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Inside This Week Falls Church Memorial Day Program Inside The official program and guide to Monday’s City of Falls Church Memorial Day Parade Festival is inside this edition complete with festival map, schedule, vendor and parade lineups, Memorial Day features and much more.

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June 6 ‘Visioning’ Set for School Property

Falls Church’s Biggest Party: Annual Memorial Day Parade & Fete Monday Parade at 2, Rain F.C. P it S top Free Forecast, & A Food Drive

by Nicholas F. Benton

Falls Church News-Press

seek re-election.

Councilman Phil Duncan and School Board chair Justin Castillo have posted required materials at the City registrar’s office in City Hall, but there has been no peeps from anyone else, at least so far.

In addition to Duncan’s, terms expire for Council member Nader Baroukh and Mayor David Tarter

It’s the biggest party of the year in the City of Falls Church. The annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival will engulf areas around City Hall with as many as 15,000 people from the entire region, and hundreds of colorful booth and food vendors, live music and the big parade comes down Park Avenue that starts at 2 p.m., all built around a solemn Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at 11 a.m.

According to Weather.com, it will be an ideal day to enjoy all this special event has to offer. It will be overcast but with only a 10 percent chance of rain, and the temperature should top out at 90 degrees.

It’s a day when a lot of old friendships are rekindled as people who’ve moved away from the City come back for the day and bump into old pals. There are also plenty of pets, mostly dogs, around, and strollers.

This edition of the News-Press includes a special 16 page insert which doubles as the official program for the day’s event. Those inserts will be widely circulated at the site on Monday, as well.

Readers will be able to find every booth and follow the progression of the parade by referencing it, as well as to know when their favorite musical group takes to the bandstand.

The News-Press has always had a big presence at the parade and festival, in addition to the official program and an impressive forest green convertible Mustang in the parade, over 20 years of

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The consulting firm of Cooper Carry was retained to lead a firststep “visioning process” aimed at engaging the community and stakeholders in a conversation on how the development of 39 acres of City of Falls Church land might look.

See News Briefs, page 9

David Brooks: Learning From Mistakes If you could go back to 1889 and strangle Adolf Hitler in his crib, would you do it? At one level, the answer is obvious. Of course, you should.

See page 12

Press Pass with Kanisha K

Kanisha K is trying something new in the stage performances for her upcoming tour run with Ryan Aderrey: she’s going acoustic.

See page 37

THE BASE OF THE BIKE BRIDGE on the W&OD Bike Trail in Falls Church was the scene of a “pit stop” for bikers taking to heart the “Bike to Work” day promotion throughout the region last Friday. In addition to provisions for the bikers, water and supplies, members of a regional bike club were on hand and costumed up to cheer on anyone coming through the area with whistles and horns. The “pit stop” was operational during the morning rush hour and again in the late afternoon. (Photo: News-Press)

June 9 Filing Deadline Looms For F.C. Fall Council Election

by Nicholas F. Benton

Falls Church News-Press

Index Editorial..................6 Letters..............6, 35 News & Notes.10-11 Comment..12-14, 31 Calendar.........32-33

Sports .................38 Classified Ads .....40 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword...........41 Critter Corner.......42

Talk about a date that may be sneaking up on people, especially those who plan to run for the City Council or School Board in the City of Falls Church, consider June 9, just two and a half weeks from now.

That Tuesday is when all the filing papers, including required

125 valid petition signatures of City residents, have to be in the hands of the City’s Registrar of Voters at City Hall in order for names to appear on the November ballot this fall.

There are three of the seven positions on the Council and School Board that will be up for grabs this November, and so far only one incumbent for each body has filed with the City registrar to

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The Renaissance Program at The Sylvestery is directed at those persons in the early phases of memory impairment. In a maintenancefree environment, our residents enjoy life at their own pace through engaging activities. We promote physical and spiritual well-being based on individual abilities and group interests. The Sylvestery was designed to provide comfort, safety, and freedom. The Sylvestery features an award-winning layout, where residents move freely through continuous walkways, and numerous courtyards which invite residents to enjoy safe outdoor experiences. Through partnerships and continual research, we bring breakthrough technologies and tools that help our residents get the most out of life. Our staff plans a calendar of events based on their particular needs which includes additional outings. Residents of the Renaissance Program enjoy lunch and dinner in our Compass Rose Café.

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Have a Safe and Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

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expire at the end of this year, and neither has indicated if they will seek re-election, at least not yet.

As for the School Board, while Castillo has filed, there is no word yet from incumbents Susan Kearney or Kieran Sharpe as to their plans to seek another term.

Also, no other citizen that the News-Press is aware of has publicly announced an intention to run for either the Council or School Board.

Duncan, who’s demonstrated considerable clout in his first term on the Council, has faced health issues, publicly announcing he is battling prostate cancer, and posted on Facebook May 1 an inquiry to citizens about whether he should seek a second four-year term.

Early yesterday morning, Duncan notified the News-Press that he will, indeed, seek reelection. He issued the following statement: “On May 1, I posted on

Facebook that I had started asking voters in The City their views about whether I should seek reelection to City Council. I’ve had a lot of great conversations with folks in the community, including a number who themselves would make fine candidates for Council or School Board. I have been collecting the 125 signatures required to be certified by the City Registrar of Voters as a candidate in the Nov. 3 election, when the Council seat I hold is one of three that will be on the

ballot. I hope to be certified well in advance of the June 9 filing deadline, so my candidacy plans will be clear to others who may be considering running.”

Tuesday, June 9 will also be primary election day in Virginia, and the only contested election that will be on the ballot around here will be in the Fairfax County race for Mason District Supervisor where long-time incumbent Penelope “Penny” Gross is facing a primary challenge from community activist

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Gross has been running an aggressive campaign to secure a sixth term (she was first elected in 1995) and has gained the endorsement of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. She told the News-Press in an April interview that, “Campaigning can be fun, but governance is hard, involving a lot of serious issues.

Experience matters when you have to weigh all sides and make tough decisions,” adding that she is “taking the primary challenge seriously.”

On her website, Swanson, who has never sought public office before now, said, “It’s time for a change. I’ve heard from many neighbors that they want elected officials who engage them, and, most importantly, listen and

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“I am a strong believer that we will see better outcomes in Mason District by gathering ideas and getting input from our diverse groups of citizens. I am committed to improving the way the Mason District Supervisor works with the community.”

Other Democratic primaries in the area include for the 44th Delegate district, where Paul Krizek faces in Justin Brown, the 45th Delegate district, where Craig Fifer, Larry Altenburg, Clarence Tong, Julie Jakopic and Mark Levine are competing, and the Fairfax Mt. Vernon Supervisor district, where Dan Storck, Candice Bennett, Timothy Sargeant and Jack Dobbyn are competing.

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Wholly Foods, Batman!

Wholly foods, Batman! The news that a major regional developer who acquired 2.6 acres of commercially-zoned land at Falls Church’s “crossroads” of Routes 7 and 29 (N. Washington and E. Broad) has approached the Falls Church City Council with a preliminary plan to locate a mega-Whole Foods store there has everyone in town buzzing, and it’s almost all good.

So now, the City has two prime locations for dense commercial development that will have almost no impact on residential neighborhoods. The other besides the Whole Foods plan is the as-yet-undetermined use to which the 13 acres of land adjacent the West Falls Church Metro will be put. When put together, these two projects could have the positive fiscal impact close to what discovering oil in Cherry Hill Park might bring.

The City Council and School Board (the West Falls Church land being owned by the Schools though now annexed by the City as part of the deal to sell Fairfax County the City’s water system) have decided to go slow in the process to bring in a developer for it. It may have been prudent to reject the unsolicited proposal from Clark Construction to build it out, including a brand new, state of the art high school campus at no cost and in the first stage of its plan. But Clark may come back to respond to a “request for proposal” to do the same thing when the time comes.

So, going slow may be OK, but going small won’t be. With the public “visioning” first state of the process now about to unfold, it is not likely that many citizens will favor a dense commercial development of the 13 acre portion of the 39 total acres, according to the terms of the sale, can be put to that use. But that is not only possible, it is also most desirable.

Backed up to almost no residential areas, the prime land offers the prospect for what being so close to any Metro station holds. It could become a “cash cow” for the City to keep its taxes low and funding of its public services, including its schools, with almost no impact on the residential neighborhoods of the City.

It’s time to “think big” with that parcel, and especially to be sensitive to what the development community thinks could work best as a “highest and best use.”

The Whole Foods plan is the second case of a proposed development that will not impact residential areas, and can only be good not only for residents in terms of the amenities it will provide, but also in terms of its net tax revenue components for the City coffers. If that plan, indeed, goes forward, it will require some “special exceptions” that the City Council will have to approve. But there is no reason to delay, and it will be important that the process go quickly and smoothly.

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Take Caution When Parking In F.C. on Memorial Day Editor, I am writing for two reasons in anticipation of the imminent Falls Church Memorial Day celebration on Monday Reason 1: To provide an advance notice intended to remind visitors attracted to the Memorial Day Events of the City’s passive interest in regulating predatory towing.

In short, while the Falls Church community entices visitors to enjoy the attractions of “The [charmingly-

named] Little City,” we are more than happy to have them find their cars towed if they choose to park in an unpropitious area.

Reason 2: To generally advise that I will spend a portion of the Memorial Day afternoon at Broaddale to alert visitors that history indicates that they risk having their cars towed if they park in Shopping Center area and subsequently leave the premises to view the parade or participate in other

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city-sponsored holiday activities.

On May 31, 2014, I wrote to the News-Press on this topic. I found that the alerted drivers frequently shrugged and left their vehicles to fate. Others appreciated the “heads-up.”

All I am suggesting is that Falls Church could make a stronger effort to provide visitors with the “rules” so those visitors can decide whether or not to visit and participate in the City’s version of hospitality and, if so, to help them determine where they may park their vehicles with confidence that the vehicle will be still be in the same place where they left it when they return.

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Mason Row Would Disrupt Residential Life Near West Street Editor, Living in a West Grove townhouse with our bedrooms, living space and yard back to West Street, we are getting increasingly concerned with some of what is currently proposed with the Mason Row Project.

My family and I have been Falls Church City residents for the past 11 years. One of the reasons we moved our family to the City,

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Jefferson Street Artists Come to The Little City B� T�� G������

The City of Falls Church can now lay claim as the birthplace to Jefferson Street Artists.

Over and over again from everyone who walks through the front door, I hear the same word repeated three times in the short span of a 57-second tour. … WOW! With more than 6,000 square feet, 15-foot-high ceilings, a lounge area, and 20 individual studios each with its own private door and window, a vibrant, industrial, and artistic space has been born. The intimate yet open space lends itself to creativity, imagination, and authenticity. It’s a natural fit: commerce and art. The two just simply go together.

Sitting idle for over three years, 205 West Jefferson Street has quickly become the perfect location to meet the growing need of working space for artists. Some have characterized the Jefferson Street Artists location as a mini Torpedo Factory, a much appreciated and honored endorsement. With such an enormous and sudden amount of interest from the artist community, Jefferson Street Artists is certainly going to become a destination for many in the D.C.-metro area.

It’s been stated time and time again: the arts benefit business. The arts help improve the quality of life and create a vibrant and enthusiastic sensation in our community.

West Jefferson Street is flourishing with

eclectic businesses such as Smith Gifford (creator of The Little City logo), Falls Church Auto Body (where many of us have been one time or another), and various enterprises across the street from Jefferson Streets Artists such as Stylish Patina’s Rough Luxe Monthly Market Event, Tea with Mrs. B,

“There is a clear corridor for the arts and culture in The Little City.”

Sagator Design and Build, and KravWorks.

The entrance to Jefferson Street Artists is at the corner of West Maple and West Jefferson Streets, below e-Asset Solutions.

Enter the building by way of Art and Frame of Falls Church at 205 West Jefferson Street.

The move by Art and Frame of Falls Church to West Jefferson Street and the establishment of the Jefferson Street Artists means there is a clear corridor for the arts and culture in The Little City, a cultural corridor has been created, extending from Jefferson Street (one block from Lee Highway/Washington Street) on the north side to the intersection of South Maple Avenue at Lee Highway on the south side.

Along this cultural corridor you will

find visual and functional art, music, history and theater.

Where do I find arts and culture in Falls Church? Let me list the places: Action Music, Art and Frame of Falls Church.

Clay Café Studios. Creative Cauldron @ ArtSpace. Cue Recording. Falls Church Arts. Farmers Market. Jefferson Street Artists. Quinn’s Auction Galleries. Stylish Patina. Stifel and Capra. State Theatre. Tea with Mrs. B. Tinner Hill Monument.

There’s also live music at restaurants such as Ireland’s Four Provinces, Dogwood Tavern, Mad Fox Brewing and Clare & Don’s Beach Shack.

And don’t forget to check out L-say Designs out Route 7 and Foxes Music down Route 29/Lee Highway.

Take a stroll around the City day or evening and find the arts everywhere.

And this is where risk meets opportunity.

The risk is borne by the businesses and organizations that promote and present the arts and cultural events and activities. They create the opportunity for everyone to engage and participate in these theatrical, musical, and cultural events and activities. I invite you to partake and to purchase. Supporting the arts means people attending the events that take so many people to create and produce.

Supporting the arts means buying a ticket to a live performance or purchasing a work of art.

At Jefferson Street Artists, you have a chance to look inside the artist’s own

creative process and see for yourself the different disciplines and art forms. Partake … and purchase. While still in its infancy eight studios have been spoken for with the others ready to lease.

Jefferson Street Artists will host a monthly open studios event coinciding with FIRSTfriday of Falls Church. FIRSTfriday of Falls Church is a monthly, year-round event that creates and promotes a business and social synergy for the arts and artists in and around the city of Falls Church attracting people to view local artwork, attend musical and theatrical performances, learn about the City’s history, and shop and dine in downtown Falls Church.

Jefferson Street Artists is open 10 a.m.

– 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and is also available to host events, meetings, and so much more. Hope to see you in two weeks, June 5, 6 – 8 p.m., the first Friday of the month, FIRSTfriday of Falls Church.

Explore the humming and buzzing of West Jefferson Street as there are many other businesses in this hip, industrial section of Falls Church. I invite you and challenge yourself to take an adventurist artistic tour. The bike path is only 182 steps away.

You will be wowed, too.  Tom Gittins is owner of Art and Frame of Falls Church and the founder of FIRTSTfriday of Falls Church, and Jefferson Street Artists.

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Memorial Day Fest May Attract 15,000 Continued from Page 1

annually spearheading a food drive in cooperation with Diener and Associates, CPAs, and a Wacky Hat contest that encourages zany chapeaus and rewards winners with gift certificates to local eateries.

Readers are encouraged to bring nonperishable foods in a box or sack to the News-Press booth and while there to show off Wacky Hat entries. Photos will be taken of all entries, and Team News-Press will cast secret ballots

on them the next day and publish the winners next Thursday.

All of these elements are presented in the News-Press’ Memorial Day special pullout section.

As always, the day’s festivities are kicked off with the annual Don Beyer Automotive Fun Run that kicks off from City Hall at 9 a.m., with all participants rewarded with this year’s complimentary t-shirt.

Fun features for kids in Cherry Hill Park will be operational from 9 a.m. onward with the first band, 40 Thieves, kicking off the band-

stand at 9:15 a.m.

The special Memorial Day service will be held in front of the Community Center at the site of the City’s Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. featuring long-time City fixture Harry Shovlin as the master of ceremonies and the Falls Church Concert Band.

Among the scores of vendors and other groups with tables set up will be those of the local Democratic and Republican committees, and it is around them that public officials and candidates can be expected

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to circulate. Community groups of all kinds, including those seeking volunteers to work with them, will be at the ready to capture citizens signatures.

Some who may be planning to run for the Falls Church City Council or School Board may also be present soliciting signatures of City residents to qualify themselves for the November ballot.

There is a wonderful small town feel to this very special day, even though thousands will be flooding the area from elsewhere (and are most welcome).

On a cautionary note, the City has officially released a caution-

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June 6 ‘Visioning’ Set for School Property Immediately following last week’s set of unanimous votes rejecting the unsolicited offer

by Clark Construction to develop the 39 acres conveyed into the City of Falls Church as a result of the City’s sale of its water system to Fairfax County, the process was kicked off to invite wider and more systematic participation in the development of the property.

School Board Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones told an early morning meeting of the Mason High/Henderson Middle School Joint Steering Committee last Thursday that the consulting firm of Cooper Carry was retained to lead a first-step “visioning process” aimed at engaging the community and stakeholders in a conversation on how the development might look. That visioning process, Jones also announced, will be kicked off with a public meeting on Saturday morning, June 6, and that will be followed by a series of smaller stakeholder meetings. “We want to engage everybody we can in a short period of time, including Virginia Tech, the Chamber of Commerce, WMATA, parents with no children in the schools, parents with young children who will eventually enter the schools,” she said.

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Will Mt. Daniel Meet LEED Standard?

At this Monday night’s Falls Church City Council work session, F.C. School Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones was invited to speak to why she considers it too late in the construction and renovation of the Mt. Daniel Elementary School for the project to qualify as LEED Silver environmentally certified. Council member Dan Sze took strong issue with Dr. Jones, who said it was too late in the process of a very tight construction schedule aimed at having the school opened by the beginning of the school year of 2016 for it to retrofit a LEED Silver certification. The discussion, which became heated at points when Sze pressed on the matter, as an expert in the LEED certification process, and Dr. Jones stressed the priority of having the renovation and expansion completed in a timely matter for students. The issue was resolved by a suggestion from Vice Mayor David Snyder that Sze meet directly with the project managers to see what could be worked out, or not.

F.C. City Council Tours 3 Parks Last Monday, the F.C. City Council and members of the City’s Advisory Board on Recreation and Parks, the City’s Rec Department staff and others toured three of the 13 parks in the City, the West End Park, Berman Park and the Big Chimneys Park, for a sensual update on the work to improve all the parks. As work moves ahead on the renovation of the West End Park, the Council caught a glimpse of a skateboard feature in its center.

Fairfax Police Arrest Abduction Suspect Detectives for the Fairfax County Police Department arrested Elmer Moises Nieto Lara, 28, of the Falls Church area of Fairfax County and charged him with abduction with the intent to defile, the Fairfax County Police Department announced late last week.

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Community News & Notes F.C. Resident Organizes Pipeline Resistance Ride

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Hannah Beamen, a Falls Church resident and 2013 graduate of George Mason High School, organized a Resistance Ride along the proposed route of the natural gas pipeline through Virginia to protest the proposal. Another Falls Church resident and 2014 graduate of Mason, Maria DeHart, is participating in the demonstration.

Beamen, DeHart and other members of chapters of the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition from colleges across the state of Virginia embarked on their 10-day, 332-mile bike ride from Churchville, Va. on May 9 to raise awareness of the proposed route and the many areas the 50-yard wide path of the pipeline will impact.

The group arrived in Norfolk on Tuesday, May 19. Along the way, the cyclists participated in a Critical Mass event in Richmond.

Greater F.C. Veterans Council Hosts Benefit Program

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The Greater Falls Church Veterans Council is hosting a program next Thursday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. that will provide veterans with information about how to receive benefits entitled to them as a result of their service in the armed forces.

Veterans can receive assistance with disability claims and get information about education, housing and job opportunities at the program, which will be held at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street.

At the event, three benefit coordinators will present an overview of benefits and help any service member, veteran or family member with a new or existing claim. Booklets and other informational materials will be avail-

Tom Pyne, a Falls Church City native who graduated from George Mason High School in 2004, is the co-owner of Twenty Paces, a farmstead cheese production and processing plant that was announced as a recipient of a grant from Virginia Governor Terry McAullife’s office late last month.

He owns the business, which operates in Charlottesville, with his wife Melanie and their business partners Kyle Kilduff and Bridge Cox and is a 2008 graduate of the School of Agriculture at Virginia Tech. Governor McAullife approved a $11,000 grant from the state’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development fund and the Ablemarle County will match the state’s investment in the business.

MASON GRADS MARIA DEHART (left) and Hannah Beamen (right) on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Resistance Ride. Beamen organized the 10-day resistance ride along the proposed route of the Dominion Power natural gas pipeline, which started in Churchville, Va. and concluded on Tuesday in Norfolk, covering 332 miles along the way. They are cycling to amplify the grassroots pipeline resistance occuring through the state (Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Bayldon)

The company, which focuses on high-quality, sustainable products, is poised to invest $321,000 in a facility at Bellair Farms and create seven new jobs.

“Twenty Paces’ investment in this facility is the result of creative entrepreneurs engaged with a supportive community, and the partnership at Bellair Farms is a model for how new local, sustainable agriculture can work,” said Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore at an announcement of the grant approval in April.

“It is particularly exciting to have young people interested in preserving agricultural heritage and traditions. Continuing to expand agricultural expertise throughout the Commonwealth is an important component to building the new Virginia economy, and I applaud Twenty Paces for its commitment to furthering those traditions by training apprentices at their facility.”

GAMT Organizes Silent Auction for Fisher House Global Assistance, Management and Training is hosting an arts and crafts sale silent auction this Saturday, May 23, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center at 223 Little Falls Street. The silent auction is aimed at raising funds for wounded military service members through the Fisher House Foundation.

Michael J. Kruger, author of the children’s activity book Footsie & Lunko find a home, will also be signing and selling copies of his book. A percent of sales from the book will also go to the Fisher House Foundation.

According to Dee Fisk, founder, president and board chairman of Global Assistance, Management and Training, the organization has a goal of donating $10,000 to the Fisher House Foundation this year. For more information, contact Fisk at 703-915-3714.

FIVE FALLS CHURCH CITY CHILDREN performed at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda on Sunday as part of the 45th annual Suzuki Festival. Annalise and Corinne Levitt, Naomi Holliday, Mia Mayer and Emma Mitchell are violinists who played several advanced pieces on violin as part of the annual Suzuki Festival. Their teacher, Kristin Gomez, is a Suzuki strings teacher.

(Photo: Courtesy of Kristin Gomez)

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Jones Named Shepherd’s Center Volunteer of the Year

McLean resident Katie Jones was named the Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church 2014 Volunteer of the Year at the organization’s annual Volunteer Lunch on May 7. Jones received the honor for service to senior citizens who were in need of transportation to and from their medical and therapy appointments.

She provided 108 rides during the calendar year 2014.

Jones, a native of New Jersey, began volunteering for with the Shepherd’s Center in November 2013. She’s a retired pediatric nurse who’s lived in McLean for 34 years.

She was a stay at home mother when her children were young and then worked 14 years in school clinics for the Fairfax County Health Department, the majority of that time serving at Langley High School in McLean. She retired from that position in 2008.

Jones belongs to a quilting group that makes quilts for children undergoing surgery in Guatemala under the auspices of Partner for Surgery. She also makes shawls and baby blankets for her church, the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in McLean. For more information, visit scmafc.org.

Fairfax Genealogical Society Hosts Two May Events The Fairfax Genealogical Society has two events planned for the last week of May. The first event, planned for the organization’s monthly meeting and program, is called The SSDI: Is that all the SSA has to offer? and is planned for Thursday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m.

The event, which will feature Sharon Hodges, is free and will

be held at Kilmer Middle School, located at 8100 Wolftrap Road, Vienna.

The second event is an education class called Case Studies in Descendency Research and is planned for Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. – noon at Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station, located at 2148 Gallows Road, Vienna.

Michael Strauss will be the guest speaker at the class. For more information, call 703-644-8185.

McLean Woman’s Club Celebrates Nat’l Police Week The Woman’s Club of McLean marked National Police Week last week by presenting a decorated ceremonial cake to the staff of the McLean district police station, located at 1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean, last Thursday, May 14.

National Police Week dates from 1962, when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that occurs as Police Week. This year, Police Week fell on Sunday, May 10 – Saturday, May 16.

Also, on May 9, the Woman’s Club of McLean celebrated the 90th birthday of long time McLean resident Virginia Neal-Newborn with a surprise party. Neal-Newborn had been a successful realtor for many years at Long and Foster and other real estate firms while raising her family, and, later, served for decades as an active and productive member of the Woman’s Club of McLean.

Electoral Coalition Focuses On Va. Working Families A new electoral collaboration of community and labor organizations focusing on issues impact-

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ing working families in Virginia kicked off on Monday morning at Guarapos, located at 2039 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, by announcing political endorsements.

The coalition includes SEIU 32BJ, SEIU Local 512, CASA in Action, the Mid-Atlantic Laborers’ Union, UFCW Local 400, the National Korean American Services and Education Consortium in Action Fund and a new effort to build a statewide network of AfricanAmerican and student voting power headed by Austin Thompson.

The new coalition endorsed Katie Cristol and Christian Dorsey for the Arlington County Board of Supervisors, Penelope Gross for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Rozalyn “Roz” Dance for the Virginia State Senate District 16 seat and Steve Heretick for the Virginia House of Delegates District 79 seat.

Falls Church Lions Celebrate 75th Anniversary The Lions Club of Falls Church celebrated its 75th Charter Night on Tuesday night at the Italian Cafe at 7161 Lee Highway. Virginia Delegate Marcus Simon, who sponsored a resolution with Delegate Kaye Kory in the Virginia House of Delegates commending the Lions Club, joined the Falls Church Lions Club in presenting the resolution at the charter night dinner.

The resolution names the Lions Club of Falls Church, which was chartered in 1940 after being sponsored by the Arlington Host Lions Club, as the City’s oldest service organization. For more information about the Lions Club of Falls Church, visit e-clubhouse. org/sites/fallschurch.

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GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL’S ROBOTICS TEAM presented a robot demonstration at the Falls Church Rotary Club’s meeting last Thursday. The robotics team and their robot Vae Victis will be at the 3K race for the City of Falls Church Memorial Day celebration on May 25 and at a table on the City Hall grounds before the parade. (P����: C������� �� J��� C. L�)

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Learning from Mistakes If you could go back to 1889 and strangle Adolf Hitler in his crib, would you do it? At one level, the answer is obvious. Of course, you should. If there had been no Hitler, presumably the Nazi Party would have lacked the charismatic leader it needed to rise to power.

Presumably, there would have been no World War II, no Holocaust, no millions dead on the Eastern and Western fronts.

But, on the other hand, if there were no World War II, you wouldn’t have had the infusion of women into the workforce. You wouldn’t have had the GI Bill and the rapid expansion of higher education. You wouldn’t have had the pacification of Europe, Pax-Americana, which led to decades of peace and prosperity, or the end of the British and other empires.

History is an infinitely complex web NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE of causations. To erase mistakes from the past is to obliterate your world now. You can’t go back and know then what you know now. You can’t step in the same river twice.

So it’s really hard to give simple sound-bite answers about past mistakes. The question, would you go back and undo your errors, is unanswerable. It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

Which brings us to Iraq. From the current vantage point, the decision to go to war was a clear misjudgment, made by President George W. Bush and supported by 72 percent of the American public who were polled at the time. I supported it, too.

What can be learned?

The first obvious lesson is that we should look at intelligence products with a more skeptical eye. There’s a fable going around now that the intelligence about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was all cooked by political pressure, that there was a big political conspiracy to lie us into war.

That doesn’t gibe with the facts. Anybody conversant with the RobbSilberman report from 2005 knows that this was a case of human fallibility. This exhaustive, bipartisan commission found “a major intelligence failure”: “The failure was not merely that the Intelligence Community’s assessments were wrong. There were also serious shortcomings in the way these assessments were made and communicated to policy makers.”

The Iraq War error reminds us of the need for epistemological modesty. We don’t know much about the world, and much of our information is wrong. A successful president has to make decisions while radiating hesitancy, staying open-minded in the face of new evidence, not falling into the traps that afflict those who possess excessive self-confidence.

The second lesson of Iraq concerns this question: How much can we really change other nations? Every foreign policy dilemma involves a calibration. Should we lean forward to try to influence this or that region? Or should we hang back figuring we’ll just end up making everything worse.

After the 1990s, many of us were leaning in the interventionist direction. We’d seen the fall of the apartheid regime, which made South Africa better. We’d seen the fall of communist regimes, which made the Eastern bloc nations better. Many of us thought that, by taking down Saddam Hussein, we could end another evil empire, and gradually open up human development in Iraq and the Arab world.

Has that happened? In 2004, I would have said yes. In 2006, I would have said no. In 2015, I say yes and no, but mostly no.

The outcome, so far, in Iraq should remind us that we don’t really know much about how other cultures will evolve. We can exert only clumsy and indirect influence on how other nations govern themselves.

When you take away basic order, people respond with sectarian savagery.

If the victory in the Cold War taught us to lean forward and be interventionist, the legacy of the 2003 Iraq decision should cause us to pull back from the excesses of that mentality, to have less faith in America’s ability to understand other places and effect change.

These are all data points in a larger education – along with the surge and the recent withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan. I wind up in a place with less interventionist instincts than where Bush was in 2003 but significantly more interventionist instincts than where President Barack Obama is inclined to be today.

Finally, Iraq teaches us to be suspicious of leaders who try to force revolutionary, transformational change. It teaches us to have respect for trimmers, leaders who pay minute attention to context, who try to lead gradual but constant change. It teaches us to honor those who respect the unfathomable complexity of history and who are humble in the face of consequences to their actions that they cannot fully predict or understand.

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Errors & Lies Surprise! It turns out that there’s something to be said for having the brother of a failed president make his own run for the White House. Thanks to Jeb Bush, we may finally have the frank discussion of the Iraq invasion we should have had a decade ago.

But many influential people – not just Bush – would prefer that we not have that discussion. There’s a palpable sense right now of the political and media elite trying to draw a line under the subject. Yes, the narrative goes, we now know that invading Iraq was a terrible mistake, and it’s about time that everyone admits it.

Now let’s move on.

Well, let’s not – because that’s a false narrative, and everyone who was involved NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE in the debate over the war knows that it’s false. The Iraq War wasn’t an innocent mistake, a venture undertaken on the basis of intelligence that turned out to be wrong. America invaded Iraq because the Bush administration wanted a war. The public justifications for the invasion were nothing but pretexts, and falsified pretexts at that. We were, in a fundamental sense, lied into war.

The fraudulence of the case for war was actually obvious even at the time: The ever-shifting arguments for an unchanging goal were a dead giveaway.

So were the word games – the talk about WMD that conflated chemical weapons (which many people did think Saddam had) with nukes, the constant insinuations that Iraq was somehow behind 9/11.

And at this point we have plenty of evidence to confirm everything the war’s opponents were saying.

We now know, for example, that on 9/11 itself – literally before the dust had settled – Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, was already plotting war against a regime that had nothing to do with the terrorist attack. “Judge whether good enough [to] hit S.H. (Saddam Hussein) ...sweep it all up things related and not”; so read notes taken by Rumsfeld’s aide.

This was, in short, a war the White House wanted, and all of the supposed mistakes that, as Jeb puts it, “were made” by someone unnamed actually flowed from this underlying desire. Did the intelligence agencies wrongly conclude that Iraq had chemical weapons and a nuclear program? That’s because they were under intense pressure to justify the war. Did prewar assessments vastly understate the difficulty and cost of occupation? That’s because the war party

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didn’t want to hear anything that might raise doubts about the rush to invade. Indeed, the Army’s chief of staff was effectively fired for questioning claims that the occupation phase would be cheap and easy.

Why did they want a war? That’s a harder question to answer. Some of the warmongers believed that deploying shock and awe in Iraq would enhance American power and influence around the world.

Some saw Iraq as a sort of pilot project, preparation for a series of regime changes. And it’s hard to avoid the suspicion that there was a strong element of wagging the dog, of using military triumph to strengthen the Republican brand at home.

Whatever the precise motives, the result was a very dark chapter in American history. Once again: We were lied into war.

Now, you can understand why many political and media figures would prefer not to talk about any of this. Some of them, I suppose, may have been duped: may have fallen for the obvious lies, which doesn’t say much about their judgment. More, I suspect, were complicit: They realized that the official case for war was a pretext, but had their own reasons for wanting a war, or, alternatively, allowed themselves to be intimidated into going along. For there was a definite climate of fear among politicians and pundits in 2002 and 2003, one in which criticizing the push for war looked very much like a career killer.

On top of these personal motives, our news media in general have a hard time coping with policy dishonesty. Reporters are reluctant to call politicians on their lies, even when these involve mundane issues like budget numbers, for fear of seeming partisan. In fact, the bigger the lie, the clearer it is that major political figures are engaged in outright fraud, the more hesitant the reporting. And it doesn’t get much bigger – indeed, more or less criminal – than lying America into war.

But truth matters, and not just because those who refuse to learn from history are doomed in some general sense to repeat it. The campaign of lies that took us into Iraq was recent enough that it’s still important to hold the guilty individuals accountable. Never mind Jeb Bush’s verbal stumbles. Think, instead, about his foreign-policy team, led by people who were directly involved in concocting a false case for war.

So let’s get the Iraq story right. Yes, from a national point of view the invasion was a mistake.

But (with apologies to Talleyrand) it was worse than a mistake, it was a crime.

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Surprised by Waco?

You Shouldn’t Be Whoa, we didn’t see that one coming! The sudden outburst in Waco, Texas, of a murderous gang war that left nine white men dead and hundreds arrested is one more indicator. Beneath the veneer of the bread and circuses that fill a fantasy life for most of us from our news media to our sophomoric sitcoms to our endless supply of sporting events, is a desperate, fractured reality that we seldom get to see.

This is a nation that has sent hundreds of thousands into meaningless but hellish wars in godforsaken places, that has abandoned its own basic infrastructure in favor of its only growth industries – wars, prisons and stadiums – and that routinely gins up false numbers on the state of well being of the middle class to score political points.

The grotesquely distorted domestic FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS economy, with the ballooning disparity between the accumulation of wealth by the super-rich against the overwhelming majority of our population, is showing signs of reaching a breaking point.

The recent period has been characterized by increasing and systematic violence and murder, whether it is between cops and inner city minority populations or, in the new case, between rival gangs of severely disenfranchised mostly white men.

One can feel overwhelmed, to be paralyzed by the massive extent of so many things that are spinning out of control for the worse.

Do not blame our current president for this. On the contrary, unlike his predecessor, President Obama has not sent our country pellmell into any wars but is doing his best to resolve the ones already underway without succumbing to the relentless pressures of our “military industrial complex” to plunge back in.

Obama has sought to relieve the misery that his predecessor heaped upon the American population. It was George W. Bush who oversaw the greatest financial crash since the Great Depression, one whose consequences are still far from resolved, who looked the other way when a major American city was hit by a hurricane and huge inner city minority neighborhoods were flooded out, and who was indifferent to myriad ways in which the American culture was decaying, all the while kowtowing to his Wall Street and oil producing friends.

Actually, by contrast, President Obama has sought in his own way to introduce a certain decency and revived sense of social morality back into our culture. He has stepped out of the dismal muck of “postmodern” cultural helter-skelter to recall the wider social themes of our nation’s past, all the way back to the key progressive Renaissance and Enlightenment currents that informed what developed into the American revolution.

There has been a failure by the chroniclers of our history to adequately appreciate the extent to which the losers of the American revolution, not just the British but all who saw their advantage in the perpetuation of iron fists against popular will, have dedicated themselves to both undermining the principled grounds from which our revolution was achieved and insuring that nothing like it ever happens again.

It’s a long and grisly history that is largely cloaked behind reductionist sets of false flags and a relentless campaign to smear every moral person and moral act with a disgusting overlay of selfish self-interest and corruption.

Significantly, a paradigm shift occurred over the decade of the 1970s in the wake of the high level assassinations of the 1960s – JFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, and Bobby Kennedy – and the incredible covert counterinsurgency effort undertaken against the burgeoning civil rights movement and the public uprising against the Vietnam War. With the election of Reagan in 1980, the pores of our civil society’s leadership were filled with angry, reactionary activists opposed to the very notion of the government they’d inherited, even though this government was the product of the most impressive people’s revolution in world history.

It’s been downhill ever since, notwithstanding rear-guard efforts to stem a tide that was consolidated with the “Republican revolution” of 1994. That, and a stolen presidential election in 2000, culminated in the two longest wars in U.S. history, the greatest financial crisis perhaps ever, and ongoing criminal income inequality.

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

Unaffiliated & Underrepresented President Barack Obama is a Christian (despite the fact that most Republicans apparently still believe that his “deep down” beliefs are Muslim, according to one poll conducted last year).

In fact, according to the Public Religion Research Institute, there have only been four “religiously unaffiliated heads of state in American history,” the last being Rutherford B. Hayes, who left office in 1881. This, however, does not mean that they did not believe in God. Perhaps the most famous unaffiliated president was Abraham Lincoln, who wrote in 1846: “That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.”

Now it is almost unconscionable to think of a president who didn’t believe in God. In fact, a poll last year by the Pew Research Center found that not believing in God was the most negative trait a presidential candidate NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE could have among a variety of options, even more negative than having an extramarital affair.

Furthermore, in the House and Senate at the beginning of this session of Congress, 92 percent of members were Christian, 5 percent were Jewish, 0.4 percent each were Buddhist and Muslim and just 0.2 percent were unaffiliated. For those doing the math, that leaves only one member unaffiliated: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

But how long can this overrepresentation of Christianity and underrepresentation of the unaffiliated last in government? According to a Pew report released last week, “The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing.” In fact, the percentage of adults who “describe themselves as Christians has dropped by nearly 8 percentage points in just seven years,” from 78.4 percent in 2007 to 70.6 percent in 2014.

But the report also found, “Over the same period, the percentage of Americans who are religiously unaffiliated – describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or ‘nothing in particular’ – has jumped more than 6 points, from 16.1 percent to 22.8 percent.” Much of the change comes from younger people. According to the report, “About a third of older millennials (adults currently

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in their late 20s and early 30s) now say they have no religion, up nine percentage points among this cohort since 2007, when the same group was between ages 18 and 26.”

This begs the question: How much longer will this be thought of as a strictly Christian nation (if it ever really was one) with an overwhelming Christian government?

In March, Kevin M. Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, argued in The New York Times Sunday Review that “the founding fathers didn’t create the ceremonies and slogans that come to mind when we consider whether this is a Christian nation. Our grandfathers did.” This, according to Kruse, began with anti-New Deal business leaders in the 1930s who linked capitalism to Christianity as a public relations move.

From there, the idea of America as a Christian nation grew and expanded so that, according to Kruse: “Public Policy Polling reported that 57 percent of Republicans favored officially making the United States a Christian nation. But in 2007, a survey by the First Amendment Center showed that 55 percent of Americans believed it already was one.” But what comes of this idea of a Christian nation as the percentage of Christians drops and the percentage of the unaffiliated rises?

We already see a rising sentiment in America that Christianity is under attack and losing the culture wars.

Some even try to link Christian persecution abroad to the plight of Christians in this country.

It is true that “Christians in the Middle East and Africa are being slaughtered, tortured, raped, kidnapped, beheaded, and forced to flee the birthplace of Christianity,” as Kristen Powers wrote two years ago in The Daily Beast. And the recent rise of the Islamic State has made spectacle of the killings of Christians.

But, it seems to severely cheapen the plight of those Christians whose lives were disrupted, destroyed or even taken by comparing them to American Christians who are simply seeing their reach and influence wane.

The issue in this country is less that Christians are persecuted as much as peevish. If the unaffiliated are to make their presence felt in terms of more representation, it will most likely come on the Democratic side.

As PRRI points out, in 1980 unaffiliated support for Jimmy Carter over Ronald Reagan was by a margin in the single digits by percentage; in 2012, they supported Obama over Mitt Romney by 51 percentage points.

That time will come, I believe. But for now, unaffiliated is an identity as yet unaware of its power.

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News of Greater Falls Church

By Supervisor Penny Gross

Delegate Marcus Simon’s

Richmond Report

achieved on the first visit from the police about a noise complaint.

Surely, noise can be an issue in a community as densely populated as ours. Continued use of leaf blowers and lawn mowers, dogs that bark excessively, industrial and mechanical equipment that squeaks and cycles in the middle of the night – all can be plainly audible at one’s property line, which is a current measurement for determining noise violations.

The question is how to address the noise of daily commerce and activity that is deemed reasonable, with those occasional, but very troubling, excesses that can disturb the quiet enjoyment of one’s home.

Finding that sweet spot, or spots, still is elusive, and more work is needed.

It seems awfully early for Memorial Day, but this weekend signals the start of summer for many families. As pools open, picnics get eaten, and thoughts turn to planning vacations and summer camp, let’s keep in mind the real meaning of Memorial Day. Originally started to remember Civil War dead, Memorial Day, we all can pause to reflect on the heroic actions of hundreds of thousands of active duty personnel who died, while serving in our Armed Forces, whether at home and abroad. Their sacrifices allow us to observe Memorial Day in peace and freedom.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors heard public testimony about proposed amendments to the county’s noise ordinance last week, and promptly sent the proposal back to staff and the board’s Development Process Committee for more work.

More than 30 people testified, many expressing concern about noise from high school sports practices, and dog parks. One gentleman brought a video of a high school practice near his home in McLean where pre-recorded music was played, very loudly. Efforts to work with the school administration to reduce the noise level obviously were not successful, although some board members said that school practices were not a problem in their districts because of the partnerships worked out between schools and the residents.

Noise from off-leash dog areas, or dog parks, was highlighted by several speakers, but the communications I received from Mason District constituents expressed concern that usage times at dog parks might be restricted. The proposed ordinance language would restrict opening of dog parks until 8 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays which, according to many constituents, is too late for people who work on the weekends. The opening times will be revisited. Other constituents are concerned that proposed penalties for adjudicated noise violations should be civil, rather than criminal, and I have asked that the penalties be revisited. Of nearly 9000 noise complaints received by the Fairfax County Police Department last year, just 18 went to court, so it appears that compliance is readily

 Penny Gross is the Mason District Supervisor, in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. She may be emailed at mason@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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This month’s Richmond report contains no update from the General Assembly, which completed its work last month.

Instead, I will turn my attention to another large and powerful state entity, one that arguably has an even greater impact on our day to day lives – the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Many FCNP readers have probably been to one or more of the public meetings VDOT has hosted to share their plans to “transform” I-66 inside and outside the Beltway.

Outside the Beltway, the transformation plan calls for adding separated lanes for HOV and toll-paying traffic. I’ll call them HOT lanes for the purpose of this column. Inside the beltway, the plans call for the converting of the existing HOV-2 rush-hour lanes to lanes that will be HOV-3 or tolled full time, similar to the I-95 and I-495 Express Lanes. This means there will no longer be any free lanes on I-66 inside the Beltway into the District of Columbia.

Much of the discussion so far has focused on proposals to widen the right of way outside the Beltway by taking homes in Dunn Loring and Falls Church.

The good news is that progress has been made on this front.

VDOT has obtained approval for design waivers and reduced storm water management requirements, which has greatly reduced the number of homes that will need to be sacrificed to make way for the new HOT lanes. In addition, two of the proposed ramps causing the most community disruption have been relocated. More details on these changes will be announced at upcoming VDOT community meetings.

While I am grateful to the engineers and others at VDOT for the work they have done to minimize the taking of homes in the corridor, I remain concerned with several other aspects of the current proposal. For instance, in addition to adding HOT lanes, the plan calls for converting existing HOV-2 lanes to HOV-3 on I-66 three years earlier than previously planned. This change could have any number of unintended consequences for commuters and neighborhoods that have yet to be addressed.

Although we have seen lots of information on various rights of way, possible ramp locations, and alternatives for managing

storm water facilities, there has been little discussion of the impact the change to HOV-3 will have on the commuting patterns of Falls Church residents.

I share the concerns of our congressional delegation, who recently wrote a letter to the Virginia Secretary of Transportation asking that this issue be exposed to more public scrutiny and debated publicly. In their letter, our congressional delegation mentioned that VDOT itself notes that during peak hours 35 percent of eastbound cars and 50 percent of westbound cars are HOV violators. I agree with their assertion that we need to know why it is that simply enforcing the existing HOV restrictions wouldn’t significantly improve traffic flow inside the beltway.

The other recurring theme that I hear from constituents in their letters and in conversations at these public meetings is that no one has adequately explained the impact these plans will have on future transit options in the I-66 corridor, including Metro or light rail. By focusing everyone’s attention on the worst case scenarios for property takings, and then putting all of their efforts at reducing the number of takings, VDOT would have us think we’ve all just dodged a huge bullet, and any possible objections to the plan have not been addressed.

Unfortunately, to address the concerns about takings, VDOT must narrow the right-of way, in ways that may not leave sufficient room in the median for future rail transit. Although we have been assured that all of the current proposals can be constructed in a way that will allow for future rail transit, it seems obvious that this would significantly increase the cost of any future project.

Residents shouldn’t be forced to choose between taking dozens of homes to make way for a wider right-of-way or preserving options for an affordable future expansion of rail transit in the corridor.

To learn more about this project, view the upcoming meetings calendar, or leave comments for VDOT, please visit www.

Transform66.org.  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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Ban Conversion Therapy Conversion (aka reparative) therapy is on the long, arduous road to extinction in America because to label it “therapy” is a misnomer.

All leading mental health associations have emphatically declared that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are mentally sound.

Yet, conversion therapists brazenly, and without evidence or peer reviewed studies, claim that homosexuality and transgenderism are pathologies that can be treated – for a substantial fee.

With no basis in science, the goal of conversion therapy isn’t to change one’s sexual orientation, which is not possible.

Its real purpose is to co-opt medical language to offer a psychotherapeutic veneer to theologically based animus. The raw hatred is evident when conversion therapists talk about their clients.

“The ‘mannish’ woman with lesbian feelings is not that way by natural disposition, but by habit and a specific inferiority complex,” says the conversion therapist Gerard van den Aardweg, who exemplifies the nastiness of such practitioners, and the utter contempt they have for LGBT people.

Conversion therapy is, at root, an unconscionable form of blinding bigotry designed to stigmatize and dehumanize LGBT people. The result is increased societal prejudice and anti-gay laws, which place individuals at heightened risk for discrimination and violence.

The past few weeks have been a disaster for the “ex-gay” industry. On Monday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a law prohibiting “conversion therapy” for LGBT youth. Oregon is the third state, along with California, New Jersey and the District of Columbia, to enact a ban on this barbaric practice.

Today, a bipartisan coalition in the Illinois House, led by Rep. Kelly Cassidy, passed Bill 217 – the Illinois Youth Mental Health Protection Act. The bill, which bans conversion therapy for youth, will now go to the Illinois Senate. If passed by the Senate, the bill would hit the desk of Gov. Bruce Rauner. This will be a test for the state’s new conservative governor, who won office with his wife declaring in television ads that he had “no social agenda.” The fact that conservative New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a similar bill, will hopefully offer the political cover Rauner needs to make the right decision.

While states acting to protect LGBT youth from charlatans is wonderful, a national law is desperately needed to protect people – youth and adults – in conservative states, where such practices have broader support. That effort received a major lift this week, after Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced a federal bill that would ban commercial efforts to transform people’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

“The public views conversion therapy as quackery, as something that harms people,” Lieu told BuzzFeed News. “Eventually, I believe Congress will catch up to that, but you do need to start somewhere, so that’s why we’re introducing this legislation.”

The federal legislation calls conversion therapy an “unfair or deceptive act or practice,” to be monitored by The Federal Trade Commission.

Rep. Lieu has experience in passing such bills. He led the heroic effort in California and has enlisted a powerful ally in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to sign onto his bill.

“Conversion therapy is abusive, destructive, discredited, and has no place in any medical practice,” Pelosi said in a statement. “This legislation will stop conversion therapy peddlers from committing these fraudulent and hateful acts against LGBT children and adults. Being LGBT is not an error to be corrected.”

This issue picked up steam after President Barack Obama signaled that he supported a national ban on conversion therapy. With the fate of marriage equality being decided by the Supreme Court in June, conversion therapy may emerge as a wedge issue in the presidential race.

Republican aspirants, eager to gain the support of hardcore evangelicals, would likely take up the rallying cry to save conversion therapy.

It would be interesting to hear Sen. Ted Cruz or Gov. Rick Perry defend bizarre programs that instruct clients to keep a “Masturbation Inventory,” “Focus on driving, not having sex with other drivers,” and when gay people start having fantasies they should go to a Dairy Queen drive-through, care for houseplants, or play Frisbee.

Unfortunately, conversion therapy will persist long after the law dispenses with the pretense that it is an actual mental health practice. Coercive religious groups will still be permitted to give exorcisms and emotionally extort vulnerable LGBT youth. But the days of calling such psychological abuse “therapy” appear to be numbered. It may take a decade or more, but this savagery disguised as science is on its way to becoming an ugly footnote in history.

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Our Man in Arlington

By Charlie Clark

The “hippie high school” program at H-B Woodlawn, though always avant-garde, is poised at the cutting edge of new school building concepts – as Arlington scrambles to ease overcrowded classrooms.

Superintendent Patrick Murphy confirms that the days of 1950s-style two-story suburban schools sprawled on 20 acres are a thing of the past. Consult the system’s plans for a new 1,000-seater middle school on Woodlawn’s Stratford campus and its 775-seat high-rise coming to upper Rosslyn.

But the Gordian Knot of Arlington’s crowding problem won’t be easily cut.

At Arlington’s Committee of 100 on May 13, Murphy presented some harrowing numbers: a projected countywide deficit of 2,919 seats, with most schools above 10 percent of capacity. The system’s total will rise from 25,773 students to 28,592 by 2019; a 38 percent expansion next decade, a boost of 7,800 students.

“They’re here, they’re not in the pipeline,” said Murphy of the bulge primarily at the elementary level. “Last year’s 5 percent growth was the largest ever,” its kindergarten cohort an eye-popping 2,200 kids versus only 800 in 2009.

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schools, of course, is intertwined with that of the county.

So the audience heard from former county board leader John Milliken, head of the much-touted Community Facilities Study (it has 23 members and 100 advisers – that’s the Arlington Way).

Arlington’s 26 square miles will host an additional 10,000 people by 2025 – most of them Millennials, under-five-year-olds, and seniors. “Arlington’s most precious resource is its land,” said Milliken, citing competing demands for fire houses, storage and parks.

Ted Hayes, president of the County Council of PTAs, reminded facilities planners that “space is a tool.” Don’t lose sight of educational quality, the “daily reality” that some students are not achieving, and space should be inviting for parents.

Current remedies, Murphy noted, include construction projects (a new elementary on North Harrison St., new wings at McKinley and Ashlawn), converting computer labs to classrooms, 125 trailers (“relocatables”), and recapturing 300 seats from courtyard space at Washington-Lee High School.

Next steps by 2020 include a new South Arlington elementary school (site TBD) and “associated boundary changes.”

“Technology changes the

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CRIME REPORT Week of May 11 - 17, 2015 Driving After Illegally Consuming Alcohol, Narcotics Violation, and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, 1000 block W. Broad St. On May 11, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a 16 year-old female, of Centreville, was arrested for Driving After Consuming Alcohol. A passenger, a male, 18, of Centreville, was arrested for Possession of Cocaine, and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.

Residential Burglary, 100 block W. Greenway Blvd. On May 4, an unknown suspect forced entry into an unoccupied residence and stole various items.

Vandalism, 300 block N. Lee St. On May 11, police received a report of a female pouring paint on a mailbox.

Vandalism to Vehicle, 7124 Leesburg Pike (George Mason High School) On May 11, police received a report of vehicle being scratched in multiple locations.

Vandalism to Vehicle, 7124 Leesburg

Pike (George Mason High School) On May 12, police received a report of vehicle being scratched in multiple locations and syrup poured on the body.

Larceny from Vehicle, 140 S. Maple Ave. (Bowl America) On May 13, two leaf blowers were stolen from a vehicle.

Obstructing Passage of Others, 900 block W. Broad St. On May 13, a female, 50, no fixed address, was arrested for Obstructing Passage of Others.

Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd. Suite #15 (H2O Café) On May 13, a male, 48, of Fairfax was cited for Smoking In a Non-Designated Area.

Larceny from Vehicle, 500 block N. Washington St. On May 14, police received a report of lawn equipment stolen from a truck.

Larceny from Building, 308 S. Washington St. (Smashburger) On May 14, police received a report of cash stolen from the restaurant.

Residential Burglary, 100 block Birch St. On May 14, an unknown person

game,” Murphy said, given modern remote access capabilities, “and we are changing the culture of how students and teacher work together.” Space in high schools can be freed up as seniors leave early for work-study.

School planners are eying small properties they own, and have even considered purchasing commercial space – as Fairfax did when it created the high-rise Bailey’s Upper Elementary School, from a foreclosed property. But building codes, especially at the elementary level, narrow the options, and leases take money from operational funds, Murphy said.

The county’s newly acquired six-acre industrial site off Quincy St., board Chairman Mary Hynes explained, is promising. But a community process must take place, during which she expects to hear from advocates for a park and a school bus storage site.

The Arlington County Civic Federation questioned the school system’s demographic methodology – “thousands more seats will be needed by 2024 than are projected,” said Michael Beer. He urged the county to consider business proffers and public-private partnerships.

Former School board member Richard Barton (your former Our Man in Arlington), recalled that in 1980s – the middle point of a twodecade drop in our school population – the agenda was which schools to close. No one wants to overbuild. gained entry to the residence and stole some electronics.

Smoking Violations, 6757 Wilson Blvd. Suite #16 (Le Mirage) On May 15, a male, 41, of Alexandria; and a male, of College Park, MD were cited for Smoking In a NonDesignated Area.

Driving Under The Influence, 900 block W. Broad St. On May 15, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation. The driver, a male, 53, of Kensington, MD, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence.

Vandalism to Vehicle, 100 block Rolling Trace. On May 15, police received a report that a car windshield was smashed sometime overnight.

Larceny from Vehicle, 1230 W. Broad St. On May 15, police received a report of a stolen bicycle.

Driving Under the Influence, 100 block W. George Mason Dr. On May 16, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle. The driver, a male, 27, of Silver Spring, MD, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence.

Domestic Assault, 6757 Wilson Blvd. #8 (Nha Trang Restaurant) On May 17, a female, 37, of Springfield, was arrested for Assaulting a Family Member.

Shoplifting, 6607 Wilson Blvd. (BJ’s Wholesale) On May 17, police received a report of televisions stolen from the store.

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Community Events

THURSDAY, MAY 21

Monuments of D.C. Enjoy a fun discussion and get some ideas for sightseeing as Kelly Arthur from Virginia Health Care Services leads this interactive program. She will share some hints for getting the best views and how to make sure that you don’t miss a thing in D.C. Walter Reed Community Center & Park (2909 S. 16th St., Arlington).

Free. 10 – 11 a.m. 703-228-0955.

Celebration of Excellence.

Everyone in the Falls Church City community is invited to join in the annual celebration of excellent Falls Church City Public School system staff members. Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (7130 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). Free.

4 – 6 p.m. 703-720-5700.

CBC Forum. Harry Shovlin of the American Legion and Hunter Kimble, the Assistant Superintendent of Schools (finance) in Falls Church City, will present a unique program regarding the state’s formula for school funding.

American Legion Post 130 (400 N. Oak St., Falls Church). Free. 7:30 p.m. ken@winning.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Vein Health. The Center for Vein Restoriation will discuss signs, symptoms, treatment options

and how to keep you leg veins healthy. There will also be a live leg ultrasound demonstration.

Culpepper Garden Senior Center (4435 N. Pershing Dr., Arlington).

Free. 11 a.m. – noon. 703-2284403.

Bella and Mario Performance.

Bella & Mario, two Jack Russell Terriers, will perform with their owner Marian DeAngelo. The trio was recently featured on WUSA9.

Arlington Mill Community & Senior Center (909 S. Dinwiddie St., Arlington). Free. 11:15 a.m. – noon. 703-228-7369.

An Afternoon with the Sultanas.

Watch the Sultanas shimmy and glide through space with colorful costumes using the ancient art movement dance techniques.

After, director/choreographer Carmen Shippy will teach basic dance moves. Registration required. Aurora Hills Community & Senior Center (735 S. 18th St., Arlington). Free. 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

703-228-5722.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

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. 8 a.m. – noon. 703-

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Spring Dance Recital. George Mason High School will have its Spring Dance Recital. George Mason High School (7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church). 10 a.m. & Noon. fccps.org/gm.

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Invasive Plant Removal. Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from invasive plant species. This is a ongoing project that occurs every month to reclaim the natural area in Ft. Bennett Park. Free. 10 a.m. – noon. 703-228-1862.

MONDAY, MAY 25

Memorial Day Parade and Festival.

Live music, amusement and pony rides, arts and crafts, food, civic and business booths and more. The Don Beyer Volvo 3K Fun Run and a performance by The Charles Parker Band will kick off the festivities at 9 a.m. Barry and Kathleen C. Buschow are serving as the grand marshals for the Memorial Day parade.

Gus Constance and Sarah Miller, who won this year’s Mr. and Mrs. Mason competition, will serve as King and Queen of the parade.

City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). Free. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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MemorialDay.

TUESDAY, MAY 26 Art History: Learn and Create.

Learn about an artist or art medium, then take part in an art activity where you will get to try out the artistic techniques presented. This month, participants will learn about Jasper Johns and cube art then create a sculpture using the technique discussed. Materials will be provided. Space is limited. Lee Community & Senior Center and Park (5722 Lee Hwy., Arlington). Free. 1:30 – 3 p.m.

703-228-0555.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

Pickleball Celebrates 50 Years. Join the Arlington pickleball community in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the sport with festivities that include trivia, door prizes, speakers, cake and, of course, pickleball. Bring your paddle! Arlington Mill Community & Senior Center (909 S. Dinwiddie St., Arlington). Free. 703-228-7369.

Author Panel. Three childrens authors, Tara Dairman, Rebecca Behrens and Jen Malone, will appear. One More Page Books (2200 N. Westmoreland St. #101, Arlington). Free. 6:30 p.m. 703300-9746.

Theater Fine Arts THURSDAY, MAY 21

“Jumpers for Goalposts.” Hope springs eternal in the post-game locker room of Barely Athletic, an amateur soccer team competing in the �ivea-side pub league in Hull, a Yorkshire �ishing city that’s seen better days (as have these athletes). A hilarious and heartbreaking play about romance, resilience, taking chances, and moving on by Tom Wells, the winner of Britain’s 2012 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. Through June 21. Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.). $20 – $72.

8 p.m. studiotheatre.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 22

“Once on This Island.” This is the opening night of Creative Cauldron’s production of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty play, which

is based on Rosa Guy’s novel My Love, My Love. The show is being directed by Creative Cauldron associate artist Matt Conner. Set in the Caribbean Antilles, this enchanting musical parable tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who falls in love with the well-born Daniel and is aided by the gods of earth, water and love in her desire to be with him. Through May 31.

ArtSpace Falls Church (410 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church). $22 – $25. 8 p.m. creativecauldron.org.

“A Tale of Two Cities.” What happens if you put together an aspiring drag queen and a crying baby? Find out when Synetic Theater member Alex Mills stars in “A Tale of Two Cities,” directed

by Serge Seiden. Originally performed OffBroadway to rave reviews by Everett Quinton, this irreverent comedy tells the story of a drag queen named Jerry who �inds a baby at his door.

To calm the child down, he enacts the entirety of

Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities – playing all the characters himself. Through June 21.

Synetic Theater (1800 S. Bell St., Arlington). $20 – $95. synetictheater.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

“Cabaret.” Willkommen to the Kit Kat Club, the hottest nightclub in seedy, prewar Berlin; here, life is beautiful. American writer Cliff Bradshaw travels to Berlin searching for inspiration. He �inds it in English club performer Sally Bowles and they begin a torrid affair. However, outside their door, the Nazis’ impending rise to power heralds a brutal end to their decadent way of life.

This production stars Wesley Taylor of NBC’s “Smash” as The Emcee and Barrett Wilbert Weed as Sally Bowles. Through June 28. Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $36.80 – $96.25. 8 p.m. signature-theatre.org.

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

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Friday, June 12 – Sunday, 14 – The 22nd Annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival. A three-day festival of all kinds of blues for all ages, brought to you by the

Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation. This year’s festival features a documentary tribute to John Jackson and includes “Envisioning Blues,” an exhibit focusing on the meaning of “Blues” from an artistic or visual perspective. The “Envisioning Blues” exhibit will be on display at the new home of Art and Frame of Falls Church. A Boogie Woogie Blast on Friday at The State Theatre will feature Deanna Bogart, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne and Daryl Davis. The festivities on Saturday include lively musical performances at the Falls Church Farmers’ Market, an instrument petting zoo sponsored

by Foxes, a guitar workshop taught by Arlen Roth and a panel exhibit about Piedmont blues and Virginia songwriters, on loan from the Library of Virginia. Various locations. $15 – $25. Times vary. tinnerhill.org/blues-festival.

Saturday, June 13 – Lavendar Wand Workshop. Learn how to make a traditional Victorian sachet using fresh lavender. Reservations are recommended.

Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). $6. 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. cherryhillfallschurch.org/lavender-wand-workshop.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF A RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE PURSUANT TO § 56-585.1 A 4 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUE-2015-00041 On May 4, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 4 (“Subsection A 4”) of the Code of Virginia, submitted an application (“Application”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for approval of a rate adjustment clause designated as Rider T1.

In this proceeding, Dominion Virginia Power seeks approval of a revenue requirement for the rate year September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016 (“Rate Year”). This revenue requirement, if approved, would be recovered through a combination of base rates and a revised increment/decrement Rider T1. Rider T1 is designed to recover the increment/decrement between the revenues produced from the transmission component of base rates and the new revenue requirement developed from the Company’s total transmission costs for the Rate Year.

The total revenue requirement to be recovered over the Rate Year is $668,117,002, comprising an increment Rider T1 of $186,070,779 and forecast collections of $482,046,223 through the transmission component of base rates. This total revenue requirement represents an increase of $127,234,389 over the revenues projected to be produced during the Rate Year by the combination of the base rate component of Subsection A 4 (the Company’s former Rider T) and the Rider T1 rates currently in effect.

Implementation of the proposed Rider T1 on September 1, 2015, would increase the average weighted monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $3.81. However, Dominion Virginia Power has developed a mitigation proposal, under which the Company would defer, without carrying costs, recovery of approximately $96,057,507 of the Rider T1 revenue requirement from this Rate Year to the rate year that begins on September 1, 2016. This would result in a total transmission revenue requirement of $572,059,495 to be recovered during the Rate Year, rather than $668,117,002. Under the mitigation proposal, implementation of the proposed Rider T1 on September 1, 2015, would increase the average weighted monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month by $1.90.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on July 1, 2015, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom 15 minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff.

The Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before June 12, 2015. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118.

A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00041. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing.

On or before June 12, 2015, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. Respondents shall refer in all of their filed papers to Case No. PUE-2015-00041.

On or before June 24, 2015, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application may file written comments on the Application with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before June 24, 2015, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00041.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above.

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER

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TO LETTERS THE EDITOR Continued from Page 6 and specifically to West Grove, was the fact that our townhouse backed to the bike trail away from the large development and high traffic. We love nature and appreciate the fact that we could see the sky when we looked out of our windows or sat on our deck.

I am not against the development, but am anxious to know that it would be a positive change for our tight knit community, rather than a monstrosity that has a negative impact on our daily lives.

In the last planning meeting my husband and I attended, we were encouraged when the developer announced that they had made changes to make the West Street side of the building more visually pleasant, with a wide pedestrian walkway, and the plan had tucked the loading area in the back away from residential homes.Unfortunately I was not able to attend the next meeting but we’re concerned now that we hear that the loading dock

has been moved to West Street. This would really affect our quality of life, I can’t imagine the additional noise that would be generated from having the loading dock facing our bedrooms in addition to the expected increase of car traffic and the increase of foot traffic on the path behind our home.

Our other concern is the height of the proposed development, we are concerned about the visual as well as the shadow effect.

We would like the city to please take its time reviewing the details of the request for exceptions by the developer, as well as think about the permanent change they are making to our city. I also ask for transparency with the community and enough time for taxpayers to review the proposals and give feedback. I would also like to urge you to think of those of us who are raising our families in proximity of this development and how it will impact our quality of life.

Aline A. Orfali Falls Church

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The Official Student Newspaper of George Mason High School The Falls Church News-Press has partnered with George Mason High School’s award-winning newspaper, The Lasso, to bring its readers some of the top articles appearing in the student-run digital paper. This regular feature will appear monthly in the News-Press during the school year. The Lasso can be found online at www.fcpps.org/lasso.

GEORGE MASON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Tyrone Byrd (center in hat). (P����: L����)

Well-Deserved Award for George Mason High School Principal Byrd

BY MELISSA JOHNSON THE LASSO

“Excel in mind, body, and character.” For a student of George Mason, those words are spoken by our Principal Tyrone Byrd on a daily basis. Those words especially ring in my mind when the days get long and challenging. It is easy to just speak those inspiring words, and not act on them; however Principal Byrd not only speaks such words, he represents those words as a leader of George Mason High School.

Byrd has been my principal for all four years that I have been a student at GMHS, and I was incredibly excited to find out that Principal Byrd was one of the winners of the Washington Post’s 2015 Distinguished Educational Leadership Award.

According to the Washington Post, great educational leaders who receive this award are “those that go beyond the day-to-day demands of their position and create an exceptional educational environment.”

If I could capture who Principal Byrd is as a leader, those words would be the perfect fit.

From the minute I drive up

to GM in the morning, Mr. Byrd is always standing outside of the building, smiling with his 100watt smile, and offering words of encouragement for the day and a firm handshake. Mornings are not typically a student’s favorite part of the day, but Mr. Byrd’s heartwarming action to take time to greet students goes a long way in making the morning hour much easier.

My interaction with Mr. Byrd doesn’t stop there. Once I get into my normal routine, and I am finally awake it isn’t uncommon for me to walk down the hallways and see him interacting with other staff and students.

Instead of holing up in his office, Mr. Byrd makes the effort to put paperwork aside, and interact with students.

Mr. Byrd tries to get to know all his students and teachers on a personal level, beyond the academics, in sports, daily activities, and even to empathizing to the chronic exhaustion of the week.

To know my principal cares so much about all aspects of my life, it goes a long way.

When my day has ended, and I am getting ready to warm up for a 7 p.m. home soccer game, Principal Byrd takes his perch

upon the hill, and becomes our biggest cheerleader. It is understandable for Mr. Byrd to want to go home, and rest up for another busy day of acting out his inspiring message, yet there he is, once again, exceeding expectations and supporting his students outside their academic lives – with enthusiasm and earnestness.

It is even more satisfying to know that I am just one of many students who experience Principal Byrd’s active engagement with students. Byrd’s interaction with as many students as possible is comes across as nearly effortless. Any extracurricular activity from sports, to Scholastic Bowl, to a theater production, or a robotics competition, Byrd is bound to be present cheering, supporting, and tweeting about his Mustangs.

Excellence in mind, body and character are three qualities that I attempt to strive for every single day. To know my principal is there helping me accomplish that is pretty powerful. I find myself again and again thankful for the principal I get to interact with every day, and so proud to see Principal Byrd win such an honorable award.

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Seniors After the Application Process

BY EMMA GRAIG THE LASSO

As a second semester senior, I guess I’m done with the application process: the mind-numbing, crippling anxiety-inducing, possibly-detrimental-to-my-health college application process. I feel for those of you in the heart of it or just starting it, and I am here to tell you that you cannot submit to the process. Don’t replace who you think you’re supposed to be with who you are.

I feel that this is a nice time to sit back and reflect on the tortuous process that all seniors have endured. First of all, it wasn’t like this process just began this year, it started the moment we set foot in high school (or even before for some of us taking high school credit courses in middle school).

We were constantly reminded that our grades in these courses, starting freshman year, would stay with us on our transcript for the rest of our high school careers. Yeah, I distinctly remember a discussion with my friends after our first exposure to the scattergrams on the evil “Naviance” (don’t look at the scattergrams...just don’t) over how my B in Honors Geometry could be detrimental to me in the application process. I don’t even want to study math.

Then, after having to cope with the constant idea that one grade could mess up your entire future, you have to take part in extracurricular activities. plus you have to make sure you have changed the world/altered the course of human existence for the better or at least have had some traumatizing experience as a child where you faced great adversity, or something similar.

For example, this was a common application prompt from last year: “Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?” I mean, I could write about when I defended my love for Blair Waldorf and hatred for Serena van der Woodsen from the show “Gossip Girl,” but I’m pretty sure that’s not what they were asking for. This is perhaps the part of the process, that in reflection, is the most messed up. Well, all of it is messed up, but this really takes the cake.

I actually had myself convinced that because I was not a first chair cellist who didn’t grow up on the streets I wouldn’t get into a competitive college.

I literally had a conversation with my parents during my junior year after reading some stories of kids who got into over half of the Ivies (never read those stories, trust me) where I complained that they didn’t force me to pick something and be really, incredibly talented at that one thing, while simultaneously taking part in community service activities that I could pretend to be passionate about, but really only be doing to pad my resume.

I was actually angry about the fact that they allowed me to have a privileged upbringing where I was able to pursue many different interests. Yes, I had become a mindless minion of the college process and lost sight of the benefits of having a variety of different interests.

Notice how I didn’t use the word “passion” after the application process, since “passion” will become your least favorite word. My parents and I actually started keeping track of the number of times admissions counselors said they wanted “passionate” students. I’m passionate about hating this process, does that count?

So here I am, telling you that whether you are just entering high school or finishing up the process like I am, as cliche as it sounds, do what you want. This process has simply become a way for counselors, parents, college graduates, teachers, and many other people to tell you what the “key” to getting into college is when in reality, there is no key.

You could have never gotten a B in your life and have great test scores and fantastic extracurriculars, the “perfect package,” and not get into your dream school. Or, you could have average grades and then write a killer essay and get in; the thing we all need to realize is that we don’t know.

Yes, it is horrible that many colleges have become so competitive that, at one college tour I attended, an admissions counselor said: “We could accept an entirely different group of students for our incoming class, and still have the same amount of success.” It’s incredibly distressing, but it can also be a relief.

If you want to drop a sport you’ve played for years because it simply isn’t fun anymore, drop it. It’s not going to make or break your application.

If “challenging” yourself becomes killing yourself over a class, switch out of it. Eliminate the parts of your high school life that don’t make you happy.

Preserve your well-being in the process. It’ll show in your application.

Realize that if you don’t get into a school, it just wasn’t the right fit.

The school you did get into is going to work for you, and they want you to go. Don’t submit to the process, it has created enough zombies already.

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Pop singer Kanisha K is trying something new in the stage performances for her upcoming tour run with Ryan Aderrey: she’s going acoustic.

“I think it’ll be good. I think there are some people who want to hear me kind of just unplugged, so it’ll be good for that,” Kanisha K said. “And I have done some of my songs acoustically on the radio and stuff. I think it’ll be a little nerve-wracking because I won’t have my band with me but I think think it’ll be good.”

The Michigan native’s tour with Aderrey kicks off next Tuesday, May 26, in Boston at the Hard Rock Cafe and pulls into Washington, D.C. next Friday, May 29, for a show at Tree House Lounge. The tour might prove to be the latest in a series of momentum builders for Kanisha K, who’s been finding success with her single “Oh Damn Yeah” this year.

The song, which was written and produced by Joe Vulpis, debuted at 38 on the BDS Billboard KANISHA K (C������� P����) Top 40 Indicator Chart and reached the top slot on the Mediabase Top 40 Independent Artist “I think because I started professionally singRankings/Most Active New Chart Releases. ing at 17, I was trying to figure out what I was best at, so I think that’s why my music has so Kanisha K said that Vulpis is “amazing.”

“It was a different experience for me. He many different elements of different genres,” definitely pulled something out of me that I didn’t she said. “‘Oh Damn Yeah’ for me was a know I had,” Kanisha K said. “He helped me find chance for me to sing out.”

Last year, Kanisha K found success with her my niche a little bit. He was very easy to work with but he definitely pushed me really hard, so single “Bring Me Home,” which spent over 40 weeks on the charts and peaked on the Billboard that’s why we got such great music from it.”

She said that Vulpis, who also recorded AC Indicator Chart at 22. She also won the her song “Never Stopped Loving You” at this “Best Pop” award at the 2014 Hollywood Music Nashville studio, would encourage her when she in Media Awards in November for her song “(I was trying something that she was uncomfort- Gotta) Stupid Boyfriend.”

“It was crazy. I know a lot of people say able with and that she thinks they’ll be working together a lot in the future. “He’s such a great I’m not expecting to win, but I really wasn’t because that was the first time I was ever up for producer and he’s a really great guy,” she said.

On the track, Kanisha K gives a bit country- anything and I had two songs in the category tinged vocal performance over a lush electronic and I was just so honored to be there but I realbeat that melds the singer’s diverse musical ly didn’t think of what would happen if I won influences and gives a chance to shine vocally. because really didn’t think I would,” Kanisha

K said. “So I was just sitting there paying attention but not super duper paying attention and I was just completely shocked and my mom was there and she screamed and it was crazy.

I mean it was a great experience, to receive an award so early in my career.”

She said the song was inspired by a recent breakup. “My producer at the time started thinking of things because I had just gotten out of a relationship and asked what I thought of writing a song about a dumb boyfriend,” Kanisha K said. “I said I think that’s amazing and I think we should do it, so he kind of gathered some of the things I like, like shoes and stuff, and kind of put a spin on a bad breakup and made it positive.

“I guess it was like yeah, I understand why girls go through hard things and I want to cheer them up, so they can laugh a little bit.”

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Mustangs Advance to Bull Run District Title Match

by Liz Lizama

Falls Church News-Press

The George Mason High School girls soccer team wrapped up their regular season with an 8-0 win over Strasburg High School on Thursday before sweeping through the Bull Run District tournament to advance to the championship game tonight. Mason’s Mustangs defeated Rappahannock County High School 8-0 in the quarterfinal on Monday and Warren County High School 8-0 in Tuesday’s semifinal.

Last week, Mason travelled to Strasburg for their final regular season game where they shut out the Rams. Forward/midfielders Corinne Carson (junior) and Victoria Rund (freshman) led the Mustangs in scoring with two goals apiece. Forward/midfielders Ava Roth (senior), Becca Crouch (sophomore), Izzy Armstrong (freshman) and junior midfielder Melissa Johnson each contributed one goal.

The Strasburg win brought the Mustang regular season record to 17-0. With an undefeated record, Mason earned hosting privileges for this week’s post-season games.

After an hour thunder and lightning delay on Monday, Mason

played Rappahannock County in the Bull Run District quarterfinals. The Mustangs dominated early into the game, scoring all eight goals in the first half. The eight-goal differential initiated the slaughter rule, which ended the game 20 minutes early.

Roth led the team against the Panthers with three goals and two assists followed by Carson also with three goals and one assist.

Armstrong and senior defense Jessica Gemond contributed to Mason’s scoreboard with one goal apiece.

Mason continued on to the semifinals playing Warren County on Tuesday. Freshman defense Caroline Stricker scored the first goal for Mason just four minutes into the game. At half time, the Mustangs led 5-0.

Mason added three more goals in the second half to reach the eightgoal differential, ending the game 20 minutes early in yet another slaughter rule win for the Mustangs.

Roth scored half of Mason’s goals with four. Adding to Roth and Stricker’s efforts, Crouch, Gemond and Mills each scored one goal against the Wildcats.

Head coach Jennifer Parsons was pleased with the team’s quick performance in recent games. “We

MASON FRESHMAN VICTORIA RUND, in the photo above during the Mustangs’ May 8 defeat of Manassas Park High School, scored two goals in Mason’s regular season finale. (Photo: Liz Lizama) are keeping possession very well as we attack, and our speed of play on and off the ball makes it very difficult for our opponents to deal with,” she said. “Our decision-making in the attacking third has also noticeably improved this week, and we are capitalizing on

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MASON JUNIOR LOGAN NESSON swings at a Warren County pitch during the Mustangs 5-1 loss to the Wildcats on Tuesday night at George Mason High School in the semifinal of the Bull Run District Tournament. During the regular season, the Mustangs beat the Wildcats twice, scoring 18 runs in the two outings combined while only allowing one score. The Mustangs beat Central (Woodstock) High School 6-2 on Monday in the opening round of the district tournament. (Photo: News-Press)

our chances more frequently.”

Clarke County High School and William Monroe High School played on Wednesday night for the other spot in the Bull Run District final but results were not yet available at press time. The winner of that game will face the

Mustangs for the Bull Run District title tonight at 5 p.m. at Mason.

“There is a sense of excitement and positivity amongst the team as we have started the post-season,” said Parsons.“They are determined to have the opportunity to defend their championships.”

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The doors for the event open at 7 p.m. and the film will run from 7:30 – 9 p.m.

The documentary focuses on noted Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his work to solve the world’s water crisis.

“SlingShot” is about an indomitable man who just might have enough passion and innovative thinking to create a solution for a crisis affecting billions.

Kamen lives in a house full of secret passages, a closet full of denim and a helicopter garage.

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Kamen reminisces about improving home dialysis and choosing to forego parenthood while lamenting he has only one lifetime for inventing.

Admission for the screening costs $8 for students and $10 for adults. There will also concessions at the event. Money raised from the event will go to Falls Church High School’s science technology engineering arts and math clubs.

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Roberson to Leave Falls Church School System for Top Slot in Hanover County

F.C. City OKs Spectrum’s Plan to Dig Under Bedo’s Tree, But Will It Survive?

Dr. Stewart Roberson, superintendent of Falls Church Schools for the past four years, officially submitted his resignation to the School Board last night to accept a position as superintendent of the Hanover County Public School System.

Board chairman Jann Murchie indicated that the Board would accept Roberson’s resignation, which will take effect August 7, at its June meeting at which time the Board will outline its procedures for finding a replacement.

The City of Falls Church has given an official go-ahead for the Waterford Development company, builders of The Spectrum, to begin construction of its new, large-scale mixed use project in the 400 block of West Broad Street, signing off on a plan to preserve a large tree that is halfway on its neighbor’s site, Steve Doudaklian’s Bedo’s Masterworks.

But some are questioning how long the tree will survive.

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Business News & Notes Closet Store Opens on Park Avenue Noel O. Sweeney has opened an Eco-nize Closets showroom at 703 Park Avenue in Falls Church. An authorized Home.org dealer Eco-nize provides custom closets and closet organizers for homes and commercial spaces in the D.C. metro area. Eco-nize is headquartered in Clifton. For more information, visit www.econizeclosets.com.

Rowell Court Block Party Set for May 26 Mark Werblood, Esq. of Tesler & Werblood, is hosting the 19th annual Falls Church Chamber of Commerce Mixer and Rowell Court Block Party on May 26 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The event will include food from several restaurants and door prizes from a number of local businesses and take place in the Old Brick House Square Courtyard located on the south side of the 900 block of W. Broad Street. Rain or shine.

Members of the Falls Church Chamber and friends of the business community are invited to this free event.

For more information, visit the calendar at www.FallsChurchChamber.org.

PNC Hosting Live Webcast With Barbara Corcoran As part of its Small Business Month, PNC Bank is hosting How to Grow Your Business and Have Fun Doing It, a live webcast featuring Barbara Corcoran on Wednesday, May 27 from 12:30 – 2 p.m. Corcoran is the star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Founder of the Corcoran Group, and Chairman of Barbara Corcoran, Inc. The entrepreneur and television personality will share her experience in expanding before you are ready, why fun is good for business, and how to fail well. To register, go to www.pnc.com/sbmonth. PNC Bank in Falls Church is located at 402 W. Broad Street with an additional location in Giant Foods at 1230 W. Broad Street.

F.C. Health Club Hosting Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Walk Functional Fitness VA is hosting Pennies for Pounds, an annual fundraiser for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event will include attendee competitions, trainer competitions, chair massages, injury consultations, a self-defense demo by Krav Works, refreshments and more. Created by Thomas Abbey and Kavon Atabaki in January 2011, Functional Fitness offers personal training and classes. The event will take place in its new location at 350 S. Washington St. in Falls Church. For more information, visit FunctionalFitnessVA.com.

Computer Sciences Corporation to Split Into 2 Companies Computer Sciences Corporation has announced that it will be splitting into two publicly traded companies. CSC will reportedly separate its U.S. public sector business, with $4.1 billion in 2015 revenue and 14,000 employees, from its commercial and international business, with $8.1 billion in revenue and 51,000 employees. The separation is expected to be completed by the end of October 2015.  Business News & Notes is compiled by Sally Cole, Executive Director of Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at sally@fallschurchchamber.org.

THIS IS JULIET, a 17-year-old tortoiseshell cat, that went missing on Saturday, May 16, near Tripps Run and W. Westmoreland Road. She is very thin – just four pounds – due to an illness. If you have seen her or know of her whereabouts, please contact Marsha at 571-236-8457 as soon as possible.

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VA Outdoor Power Equipment . . . . . 207-2000

EYEWEAR

BOOK BINDING

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FLORISTS

CHIROPRACTOR

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FRAMES

Dr. Solano, solanospine.com . . . . . . 536-4366

GIFTS

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MEDICAL

n

HANDYMAN

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MUSIC

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HAULING SERVICES

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HEALTH & FITNESS

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

Family Dentistry, Nimisha V Patel . . . 533-1733 Dr. Peterson Huang, Bite Specialist . 532-7586 Dr. William Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . 532-3300

EQUIPMENT RENTAL/SALE

Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-6500

Stifel & Capra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407-0770 Your Handyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571-243-6726

Dr Gordon Theisz, Family Medicine . 533-7555 Academy of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938-8054 Foxes Music Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-7393

Hauling Services.................................691-2351

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OPTOMETRIST

Vantage Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-0565 Jazzercise Falls Church . . . . . . . . . . 622-2152

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PET SERVICES

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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REAL ESTATE

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TAILOR

FC Heating & Air Service . . . . . . . . . 534-0630 Joseph Home Improvement . . . . . . . 507-5005 Picture Perfect Home Improvements 590-3187 One Time Home Improvement . . . . . 577-9825

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INSURANCE

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LAWN CARE

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MASSAGE

Falls Church Florist, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 533-1333 Art & Frame of Falls Church . . . . . . . 534-4202

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CONCRETE

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BCR Binders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-9181

3 months - $150 6 months - $270 1 year - $450

Allstate Home Auto Life Ins. . . . . . . . 241-8100 State Farm Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-5105 Lawn Enforcement Services, LLC . . . 237-0921 Gabriel Lawn & Landscape. . . . . . . . 691-2351 www.healthybyintention.com. . . . . . . 534-1321

Dr. Alison Sinyai, Family Eye Care . 533-3937 Feline Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920-8665 Gary Mester, Event, Portraits . . . . . . 481-0128 Mary Sandoval Photography . . . . 334-803-1742 Merelyn Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .790-9090x218 www.helpfulmortgage.us . . . . . . . . . . 237-0222 Casey O’Neal - ReMax . . . . . . . . . . . 824-4196 Rosemary Hayes Jones . . . . . . . . . . .790-1990 The Young Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356-8800 Tori McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-8674 Shaun Murphy, Realtor . . . . . . . . . . 868-5999 Tailor Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-8886

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Lovely 3 BD/2.5 BA colonial in highly desirable Broadmont. Relaxing front porch and family room addition. Steps to EFC metro! Offered at $899,000

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