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News-Press Community News LOCAL PAGE 10 | APRIL 9 – 15, 2020

FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM

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Changes for F.C. City’s Student Rep Program

Due to the closure of George Mason High School this year, the Citizens for a Better City application process for the 2020-2021 Youth Representative Initiative has been changed.

All applications will now need to be filled out and submitted online at youthrepsinitiative.net. Each application will only be viewed by the CBC Youth Representative Initiative Committee.

The application deadline has also been deferred to Friday, May 1 with the student in-person-interviews being conducted after Aug. 24. Applicants will be contacted when a specific date is set.

All Falls Church City high school-aged students (current 9th – 11th graders) are eligible to apply including homes-schooled and private school students. The selection process focuses on each students’ interest and commitment.

For more information, contact fallschurchcbc@gmail.com.

Symphony Orchestra of NoVa Asks for Assistance

The Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia’s maestro Jeffrey Dokken announced that the orchestra will cancel the rest of its season due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The orchestra is seeking financial support to be able to stay intact following the pandemic’s conclusion.

Due to having to cancel the remainder of its season, SONOVA will lose between $30,000 – 40,000. For an arts organization such as itself, that financial hit could be crippling to SONOVA’s ongoing ability to provide concerts throughout the area in the future.

The vast majority of the local, state and federal Covid-19 relief money is going to help corporations, small businesses and nonprofits that directly help underserved communities, youth, senior citizens, those who are sick and the unemployed.

SONOVA agrees that priority must be given to these organizations and individuals, but also believes that the arts play a significant and important role in the community and in the lives of its audience members and musicians.

Furthermore, staff members whose work for SONOVA support their families, and the orchestra provides income for other organizations by paying rent, purchasing music, paying performance fees, putting guest artists up in hotels, purchasing food and drinks from local businesses, and hiring local musicians.

The Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia has become a prominent part of the arts community in the greater Washington, D.C. region and is asking for the public’s support now in a time of desperate need.

Those interested in donating can do so securely by visiting sonovamusic.org/donate.

Jefferson Village Groups Updates Community

The Jefferson Village Civic Association announced that it has been in communication with the Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik and her office, verifying information and asking a few questions on the neighborhood’s behalf.

Palchik and her staff have also asked if there is anything the neighborhood needs. The association’s board hears a decent amount of hyper-local issues but is offering its services to the larger community during this time. If there are any situations or pressing issues that residents are aware of and would like to bring to Palchik and/or her office’s attention, feel free to send an e-mail to chairperson@jefferson-village.org or contact Supervisor Palchik’s

RIGHT BY Washington-Liberty High School on Quincy St. is a drive-thru coronavirus testing site. Testing at the site, run by Arlington County and Virginia Hospital Center, is by appointment only. (Photo: News-Press)

NEWS-PRESS READERS Joe and Tina Earman checked in from their home on Noland Street in the City, reporting that they are both staying safe during the pandemic, along with their pig cookie jar, Smiley, who has been checking out on all the latest from the News-Press online. (Photo: Joe and Tina Earman)

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