 p.m. Mary Riley Styles Public Library’s Youth Services Room (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). Free. 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

Sew-n-Sew. Adults age 55 and up meet once a week to crochet, knit, sew and work on needlepoint and other crafts.

All skill levels are welcome. Lee Community & Senior Center and Park (5722 Lee Hwy., Arlington).

Free. 1 – 3 p.m. 703-228-0555.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, MARCH 19

“Much Ado About Nothing.” 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.” Through March 22. Synetic Theater (1800 S. Bell St., Arlington). $10. 8 p.m. synetictheater.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

“Kid Victory.” Luke, a seventeen-year-old, returns home after vanishing a year before in the world premiere of this musical from composer John Kander and playwright Greg Pierce. Profoundly altered by his time away from home, Luke and his parents struggle to adjust to life following his disappearance and homecoming. Through

March 22. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $36.80 – $80.35. 8 p.m. signature-theatre.org.

“Other Desert Cities.” From the Providence Players and recently, one of the hottest tickets on Broadway and a 2012 Tony nominee, this latest play from Pulitzer Prize �inalist Jon Robin Baitz (creator of TV’s Brothers & Sisters) is a funny and smart family drama �illed with witty repartee that both dazzles and decimates. Brooke Wyeth returns to her politically conservative parents’ glamorous Palm Springs home to spend the holidays with them. But the warm desert air turns chilly when news of her upcoming memoir threatens to revive the most painful chapter of the family’s history. James Lee Community Center Theater (2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church).

Through March 28th. $17 – $20. 7:30 p.m. 703425-6782. providenceplayers.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 “The Jungle Book.” Creative Cauldron’s Learning Theater turns to one of the most well-loved books in the English language, presenting an original musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Danger lurks everywhere for the lost little boy Mowgli. He learns the “laws of the jungle” from his good friends Akela, the wolf, Baloo, the bear, and Bagheera, the panther, who warn him that Shere Khan, the tiger, wants to eat him. But when Mowgli is forced to leave his friends and return to the village from which he came, he soon learns that man is the most dangerous creature of all. With sensitive themes about loyalty, honor, courage, and persistence, the Jungle Book stories have irresistible appeal for audiences of every generation. Through March 29. ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). $13 – $15. 2 & 7:30 p.m. creativecauldron.org.

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live_music&nightlife THURSDAY, MARCH 19 A� E������ ���� M��� G������� � A������ M�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $25 – $28. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566.

B��� �� R���. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6 p.m. 703-532-9283.

J����� R���� ���� R����� Y������� ��� C��� B�������. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $35. 6:30 p.m. 202-265-0930.

S������ ���� Q��. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $18 in advance. $20 day of the show.

7:30 p.m. 202-667-4490.

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Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $25. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566.

G���� J��� ���� M��� � C����. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-532-9283.

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The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $22 in advance. $25 day of the show. 7 p.m. 703-237-0300.

T�� O�� R���� B���. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $59.50. 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.

A���� W�������. Art’s Tavern (2190 Pimmit Dr., Falls Church). 8:30 p.m.

703-356-3822.

B�� I�������� ���� M������ A�����. JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). $20. 9 p.m. 703-241-9504.

2�� S���� L����� M������ C�����������. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $15 in advance. $20 day of the show. 9 p.m.

202-667-4490.

C�������� A������� B�� B���. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $15. 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 C����� M�������� ���� C������ T�������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $12 – $15 in advance. $15 – $18 day of the show.

5 p.m. 703-255-1566.

L���� B�������. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 6:30 p.m. 703-5329283.

T�� R���. The Birchmere (3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria). $39.50.

7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500.

B���� C�����: A T������ �� R���. The State Theatre (220 N. Washington St., Falls Church). $12 in advance. $15 day of the show. 8 p.m.

703-237-0300.

T�� J��� J���� B���� R����. Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW, Washington,

D.C.). $10 in advance. $15 day of the show. 9 p.m. 202-667-4490.

T��������� ���� C���� C��� R�����, H���� D����� ��� S���� D���. Iota Club and Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $10. 9 p.m.

G����� � T������. Clare and Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703-532-9283.

J��� L�����. Dogwood Tavern (132 W. Broad St., Falls Church). 10 p.m. 703237-8333.

EOTO ���� ELM, ��� G���� ��� B��� B�����. 9:30 (815 V St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 10 p.m. 202265-0930.

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 A� E������ ���� J����� A. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $20 – $22. 6 p.m. 703-255-1566.

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JV’s Restaurant (6666 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church). 8:15 p.m. 703-241-9504.

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Galaxy Hut (2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington). $5. 9 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 23 T�� V���� ���� F���� G����, N���� L����, T�� E� B������� B��� ��� M�. F������. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $10 – $15 in advance. $13 – $15 day of the show.

6 p.m. 703-255-1566.

M����� M�����. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141.

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M������ O����. Blues Alley (1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20. 8 p.m. 202-337-4141.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 M������ P������� J���� ���� M���� P�����. Jammin’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna). $12 in advance. $15 day of the show. 6 p.m.

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Saturday, April 4 – Easter Egg Hunt. Children can hunt for candy and special eggs and

meet the Easter Bunny. Cherry HIll Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 10 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5077; TTY 711. fallschurchva.gov/Easter.

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t’s not everyday you get to see the art exhibition of a legendary 80’s hair band drummer. But this weekend, you can! Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen is making two apperances on Saturday, presenting his Angels and Icons collection at Wentworth Gallery locations in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda from noon - 3 p.m. and at the Tysons Galleria from 6 - 9 p.m. A portion of the exhibition’s sales will be donated to Project Warrior Resiliency Program sponsored by Allen’s Raven Drum Foundation. Admission for registered guests is complimentary and RSVPs are strongly recommended.

What: Rick Allen: Angels and Icons Art Exhibition When: Saturday, March 21, 12 - 3 p.m. and 6 - 9 p.m.

Where: Wentworth Gallery

Montgomery Mall, 7101 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda Tysons Galleria, 1807U International Drive, McLean Call 301-865-3270 (Bethesda) or 703-883-0111 (Tysons) to RSVP

Saturday, April 11 – DATE CHANGE: FY 2016 Budget Town Hall. City Manager Wyatt

Shields will make a presentation on and answer questions about the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget. The meeting was originally scheduled for April 4, but rescheduled to better accomodate events at the Falls Church Community Center and FCCPS spring break. Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5014; TTY 711. fallschurchva.gov/Budget.

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The Mother of All Black Swans

BY TOM WHIPPLE

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Even Saudi Arabia’s oil minister is starting to talk about the advent of a “black swan.” These are defined as completely unexpected developments which cause lots of unexpected change. I believe we are going to be seeing a major black swan event in the not too distant future.

It should be clear to everyone that the earth’s climate is becoming so laden with carbon emissions that civilization as we know it on this planet is unlikely to make it through the next few centuries. Fortunately, however, the combustion of carbon-based fuels will be slowly on its way down as most of the oil that is left is becoming too costly to extract, and in the case of coal, is killing too many people from unhealthy air. Even the Chinese seem to have gotten the message and are cutting back on coal burning as fast as they can without collapsing their economy and getting the government overthrown. However, running out of cheap oil, killing ourselves off from dirty air, or devastating climate change induced weather events are not black swans as these developments are already well anticipated. What is desperately needed is a way for the world to stop burning carbon as quickly as possible without creating economic turmoil. There just may be an answer.

Coming down the road are a pair of technologies that will produce nearly unlimited amounts of cheap, pollution-free energy, and have the potential to change lifeas-we-know-it.

I am talking about the twin technologies of cold fusion and hydrinos, each of which, when widely deployed, will constitute a revolution in the history of mankind fully equivalent to the discovery of fire, the wheel, the agricultural revolution, or the industrial revolution. Both of these technologies are based on turning the hydrogen found in water into virtually unlimited amounts of energy at very low cost and without any harmful pollution. Recent developments suggest that either or both of these technologies could become available for commercial applications in the next few years. In recent years, new technologies such as

cell phones have spread across the globe in a few decades.

So where are these technologies and when can we expect to hear and read about them in the mainstream media, especially if they are getting close to becoming commercial products? The answer to this is simple. Both these technologies are based on science that is beyond that generally accepted by scientific community, especially those who have never looked into the results of the experiments. While those few scientists who have tested and are familiar with the details of these technologies tell us that

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integrated. He also says that a business relationship for distribution of commercial products is being established. If the prototype devices work as advertised and can be tested by independent laboratories, the arguments over the existence of a hydrino should end fairly quickly unless some other explanation can be found. If the subsystems work as claimed, I would be surprised if we did not see the first prototype in operation before the end of the year.

The second of our black swan technologies is our old friend “cold fusion,” which now goes by several other names, largely to assuage the feelings of those scientists who claim there can be no such thing as cold fusion.

There now is no question that the nuclear reactions are for real and that commercial quantities of heat can be produced under proper conditions by heating hydrogen in the presence of nickel and other elements. As far as we know, the Italian entrepreneur Andrea Rossi still seems to be the furthest ahead in the race to build and market commercial-scale devices although numerous people around the world are producing heat from laboratory scale devices.

Unlike Mill’s hydrino device, cold fusion is far more difficult to control and many experiments are producing so much heat that they melt down their test apparatuses.

Only Rossi, who is now working from a US company, Industrial Heat, down in North Carolina, says he has developed the techniques to keep a commercially viable heat generating device under control.

For several months now he has had a commercial sized 1-megawatt prototype device, which has been installed in a factory at an unrevealed location in the U.S., undergoing a year’s acceptance test. If this test is successful, and we won’t know until early next year, Industrial Heat will at some point likely begin publicizing and marketing commercial cold fusion devices.

If either of these endeavors meets their developers’ expectations, we should be seeing the biggest black swan in centuries land in our midst fairly soon.

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to make it through the next few centuries. they are for real, the bulk are waiting for irrefutable proof that they actually produce large amounts of cheap energy before they are willing to accept that our knowledge of nature may not be as complete as we like to think and that some scientific theories may be wrong.

The hydrino theory holds that there exists in nature a stable, compact form of hydrogen which does not absorb or emit light, making it very hard to detect. Under the proper conditions, normal hydrogen atoms such as those found in water can be transformed into hydrinos accompanied by a massive release of energy. This theory is the brainchild of one man, Randall Mills of BlackLight Power in New Jersey, who has been working on the development of the theory and a practical way to release energy for nearly 30 years. The reason the theory has received little attention is that it appears to violate fundamental principles of atomic science which would have to be rethought if it fact there is such a thing as a hydrino.

Last summer Mills reported in a fascinating video on his website, blacklightpower.com, that he has recently made significant breakthroughs in developing the technology. Last month he reported that all of the subsystems of his prototype “SunCell” now are working and that the first prototype of a commercial device is now being

 Tom Whipple is a retired government analyst and has been following the peak oil issue for several years.

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MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL’S CULINARY ACADEMY team of Brian Andrade, Anthony Panetta, Alex Cerda Obando and Stephen Pungello preparing their winning meal during the Real Food For Kids’ third annual Feeding Academic Success Culinary Challenge on March 10 at Marshall. (P����: J������� C�����)

FCPS Hosting Series of ‘Paying for College’ Workshops Fairfax County Public Schools is hosting a series of workshops in April to help children and their parents learn different ways to pay for college. The series starts with Scholarship 101 on Wednesday, April 8, at 7 p.m. at Centreville High School’s auditorium at 6601 Union Mill Road, Clifton.

Paying for College/ Scholarship 101 is the second workshop in the series and will be held on Saturday, April 18, at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Oakton High School’s auditorium at 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna. The final workshop is a Paying for College session, which will be held at Hayfield Secondary School at 7600 Telegraph Road, Alexandria.

For more information or to register for the workshops, visit collegeaccessfairfax.org/scholarship-101paying-for-college-registration.

Falls Church HS Student Wins Portfolio Gold Medal Award Max Johnson, an 18-yearold senior at Falls Church High School, was announced as a recipient of the 2015 Portfolio Gold Medal Award on Monday by Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Johnson was one of 16 high school seniors from across the nation to receive the highest honor

GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL’s wind ensemble received all Superior ratings at the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association’s District X Band Assessment last Saturday afternoon. The superior rating is the highest rating awarded by the four-person judge panel. In attendance was the daughter of one of the composers, Michelle Williams, who spoke to the students after the performance of her dad’s piece. (P����: C���� S��) of the Scholastic Art & Writing Award program, which includes a $10,000 cash scholarship.

This year more than 300,000 works of art and writing, a recordbreaking number of submissions, were submitted to the program, according to Scholastic’s blog.

Johnson and the rest of the winners of the contest will now gain access to exhibition and publication opportunities, including the the Art.Write.Now.Tour, National Exhibition and Best Teen Writing.

They will also gain access to other scholarship opportunities from colleges and universities across the nation. Former alumni of the Scholastic Art & Writing program include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Richard Avedon, Stephen King, Richard Linklater, Zac Posen and Lena Dunham.

Johnson will be honored along with the other scholarship winners in New York City on June 5. For more information, visit artandwriting.org.

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Mason Spring Sports Teams Prepare for the Season

by Drew Costley

Falls Church News-Press

The spring sports season at George Mason High School has already gotten underway for some of the Mustang squads. Some of the teams are seeking a chance to defend their state championship titles, some teams are attempting to build on the success of last season and one team has already found victory in a dramatic turnaround from recent seasons.

BOYS SOCCER The boys soccer team is headed into this season as the twotime defending state champions.

Head coach Frank Spinello, who was named National High School Boys Soccer Coach of the Year for 2014 in December, said one of the keys to his team three-peating as state champs is focus.

“We need to stay focused and play every game like it’s the most important game on the schedule,” Spinello said. The Mustangs lost a small senior class – Paul Darmstadter, Sinan Kokuuslu, Brian Connelly and Owen Puller – all of whom played a key role in the team’s state championship season last year.

But the biggest loss for the team, perhaps, is the absence of junior Raheem Lawal, who is playing for D.C. United Academy Team this season. “That’ll hurt on the attacking end,” Spinello said. “But we’re returning our entire midfield, except for Sinan, so that’ll help.”

According to Spinello, a duo of forwards who played sparse, but impactful minutes for the Mustangs last season – sophomore Olo Sembera and junior Donal Reyes de Leon – and a player who sat out because of an injury last season, midfielder/forward junior Matheus de Carvalho, will fill in the gap left by the absence of Lawal, the team’s leading goal scorer in 2013.

They’ll alternate playing opposite junior forward Elliot Mercado, who led the team in scoring with a school record-breaking 40 goals in 2014.

The Mustangs will also have a group of nine seniors, anchored by defender Ned Quill and goalkeeper Daniel Donovan, to help attempt to lead the Mustangs to another state championship.

GIRLS SOCCER Girls soccer head coach Jennifer Parsons said if her seven -time state championship-winning

team get the chance to play for an state record-extending eighth title, they can’t take their ability to win, or lose, for granted.

“Hopefully we’ll have the chance to defend our titles, but we have to make sure we’re prepared when we get there,” Parsons said.

“And don’t think that we can just show up.”

The Mustangs have already played two scrimmages against teams who play in higher divisions than them, Kettle Run High School and Marshall High School, to help them prepare for the possibility of facing tougher competition this season, like they did when they faced Maggie Walker Governor’s School who were the only team to score on the Mustangs during the 2014 postseason.

“I think now that Maggie Walker isn’t an unknown to us – we’ve played them, we’ve seen them a couple times – I think that’s helpful,” Parsons said. “As opposed to last season, they were just a name, we knew nothing about them. I think the girls having had the experience against them twice last year is good.”

The girls soccer team, like the boys’ team, only lost four senior players from their roster last season. But one of those players was Claire Trevisan, a former Virginia state player of the year.

“I think that Claire left such a legacy on the program and such a positive influence that the girls want to step into her shoes and take on that role of being a dominant player,” Parsons said. “But with that said we’ve got five or six players back that were on the all-region team and all-state team and seven or eight that were on the Bull Run team, so we definitely still have a ton of depth.”

SENIOR PITCHER/INFIELDER GABE TERRY fields a ball during the Mustangs practice on Tuesday. Terry is one of several players returning to the team this season. (Photo: News-Press) mound that day, he really wants another chance to get a little revenge or to step further into the playoffs.”

Mason is returning several starters from last year’s roster – including Davis, who is going to pitch for Eastern Mennonite University after graduating and Chris Meador, a shortstop who is going to play for Lynchburg University after graduating.

Amerine listed those two, as well senior Sam Selby, junior Marsden Davis and sophomore Zach Lang, as players he expects to contribute to the Mustangs’ offensive output.

“We’re returning eight starters.

We have a lot of kids who have varsity experience. Lot of at bats,” Amerine said. “So I expect our runs per game to increase, hopefully.”

“But I believe the girls learned last year how to compete and I’m hoping that we can pick that up and carry it on to this year.”

The Mustangs lost a couple of players to relocation and a couple to graduation, but retained junior pitcher-catcher duo Julia Ferris and Anne Ferguson, who were key players for the team last season.

Also, Fowler said that a group of juniors, who have played together since they were eighth graders, joined the varsity squad this year and are looking to win.

“As long as we can keep them serious, it’ll work to our benefit,” Fowler said. “If they start to lose focus a little bit, we could teeter the other way. So as long as we as coaches do a good job of keeping them focused I think we’ll be competitive again.”

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Adam Amerine, head coach of the the Mustangs baseball team, said that his team has been motivated, since losing in the Conference 35 tournament opener to Madison County High School, to make more out of their talent this season.

The team won 14 of their first 18 games before losing two of their last three and blowing a four run lead to Madison County in the conference tournament.

“When we had our player meetings last week, two or three of the seniors definitely said that the way it ended against Madison County left a bad taste in their mouth,” Amerine said. “Especially Evan Davis. He was the pitcher on the

Mason softball coach Brian Fowler wants to keep his players focused on being a team rather than a group of individuals, so much so that he has refused to name who he thinks will be key players going into this season. The team has become more competitive in the last two years, according to Fowler, than they were in years previous to that.

“We have a group of girls that are determined to pick up where they left off,” Fowler said. “What I think was key last year was that we actually learned to compete as a program. For so many years it wasn’t that way. Softball just something where everybody came out just to have a good time.

The boys tennis team competed in the singles, doubles and team state championship last season, but came home empty handed for the first time in five years. Also, the team lost their top two players, Jacob Morris and Nate Jones, who played together as the Mustangs’ top doubles team, to graduation.

Still, head coach Matt Sowers, who said that he hasn’t coached a team that didn’t get to the state championship in the seven years he’s been coaching the team, is expecting his team to perform well this season.

“Our expectation is the same pretty much every year,” Sowers said. “You’re typically given anywhere from 14 to 18 games in the

regular season. Our goal every year is to get double-digit wins in the regular season and get to the postseason and get as deep as we can get. I don’t think that ever changes.”

What has changed, Sowers said, is the amount of starters the team has from last season’s roster – four out of the top six players graduated. Sowers said that he expects players like senior Dmitry Tislin, junior Thomas Beddow and sophomore Thomas Morris, Jacob’s younger brother, to step to fill those vacated starting slots.

GIRLS TENNIS The girls tennis team is returning its top two players – Kynadi and Carrington Mauney – from last season. The duo won the state title in doubles competition and Kynadi got to the state final in singles before losing to Gate City High School senior Rosa Smith 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

Stephanie Ferreira, assistant coach of the girls tennis team, said that the biggest challenges for the team will be replacing the Mauney’s regular season doubles partners. In the postseason the Mauneys play as a team, but played with different doubles partners last regular season in order to help the team score more points in team play.

“A lot of these girls haven’t played together as doubles partners, so it’s going to be a lot of trial and error,” Ferreira said. “So hopefully we find the best match for each player.”

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Eddie Trunk, host and originator of VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show,” doesn’t give a damn what you think about his musical tastes.

He told the News-Press he doesn’t really catch flack for it, though.

“Anybody who knows me at all knows that, even if I did catch flack, I couldn’t care less about it,” Trunk said. “I never, ever, ever cared about what people thought about my tastes in music and what I like. I’ve always been defiant about that.”

Before getting locked in to hard rock and metal after buying Kiss’ Destroyer album in high school, Trunk, who grew up in New Jersey, said that he listened to the pop acts of the late 1960s and early 1970s like The Partridge Family, 1910 Fruitgum Company and Bobby Sherman. The last thing he’s going to do, he said, is try to rewrite history about where he came from and what he listened to.

“I think it’s just a personal choice what EDDIE TRUNK, DON JAMIESON AND JIM FLORENTINE (C������� P����) you like and what you don’t like and I think that there’s no right or wrong answer,” Trunk is scheduled for tomorrow night at The State they’ll ask a question about a band that never said, declaring that he doesn’t believe in guilty Theater at 7 p.m. The show is a mix of a Q&A, even released a record or they’ll ask a question pleasures. “If it’s something that you like and storytelling and stand-up comedy – Jamieson about their friend’s band that never made it…. “....I don’t think I know it all by any stretch makes you feel good, then you shouldn’t have and Florentine, both stand-up comedians, do of the imagination, it’s just a fun bit. But nationto feel guilty about it. So I never pulled back 15 – 20 minute sets.

It also features a live version of arguably the al audiences aren’t going to know some of this from that stuff.”

He said he thinks it’s really important for peo- most popular feature on “That Metal Show,” trivia about local bands and stuff like that.”

There is no such filter during live shows, ple to be able to voice their opinions and express Stump the Trunk, in which audience members themselves how they want, which is what he and ask Trunk rock trivia in hopes of stumping him Trunk said. People can come from anywhere his “That Metal Show” co-hosts, Don Jamieson and winning prizes. He said Stump the Trunk and all over the place with their questions, and Jim Florentine, do on Saturday nights on is “a lot of fun to do in a live setting” and that leading to more times he comes up clueless.

“It’s funny. People come up and they have VH1 Classic. With debates about the top five he tends to get stumped more often during live notes, they have research, they have papers,” in a given category of rock music and rankings appearances than the taping of the show.

“On the TV set, the questions are screened Trunk said. “They come up like it’s the most of a rock acts albums, sometimes involving disagreements with the acts themselves, the trio out and what I mean by that is that I don’t know important thing to them when we do it live. So have been creating this lively televised dialogue what the questions are going to be, of course,” it’s a little more loose and off-the-rails when Trunk said. “But people have to ask certain ques- we do it in the live shows.” about rock music since 2008.

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Mason District Needs Supervisor to Step up for Citizens Editor, With many revitalization projects in the planning for Seven Corners and Bailey’s Crossroads there seems to be a common cry from angry residents; they feel left out and ignored in the land use process.

Mason District needs a Supervisor who will stand up for the citizens and follow the recommendations of staff and the guidelines set forth in the comprehensive plan when it comes to land use.

Take the case of the proposed redevelopment on 2.7 acres at Charles Street and Leesburg Pike (former Geico location) and an adjacent vacant lot that has been neglected for years.

The residents of Courtland Park and Glen Forest are directly affected. Everyone agrees that the property is unsightly and redevelopment is welcomed. At issue is the type of development that works best for these communities. Proposed redevelopment for this property includes a drive-through 24-7 CVS pharmacy and casual fast food restaurants.

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Supervisors hearing the residents of Courtland Park made clear their many concerns: • The auto oriented nature of the drive-through, as well as the store’s rear facing entrance, violates the Bailey’s Crossroads comprehensive plan.

• Former Mason District Planning Commissioner Janet Hall recommended denial of the plan.

• County staff recommended denying the plan.

Among other important concerns is a design for a dangerous shopping center street entryway directly across from the driveway of Washington Street Lot 8, the home of a 93-year old woman.

The developer says CVS won’t build unless they get their drive-through, which is projected to be 15 percent of the store’s business. However, Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay noted that when he told CVS that a drive-through violated the comprehensive plan, a store was built without a drivethrough.

Mason District’s Supervisor would do well to follow the precedent set in the Lee District rather than give developers too much latitude. Are we so desperate for redevelopment that we would approve anything just to get something?

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Connect Northern Virginia Seminar Slated for March 24 The Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and Cardinal Bank are hosting an introduction seminar for Connect Northern Virginia on Tuesday, March 24 from 7:30 – 9:45 a.m. Connect NVA will demonstrate the regional community platform and discuss how it can be used to support community projects and our non-profit community. There will be a 50/50 drawing at the end with proceeds going to one of the attending non-profits.

This free event is being held with support from the Falls Church, Regional Tysons, and Asian-American Chambers and the Vienna and Merrifield Business Associations. The event will take place in the McLean Community Center. To register, visit www.mcleanchamber.org.

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18. Milo of “The Verdict” 19. Mercedes models 20. 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof 21. Harps (on) 22. R&B singer with the hit “It’s All About Me” 23. “Live ____” (Taco Bell slogan) 24. Energy 25. Music genre 26. Battle cry 28. An Op-Ed piece written in defense of management, presumably?

30. Snookums 31. Nader’s 2000 running mate 32. One who takes a scalpel to a common cereal ingredient?

36. It comes with all the bells and whistles 37. Prego competitor 40. What a person is in after making a surprising discovery?

43. Rifles with tiny shots 45. Course listing 46. “Viva ____ Vegas!”

47. Hosp. designation

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48. Freelancer’s encl.

49. Delights 51. High point 52. Airport alternative to JFK or LGA 53. Students take them in class 54. Words after a digression (or, with the exception of this answer’s final letter, a remark on this puzzle’s completed grid) 56. Wintry temps 57. Throng 58. Slightly 59. “____ are ...”

60. Really impresses 61. Barclays Center hoopsters

DOWN

1. Bristles 2. Devoted follower 3. Keeps charging shots, say 4. Cleaning cloth 5. “Quantum Healing” author Chopra 6. Firm group: Abbr.

7. Actresses Saldana and Kazan 8. Finish 9. Allay 10. Haul (around) 11. 1991 Geena Davis title role 12. Add zest to 15. Cattle drive participant 17. “Semper Fidelis” org.

21. Fix, as a computer program 24. Tony Gwynn, throughout his career 27. Rich tapestry

CHUCKLE BROS BRIAN & RON BOYCHUK

5. Stupefy

28. Cum ____ 29. Corp. shake-up 31. Exams with analytical reasoning parts: Abbr.

33. Naive 34. Big tournaments for university teams, informally 35. Sicken 38. Chews on, as a bone 39. They get you in 40. Not against trying 41. Like many Madonnas 42. Gave a keynote, say 43. Gets on 44. Overdo it in the sun 47. Caterpillar rival 50. Hamiltons 51. “What a relief!”

54. “Huh?” 55. Looking sickly

9. Educated guesses: Abbr.

Sudoku Level:

13. Only country whose capital starts with "Q": Abbr.

Last Thursday’s Solution Z A G R E B

E N C O R E

S H R A I D E D T E S A

S A L M A N T E E T H I N G

T A I L E F A S I G P O O N N Z A A G E A T N A

I N F I N I T I

D I N E S I N T Y P C H P U A S

M O O E D

T H R U S H

S L L S A Q O U R I A N T T E A

O O M

P H I L B I N

S H E D A E R S O H T I O N S N Y T A C R O T P

T I N N I T U S E A S T L A

O P L L D S C A A D M S

A L K A L I

K E Y S O N

By The Mepham Group

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14. School recalled in Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys" 15. Hidden store 16. Give a Kennedy a French kiss?

18. Milo of "The Verdict" 19. Mercedes models 20. 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof

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21. Harps (on) 22. R&B singer with the hit "It's All About Me" 23. "Live ____" (Taco Bell slogan)

LOOSE PARTS

24. Energy

DAVE BLAZEK

25. Music genre Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle

NICK KNACK

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© 2015 N.F. Benton

3/22/15

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. © 2015 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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Mustangs Prepare for Spring Sports Season Continued from Page 32

Ferreira said the it seems like her players have been practicing over the offseason and that some of the players who weren’t in the top six in singles competition last season have “not just matured in practice, but matured in their game, too.”

Ferreira said that she expects players like senior Emily Klein and sophomores Rachel Baek and Ruth Miller to step up and fill the void left by the departure of five seniors.

BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK Former assistant coach Jeff Buck has taken over as the head coach of the Mason track program after Alisa Harvey stepped down to spend more time with her daughter. Harvey led the Mustangs to a banner year, with first and second place finishes at the Conference 35 meet last year for the girls and boys, respectively, and state meet contenders.

Buck said that the girls team is returning most of its strongest competitors, including Tara Holman, who was the Virginia High School League champion in the 100-meter dash last season.

The real task for Buck is going to be replacing a talented senior class on the boys track and field team.

“For the guys side, we did lose a lot because we had a lot of strong seniors, Truman Custer, Preston Custer, John Marshall, they were some strong runners for us,” Buck said. “But we do have some guys in the sprints that could do a really good job, like D’Montae Noble. He’s really quick and is really enthusiastic this year about the sport.”

Buck also mentioned James Schneider and Andrew Connelly as upperclassmen who could help the boys team score points in meets throughout the season.

GIRLS LACROSSE Girls lacrosse head coach Courtney Gibbons said that her team has been working on their game throughout the offseason, practicing twice a week, in order to build on their 11-4 regular season record from 2014. It was the team’s first winning season since 2010.

“We’re excited….We’ve been really working on our stick skills and our speed and agility,” Gibbons said. “But we’re also a year older. We lost three, but we’ve got a really good group of freshmen and sophomores coming up. Everyone’s just got more confidence to them from last year.”

Gibbons said that Maeve Curtin and Samantha Rolander, two players who graduated from Mason last year, were key players for the team.

But she said that players like seniors Hayley Zullo and Eleanor Langford, sophomores Sarah Lubnow and Lydia Gorman and freshmen Amy Roche and Annette Schlitt will step up to buttress the team and fill the leadership void left by Rolander and Curtin.

Schlitt, Gibbons said, will fill the void left by the third senior that graduated from last year’s roster, Natanim Teshome, in goal.

According to Gibbons, Schlitt has a plenty of experience playing goalkeeper on travel lacrosse teams.

BOYS LACROSSE The boys lacrosse team, only a two years removed from not being able to field a varsity team and only a year removed from a one-win season, won their first game of the season on Tuesday night, a 16-2 drubbing of Heritage High School. The Mustangs are now coached by Marc Mesmer, a former head coach at Broad Run High School and former player at Christopher Newport University.

“I think the evidence of last night’s game out there on the field is that we put a stronger team together,” said assistant coach Will Stewart. Stewart has been with the program since that 2013 season where they managed to only cobble enough players together to field a junior varsity team.

“I think the team got better over the course of last season and gelled. And I think a lot of the offseason work that the players put in – practicing on their own and with their offseason teams – that also shows.”

Another piece of evidence that the Mustangs boys lacrosse program is perhaps turning around is the ability of the team to field both a junior varsity and varsity team this year. Mesmer said that he thinks the program has shows promise for the future.

“We have a lot of talent. Our core nucleus is pretty good….

I envision the team getting a lot stronger in terms of lacrosse IQ,” Mesmer said. “Overall team development is going to be a catalyst for this year and upcoming years as well. But we have a lot of opportunity this year to be very good. I think that there’s a group here that’s very excited.”

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